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The sooner Quantum Navigation (and its ilk) become the norm, the sooner GPS can take a backseat.

https://q-ctrl.com/blog/q-ctrl-to-showcase-worlds-first-airw...

Just to add - in my experience, exporting from Bitwarden loses a bunch of things - attachments, passkeys and a few obtuse items.

This isn't a good - particularly as passkeys are effectively just certs - migrators should be aware of those caveats.

I have been paying for Bitwarden (BW) premium since 2019 and earlier this year decided to move away from BW due to the password filling becoming somewhat hit-and-miss (even on a fresh install), along with taking its time to do so.

Had previously used Enpass in the past and was pleased to see how much it had improved since then. Also allows me several choices when it comes to where I store my vaults. And fills passwords quickly and efficiently in comparison to BW.

So I've migrated fully to Enpass - clients everywhere, browser plugins available, and it just works.

With this news, it now looks as though my migration was somewhat prescient.

I also use KeypassXC as a backup on USB should it ever be needed.

Re:Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:10AM (#46444782)
Article is offline for me right now - however, it's available here for those still to read: https://archive.is/7Y9Jq
I talk to my cats all the time - and both of them will happily "talk" back to me. They do this with me (male) more than the wife (female).

I've always found that to be the case - which is partly why I love cats so much I guess? :)

It's not a bug - it's a feature.
Re:Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @04:25AM (#41645084)
You can use Nitter to view content - list of servers here: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
Simplest explaination - air conditioning - which isn't much used in the UK.
I found it super ironic how they blathered on about all of the recycling going on in their products, then blatently show all those items being destroyed when they could clearly be recycled.

I do think that the 'rendered' idea was the best - almost thinking differently, or something...:S

Saw the headline, immediately thought of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Seaview and the smaller Manta craft.

Fewer humans onboard though...

Re:Passkeys: A Shattered Dream on Friday April 26, 2024 @06:31AM (#40167685)
I would also like to know how this is achieved.
It really depends on how much you actually watch on a service.

I thought that £7.99 for D+ was pushing it as there was a limit to the content that we wanted to watch.

Pay for that over multiple months, and you own nothing at the end.

Should have bought the discs instead. At least then I could continue to watch that content at leisure, without spending any more.

OP is simply referring to the Gillette Model [1] of business practice. I've been spotting, and avoiding it like the plague, for years.

Just wished that more people saw, understood, and voted with their wallets - the world would be a less costly place (both to ourselves, and the planet).

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_and_blades_model

Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward on Friday January 21, 2022 @05:11AM (#30021512)
>before people start turning to WINE and a saner Linux distro, just to run their Windows applications

I jumped to Linux when Windows 11 was announced. I tried it (W11) in a VM and it convinced me that things are only going to get worse.

Must say that I couldn't be happier for the move. I still get to run the vast majority of software via WINE (Affinity products need to up their game though) to boot. Games are much better supported nowadays as well, so it's all good, and no Windows 11.

Re:OH FUCK ME I'M ON HACKER NEWS AGAIN on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @04:30AM (#28614174)
Looks like Hacker News needs to block the bots...
Re:Another free CA as an alternative to Let's Encrypt on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:22AM (#28246346)
Because it's not conjusive to a minimal attack surface - by way of example: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/02/13/cve-2019-7304/
Re:1Password for Linux on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:17AM (#27195788)
Moving from 1Password to Bitwarden was the best thing I did.

Bitwarden enabled me to use it with Linux, Mac, Windows, Web, etc. _years_ before 1Password decided to join the party.

And there's no subscription to speak of - just a premium "extra features you may or may not want" yearly payment, which works out _much_ cheaper.

Finally - all my passwords belong to me. Self hosted server means that I keep control, not some random cloud.

Re:How image search works at Dropbox on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:20AM (#27131359)
Consider Nextcloud if you're going to run a server.
Re:Amazon Sidewalk on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:17AM (#27117701)
My whole life I've been 'Off Narrative'. Don't see any reason to change that now. lol
Re:Amazon Sidewalk on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:18AM (#27117162)
I can already see how this plays out...

Police/Authority: You used the internet to access XXX site You: No, it was the other guy using the wireless...

Re:Amazon Sidewalk on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:17AM (#27117149)
Sadly not the same thing. This is using bandwidth from YOUR network.

And besides, you can disable the BT 'sharing' capability. May not be so easy with an Echo in the house...

Re:Amazon Sidewalk on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:06AM (#27117069)
So - Amazon want to use 1/40th of my internet bandwidth.

Along with that goes 1/40th of the electric that the router and broadband modem use.

Then there were the costs for me setting up my own infrastructure with my own money.

At this point, I would expect Amazon to PAY me to use my infrastructure - not get it for free. After all, they won't send parcels to me without me paying for them?

This is a bad BAD idea. It will not garner any access over my network(s).

Re:Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel on Friday April 16, 2021 @07:04AM (#26832347)
Here's to hoping it goes nowhere near the kernel until the Rust developers address it first, not the other way round.
Re:FLoC Away from Chrome on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:02AM (#26831392)
If you want to keep the Chrome backend, but don't want to be FLoC'd, then consider Vivaldi:

https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-ge...

Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:27AM (#26819588)
I told my cat to get back in her box (jokingly) yesterday.

She promptly did.

I freaked a little.

Re:Et Tu, Procter and Gamble? on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:56AM (#26760831)
Perhaps Et vous (pluralised you)?
Consider Bitwarden as a replacement.
I've had a similar experience to the OP - but in differing circumstances.

I had a subscription on my account I'd forgotten about. My CC had expired, and I didn't bother giving Apple the new one. The sub pulled, card wasn't charged - but the charge stayed on my account.

Apple then turned off all access (Apple ID, iTunes, Store etc) until the new CC was added to the account.

Once that was done, the account was available again. The sub was immediately removed, along with any others.

I have also supported Mac users with exactly the same issue, resolved in exactly the same way.

I look at this as blackmail. Apple hold an account which has fully paid up software and services to ransom until you cough up what they deem is unpaid.

That, IMHO, is monopolistic behaviour.

Re:Use Touch ID for Sudo on Mac on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:58AM (#26303330)
Maybe that's the difference. I was using vi, and not nano.

Have confirmed that using 'sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sudo' works fine.

No need for the verbosity when nano works I guess. :S

Re:Use Touch ID for Sudo on Mac on Monday March 01, 2021 @08:30AM (#26302568)
The article will not allow sudo changes on Big Sur - at least, not without changing permissions of the sudo file first:

  1. sudo -Si
  2. chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/sudo
  3. vi /etc/pam.d/sudo
  4. Add the 'Auth         sufficient        pam_tid.so' line
  5. chmod 444 /etc/pam.d/sudo
  6. ...
  7. Profit!
Very handy tip though, thanks!

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