yes, it's mostly things like games or software

though, I have seen more & more reports of people finding malicious disguised LNK files in their downloads and torrents, which will run some arbitrary command if you open that: Windows does not ever show the LNK extension, so a file could be named ".mkv.lnk", and you would only know if you checked the "file type" column in Explorer (which would read "Shortcut" instead of something like "Matryoshka file"), or when you see the cmd.exe window flicker open and close.

bonus edit: LNK is the native file extension that Windows uses to link app shortcuts, such as the shortcuts on your desktop.

"be mindful of wearing Reddit gear"??? this doesn't feel like this was said in good faith at ALL.

2013 is generous.

I haven't had any issues since April-ish. Try refreshing your blocklists: in your Settings Page > Filter Lists, click the little clock icons next to the list names to force-refresh

I think the reply by musk is paying-subscriber-only; when I saw someone post about it, it said something like "only the people who have subscribed to this person can view this tweet"

as long you are only forwarding Minecraft's 25565 port from your router to your server machine, it should be fine. Just make sure to keep Online mode on, use the whitelist, and get your plugins from trusted sources. Otherwise I wouldn't worry too much.

I see others recommending VPN solutions like zerotier for your friends to connect to; I don't personally feel like this is necessary, and (in my experience), making your friends do more technical setup than just connecting to the server is often a big turn-off.

Bonus: If you ever take a peek at your server logs while it's running (and exposed to the Internet, if you avoid said VPN solutions), you might notice a lot of weird connections from IPs and usernames you don't recognize. These are server scanners and threat scanners that look for vulnerable servers to connect to and exploit. This is normal and you'll be fine as long as you keep that whitelist and stay up-to-date on developments in the server admin space.

TLDR; No

It hasn't been necessary in a long time, unless you're a developer who frequently needs to type in filenames in everywhere (since the command line needs extra protection against spaces and other symbols)

The OS (Windows, Mac, Android, etc) handles thar all for you so you don't have to worry about it (unless you happen to use a badly-written program that doesn't understand spaces, but this is super rare to begin with, and more protected against as time goes on)

I would imagine 2° at 12 billion miles means it's almost certainly not pointing at anything man-made anymore, but I'm also not an astrophysicist so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Being that far out I don't even think we could go out and fix it anymore

Basically, the idea is that a server can refuse to serve you (or degrade your experience with captchas/heavier restrictions) unless you (your device) complete a "challenge". This could be something like the browser (through a system API) checking some device details like

• root/admin
• unlocked bootloader
• extensions (either bad extensions or something like an Adblock)
• VPN (potentially "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear")
• installed apps (Adblock via DNS like blokada,
• device emulation
• TPM (generate secure key to make sure device is "real")
• OS state (heavily modified?, untrusted OS?)

etc. Basically making sure the "environment" is clean and not tampered with (trusted).

The problem is with what defines a "trusted" environment. It could start at just making sure the device isn't rooted (like Android's Safetynet/Play Integrity check; most people don't root their device & don't/won't care, also easily justifiable since it can be a security vulnerability because the device is "wide open").

Then, like the article mentions, the device makers (Google (phones, chromebooks), Microsoft (Windows, Xbox), Apple (macOS, iOS, visionOS, etc), Meta/Facebook (Oculus), etc) could change their terms for attestation and deny approval on stricter, potentially anti-consumer criteria such as device age (forcing you to buy more things).

Can't say i didn't expect this.

They're probably required to have that, but there's no way they would ever know; there is no "pirated" switch that is set when you rip it.

I would like to cast a ballot for "lemmons"

• Revanced Manager, a YouTube(+more!!!) patcher to remove, er, unwanted features.
• Bitwarden Password Manager, password manager I switched to when Lastpass went down the shitter and wanted me to pay. I even ended up paying 10/y for TOTP in bitwarden, but only because I fealt they actually deserved it, unlike lastpass
• Mull, A Firefox fork with privacy, free modifications, and extension support. Mozilla, Firefox, and the Gecko engine help to fight the Chromium monopoly, which powers browsers like Chrome, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, etc.
• Termux, terminal emulator for Android. I really only use it in conjunction with Tasker (nonfree), but still useful for one-off applications
• K-9 Mail (soon Thunderbird for Android!), the only mail client for Android Ive ever used (apart from the gmail app). Now owned by Thunderbird and excited for it's future.
• Yuito, my preferred Mastodon client. I like it.

43% health?? Sounds like a faulty battery, probably still under warranty if you've only had it for a few months (< 1 year).

Warranty instructions: https://frame.work/warranty

What do you mean by privacy? If you mean like other people you may live with/come across having access to your data, the best solution is having an encrypted drive/partition. No DE or standard login is going to stop a determined threat actor from just pulling out your storage device and reading off what's on there.

I've acknowledged that, while convenient, my (small) setup is still a burden that I would be asking someone to take. If your friends don't already share your passion or knowledge for Linux/Docker/the intricacies of , I doubt they'd be willing to take on what you leave them.

My friends had a family member who had a giant setup of Raspberry Pi's that did Pi-hole, Home Assistant, F@H, among many other services and machines (there were like 6 Pi s!). They passed some time ago, and there's just no one in the family who was willing to take on the responsibility to learn how to manage everything that was going on—services have been slowly degrading/going down since then.

Those who rely on your services will just go back to using Google Drive, watch-anime-free.org.ru, and pressing "Open LAN world" in the Minecraft client. I don't think it's okay, but if you're out of the game, you won't be there to object.

That is to say, if you DO have friends that are knowing and willing, you need to leave plenty of good documentation. I haven't been one to write much of anything, and I've already fucked up my shell profiles again because of no documentation, but I can give some general pointers:

• What runs where?
• Why are things configured in certain ways? (ie "$GameServer gets 4gb because going over creates GC stutters", "$IP is blocked because of telemetry", "$File is symlinked to /dev/null to effectively delete/override a rule from $SomewhereElse")
• List rules and their exceptions. (ie "Service ports are numbered this way because it looks nice", "Except $Port because it conflicts with $SystemService")
• List things even if they're from personal preference (ie "Service ports are numbered this way because it looks nice", tells user that these are effectively meaningless and things shouldn't break by changing these, barring common sense)

Basically, leave meaningful comments that explain why something is the way that it is. You should be able to use this documentation yourself as reference material. Keep this documentation updated regularly, as frequently quoted "bad documentation is worse than no documentation" (or something like that)

(sorry if this last section in particular doesn't make much sense, I haven't slept in $hours. feel free to ask for clarification!)

I wouldn't call it a "fiasco", but they're disabling port-forwarding for everyone on July 1st. They say it's because people are hosting "unfavorable" content and it's getting their IPs banned. Their article

Not so sure about the "Web3" name, for fear of being associated. How about something like "Web 4.0", a return to form a la "Web 2.0"

I think when people say ”Algorithms", they mean the massive time-sucking behemoths that power the infinite scrolling of Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, etc.

Platforms like Lemmy have comparatively simple algorithms that can visually amount to "show the highest upvoted posts from the past x time, deduct rank by y time, improve rank by z if ...”, but these are still algorithms.

This might make me buy a smartwatch damnit