North Korea ruling Workers' Party re-elects Kim Jong Un as general secretary, KCNA says by remotelove in c/world@quokk.au
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Who votes for the Supreme Leaders of North Korea? The prime minister?

WMD by remotelove in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Japan seems to be having more success: https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/this-new-japanese-weapon-can-neutralize-the-fastest-machine-ever-created_17488/

Still, the technical challenges are exactly the same. While I can't find many more details, it being ship mounted is a significant step forward and it seems to imply that some of the more serious issues have been solved. (A demonstration is just a demonstration and anything other than it being able to hit a target ship is just speculation.)

How does one country prepare to fight the other? With out spies? Like Iran is fortifying against a US strike. But how do they know what we will strike with and vice versa all thru history? by remotelove in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

The art of war is extremely complex and there is no way to cover everything in one Lemmy comment.

However, I can summarize: An attacker or defender simply needs to prevent the opposing side from being able to support a war.

While there are thousands of different things that can support war, it usually boils down to raw manpower, food/supplies, weapons, energy, logistics and communications. Failing to defend, or not having the capability to replenish/repair those things is usually a quick game-over as those items are highly dependent on the other. Anything that supports those key items is a target of the enemy, so those are the things that are stockpiled, fortified or should be rebuilt quickly.

Kyiv robbed Pokrovsk to save Zaporizhzhia. The gamble is paying off by remotelove in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago

There are some fairly beast defense lines just past Pokrovsk the Ukraine has had plenty of time to build. Hopefully it works as advertised.

Iran Deploys 20+ Ghadir Mini Submarines to Threaten U.S. Carrier Strike Groups in Persian Gulf by remotelove in c/military@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

Both Russia and Iran build the drones, even if Russia is building the majority now. (I would speculate that the Iranian versions are much better quality.)

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[Bug/403] NSFW Setting is not persistent. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
3 comments fedilink

Bug Report

Describe the issue: NSFW blur/hide/show/etc setting will not save.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Change NSFW Setting
  2. Scroll up/down or back out of settings
  3. NSFW Setting reverts to Hide

Device Information

  • App Version: 1.0.403 (403)
  • Platform: android
  • OS Version: BP4A.260105.004.E1

Modified Settings

The following settings have been changed from defaults:

  • isNotificationEnabled: 1 (default: 0)
  • isMarkdownEditorEnabled: false (default: true)
  • alwaysShowInstance: true (default: false)
  • shouldShowPageNumbers: true (default: false)
  • commentTextStyle: bodyMedium (default: bodyLarge)
  • enableCommentNavigator: true (default: false)
  • shouldAlwaysDisplayAvatars: true (default: false)
  • shouldHighlightNewComments: false (default: true)
  • defaultPostSort: New (default: Active)
  • nsfwView: Hide (default: Blur)
  • applyNsfwInCommunities: false (default: true)
  • cardType: list (default: card)
  • shouldResolveOpenGraph: false (default: true)
  • imageDomainRewrites: {} (default: {})
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[Bug] Cache file duplicates (maybe) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink

Bug Report

Describe the issue: Images may be assigned different IDs on page reloads resulting in duplicate cache items. (See attached image: Not sure if actually duplicate files or if cached files are soft linked to each other.)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Clear cache
  2. Reload same feed or page multiple times

Device Information

  • App Version: 1.0.332 (332)
  • Platform: android
  • OS Version: BP3A.251105.015
  • Notice: Using legacy Shared Preferences

Modified Settings

The following settings have been changed from defaults:

  • isNotificationEnabled: 1 (default: 0)
  • alwaysShowInstance: true (default: false)
  • shouldShowPageNumbers: true (default: false)
  • showFullVotes: true (default: false)
  • defaultPostSort: New (default: Active)
  • nsfwView: hide (default: blur)
  • cardType: list (default: card)
  • maxCacheSizeGB: 5 (default: 2)

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[Bug] Scrolling lag, part deux (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
4 comments fedilink

Bug Report

Describe the issue: Just feed scrolling lag. I noticed it this time after page 20, with about 1Gb in process memory. (It seems to take a bit more scrolling now to see issues.)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Have no life
  2. Leverage online media as a form of social acceptance
  3. Keep doom scrolling.

Device Information

  • App Version: 1.0.319 (319)
  • Platform: android
  • OS Version: BP3A.251105.015

Modified Settings

The following settings have been changed from defaults:

  • isNotificationEnabled: 1 (default: 0)
  • alwaysShowInstance: true (default: false)
  • shouldShowPageNumbers: true (default: false)
  • showFullVotes: true (default: false)
  • defaultPostSort: New (default: Active)
  • nsfwView: hide (default: blur)
  • cardType: list (default: card)
  • maxCacheSizeGB: 5 (default: 2)
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[Bug] Clicking on thumbnail for external link post shows invalid image data exception (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
6 comments fedilink

Bug Report

Describe the issue: Click thumbnail for external link

Steps to reproduce:

  1. click all the post links!

