tty5

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of special knowledge or equipment does piracy groups have?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • HDCP had flaws and keys up to version up to 2.1 were extracted/reversed. In addition to that there is hdfury device that legally and following HDCP licencing terms downgraded 2.2 to lower 2.x versions to provide compatibility. They got smarter and blocked downgrading in later versions. Blocking HDCP older than that would also break compatibility with devices that don’t support versions of the standard newer than late 2012. Add a capture card and you are set.
  • Widevine L1 keys were extracted from a Qualcomm CPU in 2021. They are also stored in Intel CPUs in SGX which had so many flaws over the years I’d be surprised nobody grabbed keys at some point
  • Both audio and sound has to be decrypted and analog at some point - you can capture it if you have the hardware and willingness to e.g. grab it at a LCD display ribbon. Not as good/convenient as decrypting it, but it is an option.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Peak power can only be maintained for a minute (if you are lucky) before it overheats. Peak power is the main advertised spec, so it has to be high and default mode so you don’t feel cheated when you turn it on for the first time. The other modes you toggle through are settings that can be sustained for extended periods of time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh, I assumed you were talking about young children and your response suggests adults. In that case I’d say it’s even easier - they already live their own lives and you have more flexibility to live yours the way you like and where you like. Travel is always a pain, but the bigger deal the trip is the more meaningful the visit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Take them with you, especially if the move is a quality of life upgrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to touch immigration, work permits etc, because it varies greatly - I’m assuming you figure it out. For skilled workers with work experience there usually is a fairly painless way to get all you need.

  Continuing to work:

  • your employed has to have presence in the country you are moving to, or
  • they have to handle your employment through an intermediary, like deel.com, or
  • you have to transition to independent contractor (potentially legally dicey if you are a contractor in name only)
  • if your company doesn’t support fully async work don’t move more than 8 time zones away - that way you’ll still be able to join some meetings

  Moving is the simplest part:

  • Lightweight & cheap option: pack a backpack/suitcase like you were going on long vacation. Buy plane tickets. Rent Airbnb at the location for a week and use that week to rent a place to live. This option is similar in cost to moving to a different city within a country with extra costs being $2000-3000 for travel and initial week at destination.
  • Everything and kitchen sink is not much more expensive: 10k gets everything you own professionally packed, stuffed in a 20 feet shipping container, shipping across the ocean, customs and delivery and unloading (but not unpacking from boxes). 20 feet container is enough to take everything in a large, packed 2 bedroom condo including furniture.

  At destination you will need:

  • work permit / work visa
  • local equivalent of social security / tax number / sometimes both - file a form, sometimes pay a small fee
  • a business (if you are going independent contractor route)
  • bank account

  Vast majority of the info you need will often be available on the embassy website of your destination country.

  Source: over the 20 years of my career I moved across the ocean twice with my family and worked from a total of 4 countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Working remotely from another continent crowd checking in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me that’s achieved by being 6 timezones ahead - I finish work, turn off my computer and go to sleep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. PSN is only available in about 70 countries (out of 190). E.g. in the entire continent of Africa only one country has access.

  Even some members of European Union don’t get PSN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ONS staff refuse to work two days a week in office⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Before COVID: all of it. After COVID mostly jobs that require you to physically interact with stuff.

  I used to be allowed to WFH once a week. It’s been almost 3 years since I’ve been to the office and I no longer live on the same side of the ocean. Same company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien: Romulus | Teaser Trailer | In Cinemas Aug 16⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on how heavily they are leaning into who is making the movie + abundance of facehuggers and action I’m not optimistic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This person's rejection reason⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless you are trying to get a job with min/max age requirements, like airline pilot or us president, age provides no valuable information to potential employer other than a factor to illegally discriminate on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This person's rejection reason⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even have my age on mine.