Cybersecurity Telorand • 2 weeks ago • 93%

I've been thinking about getting a couple of Yubikeys for a partner and myself, but we share certain accounts. While I would love to have the Yubikey 5 that can store TOTP, that seems like it could be problematic for shared accounts. Would using the cheaper Yubico Security Keys to unlock Bitwarden Premium vaults, that use a Shared Organization, be a better/more sane option than trying to sync up TOTP secrets every time a new shared account gets added? Any other critiques or suggestions?

Texas Telorand • 4 weeks ago • 98%

www.texastribune.org

>In response to questions about why A&M discontinued the medical care, a university spokesperson said its growing student population and the resulting strain on the A.P. Beutel Health Center require officials to continuously review the services they offer and how they use the center’s resources. The spokesperson noted that the university has invested more in mental health care following a national rise in college students seeking it out. > >Transgender and queer students are skeptical of that explanation and believe the university acted in response to pressure from conservative groups. They say the move shows the university is not willing to support them equally. > >“It just seems that they don't take the same level of care to address concerns of the queer community as they would other communities,” Klatt said. > >Students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas. And it comes as the state’s public universities face top-down pressure to appease Republican leaders — or risk incurring their wrath during next year’s legislative session. Don't you just love that "small government?" FFS, y'all. Please vote like people's futures depend upon it.

Open Source Telorand • 1 month ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/24214265 > So, a couple years ago, somebody published the 2017 free desktop client of SketchUp on the chocolatey repos, and I managed to snag it before it got taken down. I use it primarily to make woodworking plans. > > I'm wrapping up my transition plan to Linux, but I'm not really up to date on SketchUp alternatives. The only ones I know of are Blender (afaik more for animation and 3D printing) and FreeCAD (CAD seems like overkill, since I'm just doing simple cuts and joinery). > > Are there good Linux/FOSS alternatives to SketchUp that have similar features, or is the web client the only reasonable option?

Linux Telorand • 1 month ago • 100%

So, a couple years ago, somebody published the 2017 free desktop client of SketchUp on the chocolatey repos, and I managed to snag it before it got taken down. I use it primarily to make woodworking plans. I'm wrapping up my transition plan to Linux, but I'm not really up to date on SketchUp alternatives. The only ones I know of are Blender (afaik more for animation and 3D printing) and FreeCAD (CAD seems like overkill, since I'm just doing simple cuts and joinery). Are there good Linux/FOSS alternatives to SketchUp that have similar features, or is the web client the only reasonable option?

Technology Telorand • 2 months ago • 81%

This isn't a joke, though it almost seems like one. It uses Llama 3.1, and supposedly the conversation data stays on the device and gets forgotten over time (through what the founder calls a rolling "context window"). The implementation is interesting, and you can see the founder talking about earlier prototypes and project goals in interviews from several months ago. iOS only, for now. Edit: Apparently, you can [build your own](https://docs.basedhardware.com/) for around $50 that runs on ChatGPT instead of Llama. I'm sure you could also figure out how to switch it to the LLM of your choice.

Texas Telorand • 2 months ago • 100%

arstechnica.com

>A US appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional, finding Universal Service fees on phone bills to be a "misbegotten tax." If not overturned, the ruling would upend the $8 billion-a-year system that is used to expand telecom networks and make access more affordable through programs such as Lifeline discounts and deployment grants for Internet service providers. > >But the FCC program could survive in the end as the case appears ripe for Supreme Court review, with yesterday's ruling creating a circuit split. The ruling against the FCC was issued by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which is generally considered one of the most conservative appeals courts. > >The FCC previously prevailed in the 6th and 11th circuit appeals courts, which both rejected claims that the Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional. All three cases against the FCC were filed by Consumers' Research, a nonprofit that fights "woke corporations," and a mobile virtual network operator called Cause Based Commerce, which offers wireless service to "values-based consumers who want alternatives to the many companies and providers that support causes and positions contrary to their beliefs." Everyone's favorite, Texas-based, Conservative rubber stamp strikes again. This may be a federal court, but don't forget that these people represent Texas every time they issue a bad ruling.

Nix / NixOS Telorand • 2 months ago • 96%

I'm working through some necessary issues in VMs as I work towards dropping Windows, but it occurred to me that I should pick a distro my non-techy partner could use in the event that something catastrophic happens to me. I really like the declarative/immutable distros, but perhaps something more traditional with btrfs snapshots would be better suited to such a use case...? It's no secret that NixOS has a steep learning curve, but do any of you share a NixOS PC with family/partners/etc.? If so, what has that experience been like? Could they take over admin if you were incapacitated?

