Lasherz12
@Lasherz12@lemmy.world
- Comment on Deleting posts 8 hours ago:
This is the nature of a defederated website. There are multiple hosts who all act independently, but have decided to source from each other. Upvotes come in from instances you aren’t on who refuse deletions or process them on a delay.
This means that Lemmy is very difficult to pull information back from, if it’s even possible at all. There are no doubt instances that are almost solely functioning as archives as well that may not even make themselves known except through requests to maybe only one ither instance. It’s great for anticensorship, but not great if you say something goofy you didn’t mean and are now getting downvotes from the instances that don’t believe in edits or whatever it may be.
Deletions not be honored is also pretty common generally, because there are accounts who create posts and then delete their accounts. On reddit it’s throwaway accounts, but on lemmy.world at least it destroys the posts permanently and then all of the engagement is locked under the nonexistent post which will be purged.
I think the best balance is instances allow deletions by admins/mods/the user, but do not allow deletions for account purging by the user. I don’t know how many flags there are in the data transmissions between instances to know the origin of the action or what button the user clicked.
- Comment on Why do we assume paper towels are sterile, or at least clean? 1 day ago:
They’re pretty clean so long as it’s indoors and ideally not in a bathroom. There’s a massive difference of a new paper towel and a reused towel. I wear contacts and it doesn’t take much to notice residue on my hands/eyelid area.
- Comment on Next to a church in Missouri 1 day ago:
Many churches and especially political action committees based on Christianity function as death cults. I’d say they definitionally don’t care at all about earth or the people on it. Not wanting people to go to hell stands in juxtaposition to their desire to themselves be raptured.
It also begs the question of why we allow people who yearn for the end times to be the preferred leaders of what used to be the most powerful nation, but a little out of scope for a dumb church sign.
- Comment on Next to a church in Missouri 2 days ago:
They’re mostly German. Not sure whether to interpret that as zionist = nazis and we’ve got a liberalism problem, zionist =/= nazi and we’ve got a nazi problem, both, or the scratch a liberal and a nazi bleeds thing is real in more cases than I thought.
- Comment on Next to a church in Missouri 3 days ago:
Schools < city < state < nation < a foreign nation.
Just as our forefathers intended. /s
This nation needs re-education camps.
- Comment on Is ASHDOL a good company for an external cd/dvd drive? 1 week ago:
Uh, no. Generics are fine though. It’s no longer difficult to make these for cheap
- Comment on What should I do about my family? 1 week ago:
You’re obviously going to have doubts about the validity of your feelings under a roof with that much ignorance. People can be dismissive for many reasons, but I think language can sometimes be important. If you don’t exude confidence it tends to be treated as affirmation of your views not mattering.
If you state plainly that you’re upset, you’d like some of their time, advice, and attention, and you still receive this type of response, it’s reasonable to write them off and lean on friends instead. Highly recommend therapy.
- Comment on Can your ISP see a spike in your internet usage even if you are using a VPN? 1 week ago:
Yes. VPN still uses your data, more of it in fact because encrypted secure tunnel files are generally larger than the original data and also cached data on the ISP network are no longer called, so more goes to the greater internet.
- Comment on The Walmart in my town didn’t clearly don’t care lol 1 week ago:
Rule 8 explicitly permits reposts from Reddit. Please block instead of brigading other users.
- Comment on Hiccups just fucking suck 1 week ago:
Holding my breath works for me, or maybe it just passes the time. Usually goes away in about 2 full breaths.
- Comment on This FedEx driver has never won a round of Tetris in his life 2 weeks ago:
That’s how my wife packs the freezer.
- Comment on How would you safely and privately child-proof a PC? 2 weeks ago:
I disagree that pihole can’t be used in the instance of a laptop since you can still use it as a dns remotely, but an opendns account was effectively made for this purpose.
Use commonly available white lists and blacklists for kids only content.
Pihole also has built in monitoring for dns requests. I’ve never paid for opendns but it does too.
