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@rysiek I still use that for some of the data (an external backup drive), but the machine needs to boot far enough to be on the network and accessible for that to work...

This machine wasn't originally set up with this in mind, so it doesn't have separate root/home partitions.

Proudly ashamed that I just kneecapped the full-disk #LUKS encryption on one of my personal #Linux servers.

I decided that the device was in a secure-enough location, and being able to auto-start on boot (e.g. after a power outage) was more important than protecting the drive contents.

This is the technique I used, which has the benefit that I can relatively easily reverse the change later on: https://web.archive.org/web/20140930221049/http://atterer.org/linux-remove-disable-luks-encryption-password-on-disk-partition-crypttab-initrd

If it's masculine to repair things, and it's feminine to clean things...

My gender is fixing things by cleaning them.

Sitting in the sun is so nice!

It does make it hard to see the screen and get work done.

But it's just so nice...

It's maddening how much advice given to parents throughout the years has not just been a bit lame, it's been actively harmful.

Example: Food allergies.

For years, parents have been warned not to feed babies peanuts and such things until they were 3 years old. And only milk/formula until 6 months old.

When they finally get around to doing randomized trials, it turns out the best way to PREVENT food allergies is to feed babies exciting things at 4 months.

4 months!

Maddening. #dadtoot

It's 2023, and / - \ | is still the perfect spinner animation.

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@rysiek @YurkshireLad No, incorrect.

Google provides entry nodes, exit nodes are elsewhere (I think Cloudflare is their main partner).

The sheer volumes involved mean this may actually provide better anonymity than Tor, and it will definitely provide better performance.

The only reason we aren't celebrating is because we don't trust the big companies.

@rysiek @YurkshireLad They claim to not know the destination.

Maybe they lie, but that is the promise they are making.

@rysiek @YurkshireLad C'mon, take off the tinfoil hat for a moment.

The how is well understood - onioning. The tech is open source enough for the community to verify the default implementation. Assuming they trojan their binaries... well, I think they would get caught.

The more interesting takeaway, is Google don't feel the IP address info is all that valuable anymore. They are comfortable giving it up, they trust it will hurt their competitors more than it hurts them.

@quinn You make excellent points. But even if Gazans were enfranchised, the "responsibility" argument is untenable.

Are the people making it OK with Hamas holding Israeli civilians responsible for the government that oppresses, starves and bombs Palestine? I rather doubt it.

As far as I can tell, in both cases "hold responsible" is a euphemism for murdering civilians.

That knife cuts both ways and should be left in the drawer.

I went to a London Film Festival premier last night; saw a film called Tuesday.

Apparently one of the reasons films do a round of festivals before they get released to the general public, is to build buzz. Well, this film deserves buzz, so doing my part! Buzz, buzz!

Tuesday was great! It had some Neal Gaiman vibes, but was still very clearly its own thing. I really enjoyed it.

If you like fantasy, see it someday!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14682800/

Interesting to think that Mozilla Thunderbird (2003) was an "electron app" ten years before Electron (2013) even existed!

Not passing judgement on whether that is a good or a bad thing. Just think it's interesting.