Linux Questions Telorand • 3 months ago • 85%

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/21668140 > I have a VPN daemon that needs to run before the client will work. Normally, this would have been set up automatically by its install script, but the system is immutable. > > I've created the systemd service via `sysyemctl edit --force --full daemon.service` with the following parameters: > > ``` > [Unit] > Description=Blah > After=network-online.target > > [Service] > User=root > Group=root > ExecStart=/usr/bin/env /path/to/daemon > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > ``` > > I've verified that the daemon is actually executable, and it runs fine when I manually call it via `sudo daemon`. When I try to run it with `sudo systemctl enable --now daemon.service`, it exits with error code 126. > > What am I missing? Edit: Typo, and added the relevant user and group to the Service section. Still throwing a 126. Solution: the system wanted `/usr/bin/env` in ExecStart to launch the binary. The .service file above has been edited to show the working solution.

I have a VPN daemon that needs to run before the client will work. Normally, this would have been set up automatically by its install script, but the system is immutable. I've created the systemd service via `sysyemctl edit --force --full daemon.service` with the following parameters: ``` [Unit] Description=Blah After=network-online.target [Service] User=root Group=root ExecStart=/usr/bin/env /path/to/daemon [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` I've verified that the daemon is actually executable, and it runs fine when I manually call it via `sudo daemon`. When I try to run it with `sudo systemctl enable --now daemon.service`, it exits with error code 126. What am I missing? Edit: typo Edit 2: Added script modifications. Daemon appears to be some kind of pre-compiled binary. Solution: ExecStart wanted `/usr/bin/env` to launch the binary. The service file above has been edited to reflect the correct solution. See [this post](https://reddthat.com/post/21672021) for further discussion.

Linux Telorand • 3 months ago • 98%

I'm working on my transition plan away from Windows and testing out various things in VMs as I do so, and one big hurdle is making sure the VPN client my work requires can connect. Bazzite is my target distro (primarily gaming, work less frequently), though other more traditionally structured ones like Pop!_OS and Garuda are possibilities. I'm currently trying and failing to get the VPN client working in a distrobox (throws an error during connection saying PPP isn't installed or supported by the kernel). However, I *can* successfully get the VPN connected if I overlay the client and its dependencies via `rpm-ostree install,` but I read somewhere that Bazzite's philosophy is to use `rpm-ostree` as sparingly as possible for installing software to preserve as much containerization as possible. Since I can get it working outside of a container, am I overthinking it? Should I just accept that this might be one of the "sparing" cases? Is Bazzite perhaps a poor fit for my use case? I've been trying to make sense of [this guide](https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/2022/10/wireguard-in-podman/#use-for-host-network), but I'm having trouble understanding how to apply it to my situation, since I'm not that familiar with Docker or Podman.

Linux Telorand • 3 months ago • 98%

For example, I saw a post the other day detailing how to set up a [Brother laser printer](https://lemmy.ca/post/23695569) on Kinoite. That's not something I would have initially considered a potential problem to be solved. Another I ran into some years ago had to do with an Edimax WiFi dongle that used some weirdly specific Realtek 8812 radio, for which you had to set up the driver via `dkms.` A little prep and knowledge in advance would have saved days of searching online. I've started a personal to-do list of things to research and make sure I have all my ducks in a row before I make the full-time switch on my main desktop, so besides the usual "back up your files" advice, I'm hoping y'all can point out some QoL things I and others may often miss!

As an ex-fundigelical, I think the boys get it wrong here. Perhaps the people at the top are cynical with regard to the existence of demons, but I guarantee there's a concerning number of people in the crowd who think demons are real, and they genuinely think they're fighting a holy war against them by opposing people that include "liberals and 'unhuman' communists." I used to think demons were actually real, and average people often had demons inside them, like sleeper agents waiting to be activated. I agree that the "demonic" rhetoric is a convenient tool to justify political violence, but many of them aren't using demons as an excuse to do something they already want to do; they're doing it because they genuinely think they're saving humanity from Satan to usher in some kind of idealized 1950s utopia ~~only for white, affluent Christians.~~ In their mind, they are sincerely at war with their fellow Americans, but there's a convenient, dehumanizing layer of "demons" to make them feel better about any acts of violence or stripping of rights. Hello, spectre of Nazism.