Arris routers allow smtp data logs to also show direct IP interactions. I imagine lots of routers do. Using solarwinds software demos you can easily parse through them. You cannot control these requests non-locally, but I’d ask what you’re trying to look for if these requests are consistently made out of the house and are limited to IP only requests without dns. An app you don’t want them using? In that case reroute the apps known IPs to 127.0.0.1 locally and remove admin rights from the user. This will also lock them to opendns.
Set rules for yourself about what constitutes a problem ahead of time. Snooping can lead to the bending of rules in search of something that’s not there. Internet traffic is rife with advertisers sideloading all sorts of dubious shit. The context of other IPs or hostnames connected to before and after is important when looking at log data.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s either worth involving journalists or It’s not. Wouldn’t be caught dead trusting the anonymity of 4chan. If I did I’d expect I’d be caught and dead with that sort of information.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Think about who else has access, who else flags as not part of the mission, where is evidence of this download stored (it’s probably in more places than you’d expect from a digital forensics perspective). Keep in mind tools that delete also leave voids where there should be data, which is highly suspicious. Even something like removing a drive, deleting stuff on another computer, and placing it back could be a bread crumb if the original computer logs write or read cycle counts. Copiers keep records of their documents and users who print them, this can be traced back to the documents themselves.
Also who else in your life is vulnerable to the culprits, how will media spin this against you, how will the culprits lie about your actions and documents? Is what you’re exposing against a shared enemy publicly or a relatively positive entity? Think Bill Clinton and the fawning that made Monica to take the brunt of the scrutiny off of him? Would other governments or companies highly benefit from this information being released to the point that you’d be labeled a spy?
How legal was your access? Coincidental, open door, closed door opened, locked door opened, safe opened (metaphorically for digital). Can your information alone be used to prove its own validity? How much trail have you left in your interactions with other people, especially in text form, to raise you as a suspicious entity? I’d argue if it’s you then already too much is on the internet and you’d be better served passing the concern to someone else in the know if you don’t plan on moving to Russia like Snowden. Speaking of Snowden, make sure that your redactions cover both the copier hardware signature as well as fully remove the things you’re trying to redact. There are journalists who accept tips as well as nonprofits that may take a look without ratting you out. The journalists that Snowden chose were Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Barton Gellman, and Ewen MacAskill.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Just FYI, underage accounts cannot post on .world communities, if that is the case.
- Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I know in restaurants alcohol free requires no ID. It’d be nice if those terms were a little more clear.
- Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take 4 weeks ago:
Seems fake. It’s also not legal AFAIK to sell non alcoholic beer since it’s still got some alcohol in it. Then again I guess vanilla extract and mouth wash does too.
- Comment on Why put data centers in space? 4 weeks ago:
It’s a shameless attempt to loop in their own assets to a free for all money spree. There is literally nothing about it that makes any sense. It would be more efficient to beam laser light back to earth to power a dc than this, and that’s a stupid idea too.
- Comment on Just got arrested for a supposed DWI even though I blew a 0.0000000. Don't cops need to read your Miranda rights to you? I asked for a blood or hair follicle test and I was denied. WTH is happening? 1 month ago:
There was a supreme court ruling on this during Trump 1 I believe. They do not need to read rights any more.
- Comment on What happened to "Sanctuary Cities" where they bussed so called "immigrants" there? Was there a long term effect or anything? Or did cities may had a hiccup or two and that's about it? 1 month ago:
Well the busing did succeed at one thing, which is demonstrating that Adams was a shitty human with no actual values and showed that democratic governors and mayors often view migrants as a net negative even though they’re not. It was a great example of the problem with liberal politics, more obsessed with playing a game than caring for people and standing up for them. Even though they said stuff like they’re using them as pawns (true), the real response should have been thank you for sending us statistically better law abiders and hard workers. We will make sure they want to stay because them leaving yiur shithole state makes yours worse and ours better.
- Comment on what's the deal with Data centers and why do we all of a sudden need massive ones built all over everywhere? 1 month ago:
- Surveillance, reverse data anonymization, behaviour analysis, and autogenerated prosecutions.
- Make middle managers and CEOs feel special.
- Make stock numbers go up.
- Tax incentives on processing power upgrades while environmental laws are at a low and entrenching will allow negligence to continue.
