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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • this is the primary (official) reason why most banking apps require an unrooted device, and check that the bootloader hasn’t been tampered with. they don’t really care what you do with your phone, but a custom ROM doesn’t have to comply with the usual official checks and balances, and so theoretically could be malicious.

    the bank “trusts” the official OEM rom, because the OEM rom belongs to a company that can be “controlled”. ie. pressured into ensuring apps are safe, etc.

    the bank doesn’t trust the open source rom, because it isn’t “owned” by an entity that can be controlled.

    a reason lots of companies don’t like open source, is because"who do you sue when something goes wrong?". closed source isn’t any safer, but at least you know who to sue when it breaks.







  • I make cold brew coffee for enjoyment at home, and savor every drop.

    At work, the coffee just isn’t the same.

    Do I miss my cold brew while I’m in the office? damn straight.

    Do I still get enjoyment from ready access to plenty of free mediocre coffee? damn straight. It’s not amazing coffee, but it’s fresh ground arabica bean, decent roast. If I’m honest about it, it’s plenty good enough, and definitely beats having to go for a 5 minute walk to pay $6-8 for a cup of mediocre coffee.







  • your first hurdle is installing a lemmy server locally. this is a mission on it’s own, and I can be of zero assistance here.

    your second hurdle is enabling port forwarding and making that server accessible from the internet. I’m going to assume you know how to do the 2nd. port foward dot com if you don’t.

    your third hurdle will be setting up dynamic dns. again, lots of choices here, and different tiers of service/support. I’m assuming this is enough to point you in the right direction, and your home router likely has built in support for a few providers.

    I recommend tackling these hurdles in order, but they don’t have to be done in order.






  • Even in corporations that are committed to a good culture of kindness, you can still find opponents who won’t hesitate throw you under the bus in order to further an agenda.

    Using active tone in corporate is risky, because office politics can accuse it of being aggressive/hostile in order to block a policy. They don’t necessarily care that the messenger winds up getting written up by HR and sent to sensitivity training.

    I find myself being very careful about then tone of my emails after getting caught in the crossfire between two warring factions. Passive tone is less likely to come back to haunt you.

    I really hate having to navigate office politics, but it is what it is.