Device Information

  • App Version: 1.0.318 (318)
  • Platform: android
  • OS Version: BP3A.251105.015

Modified Settings

The following settings have been changed from defaults:

  • isNotificationEnabled: 1 (default: 0)
  • alwaysShowInstance: true (default: false)
  • shouldPreloadImages: false (default: true)
  • shouldShowPageNumbers: true (default: false)
  • showFullVotes: true (default: false)
  • defaultPostSort: New (default: Active)
  • nsfwView: hide (default: blur)
  • cardType: list (default: card)
  • maxCacheSizeGB: 5 (default: 2)

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[Bug] Lemmy feed gets laggy over 400mb memory usage (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
12 comments fedilink

Bug Report

Describe the issue: Lemmy doom scrolling gets super laggy over 400mb memory usage. App ram usage is estimated as I can only see temporary app cache through Android dev settings when the app gets kicked into the background. Memory usage will mostly self-clear, but it takes a bit.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Doom scrolling FTW!

Device Information

  • App Version: 1.0.316 (316)
  • Platform: android
  • OS Version: BP3A.251105.015

Modified Settings

The following settings have been changed from defaults:

  • isNotificationEnabled: 1 (default: 0)
  • alwaysShowInstance: true (default: false)
  • shouldPreloadImages: false (default: true)
  • shouldShowPageNumbers: true (default: false)
  • showFullVotes: true (default: false)
  • defaultPostSort: New (default: Active)
  • nsfwView: hide (default: blur)
  • cardType: list (default: card)
  • maxCacheSizeGB: 5 (default: 2)

(Recommend moving nsfwView preference out of a public bug report. It's not a huge issue, but it could be a private setting for some people.)

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I am looking for a basic web dev framework that is lightweight and focused around modularity. [Spoiler: I have no idea what I'm talking about!] (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/webdev@programming.dev
3 comments fedilink

My background: Long time IT security engineer here that can code when I need. For dev experience, I have worked with various languages over the years like assembly, C/C++, js, typescript, PERL, python, etc. When needed, I can hack out a specialized tool but I am absolutely not a professional developer.

My ask: I just want a simple web framework that I don't need to think about too much. There are a few ideas I have regarding security analyst workflow in a SIEM-type of environment and need a way to code simple tools as basic snap-ins to a central analysis console.

The ELK stack serves a inspiration (specifically Kibana). However, there is so much more I want to build into an security specific analysis console and building it one snap-in at a time seems manageable over time.

What is the current flavor of the day regarding Web app dev frameworks that might function how I want? What frameworks would be compatible with a broad audience over a long period of time? (I never liked open source applications that use super niche libraries or frameworks that become obsolete and stale after a few months.)

I hope I was able to describe clearly enough what I am looking for. I would google around for ideas, but I simply don't know the correct questions to ask about this kind of thing until I get more up-to-speed.

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[ Bug / ??? ] Finally found the source of a hung feed! (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink

I turned off "Preload Images" and my feed hasn't hung since. There is still a tiny bit of wait time while the next group of posts gets cached in the feed (maybe < 1 second) and this is usually when post pre-loading would fail and hang the feed completely.

If for whatever reason, if an image can't be preloaded it'll hang the feed? Maybe if a post gets deleted on one instance and, because fediverse, it may still be listed by my home instance? A failed cross-instance image load does sound like an interesting theory for root cause.

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[ Bugs/ 298 ] Assorted comment bugs (new or edit) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink
  1. (Regression, I think.) Strike through markdown broken when used in combination with exclamation point (maybe with other special characters too?) Also affects large blocks text that is marked with a strike through

~~Strike~~

~~Strike! ~~

  1. Cannot select text from comment that you are replying to

  2. Selecting text on your comment is appended with multiple spaces if there is no punctuation.

  • to reproduce: create post or reply, press and hold the last word of the sentence with no ending punctuation

  1. Text selection can become "sticky". (Unknown cause) Moving cursor around on a comment in progress results in the text selection bar that cannot be turned off. Connect restart is required.

  2. Post cache is not always refreshed after edit. Requires Connect restart to see changes made to a post. (Post text is where the caching issue is, not generally comments.)

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[ Almost fixed / 297 ] Post alignment(?) may move up past top of screen and get hidden by post menu [Not sure if the post edits are showing in this post. more details were added.] (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink

Single pull-down refresh breaks post alignment.

