Otherbarry

joined 1 month ago

Ron is in the other corner sulking somewhere.

Zip bombs wouldn't apply here, from what I understand to create those you'd have to start with uncompressed data. The typical example is using a bunch of zeroes as the starting point, not only is that compressible but the compression algorithm will look for redundancies in the data to increase the compression efficiency (a bunch of zeroes would have tons of redundancy).

Stackoverflow has a good discussion on it https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459673/how-does-one-make-a-zip-bomb

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

If I use winrar to compress 80gb of tv and movies.

You haven't gained anything by doing so since video is already compressed. Compressing data that is already compressed will usually make it slightly larger - or if you're lucky maybe you'll save like 1 megabyte space, not really anything worth the trouble.

Then can I compress it further by making it an iso?

ISO is not compression.

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

To view blocked instances if you're browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to https://lemmy.world/instances and click the "Blocked Instances" tab.

Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I'm not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.

I'll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I'm not too onboard with but that's just IMO.

PS - If you're just starting out probably best not to overthink it too much :) As you get more comfortable browsing the Fediverse you can decide later on if you want to set yourself up on another instance.

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to view/browse.. in those cases your only solution is to create a new Lemmy account at a different instance that does not block those things.

For example you're on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at https://lemmy.world/instances

In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there https://lemmy.world/post/13320356

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm not a 1Password user so there might be some specific feature I haven't heard about, but from what I understand it works more or less the same as other online password managers

Is there a way to set it up so whatever gets saved to 1Password transfers the login info to my Google account as well?

Most likely not. The idea with password managers is that you're using their website / browser extension / app to manage your passwords, not something else.

You technically should be able to manually export/import passwords between the two, rather than auto sync, but that would be pretty cumbersome to do all the time. It's normally just something people do when initially setting up the password manager (e.g. maybe export your user/passwords from Chrome and then import into 1Password if 1Password has that import feature).

Or should I just download the 1P mobile app, and rely on that exclusively for passwords I need when I’m on my phone?

Yes, that's the general idea with password mangers. You'd install their app and then you would be able to access your synced passwords through there.

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bra gun too, there was the woman that shot herself in the head while adjusting a gun in her bra

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-woman-fatally-shot-self-while-adjusting-bra-holster/

If you haven't already visited you definitely should! I never had the chance to live there but did spend a couple of weeks visiting and it was awesome. Reykjavik, driving the ring road, all those cliffs, waterfalls, national parks, it's all great. That was before this Lemmy bar existed otherwise I would've visited that too.

I've too wondered how feasible it would be to relocate and/or retire to Iceland but that seems pretty far off from reality.

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"The U.S. will take over Freshparsnip's apartment, and we will do a job with it, too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unsnapped mousetraps and other pest control devices at the apartment, level the apartment, and get rid of the destroyed furniture/appliances/structures. Level it out, create economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the mice of the area. Do a real job, do something different. Just can't go back, it's going to end up the same way Freshparsnip has had it for years."

..So uh, I guess you are being relocated. Negotiations currently underway to determine which neighbor is forced to take you in.

That has never crossed my mind, I'm thinking heavy metal when I think about Lemmy Kilmister / Lemmy.

But I do think lemmings are cute, and that old video game was awesome, so it all sort of works for me :D

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Before or after the MAGA movement called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage? Just saying, it really does take a lot for the hardcore MAGA types to actually change their minds on this stuff.

[–] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you weren't already prepared (see other comments) then assume every credit/debit card you had saved in your Google Wallet/Apple Pay has been stolen - That's one reason people snatch phones while unlocked and try to keep it unlocked.

Also assume any payment apps you have installed are now compromised e.g. Venmo and similar - that's another reason people steal unlocked phones and try to keep it unlocked.

The above assumes you did not have any additional passwords/locking in the apps themselves beyond the phone's screen unlock - I purposely

You may be able to remote lock the phone after the fact if you get to a computer or a someone you know with a phone on them to get online and initiate a remote lock.

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