I’ve been curious about this recently after seeing all the reviews for MindsEye. I’d never heard of it until a few days ago, yet all the reviewers I pay attention to are talking about how it’s the worst game ever, while the footage they show makes it look fine. I haven’t played it, so I can’t disagree with them, but the vitriol for something that appears to be completely average is surprising.

I was refraining from posting this, so I’m very glad someone else did. Back when we were masked up, I always appreciated the Maryland flag masks the most and made sure to compliment their wearers.

Doesn’t Firefox have reader mode with dark mode built in? Don’t get me wrong, I find that functionality indispensable, but I didn’t think it required a plugin.

That’s even more concerning!

Yeah, agreed.

Wireless for me also. Actually pretty sure I’ve never used wired.

I was recently very interested to learn that, if I run a VPN on my phone, Auto immediately calls out the VPN as a problem and refuses to connect to my car until it’s disconnected.

Per Mozilla, they’re already getting that from the car manufacturers.

If this premise entertains you, you might enjoy the American Dad! episode regarding Guy Fiere.

Personally, I love most of their episodes, but I think my favorite is the one with the rear projection TV.

I agree with you … But the contention mentioned above is mostly just a joke between us now. The good news is that I plan to be with her the rest of my life and die before she does, so how long we’ve been together is less of a concern to me than how long we will be!

That’s similar to what I was considering saying - my wife and I disagree whether we met when I was 22 or 23 and all the services we used to talk back then (IRC server, Skype, AIM) are gone, so there are no easily accessible records.

That said, I’m about to turn 38, so also fifteenish years is how long I’ve known her. We got married about seven years after that.

https://youtu.be/o8ym0HBvpFA

I think the limited number of room transitions would stress me out, but I like the concept and love the punny name.

Sorry if I was unclear; what you’re saying is kind of my point. A computer without networking can still have risks, but they’re a lot lower. The standards of security can change with conditions. If you have a computer on an enterprise network, it should be very secure; if on your home network, more cavalier standards can make sense. If you have a computer without any networking whatsoever, being compromised is not impossible, but it’s much less likely unless you’re storing something quite extraordinary on the system. That’s why I referenced networks while talking about the configured security of an individual system. In general, I believe I was broadly agreeing with you.

Your home network is certainly less of a security risk due to both being a smaller target and (usually) needing to have fewer services available or ports open, so I would agree with you it’s acceptable for security to be more lax. Personally, I don’t find sudo to be less convenient than su; it’s even saved me from thoughtlessly running a dangerous command a time or two. Also, I try to keep my home network setup close to my work network until doing so gets in the way. If nothing else, this prevents me from getting used to a different way of doing things.

However, it’s your network. If you find that your way works better for you, by all means, configure your system in whatever way seems best to you!

Fun fact: the convenience store Wawa indirectly derived its name from a Canadian goose (or wild goose, depending on whom you believe).

If root has a password, it’s only one password; everyone who has root access knows the password, which means that anyone can share it with no accountability. If privilege escalation rights are granted instead, it’s easy to see who did what, as well as to contain any kind of compromise (by revoking said rights).

Also, I think you originally referred to su but sudo allows much more granular control.

Having a password for root is Ill advised.

You do now!

Apparently they’re closed now, but Artscow used to offer to print any image you provided on a shower curtain for you. I’m sure other alternatives exist these days.