Haha yeah it was an old flip phone circa 2005, unscrewed the antenna and packed the bowl there and through the charge port that was one of those super wide Kyocera types. Not our best idea, but it makes for a fun story.

I’ve smoked out of a cell phone back when they had antennas you could unscrew, 3/10

I don’t wanna smoke my computer

Tbf Asus has been dogshit for at least a decade at this point.

Gestures broadly at the federal government

Americans will be pissed, but at the end of the day nothing measurable will come of it. We’d have to be straight starving to get off our asses and get shit done.

Just a small handful, no big deal.

Buttered Toast and Recursive Folder Shenanigans

Ah yeah, that’ll happen.

Ah that a bunch of crap. It’s the difference that there are a decently informed number of people that are actively speaking up and have been for years that everything hasn’t slid to hell long before all this. Yeah, we’re in a pretty fucked situation right now, and yes, too many people are still blindly going along with it, but it would be a much more dire situation if we didn’t have the information gleaned from that era.

*patently

JavaScript

Ah, they’re that kind of evil.

I’ve actually been eyeing EE programs and probably will pursue one at some point as I’m fascinated with larger infrastructure and larger power systems. A few years ago I was actually chasing a position with our local POCO for an engineering spot but was shot down due to lack of degree (even though the person they hired came from water and has a civil degree, and apparently is a complete moron). The issue I have now is finding a reputable online program as I live in the mountains and the closest school that has such a program is two hours away, and the last thing I want to do is move into a denser populated area. So I dunno, I’m alright for now but definitely am keeping eyes open.

At this point I have no clue. I’m an electrician with my own shop, and we do well, but damn is it tough on the body. I’ve been beginning to think of what to do next, but nothing’s really grabbing me, especially to keep my income where it’s at. And yeah, that’s a good reason to avoid those hyper corporate environments, no thanks haha.

I have a couple friends that are software devs, and they echo the exact same sentiment. We’ve bonded over computers over the years, and they all wish they’d chosen a different career path at times because there are so many morons, and typically the morons are the worst devs out there.

Encryption won’t do anything is your real IP address is exposed. A VPN covers that. Most ISPs don’t care, they just have to forward those nasty letters and may shut off your internet if pressured. Rightsholders will attach to the swarm, note all the connected IPs, and then go after the ISPs to get to the users. You have to obfuscate your personal IP somehow.

And sure I can see paying being an issue for some, but there really isn’t much other way. As for use, they’re no harder to set up that a torrent client.

While it being junk is all well and good, how to you convince a judge or a jury that their “evidence” is garbage?

I didn’t block a domain, I restricted the printer’s MAC from WAN access in my router’s firewall. I can still access it from any device on my network, but it just can’t phone home or search for firmware updates.

Ah, that’s fair on the old firmware bit, I hadn’t heard about that. I have a Brother laser printer, but it’s locked down on my network for phoning home.

In this case, I kind of don’t blame them in terms of warranty work. Like yeah, if the machine faults out within the warranty period, they should replace it. But if the machine breaks because someone uses $3 ink from a bodega that’s made from busted open bic pens, then no manufacturer should be on the hook for replacement when caused by user negligence, and I don’t blame a company for using some measure to determine that.