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As someone who just installed FreePBX on his home server, I guess I basically did that.

I used LTT's 40 Gbps cable to connect my ThinkPad X270 to a USB-C monitor and it worked fine. I guess neither device there is TB5, but just wanted to share that those cables do at …

I've noticed this with obvious scam ads on the YouTube app or even Google search results. I've determined that (much like Twitter/X) the "verification" (or "moderation") is simply …

I ran Windows XP x64 Edition on a computer for a while and some software didn't like it. Since it was technically NT 5.2 (Server 2003) and not NT 5.1 (XP), some programs/installers…

We all know what the word was, it was a joke to replace it with another word that has the same first/last letters that obviously wouldn't fit here. A joke about how words are censo…

It's VBScript/macro worms all over again!

You've never heard of "the most funded project in Kickstarter history"? This project is the continuation of Pebble watches after they sold their assets to Fibit, Fitbit got bought …

Is that related to StarLAN? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarLAN

Spatie (creators of a bunch of Laravel/PHP packages) is postcardware, too! https://spatie.be/open-source/postcards

This post just makes me realize that one day I need to buy myself an oscilloscope.

+1 for ControlD. I've been using for a while, and whilst it does have false positives sometimes and I need to manually add a site to the allow list, it works great for me. Also, th…

I read it as "how much is actually assembled in Finland versus arriving pre-assembled?"

Yes, but which pieces are put together there and which are already assembled elsewhere?

I was messing around with a terminal server, I liked being able to access my home server's and managed switch's console/rs-232 port over telnet. That got me thinking, though. Does …

> Hiding filename extensions was one of the capital sins in computer history Amen. The first thing I do on any (Windows) OS installation is make sure file extensions are shown. I g…

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Wait, which Copilot is this? :-P

Wait, which Outlook is this? Is it "new Outlook" or "Outlook (new)"?

> recruiter at a small crypto startup That's your first red flag right there.

I hate to admit it, but I'm pretty sure that's the same for me, too. Dial-up, NetZero I think. Waiting for images to download...

> There is no single control that solves indirect prompt injection There is, actually. It's called removing the AI agent. Done.

I respect the amount of work that goes into projects like this; I can't wait to be able to play it.

I learned about this site from the TV show "Going Deep with David Rees" (episode 2)! I recommend that show if you haven't seen it.

I found an HP-12c at Savers for like $2 about 2 years ago! It's a "financial calculator" and I don't really know how to use it :-)