NaibofTabr

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[–] NaibofTabr 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, I'm seeing a couple ADA violations here...

[–] NaibofTabr 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Iron Curtain charging...

[–] NaibofTabr 2 points 3 weeks ago

Basically Aurora has no account system of its own, it's just a way to access the Google Play store without using the Play app. You can either use a Google account or the generic anonymous account.

[–] NaibofTabr 14 points 4 weeks ago

may have once had a lasting source of chemical energy

Not currently active, something from a warmer time in Ceres' past.

[–] NaibofTabr 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh man, who has to go finding reasons?

[–] NaibofTabr 1 points 4 weeks ago

Disturbing, but entertaining, and reasonably conversational in either case.

[–] NaibofTabr 17 points 4 weeks ago

That entire bit is one of my favorite scenes in all of Star Trek. It's so well cut in to the original episode footage, it's great.

[–] NaibofTabr 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Install F-Droid -> install Aurora via F-Droid -> install whatever you want

Also if installing potentially untrusted/corporate apps on Android consider using Insular (Island) to clone and run them in a sandbox so they don't have access to your personal/primary account data.

I also recommend adding the IzzyOnDroid repository, and using NetGuard to isolate applications from network services. NetGuard simply creates a fake VPN entry point that goes nowhere - if you don't want an application to talk to anything outside of your device you turn on NetGuard for it and any outbound traffic gets dumped into a black hole - it's an excellent piece of software. You can even do this to built-in Google applications and various pieces of Android itself, so they never send any data out.

[–] NaibofTabr 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

They are important, but they are limited in the scope of what they can do. Just watch LockPickingLawyer or BosnianBill or Deviant Ollam's I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers, This Key is Your Key, This Key is My Key and The Search for the Perfect Door.

[–] NaibofTabr 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Solve the end-user support problem. This is a non-starter if each shop also has to provide continuing support for every user that they've installed Linux for.

[–] NaibofTabr 37 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, when there's a new new guy.

Common practice in most workplaces is to continue the cycle of dumping the shit work on the new guy. But, if you want to build influence, you don't do that. When the next new guy comes along, you adopt them, you show them how to get things done, and when other people dump shit on them you help clean it up. You don't do their work for them, but you also don't leave them to do the work alone.

And you teach them to do the same thing with the next new guy. When they're up to speed you start load balancing with each other intentionally. They need to leave early for personal reasons one day so you handle some of the extra workload for them. They do the same for you.

(side note - this works when you offer first - you don't open this by trying to get them to do you a favor first; you will run into people who will take advantage of this and not grasp the concept of returning the favor - when this happens you don't whine about it, you don't confront them about it, you don't even mention it, you just note that this is an indication of that person's character and you don't ever offer to help them out like that again - there will be others who understand cooperation and join in automatically, those are the people you make part of your group; so you worked extra one day and didn't get reciprocation, that's OK, it's a cheap low-risk way to learn about who that person is - scratch it off and don't catch feelings over it, be professional, you still have to work with this person you just don't have to trust them)

(second note - this does not work for anything that you might be legally liable for - if the other person has to sign their name for the work or is in some other way accountable on record you cannot cover for them and even helping may be problematic, especially in the medical field)

Maybe you're still shoveling shit, but you're not doing it alone. If you don't have a tribe, build one.

And then break the cycle.

[–] NaibofTabr 48 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

Locks keep honest people honest.

That's all.

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