e_chao

joined 2 years ago
 
[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

"One day you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters?

You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes you will be ready. What you need is ‘anarchist calisthenics.’ Every day or so break some trivial law that makes no sense, even if it’s only jaywalking. Use your own head to judge whether a law is just or reasonable. That way, you’ll keep trim; and when the big day comes, you’ll be ready."

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchist-calisthenics

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That was my first time testing the backup. Good suggestion.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes. It automatically closed after two weeks of me waiting on a response after they said they'd escalated it.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Paid. I also found it hard to believe, which is why I checked the logs, tried working with their support staff, and wrote my own program to confirm.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's a privacy-focused backup service.

 

IceDrive lost thousands of my files without any notification. Their support escalated my ticket, then ghosted me for 2 weeks before closing it. I'm sharing a script to check if your files are actually backed up: https://github.com/rupumped/NicksAPPS/blob/main/Python/IceDriveVerification.py. Note that it requires argparse.

Usage: python IceDriveVerification.py C:\Documents C:\Photos C:\Projects --backup-root I:\

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Correct me if I'm misunderstanding something, but I think you can still control Nova's permissions through your phone's App Permissions manager just like any other app. I didn't allow Nova any permissions even before they were acquired, and I certainly don't now. Does that help with your very valid privacy concerns?

I resonate with your sentiment against minimal launchers and in favor of FOSS apps. I've tried a few and haven't found any I like.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I like Nova launcher, personally.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Just in case you want advice, I've found that using a custom launcher app solves that problem for me. I spend an hour setting up the interface exactly how I like it, then never change it again. When I get a new phone, I load the launcher settings from the last phone into the new one, and everything looks and feels exactly like I had it before.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Inspired by this post, I just created a phishing test for my staff with a malicious URL in a "report this as spam" link, complete with a required training for those who click the link.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Don't forget to cite your source: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2PCSpJw/

 

WASHINGTON — In a move that sent shockwaves through the tech industry, former President Donald Trump signed an executive order today declaring all open-source code "un-American" and making its creation, distribution, or use punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison. "Nobody knew code could be free. It's terrible, folks. Terrible," Trump declared from his Mar-a-Lago residence. "Real Americans pay for their software, and they pay big league. That's what made this country great." The controversial order, scrawled in gold Sharpie on the back of a McDonald's receipt, specifically targets what Trump called "socialist programmer communes" like GitHub and Linux. It requires all software to be developed behind closed doors and sold at "whatever price the market can bear, plus 50%." Tech industry leaders were quick to respond, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reportedly doing backflips in his office while shouting "Windows forever!" Meanwhile, Linux creator Linus Torvalds was last seen attempting to seek political asylum in Finland, muttering something about "git push" and "force shutdown -h now." The order has created particular confusion in the government sector, where thousands of federal websites running on open-source software suddenly became illegal. The White House's own website temporarily displayed a blue screen of death with the message "ERROR: FREEDOM.EXE NOT FOUND." "This is a great day for American software," said Trump's newly appointed Chief of Proprietary Code Enforcement, a sentient copy of Windows Vista. "We're going to make coding great again by putting it behind the biggest, most beautiful paywalls you've ever seen." At press time, a underground resistance movement of developers had already formed, sharing code snippets via an elaborate network of Morse code signals sent through reprogrammed coffee makers.

[–] e_chao@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think you're right. The clause should actually be something like "disclose to my students the gender of my spouse." How does that sound?

 

onion article titled "tourist immediately breaks 34 sacred local customs while deboarding plane

24
Learning to Talk (excursions.substack.com)
 

My friend recommended this story to me, and it deeply resonated with me.

 

"You played 'Cut Your Bangs' by Radiator Hospital 262 times! Your #2 song was checks math also 'Cut Your Bangs,' by Girlpool."

 

PBS: "any laugh channels evil if you are in a dire situation"

view more: next ›