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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I need a recognisable domain name website that google or duckduckgo has picked as the product.

This doesn't always work. For example, I used to (and still do) see a lot of fake websites when I l type revanced (https://revanced.app/) on duckduckgo, and I've nearly fallen for two of the fake ones before (I think two of .com / .org / .to...?)

Thankfully ublock origin warns users of this:

Otherwise, I'd have 100% downloaded some malware-loaded crap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Also there in Passin' Me By by The Pharcyde (1992)

When I try or make some sort of attempt, I simp
Damn, I wish I wasn't such a wimp

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Not exactly what you asked, but do you know about ufw-blocklist?

I've been using this on my multiple VPSes for some time now and the number of fail2ban failed/banned has gone down like crazy. Previously, I had 20k failed attempts after a few months and 30-50 currently-banned IPs at all times; now it's less than 1k failed after a year and maybe 3-ish banned at any time.

There was also that paid service where users share their spammy IP address attempts with a centralized network, which does some dynamic intelligence monitoring. I forgot the name and search these days isn't great. Something to do with "Sense"? It was paid, but well recommended as far as I remember.

Edit: seems like the keyword is " threat intelligence platform"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nice!

Could you please word it slightly different to provide clarity? Perhaps:

From now on, you can comment !lemmysilver under any post to award the poster one lemmy silver. You can do this once every 24 hours in posts that are in participating communities (see: this post for more information). Alternatively, you can send a PM to LemmySilverBot with !lemmysilver username.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ah, I think I misunderstood - the lemmy silver is for one to award to a different user, and not for one to claim? I was under the impression that it was the latter.

Neat idea!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks loads! It's pretty sick and now is my lock screen wallpaper ;D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

These are gorgeous! If it's okay with you, may I use this as my wallpaper?

https://metapixl.com/p/Stoy/797940603119447726

If yes, is there a high res image? Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy, this was a 20 minute rabbit hole.

Tl;Dr: this is probably AI generated.

Using google image search, I found is that it was created by this account in Oct/2024:

https://www.instagram.com/gothtoon/p/DBh-p4WgThS/

Alternative front-end: https://imginn.com/p/DBh-p4WgThS/

There is the copyright symbol with this user in this image.

If you go through the comments and other posts by that user, it does look AI generated. Their threads account has a linktree, which has a link to a discord server, which I momentarily joined to see what the deal is about.

Looks like it's a project started by a user named Emo Bot 9000, and they've created a bunch of characters, the most famous of which is the frog mage. This is a message on discord that supports this:

Another user asks whether the frog mage stuff is made using AI, and Emo Bot 9000 essentially replies yes:

Now, although the image in this lemmy post is, to the best of my searching, nowhere explicitly labeled AI, I think it mostly points to being generated by AI. The simplest way to confirm would be to ask them on their discord directly, which I don't intend to do.

Although reverse search tells me there are earlier appearances of this image, they're either false or the PFP of a commenter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Huh, I hadn't heard about this idea and a quick search on DDG returned this link: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/08/sustainable-data-centre-heating/

Interesting!

 

Hi everyone!

I'm moving to Malmö soon for the first time and I'll be landing at CPH airport. I'll be requiring a taxi from CPH to central Malmö since I will have 3 suitcases. I've looked around and most suggestions are to take the Øresundståg; however, with my large amount of luggage I will have, I cannot take it.

I've also seen that Uber doesn't work in Denmark due to laws.

My question is: are there any reliable & possibly cheap taxi services that I could use.

Many thanks in advance.

 

Tl;Dr: Zeex/subhook, an 800+ star repository, went offline. A few big repositories depend on it as a submodule.

Disclaimer: this is my website.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I've always thought that mold is the fungus, and to mould is to shape. When talking about it with my colleagues yesterday, I was surprised that this isn't common. Most people use one of the two spellings to refer to both.

Doing a quick search on duckduckgo also confirms that:

In my quest to prove them wrong, I was surprised at how wrong I was... until I discovered a few people on the internet who said the same thing:

I'm not looking for what's correct or incorrect anymore, I just find it very fascinating that there are some people who use the words similarly to me, but the vast majority of others who use it in a different way.

So: what's the difference between mould and mold according to you?

 

Season 3 Episode 10: Flu Shot

Felt that this quote from Jack was very relevant in today's world.

 
 

via: @[email protected]

https://wetdry.world/@memes/112717700557038278

the sqlite codebase is a gem.

tldr; mcaffee made a shit ton of sqlite files in the temp folder causing people to call the sqlite devs phone angrily. now they name all files etilqs to prevent this.

Text from the screenshot:

2006-10-31: The default prefix used to be "sqlite_". But then Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it started putting files with the "sqlite" name in the c:/temp folder. This annoyed many windows users. Those users would then do a Google search for "sqlite", find the telephone numbers of the developers and call to wake them up at night and complain. For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be "sqlite" spelled backwards. So the temp files are still identified, but anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid of the file.

Code found at: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/src/os.h#L65 (The line numbers in the screenshot and the code don't match up)

 

I needed to add a custom System Request (Sys Req or SysRq) to a linux kernel some time ago. While doing so, I dug deep into how it works and I thought I’d make a quick post about it. Here is a good SuperUser answer about what a SysRq is. You may also know about SysRq via REISUB. This post has three parts: how to raise a SysRq, how SysRq works (looking into kernel code), and how to add your own SysRq.

Disclaimer: This is my website.

 

https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10002

Abstract (emphasis mine):

The concept of a 'Ballmer Peak' was first proposed in 2007, postulating that there exists a very specific blood alcohol content which confers superhuman programming ability. More generally, there is a commonly held belief among software engineers that coding is easier and more productive after a few drinks. Using the industry standard for assessment of coding ability, we conducted a search for such a peak and more generally investigated the effect of different amounts of alcohol on performance. We conclusively refute the existence of a specific peak with large magnitude, but with p < 0.001 find that there was a significant positive effect to a low amount of alcohol - slightly less than two drinks - on programming ability.

 

I was in a rush and I needed to pick up a quick snack that I could eat during class. I chose these Nature Valley bars which said they had ten bars inside. What I failed to notice is the tiny print at the bottom where it says 5 x 2, i.e., 5 packets with two bars.

Lo and behold when I open a pack during a break, I find two bars inside. I didn't want to eat two bars, just one. You can't even just leave the other fucking bar inside because they create so MANY crumbs. How the fuck are you supposed to seal it???

Stupid-ass deceptive printing got the better of me. It's not the end of the world, just mildly infuriating.

 

Upon going to the releases page, I clicked on the xpi file only to see an alert pop up in Firefox:

“The add-on downloaded from this site could not be installed because it appears to be corrupt.”

I… don’t know if this should be allowed. It just feels wrong.

 
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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Tl;Dr:

In about:config, I changed these preferences:

  • widget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.round-thumb: false - This makes the scrollbar not have rounded edges
  • widget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.thumb-size: 1 - This makes the scrollbar ‘chonkier’ within the scrollbar region
  • widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override: 20 - This increases the scrollbar region size. Larger number = wider scrollbar
  • Make sure widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled is set to false - This should have been set to false when you enabled “Always show scrollbars”

On Windows, Firefox follows the system setting (System Settings > Accessibility > Visual Effects > Always show scrollbars).

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