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jleight

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About jleight

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/jleight; my proof: https://keybase.io/jleight/sigs/aqreYEAdHRBcvenUgcP0Ph6-enypfSW6syk_YDlvZZk ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #10301056

    It is annoying that Amazon Instant Video doesn't directly have an option to cast to a Chromecast. You can, however, configure[0] Amazon Instant Video to use Flash instead of Silver…

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    Comment #10072594

    I didn't know that the chrome://settings/passwords page existed until I read your comment. I actually just checked it out, and when I clicked the "Show" button on the password box,…

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    Comment #10006402

    I bought a YubiKey[0] a while back and was able to get it to do exactly what you're talking about--even on Windows, which I use most often. It wasn't necessarily easy to set up, bu…

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    Comment #9967704

    True, but I don't think anyone really buys an MSDN subscription just for installing a copy of Windows. I haven't looked into the actual licensing terms, but my MSDN subscription (n…

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    Comment #9865347

    I have a VMware ESXi box at home that I use to run a Windows VM with a video card passed through. I've been using it to stream Heroes of the Storm with Steam's In-Home Streaming an…

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    Comment #8952852

    I can understand that. For me, though, I use middle click to close tabs significantly more often than I move the browser window to another monitor. So I'd rather live with having t…

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    Comment #8952686

    The very first thing I noticed as soon as I opened the browser is that the tabs don't touch the top of the screen when the browser is maximized [1]. This makes closing tabs much mo…

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    Comment #8892150

    Using a VPN would encrypt your traffic, preventing Verizon from injecting a UIDH header. You could then clear your cookies and websites would not be able to re-add them via the UID…

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    Comment #8431629

    I think the real point to take out of this is how important it is to have secure backups of your encryption key. Making sure that the encrypted data is backed up is common sense. B…