vulgarcynic

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[–] vulgarcynic 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Would you mind DM'ing me that link when you have some time?

[–] vulgarcynic 4 points 2 months ago

I have been using one with an alternate OS / Privacy focused setup of older hardware (Pixel 7 with Graphene, older Bluetooth headphones and a Pinetime). Switching back and forth between that config and a pretty current Samsung config.

It's interesting how much of the current smartwatch features are really just bloat in my day to day. I really only want to track steps, heartbeat when needed and receive messages.

I can do most of that with either and the battery life + simple design of the Pinetime has me considering a full move to their platform (phone, watch, buds).

I run bangle for most of my advanced config and it's decent. Makes some of the under the hood stuff a bit easier.

I think for the price of a pinewatch most users who are already looking at the hardware will get at least their investment back on checking the platform out and dipping in to the community around it.

[–] vulgarcynic 4 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately my external users don't have access to my jellyfin instance. Which is unfortunate because I enjoy it way more for Ersatz channels than I do Plex

[–] vulgarcynic 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the suggestion! I could try and see if my user pool would give that a shot but, I have some pretty tech illiterate people using my services.

My partner has embraced overseer though so it's been a win in the acceptance stack in that regard. . since they don't use Discord

[–] vulgarcynic 2 points 2 months ago

This looks great. Thanks for the link!

[–] vulgarcynic 5 points 2 months ago

I like to think of it as the boomers have reverse mortgaged the country.

[–] vulgarcynic 3 points 2 months ago

Not exactly an answer to your question, but, I use this as a go between on Android for all links (set as default browser) and don't experience the noted issue.

URLCheck

[–] vulgarcynic 1 points 2 months ago

Heck yeah! I just started jumping back in a few months ago so I'm glad to see there's still treating players well.

[–] vulgarcynic 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first Act can be a little bit trying to get through. But once this movie gets going it's fucking rad! I think I ended up watching it a couple times within the first few months it was out.

[–] vulgarcynic 3 points 2 months ago

The amount of corporate environments running old builds, 3+ patches behind or pro/home versions would shock anybody with an inkling of security awareness.

If you're going to run Windows as a business and especially if you're going to rely on Defender, you gotta be on top of shit. Most are woefully far outside of that

[–] vulgarcynic 1 points 2 months ago

They're not withholding, this is a normal lifecycle for their OS'es (technically this one is already an extended deadline due to covid). The fact that Win10 had a 10 year life is the first time they have done so (LTS builds not withstanding). The amount of vulnerabilities and patching necessary to keep that husk going isn't worth the squeeze to them.

Even Linux builds are lucky to reach 10 years of support on a given kernel.

Mint Life Cycle

Ubuntu Life Cycle

[–] vulgarcynic 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The OS being unsupported is a terrible idea. Especially is you're relying on Defender for EDR... either switch OS'es or upgrade. There is no sense in running vulnerable devices. You're only creating more attack surfaces. I sympathize with the user that can't afford an upgrade, but they gotta aware and accountable of the consequence. Arch, btw

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