~~Multiple pull-down actions may cause the offset of the post to slowly creep up and I under the post menu and almost off the top of the screen. OR, when the post is opened, the post will load with proper alignment and then shift itself up.

This seems to happen within the first few actions on opening Connect and it may self-resolve if the post is opened again, but not always.~~

Edit: ~~There is something wrong with that specific post in the screenshots. Other posts work fine, that one does not.~~ Its happening on this post now too.

Post is fully scrolled down, post title gets covered:

Menu will self-hide and you can see how far up the post has been aligned: ~~

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[ Fixed / 295 ] "Post Title Above Images" description typo (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink

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[ Fixed / 290 ] Incorrect community shown for post edit; Edited post text not updating (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
5 comments fedilink

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[Bug?/290] Unusually low number of comments in c/all (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink

Not sure if it's a quiet night or not, but comment volume drops off about 3 hours ago as of this post.

Before mobile phones by remotelove in c/memes@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 232 points 3 months ago

For anyone wondering, that's Sarah Connors dream from Terminator 2 right before the city gets nuked.

Men Face $1,000 Fine if They 'Discharge Semen' Under New Bill by remotelove in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 152 points 1 year ago

We could pay down the national debt in about 4 hours.

Why isn't everything mouldy? by remotelove in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 187 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Spores are everywhere like you say and you only really see a tiny percentage of mycelium. Fungi kinda is everywhere already, but where it can grow well is much more limited.

Fungi can be remarkably picky about its growing conditions to thrive, otherwise, it's growth will be remarkably slow. However, if you put a tablespoon of dirt under the microscope, there could be dozens of mycelial strands in it trying to survive. They can all survive, to a degree, but there are a couple of issues preventing dominance.

If it can find a place to settle in and grow, chances are that many other spores may be trying to take hold as well. Fungi is insanely competitive and is constantly fighting for space. Fast growing fungi is what we normally see take over food sources and it's usually a type of trichoderma. Trichoderma will literally choke out other fungal growths simply due to its rapid development. If an existing colony is weakened for one reason or another and it gets a trich infection, it's game over.

For commercial mycelium development, (button mushrooms, oysters, etc.) growing conditions are generally perfect and the substrate used is tailored specifically per species. (It's mostly sanitized poo or specific types of wood.) Temperatures need to be adjusted for each growth phase as fungi can be very sensitive to that. Some strains of shiitake are rumored to require a physical shock to fruit. (Like, the substrate bag needs to be physically smacked hard. It's an odd characteristic.)

To sum all of this up, it usually comes down to competition. Where there isn't fungi, there is bacteria. Plants even have chemical defenses to both. Small critters and insects may eat all three of those things.

Next time you look at your garden, just remember you are looking at an actual battleground for millions of critters of all shapes and sizes.

My dad fought the Nazi's they lost. The world knows it. What is the deal with their recent resurgence? by remotelove in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 178 points 2 years ago

They have kinda always been a thing. Nazi's were just one flavor of nationalist, after all.

Charles de Gaulle defined nationalism best: "Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."

For most people, it's extremely easy to blame others for problems of their own creation. By the same token, people who can't see their own shortcomings will also usually latch on to leaders who are able to amplify that bias. For the Nazis, it was mostly against the jews.

Also, what you are seeing in the news is partially amplified by the news itself but also, politicians are getting more brazen in mustering the support of those groups. This has lead to people being a little more open about something that needs to stay taboo, IMHO.

What makes CrowdStrike so ubiquous that their error created such catastrophe? by remotelove in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 212 points 2 years ago

It's one of the better EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) tools on the market. For enterprises, they are able to suck down tons of system activities and provide alerting for security teams.

For detection, when I say "tons of data", I mean it. Any background logs related to network activity, filesystem activity, command line info, service info, service actions and much more for every endpoint in an organization.

The response component can block execution of apps or completely isolate an endpoint if it is compromised, only allowing access by security staff.

Because Crowdstrike can (kind of) handle that much data and still be able to run rule checks while also providing SOC services makes them a common choice for enterprises.

The problem is that EDR tools need to run at the kernel level (or at a very high permission level) to be able to read that type data and also block it. This increases the risk of catastrophic problems if specific drivers are blocked by another kind of anti-malware service.

When you look at how EDR tools function, there is little difference between them and well written malware.

Crowdstrike became a choice recently for many companies that got fucked over by Broadcom buying VMWare. VMWare owned another tool, Carbon Black, which became subject to the fuckery of Broadcom so more companies scrambled to Crowdstrike recently.

I hope that was enough of a summary.

OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion by remotelove in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 182 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's fairly bold to ask for ~6% of the total world economy as well as a sizable chunk of the world's energy.

LW Holiday Logos by remotelove in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 149 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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