ITGuyLevi

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[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're technically correct, there is no law prohibiting a current or former president from driving, but there is a policy preventing it and it is enforced by the secret service (who follow them around for the rest of their life). Many former presidents have gone on the record that the lose of their driving privileges really sucks (Bush 43, Clinton, and Obama have all discussed it on camera during various interviews). It's been a policy since Kennedy was assassinated, lots of other policy changes too, but one was the no driving bit.

Random sources: https://www.smh.com.au/world/us-presidents-can-have-everything--except-the-car-keys-20140506-zr5we.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/presidents-arent-allowed-to-drive.html

And one just about some times they drove anyway:

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/3-u-s-presidents-got-around-no-driving-rule/

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I recently did out my old 401B after the screen fell off my Galaxy Active2. It charged right up and still lasts about a week.

Finding a new band was a PITA because of the weird segmented hinge bit but one person was selling diver bands for it on Amazon (I think it was Amazon)... Really not bad for a watch from a decade ago.

Edit: Yes, you can still use them without the OG servers being up, look up 'Rebble' (rebble.io)

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I used Kodi for years (back before and during the XMBC - > Kodi shift) before moving to Plex, it was great (a pain for a good config, but once your clients have remote access and use a shared database its insane how good it can be) but Plex was touted for so long I figured I'd give it a try when I saw a good sale. I've been using it for the past 8 years or so but may go back to Kodi or Jellyfin.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a pretty cool site. Comparing today to a year ago reminds me of a time with hope.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago

Short simple scripts can handle key presses, you can even add a little logic to ensure it doesn't follow the same pattern and give you a workday countdown to boot.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I don't remember offhand, but I think that's buried in a restricted settings area... I needed it for something I can't remember now.

Edit:

Settings > Apps >Special app access > Display over other apps

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

I was a fan of leaving the orientation normal, but moving the start bar and setting it to auto-hide. A long time ago I put a simple bat file (like "shutdown -l -t 0" or similar) in a coworkers startup folder... I guess that was a step too far though and he thought I broke his computer. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

You also have the best shutters ever.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had the same experience, tried other stuff and eventually came back. Maybe I didn't have redis and Maria setup right before but it's much better for me this time around.

Totally not saying that's what was up for you though, it's not for everyone.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

Definitely host your own node! It's trivial for a server admin to add a hidden bot to every chat and while it's still E2EE, an unknown party could still have a copy and key to read it.

Really good talk from DEFCON 32 about the service "Anom" by Joseph Cox (sorry for the lack of a link, at lunch, on mobile and about to get back to work).

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for the explaination!

That definitely sounds like it could be a nice upgrade depending on well it could be filtered (I could see that spidering out pretty quickly if the things you follow interact a lot). Definitely something I'll have to check out sometime, thanks again.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Honest question as I finally dusted back off my interest in RSS. With RSS I need to add the URL to my client and it periodically checks back to show me when new content is posted, does ActivityPub handle this differently? Like how does it know which sources to use without having to hunt down their AP feed and add it to a client?

I could totally be missing something super simple or implied.

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