arscynic

joined 8 months ago
[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 13 points 6 months ago

Mario needs to set these empty cars on fire.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 months ago

“Those damn immigrants taking all our healthcare.”

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

“Honestly, I am completely unsure how to proceed with the pages server.
It might be the best idea to deprecate it.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Codeberg Pages if you don't mind a give-or-take weekly 30 min downtime. GitHub Pages if you do. GitLab Pages if you have a creditcard which they require to verify your identity.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Running shirtless at -3 ℃
“On curing sadness with cold showers, excess with Cynicism, and madness with veganism. And if you can't go vegan, eat the rich.” —https://arscyni.cc/file/cynic.html

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

Rest assured, I do that too ;)

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Last year I did so by writing the essay “What if I paid for all my free software?” It came across well. Now I'm thinking of ways to reach a broader audience in order to not only be preaching to the choir.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

During an inconspicuous math class in my final year of highschool I suddenly had enough of going in front of the classroom to solve a math problem. I love math, was good at it, but doing it live doesn't sit well with mathematical anxiety. When it was my turn the teacher asked “Marcus, want to go in front please?” Then it hit me that that's a question. So I gathered my guts while my heart was racing and replied “Would you mind if I said I'd rather not?” The teacher laughed and said “Yeah that's fine.” My classmates' minds were blown. I didn't need to go in front for the rest of the year with which he made me king. I loved him; we always appreciated each other's humour.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“On Windows 10 PCs without an ESU subscription, however, any security flaws found from that day forward will remain unpatched, making those PCs increasingly vulnerable to online attacks.”

“Windows unpatched […] increasingly vulnerable to online attacks” is a facetious statement since the operating system is inherently malware.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 months ago

Yes, but Recall is spyware by design posing as a benign feature. This kind of unethical behaviour I vehemently oppose.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

But it doesn’t matter, because everyone else uses Gmail, so any time I communicate with someone, Google reads my emails, despite the fact that I never agreed to their oppressive ToS.

That's avoidable by PGP encrypting your emails though. But I'm sure you know that, and I'm sure you meant that getting most people to use PGP is a pipe dream.

[–] arscynic@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I couldn't wait to post this obligatory fragment of Parks and Recreation - Ron vs. Online Privacy: https://youtu.be/8xn1rO1oQmk

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If one chats/mails with a person using Windows, despite using secure private protocols, every message will be stored by Microsoft's Windoze Recall. Either I'm missing something but this feature seems like the most grotesque breach in online privacy/security.

What are ways to avoid this except for using obfuscated text?

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