cantankerous_cashew

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For anyone using Ghostery on their devices in c/apple_enthusiast
[–] cantankerous_cashew 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would appear that this is indeed the same ghostery that sold its users out to the highest bidder.

I recommend using AdGuard which is free and doesn’t have such serious privacy issues:

also there’s no need to pay, the free tier is more than sufficient

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Report shows that AAA games for iPhone and iPad aren’t exactly a hit with users (9to5mac.com)
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Alleged First Look at Apple Watch X / Series 10 With 2-Inch Display (www.macrumors.com)
Pro tip - you can type  on macOS with option + shift + k in c/apple_enthusiast
[–] cantankerous_cashew 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow I had no idea that this existed for such a long time. I've clearly been living under a rock... 😅

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Pro tip - you can type  on macOS with option + shift + k (self.apple_enthusiast)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by cantankerous_cashew to c/apple_enthusiast
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Basically the title. Maybe this is old news, but I didn't know about this trick until recently. Have fun, use responsibly :)

Source

Good AdBlock for Safari? in c/apple_enthusiast
[–] cantankerous_cashew 4 points 1 week ago

Seconding AdGuard. Also, there’s no need to pay, the free tier is more than sufficient. Links for convenience:

Gluetun: The Little VPN Client That Could in c/selfhosted
[–] cantankerous_cashew 2 points 2 months ago

gluetun bundles a control server on port 8000 which you can query for the port number (don't worry about openvpn being in the url path, it still works with Wireguard). In my bash script (running on the host system), I use curl to retrieve the forwarded port number and then do a POST with that data to the API of my qbt client which is running in another container on port 8080.

Gluetun: The Little VPN Client That Could in c/selfhosted
[–] cantankerous_cashew 5 points 2 months ago

There’s a reason why most providers don’t allow that feature anymore

Yes, cheese pizza

It’s said that port forwarding is a security risk

Says who? Assuming a fully patched system/client and a properly configured firewall/network, I'd love to hear more about these "risks".

Also, qBitTorrent works just fine without it.

Only if you don't care about seeding

Gluetun: The Little VPN Client That Could in c/selfhosted
[–] cantankerous_cashew 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Based. I use gluetun with qbt and ProtonVPN (with port forwarding). Despite this being a tricky config, it was still pretty easy to setup. Can share bash scripts if anyone is interested.

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Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team (9to5mac.com)
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macOS Finder is still bad at network file copies (www.jeffgeerling.com)
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Redesigned M3 iPad Pros, large-screened iPad Air now expected in May (arstechnica.com)
Looking for ngrok alternative in c/selfhosted
[–] cantankerous_cashew 1 points 3 months ago

I’m personally a big fan of bore. It’s easy to setup/use and there’s a free public instance operated by the developer.

backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise in c/[email protected]
[–] cantankerous_cashew 1 points 3 months ago

Here's a link to the PR for anyone who's interested

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Vision Pro engineers moved to folding iPhone; delayed to 2027 (9to5mac.com)
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Suicide Mission - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane (prospect.org)
Apple's Phil Schiller Works 80 Hours a Week Overseeing App Store in c/apple_enthusiast
[–] cantankerous_cashew 8 points 3 months ago

Allegedly Tim Cook does the same thing. Can't imagine what he'd be doing 16h a day, but I've heard he's almost always at Apple Park

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endlessh-go: a Golang SSH tarpit that traps bots/scanners (github.com)
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‎Anodia: Unique Brick Breaker (iOS/iPadOS) (apps.apple.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cantankerous_cashew to c/[email protected]
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Discovered this gem recently. It's not optimized for newer phones (black bars on top and bottom of screen), but it's the most creative take I've ever seen on the brick breaker genre

I'm uncomfortable with this in c/[email protected]
[–] cantankerous_cashew 5 points 3 months ago

Just updated to the latest iOS (17.4.1) and it (un)fortunately does not work 🥲

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macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 released to fix the stuff that the 14.4 update broke (arstechnica.com)
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Update Your iPhone Now: iOS 17.4.1 Includes These Security Fixes (www.macrumors.com)
Say Hello to Biodegradable Microplastics in c/technology
[–] cantankerous_cashew 2 points 3 months ago

Glad to see progress on this topic. Pretty sure microplastics will be our generation’s lead.

Apple calls 128GB 'lots of storage' in new iPhone 15 ad | AppleInsider in c/apple_enthusiast
[–] cantankerous_cashew 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I treat my phone like an old school digital camera. I routinely use Image Capture to export my photos/videos to my computer and/or external HDD. I've got a 256GB phone, but I'm never using more than 1/5 of its storage space at any given time

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