[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 95 points 2 months ago

Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender for anyone else who didn't know.

uno reverse

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Thank you for this inspiration. I've also been things about a switch to Mint but the only thing holding me back is my Steam library. I'm going to dig into it a little more and look at the compatibility of my games. It's encouraging to hear others making the leap.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

I don't recall what kind of car it was, but there was one that saved the phone number associated with any phone that connected via Bluetooth.

While I don't think it's likely as a way to trick people to connecting to get their phone number, it was a rental car which opened them up to impersonation scams. Knowing they just rented from the company and where in the city provides quite a bit of information on you.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The context of the origin of the US' pledge of allegiance is it came shortly after the end of their Civil War when there was still a lot o political tension. A desire was born to instill national loyalty in children.

"Historians point to surges in American patriotic oaths and pledges to the flag after the Civil War, when tensions surrounding political loyalties persisted, and in the 1880s, as rates of immigration increased dramatically"

However, today as mentioned by another commenter, students cannot be legally compelled to recite the pledge, nor punished for not reciting the pledge as decided by the Supreme Court in 1943 using the first amendment as the base.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago

That's just a white dude with a tan.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago

Ownership isn't required to use the death note. This is like when Ray Penber, the FBI Agent, unknowingly wrote the names of all the FBI agents on the page.

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[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

A good idiom doesn't have to cost an arm lined with ink.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 26 points 7 months ago

Homelessness

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submitted 10 months ago by Sparkega@sh.itjust.works to c/tomscott@lemmy.zip

Sorry to hear Tom isn't making videos anymore. Anyone know about an archive of his videos available for downloading for later viewing and archiving?

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Good products are worth sharing to help shape future products. Grass roots only works if the product is worth using. Vote with your wallet to help shape future products. While the previously poster can be viewed as an "ad", the post is same as a next door neighbor bringing it up. Mullvad doesn't do affiliate marketing or pay influencers.

I used to use Mullvad but now I use a different service, but especially like to support open source products.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

My experience is the same. How are women's bodies so tolerant to hot water?

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I should have known if the apps free, you're the product. Duolingo appears to harvest the most data compared to other language learning apps.

Source: Surfshark Research

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I've never played D&D and I'm getting into BG3. I must be marathoning my characters cause I'm usually out of spells when I run into fights. My useful exploration spells also cost spell slots so I'm usually proceeding with cantrips for my adventures until I decide I really need to recharge.

How often is everyone else going through a long rest? I know there's a trade off of consuming camp supplies and so maybe I'm just the guy who saves all the items for end game and never ends up using them.

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I recommend using Privacy.com to create virtual credit cards that withdraw directly from a bank account. I see it as a VPN for credit card purchases. For US customers only, but obscures payment info to merchants.

You can use a bogus name and address for the merchant billing information (in this case Google Play).

[-] Sparkega@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

It's going to vary based on the usage amount. Popular apps are going to be charged a lot.

From Reddit's blog about the change:

Effective July 1, 2023, the rate for third-party apps that require higher usage limits is $0.24 per 1K API calls.

Apollo's developer stated in May 2023, Apollo made 7 billion requests, which would put it at about 1.7 million dollars per month, or 20 million US dollars per year.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sparkega@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

Researchers analyzed 190 million hacking events on a honeynet and categorized the types of hackers into Dungeons and Dragons classses.

Rangers evaluate the system and set conditions for a follow-on attack.

Thieves install cryptominers and other profiteering software.

Barbarians attempt to brute force their way into adjacent systems.

Wizards connect the newly compromised system to a previous to establish 'portals' to tunnel through to obscure their identity.

Bards have no apparent hacking skill and likely purchase or otherwise acquire access. They perform basic computer tasks.

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