Linux Telorand • 3 months ago • 96%

First, let me be clear up front that I'm not promoting the idea that there should be one "universal" Linux distro. With all the various distros out there for consumers, there's lots of discussion about Arch, Debian, and Fedora (and their various descendant projects), but I rarely see much talk about openSUSE. Why might somebody choose that one over the others? What features or vision distinguishes it from the others? Edit: I love all the answers! Great stuff. Thanks to everyone!

Ask Science Telorand • 4 months ago • 97%

Now that late spring/early summer is upon us, there's increasingly more headlines about less rain in various places (recent floods notwithstanding). I'm assuming that's because water is evaporating and not returning to those places, but where is it going? Is it arriving, now, in these bursty flash floods? Is it staying longer in the atmosphere and moving to new locations? Is more of it just staying in the atmosphere period?

exchristian Telorand • 4 months ago • 100%

www.lgbtqnation.com

Communicating trauma through art is fine, as long as you don't remind the Christian fundies that their beliefs and practices are a prime source of religious trauma for lots of people.

On the recent episode of KF #916, Alex's employee halfheartedly promised the world would end. And if that didn't happen, lots of people were allegedly going to be going to the hospital, but nobody at my office seems to be feeling anything but allergies. Ripped off. I think the folks at Infowars might be charlatans. /s

Texas Telorand • 6 months ago • 98%

Y'all, this is why you need to vote, including your local races. All an ideology like this needs to grow is fertile ground, a propaganda apparatus to spread it, and a willing legislature. Vote like your lives depend on it, vote like your families' and friends' lives depend on it, because it very well might.

Steam Deck Telorand • 7 months ago • 96%

What are some good games you play that you think are good for extended travel (i.e. battery friendly)? Emulation and TDP-adjusted options count!

Reddthat Community and Support Telorand • 7 months ago • 88%

Far too often, lately, I see lots of people worried about the number of downvotes, or making preliminary justifications and requests to not downvote particular posts. Me? I don't have to think about any of that. The content of the posts and comments determines their quality, not some artificial number that only represents whether people dis/like something. Edit: Wow, a lot of people from other instances seem really offended that I don't like downvoting and seem a bit confused that I'd be thanking my admins for something I appreciate. If you like downvoting, you don't have to move here. Enjoy your instance's features. Welcome to the Fediverse.

Steam Deck Telorand • 7 months ago • 99%

www.gamingonlinux.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12541544 > 

Steam Deck Telorand • 7 months ago • 87%

www.notebookcheck.net

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12498529 > I think this is really the way going forward with portable gaming. > - Lighter and smaller handheld > - A large screen experience in a portable package > - Privacy > - Not having to hold the handheld device oriented to view it > - Replaceable battery is a big plus too! > > > There is no mention of Linux as the OS but it looks as friendly to Linux gaming as any other AMD based handheld device beside the Steam Deck.

Reddthat Community and Support Telorand • 10 months ago • 100%

Hey Reddthat mods, Is there a mechanism to report entire communities? I found one that appears to be ::: spoiler trigger warning pro-pedophilia ::: but it's the lone mod doing the posting, so sending a report will likely be ignored. It's a community on this instance. ::: spoiler Relevant post. https://reddthat.com/post/9070084 ::: Edit: formatting

Gaming Telorand • 10 months ago • 100%

I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people's experiences were like! Is your favorite still around? Are they still the same, or did they "change directions under new management?"

Ask Science Telorand • 10 months ago • 89%

Amouranth, the Kick streamer, is allegedly brewing beer with her vaginal yeast. It's an obvious publicity stunt to squeeze more money from her impressionable and "thirsty" audience. Gross-factor aside, is this even possible? Is it analogous to brewer's yeast? Would this cause undesirable side effects or introduce undesirable compounds?

Free Video Game Giveaways Telorand • 10 months ago • 94%

galeforcegames.itch.io

This is a port of the game GliderPRO, originally for MacOS 9. You do not need itch.io to install it, and there's versions for Windows, Mac, and Android (APK and Play Store)

Ask Science Telorand • 10 months ago • 95%

My initial thought is "no," since our eyes, being receivers for specific wavelengths of EM radiation, can't see frequencies like infrared, no matter how bright. Likewise, my cell phone's WiFi and cell modules don't conflict with each other (as far as this layperson can tell, anyway). But if, for example, infrared were sufficiently bright/energetic, could it affect neighboring frequencies, like reds?

SFF PC Telorand • 11 months ago • 100%

Laptop parts into an SFF case might be kind of cheating, but with the amount of effort needed to make everything work for the parts, I think this still counts!