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goguy commented on A phishing attack involving g.co, Google's URL shortener   gist.github.com/zachlatta... · Posted by u/zachlatta
do_not_redeem · a year ago
As usual this started with an incoming phone call. If you ever receive a phone call from a tech company, it's a scam. The caller ID doesn't matter. The caller's accent (wtf) doesn't matter either. It's a scam.
goguy · a year ago
I do this for any inbound call, unless the caller id is someone in my contacts it can go to voicemail. If it's important they either leave a voicemail or keep trying, for repeated calls I will answer but with skepticism.

If they are in my contacts I will recognise their voice.

goguy commented on VS Code Pets   github.com/tonybaloney/vs... · Posted by u/vortex_ape
iterateoften · a year ago
violating security policies in order to “teach a lesson” is a sure fire way to get people to lose trust in you.

Accessing someone’s computer and manipulating the software was instant termination at my old company. Some new security guy joined and tried to do what you did. Find unlocked computers and mess with them to prove a point. He lasted a week.

goguy · a year ago
We used to send an email from their account saying lunch/donuts are on me!
goguy commented on Apple introduces M4 chip   apple.com/newsroom/2024/0... · Posted by u/excsn
arvinsim · 2 years ago
Macbooks are not bang-for-buck. Most engineers I know buy it because it's like Windows but with Unix tools built-in.
goguy · 2 years ago
Not found any good proxy which works well with cisco VPN software. Charles and proxyman work intermittently at best and require disconnecting from the VPN and various such dances.

Fiddler on windows works flawlessly.

goguy commented on SSDs have become fast, except in the cloud   databasearchitects.blogsp... · Posted by u/greghn
malfist · 2 years ago
I totally hear you about that. I work for FAANG, and I'm working on a service that has to be capable of sending 1.6m text messages in less than 10 minutes.

The amount of complexity the architecture has because of those constraints is insane.

When I worked at my previous job, management kept asking for that scale of designs for less than 1/1000 of the throughput and I was constantly pushing back. There's real costs to building for more scale than you need. It's not as simple as just tweaking a few things.

To me there's a couple of big breakpoints in scale:

* When you can run on a single server

* When you need to run on a single server, but with HA redundancies

* When you have to scale beyond a single server

* When you have to adapt your scale to deal with the limits of a distributed system, i.e. designing for DyanmoDB's partition limits.

Each step in that chain add irrevocable complexity, adds to OE, adds to cost to run and cost to build. Be sure you have to take those steps before you decide too.

goguy · 2 years ago
That really doesn't require that much complexity.

I used to send something like 250k a minute complete with delivery report processing from a single machine running a bunch of other services like 10 years ago.

goguy commented on Spotify attacks Apple's 'outrageous' 27% commission   bbc.com/news/technology-6... · Posted by u/InsomniacL
reilly3000 · 2 years ago
This is how Apple has implemented its “StoreKit external purchase link” system: https://developer.apple.com/support/storekit-external-entitl...

It’s important to note this is US only, not UK. It appears to apply to net new subscriptions being solicited through iOS apps which also have in-app subscription enabled.

goguy · 2 years ago
Wow, glad I avoid native app development. The eternal dictatorship.
goguy commented on Images from the 2023 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition   nikonsmallworld.com/galle... · Posted by u/daoboy
goguy · 2 years ago
The caffeine crystals one is wild.
goguy commented on Google Maps has become an eyesore   fastcompany.com/90930810/... · Posted by u/nkurz
aib · 2 years ago
"Google Maps" is a misnomer. Call it "Google Business Search" or something similar, and the perceived problems disappear.

Google Maps provides a small fraction of the functions of a real map. And this fraction does not even cover the fundamentals: Street names, landmarks/points of interest, being able to draw or create marks on the map, and perhaps making basic measurements. Its main view has marginally more information than the "share location" screen of a messenger app.

It's a car-driving always-online consumer's guide to spending money. Extremely useful, but not a map.

goguy · 2 years ago
That's not really true though is it. I use it countless times a week to navigate from my current location to point x l, generally a postal code or POI.

At no point during this do I have to interact with alternative businesses or way points.

goguy commented on WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background   twitter.com/foaddabiri/st... · Posted by u/blacktulip
serial_dev · 3 years ago
Where can I see this? I have a recent version of Android on a Pixel 6, I have WhatsApp installed, but I didn't find this view on my phone.

Edit: Found it in the tweet replies: Settings, Security and Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Dashboard

goguy · 3 years ago
Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Privacy Dashboard
goguy commented on MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad   augmental.tech/... · Posted by u/MasterYoda
kayge · 3 years ago
I've been looking for settings like this on my iPhone -- I'm probably in the minority here but I'd love to be able to do a couple of simple gesture-based commands on my phone. E.g. when I'm driving and my phone is mounted just slightly out of reach, and I no longer need my screen on and displaying Maps, it would be great if I could do some kind of hand wave to lock the screen. Sure I could mount my phone closer, or just lean over a bit and hit the button, or probably even ask Siri to do it... but dammit a [Jedi | Minority Report | Tony Stark ] hand-wave would be much cooler :) Pixel phones have some similar abilities: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/9517454
goguy · 3 years ago
If quick gestures aren’t working: Turn off your phone, then turn it back on.

Some tricks never die.

goguy commented on Don't believe ChatGPT – we do not offer a "phone lookup" service   blog.opencagedata.com/pos... · Posted by u/freyfogle
yieldcrv · 3 years ago
lol it recommended their api and gave python code for using it

but the real api doesnt give results that the user asked ChatGPT for

that is amusingly alarming

goguy · 3 years ago
Our jobs are safe! For now...

u/goguy

KarmaCake day105October 17, 2018View Original