Oh, whoops. I added text to the TenForward crosspost but not this one. I kind-of said mostly that:

Hopefully my image selection doesn’t show by bias. But seriously, I don’t think either is “better” - they approached it two different ways.

Data got the emotion chip, but had to learn how to use them. We saw that all on-screen.

Android got the emotion chip upgrade (which also seemed to come with the requisite control software) and was able to hit the ground running.

I just re-watched Dark Matter a few weeks ago! Talk about a network screwing the fan-base. Just when all the plot elements were converging, bam! Canceled on a cliffhanger.

Yeah, then I guess I’ll need to keep looking. The hardware can be great, but not when I can’t do what I want with it. Thanks for the insight.

XDA does show some people are able to bootloader unlock and root (which is basically all I need), so I may keep tabs on it and go from there.

I’d considered the Razr but was uncertain on the durability of it. Reviews were about 50/50 last I read.

That’s awesome you mentioned using it closed most of the time. I’m tired of the “tall, skinny rectangle” form factor (and not being able to use it one-handed despite having not-small hands lol). Since smaller phones seem to be extinct, it’s cool there’s a middle ground in being able to use it that way.

I do need to make sure I can find one that’s bootloader unlockable. Kind of a hard requirement for me and necessary to de-google it to my satisfaction. It’s not listed as supported by Lineage, but I’ll browse XDA and see what they’ve been able to do with it.

Thanks!

I have a single Nginx setup which is the frontend for all my web services. So I only need to deploy it there (and to its HA partner). My renewal script just scp’s it to the secondary and does an nginx -s reload on both.

I do generate separate certs/keys for my non-web servers, but there’s only two of those.

You could also, if you wanted, just generate one cert and distribute it and its key to everything with a script or other automation tool (Ansible is what I used to use).

Is there a way I can get Let’s Encrypt to dole out a wildcard certificate

Yep. Just specify the domains yourdomain.com and *.yourdomain.com in the certbot request. Wildcard domains require the DNS-based challenge, but you’ve said you’re already good there. You don’t technically need the apex domain (yourdomain.com) but I always add it since I do have services running there.

Any subdomains under the wildcard can use internal DNS or internal IPs on the public DNS (I do the former, but the latter works too).

I used to run an internal CA, and it wasn’t too hard to setup a CA and distribute my root cert. Except on mobile devices. On Android it was easy, but there was a persistent warning that my network traffic could be intercepted (which is true when there’s a custom root cert installed), but it since it was my cert, it got annoying seeing that all the time. Not sure if Apple devices can even do that, but regardless, it wasn’t practical for friends who wanted to use my self-hosted services to install a custom cert when they were over.

Oooh!

I’ve been rocking a de-googled but aging CAT S22 Flip since last August (low-end android smartphone in a flip phone form factor). Absolutely love it but sad there is no clear successor when I have to eventually replace it. It’s basically the same concept as this phone.

Sadly, this is not a “new” model. He bought it used on eBay, it’s got similar specs to my S22, and only runs Android 12. However, that screen is quite nice and would be a huge upgrade from the S22. The unfortunate conclusion is that there is still no clear successor for my S22 unless I want a slightly/barely less out of date phone and go with this one.

“Don’t Look Up”

Just gouging us. Even on the 3DS before they shut the shop down, digital download games were the same price as buying them on a cart.

hackaday.com mostly.

Everything else is “big tech adds [anti-feature], shoves AI more places no one asked for”.

Not just France. Saying that in the US, too.

Usually, yeah. People will hide them for kids to find or they’ll sit out as decorations for a few days. By the time they’re done being “Easter eggs” they’re all kinds of nasty / spoiled. (American eggs require refrigeration)

There’s a lot to unpack here:

1. This is going to be one of things future generations look back on like we look back at the Great Depression (I’m trying not to think about Great Depression 2)
2. The whole trend (potato or egg) is just a waste of food. Always has been.
3. Why can’t people just use the reusable plastic eggs? Bonus is you can put candy inside.

Edit: Okay, thank you. Apparently we just did “Easter Eggs” wrong growing up.

I misread the headline as “Punitive or a grift?” and was like “yes”.

Yes!

I was really hoping you’d edited the subtitle to have him say “Nice Beverly” lol

Technically true, but there’s other factors:

1. Even if you’re crouched, you may still be the tallest structure (e.g. you’re in a big, open field).
2. As the NLSC states, crouching prolongs the amount of time you’re in danger with little benefit over running to safety (I suppose if there is no safety, it’s better than nothing, and the CDC guidance does list this basically as a “last resort”).
3. Even if there’s a taller structure near you (crouched or not), lightning causes electric currents along the top of the ground that can be deadly more than 100 feet away from the strike point.

Interesting. Didn’t realize it went back that far - again, I had always (mis-) attributed the quote to Carlin. Thanks for sharing.

I realize you properly kept the title the same as the article’s, but “Risk” is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there.