Comment Re:Relative skillset (Score 2) 62
Yes, but these young people will have to take over when we are too old to do it. Sp what then?
Comment Re:Translation (Score 2) 39
fuck you, you're all morons
Seeing how people are still knowingly on FB, is he wrong?
Comment This is Extortion (Score 1) 39
FB: Give us all your data or you won't be able to browse Internet.
Comment Re:Plausible deniability is better (Score 1) 190
Not legal advice, but lying to police generally is not illegal.
This is horribly wrong advice, lying to LEOs is the quickest way to get charged with obstruction and end up in jail, even if there is no underlying crime. This is one of the reasons you don't want to talk to LEOs without a lawyer, you might say something casually that may not be 100% accurate and end up facing charges. This is also why lawyers coach to say "I don't recall" if you are not 100% certain what actually happened.
Comment Google Authenticator to sync TOTP keys (Score 1) 61
If you're using your Google Account to sync your TOTP keys across devices using Google's Authenticator app, you need some way to sign in to Google for that.
Comment Re:Ownership and the Next Check. (Score 1) 90
It is a remote kill API, there is nothing inherent that limits its use to "approved financing outfit".
Comment Re:Ownership and the Next Check. (Score 0) 90
I'm more concerned about how it behaves when there is no need for a contract at all.
You don't have to guess - it is a remote kill switch that will be abused by governments everywhere to silence dissent.
Comment When conspiracy theories turn out to be true (Score 1) 90
You will own nothing and be happy about it.
Comment Meanwhile massive recalls and junk engines (Score 1) 158
It is telling where GM priorities are - selling your data to LexisNexis - and not fixing disastrous engine issues.
Comment Re:As a GM EV owner (Score 1) 158
Why would you not simply disable cell modem? You do know that if you airgap your EV they won't be able to push any updates on you, don't you?
Comment Consider a static site generator (Score 1) 24
I'd like to see Wordpress broken in half so the admin and clever bits are in one place and the actual hosted stuff is somewhere else. The server part of it needs to be as dumb as possible, and definitely not allow any sort of logins.
If you want "as dumb as possible", the search keyword for that is "static site generator". Then you can redirect
Comment Master System, Genesis, Game Boy (Score 1) 42
People still develop new games for the Master System (which uses a Z80), the Genesis (which uses a Z80 as a sound coprocessor), and especially the Game Boy (whose Sharp SM83 CPU isn't exactly a Z80 but is similar). And they're selling these games both as ROM filess on itch.io and as cartridges.
Comment Re:Had to relearn all the Zilog assembly nmemonics (Score 1) 42
Johny who?
- Johny, Johny
- Yes papa?
Comment Re:Abundant how-to's by real mechanics (Score 1) 54
Auto makers know cellular can be bad in some areas, they canâ(TM)t have cars that stop working if cellular is down.
They can also be pricks. For example, I read that Toyota will disable your keyfob remote start in 60 days if you disconnect DCM. This is nothing short of malice.
Comment Re:Disabling connectivity in hardware (Score 1) 54
Disconnect the cell antenna. Works for every model.
Someone did research with Toyota and DCM module on doing just this. Surprisingly, if you drive close to cell tower you still get connectivity. So no, you have to disable cell modem and not just antenna.
