ooterness

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[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've had great luck running HomeAssistant on an R.Pi with the "HUSBZB-1" USB dongle. Zigbee support is perfect so far. Z-Wave required installation of an additional tool, but also working just fine.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doesn't the ESP32 module this project is using require the same thing?

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It works for now on x86-64, yes. For now. As always, we are one "think of the children" crisis away from lobbyists taking that option away.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's not for you, it's for them. Secure boot means it only runs their operating system, not yours. Trusted enclave means it secures their DRM-ware from tampering by the user who owns the PC.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is a quote from The Onion's endorsement of Joe Biden for president, which was posted October 3, because it's The Onion.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm speculating, but my guesses are:

  • Gathering enough karma to post on subreddits that have a minimum threshold.
  • Getting enough post and comment history to pass a casual inspection, either by human moderators or spam filters.
  • Maturing the account to the point where it can be sold to another shady company.
  • Generally having a lot of bot accounts ready, just in case.

Once mature, it's usually used for spam or astroturfing. There is a noticeable uptick around big elections, wars, etc.

I saw one repost-bot that metastisized into the most vile porn-spam-bot you can imagine, but they're usually more subtle than that.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

They're indistinguishable because they're copied from top-voted posts that are a few years old (title, text, and image if applicable). It's guaranteed to produce a post that fits the community and gets a lot of engagement, so it's a cheap and effective way to mature a bot account. Once you start looking for it, it's everywhere, and Reddit admins don't care.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I always thought it's because vacuums crave the souls of cats and dogs. TIL.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Technically correct is the best kind of correct.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The healer in Tactical Breach Wizards is a necromancer, so she can only fix you up once you're dead. She carries a .45 for medical purposes.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

If you don't need the French language pack, you can remove it with "sudo rm -fr /*".

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