You guys are finishing games?

I disagree. You should not immediately go and replace the OS as soon as you get it.

Most modifications to the root filesystem persist through updates just fine. You simply need to add the relevant exclusions for your customizations. See the Development and Modding section here.

I have a significant amount of modifications to Steam OS, including an encrypted home partition (while excluding the steamapps subdirectory via bind mount) protected by TPM.

The only time an update breaks anything is if the kernel or initramfs updates, requiring me to re-enter the LUKS password and reenroll a new TPM protector. And this is only because they don’t support Secure Boot, so my PCR selection is limited. And I was on the Beta update channel for a while updating almost weekly without issue.

If you’re willing to wait 2 weeks for shipping (with an added shipping cost of $0.40) you can just order that stuff directly from Aliexpress and cut out the middle man.

I agree with the first part but vehemently disagree with the third paragraph.

I suspect it varies wildly based on where you live, but in Chicago there absolutely ARE places with waitstaff worth getting a burger from.

This was an amazing and informative answer. Thank you.

Then you apply the scientific method and/or research in search of truth.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research

Yes! Basic Training in 3-2-1 Contact.

I’ve been using Droid48 forever. It’s perfect.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ab.x48

https://github.com/shagr4th/droid48

Yeah I get what you mean now. The SEO spamming AI garbage sites predate LLMs and are one of the worst things about the modern web. It’s a legitimately necessary skill to identify and filter them out. I actually think they probably contributed to some of reddit’s recent rise since everyone started adding “reddit” to their queries just to bypass that garbage.

First sentence, emphasis mine:

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban marketers from using fake reviews, such as those generated with AI technology, and other misleading practices to promote their products and services.

Just being cheeky though. I don’t always read the articles either. But Lina Kahn has been on fire lately.

Yeah that sounds about right.

There’s no way you need to somehow eat more to lose weight. Are you sure you’re counting your calories correctly? Using an app? Tracking everything, especially drinks like sodas and alcohol?

I’m not sure about color support without HTML or add-ons, but Obsidian is a good markdown editor with a lot of functionality and extensibility.

It’s not open source but it runs on everything.

I found it amusing that these posts were adjacent.

FYI, making you the product is only a tiny part of their stated reasoning:

https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/88659/how-can-cloudflare-offer-a-free-cdn-with-unlimited-bandwidth

The definition I learned for web 2.0, as it was happening, was a shift from static web pages generated all at once on the server and delivered to the client whole, to using Ajax with in-browser Javascript dynamically changing already-delivered pages with back-end XML calls.

Look man, it’s okay to be wrong. It’s a natural part of growth.

But when you double down on your ignorance instead of taking the opportunity to open your mind and listen to the experts in the room, you just end up embarrassing yourself.

Try to be better.

We can restrict the use of software TOTP, which is what companies are doing when they move users onto the MS Authenticator app.

Admins can’t control the other TOTP apps like Google Authenticator or Authy unless they go full MDM. And I don’t think someone worried about installing the MS Authenticator app is going to be happy about enrolling their phone in Intune.

Edit: And even then, there is no way to control or force users to use a managed device for software TOTP.

This is incredibly well said and I agree 100%. I’ll just add that software TOTP is weaker than the MS Authenticator with number matching because the TOTP seed can still be intercepted and/or stolen by an attacker.

Ever notice that TOTP can be backed up and restored to a new device? If it can be transferred, then the device no longer counts for the “something you have” second factor in my threat model.

While I prefer pure phishing-resistant MFA methods (FIDO2, WHFB, or CBA), the support isn’t quite there yet for mobile devices (especially mobile browsers) so the MS Authenticator is the best alternative we have.

It’s on the higher end of battery usage but it plays remarkably well. I play locked to 45 FPS / 90 Hz and I think I’m using the default Proton.