Nawor3565

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[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I think their point is that if China suddenly threatened to cut off all trade with the US, we would be screwed because we no longer have the means to produce everything we need as a nation.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think it's unspecified, it's to keep weeds away. Using weed killing chemicals to kill off any plants in your field apart from the specially-weed-killer-resistant crops is super common in agriculture, and is terrible for the environment.

You seem to be against the idea of growing rice in flooded fields, can I ask why? It's not like this is in some places like California that's in constant drought.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dude if you think that someone might scrape your finger print from a random image post, recreate a physical model of it, hunt you down in real life, and steal your phone to unlock it.... You probably should be seeking political asylum because you're being hunted down by the Kremlin or a similar entity.

My point being, unless you're wanted by a governmental power, a photo with fingerprints is probably not a real risk. Gotta make a realistic threat model, otherwise there's no way to tell what's reasonable privacy considerations vs. paranoia.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

If you're only going to use it from within your own LAN, then no, you don't need a static public address

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I mean, as far as I know, DNS is decentralized. Anyone can host their own DNS server, or change which server their network/device uses. Google's is just very commonly used because 8.8.8.8 is easy to remember, but there are thousands of others run by entities big and small, and there's nothing stopping you from running your own (assuming you manage to get a hold of a static IPv4)

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. But they get a free AC unit that could be spreading black mold spores through the air, so maybe not as good as it sounds.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

And.... Now she has a $600,000 medical bill to pay off :(

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I had Invisalign for 3 years, my partner had braces for 5. We both agree that the pain was far worse in the beginning when they're really wrenching your teeth into place, and then gets a lot better once they start doing the more precise movements, which take up a good chunk of the total time.

Like all medical procedures though, it can be different for everybody.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Here's the thing: you don't necessarily need to use biometric data to store a passkey. That's how the vast majority of current implementations do it, but it's not required by the spec. Personally I store all my passkeys in Bitwarden, meaning I can lock them behind my master password with no bio data involved. It also means that my passkeys are platform non-specific and are stored on my own self-hosted Bitwarden instance instead of in some mega-corp's cloud.

As for SSH vs passkeys, AFAIK they're both based on the same encryption but SSH keys are just super low level (the raw key in what's essentially a text file) vs. the more abstracted passkey system that, in theory, is more user-friendly.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Not sure where you're located, but at least in the USA it's definitely illegal for an employer to discriminate against a medical diagnosis like that. They aren't even allowed to ask you private medical questions during the hiring process.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funny enough, Usenet is still around too, it's used as an alternative to BitTorrent for sharing pirated stuff.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Do you have a static IP address? CG-NAT has done a really great job of hindering torrents, since my understanding is that at least one side of the connection needs to have an open port. So, if you don't, then only the few people who do are able to download from you, which can make it seem like no one wants your stuff.

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