- Moore’s law is staggered so much, it’s likely today’s hardware will not be replaced soon. Also they’re all invested in Nvidia anyways.
- The perception of positive change during a time when stagnation is nearly absolute in the west.
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 1 month ago:
It’s pretty well known they were bred to be fighting dogs for blood sports. It doesn’t mean they end up that way, but intervention is needed in places other breeds do not require it.
- Comment on What is the hate against Pit Bulls? Everyone I've met are super friendly like my BC. Or are they the new Doberman for this cycle? 1 month ago:
The conversation is nuanced and long, but TLDR is that it is a breed which requires more training than other breeds. It’s also important to note that many owners’ version of training is ineffective or counter productive.
Pitbulls are highly energetic and much like great Danes, grow up physically much faster than mentally. They end up being an extremely powerful dog, chalk full of muscles, who crave constant attention and behave like a puppy. Well, puppies bite, and when a dog bites you, you tend to address it (give it attention). Compounding this, they’re also not very smart and it takes a while to train them. Compounding this further, they have instincts like all dogs where pushing is met with resistance (something Cesar talks about a lot with food etiquette around dogs), and basically everything they do is exaggerated with their enormous energy.
Comparing them to a breed like a Labrador, the obliviousness, energy, strength, and attention needs are not the same.
They can be very good dogs, but effort was made to achieve that. There are dogs who have been bred to be home bodies and they much more naturally fall into a “good dog” category. Pitbulls were bred for dog fighting and blood sports. This is not a good start for family’s first dog.
To put this into other terms. There are chickens who have been bred for cock fights. They can be good roosters, but watch your back and be ready to remove them if they attack your hens. That being said, predators beware. Different breeds have different specialties, if you want one for the look be very deliberate about what actions you are going to take to change the “natural outcome” of their behavior being the behavior you don’t want.
- Comment on A lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill? 2 months ago:
From what I recall there were multiple fairly popular prophecies about what a diety or sign from the heavens were supposed to look like and Jesus recreated a number of them in the form of miracles. Doesn’t really speak to his mental status, he coulda been delusional in his insistance of his diety status or he could have been a grifter, or it could all be legit or whatever.
- Comment on Shrinkflation hits again! 2 months ago:
Think you’re just experiencing strawberries being a cheaper fruit by weight than raspberries, but I appreciate the diligence.
- Comment on Could the Supreme Court overturning Marbury vs Madison be a way to repeal the US Constitution? 2 months ago:
They wouldn’t overturn it and give back their power, but I could definitely see them modifying it to grab more power.
- Comment on Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection? 2 months ago:
I was telling my friend when I got it that I can’t send any photos of my face lest I ever become a politician
- Comment on Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection? 2 months ago:
I wouldn’t say our tests were perfect, just smearing it on cardboard, but we did test like 10 different ones. Few things were obvious, like that the coral reef destroying ingredient ones were more effective than the more eco ones, and that banana boat kinda sucked. Neutrogena was good and even their 15 spf was just about as dark as their 30. I think coppertone was worse than banana boat but I’d wanna retest before I recommend any of them though. My memory isn’t that good, I just remember relief that Neutrogena was good because it’s what I’ve been using.
a.aliexpress.com/_mq8c3YB this is the one I have, although I bought it when it was 50 bucks and a quick glance shows most over 100 now.
- Comment on Why can't I apply SPF50 sunscreen twice to get SPF100 protection? 2 months ago:
If you’ve ever used a UV camera it’s pretty clear that much like lotion not absorbing after a certain point, there’s a limit to how dark your skin gets with a given sunscreen. Also that there’s a massive difference between brands and formulas. I had some photos I took with one but can’t find them. If I do later I’ll update
- Comment on How come soccer and tennis never caught on in the states? Also why hasn't there been an NFL team vs a Soccer Team and vice versa. Just to prove which is the better sport? Details inside. 2 months ago:
I agree. Also pitting pros from one sport against pros of another sport is gonna result in the fish out of water scoring 0. Rugby and American football might be the closest in overlapping skills, but the pros are pros because they’re pros. You don’t novice your way into success just by being fit.