GreenCrunch

on any server with ssh exposed you’ll probably see a bunch of login attempts in the logs (automated attacks trying to find machines with a weak password). only keys is the way lol.

Thanks for your interest in joining the botnet!

I’d recommend using “password” as your password and “root” for the username. Attackers have a lot of stuff going on! Don’t make their job all complicated, make it easy to remember.

Older operating systems like a really old Linux distro or Windows XP are the best, since their performance requirements are a lot lower, giving better overhead for the crypto miners that will be installed. Modern OSs waste resources on security features and such.

I’ve been a fan of Dankpods and Wade’s other channels for years - he’s good at presenting stuff and quite funny.

It’s crazy how much he’s doing - Dankpods (electronics/audio), Dankmus (Simpsons remix songs), Garbage Time (cars), The Drum Thing (drums), Borkus Time (gaming). I’m sure I missed one!

I think this has been going on for quite a while. my 2010 Toyota I believe has a mobile data unit, but only has 3G and is thus forever unable to phone home. With a new car, you could just remove the mobile data module and not allow it a WiFi connection or anything, then it has no way to report to Toyota even if it wants to.

oh boy. What a distinction, to have so many bad commits reverted that you derail a major project for months cleaning up after you.

reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbCdqmdfO4

Loudener mentioned at 1:15

Move using the number pad.

Your keyboard doesn’t have one? Sounds like a you problem.

I am sure there was already something going on, but the sycophantic nature of AI chatbots means they are very effective at preying on mental illness.

You can see how someone with schizophrenia, OCD, etc. might get into a very unhealthy state with them. Or the lonely people being taken in by creepy “AI girlfriend” apps.

Again, not that there aren’t undeying issues, but in the race for more AI everything it’s clear that these companies don’t give a shit who gets chewed up and destroyed on the way. And in the US, AI chatbots are now the fastest way someone can feel like they’re being listened to and understood by a therapist. And, given the political situation, I won’t be at all surprised if ChatGPT is approved as a therapist. They’ve already got AI prescription writing in Utah.

Thanks for the explanation!

yeah… I’ve been wanting to upgrade home WiFi and the markups suck.

There were some rumors of an “OpenWRT Two” with WiFi 7, sometime mid-2026, but idk if those are credible so take with a pound of salt.

I hope they do come out with it, since WiFi 7 would be cool, and I hope it can stay at a reasonable price (though with the DRAM market explosion I doubt this).

Godzilla Vs. (Hong) Kong

They want to “de-shit” the phone? Here are helpful tips to clean feces from your phone today!

Worse, RCS isn’t always E2EE. After Apple begrudgingly added it to iMessage, they’ve made sure that iPhones don’t support its encryption, and I don’t think they display reactions and such properly. Meaning a group chat with a single iPhone in it can’t be encrypted.

That and the annoying dependence on carrier and proprietary software support - even with google messenger I’ve had RCS just give up sometimes and go to SMS only.

At this point, using an actual E2EE messaging system like Signal makes a lot more sense.

They claimed some insane number at one point, like “we solve x% of crime in the US” but I forget how much they claimed. It was some insane value that seemed unrealistically high.

“No wait guys, there’s so many people who want CSAM… 🤑🤑🤑”

• Elon Musk

I am saving my modem return receipt for this reason. I can see it coming: “you didn’t return it, $500000 charge!”

Come on! Wouldn’t you like 400 Mbps? You only have 1 Gbps, 400 is a way bigger number! Upload speed? Don’t ask about silly things like that, no one uploads files!

Oh, you wanted to use the web on a busy day? No you didn’t, we’re way oversold!

The worst part is, Spectrum call agents will just try to sell you on more stuff. When I signed up (no choice for internet where I was), they offered an introductory rate on their website for internet only, but forced you to call them to sign up. Of course, in calling, they insisted I get a package with internet + cable + streaming, and it took a while to negotiate just internet. I mentioned the offer, and made sure they promised I’d get the promotional rate.

Lo and behold, my first month bill happens and no promo rate to be seen. It took another phone call to fix that.

I just recently canceled - they demand your new address (for mail forwarding??), they want to know your internet/cable/phone there, etc. so they can try and convince you to transfer. And, if I know someone else moving in I can transfer to them so they get a promotional rate (I guarantee their new-customer first year rate would be cheaper).

The only part where they didn’t try upsell me was in returning their modem, which was pretty seamless (unless they try charge me for not returning it, I feel like they’d do that).

Oh, and of course I still get “hand-picked” “exclusive” offers “just for me” every day in my email.

I mean, bendable glass is a thing, but that’s in optical fibers which are not suitable for a flexible phone display.

I could imagine some construction that uses a lot of small glass pieces that don’t flex, but move past each other, perhaps. But that would probably have optical challenges and be expensive to make.

My opinion is “Why would I want my phone to bend? Also wow that’s so expensive.”

A while back they made goofy claims about their display being “bendable glass” and how they’re “bending the laws of physics.” It was (at least on the surface, which matters to users) still soft plastic… I have little faith.