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Cake day: June 12th, 2023
  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains
    21·
    1 month ago

    This needs a government / IEEE / domain registrar policy of some sort. Maybe it should simply be that all expired domains are put into stasis for 10 years.

    If you want to buy it and have access to it sooner, then you need to run (and pay for) a program of works to catch and proactively kill all linked accounts, and build a register of embargoed existing email addresses that must be set to bounce.

    I knew this was a problem, but wow, had no idea it was this bad…

    Because I have a firstname.lastname@popularcloudemail.domain type email, I get SOOO many people signing up for accounts with my email, forgetting that theirs had some number suffix. I get peoples phone bills, pizza receipts, Amazon orders, parking meter e-receipts, Xbox live accounts, Dropbox logins, you name it.

    I NEVER thought of what that would look like at a domain level!

  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•Are filament vacuum bags worthwhile?English
    8·
    2 months ago

    I live in a subtropical area.

    Short answer: YES!!.

    I now religiously use a filament dryer, VAC bags and loose silica beads that I bag my self into DIY teabags and then redry in the oven.

    I also make sure to dry new filament for 24hours before using it the first time…

    Since I started doing this for PLA and PETG, many of my previous my print issues dissapeared…

  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Rule
    18·
    3 months ago

    Well. In a one on one call with him once (he’s my local member) I asked him why we could not protect individual rights with a charter of human rights.

    I would describe the tone of his response as visceral… He said to me:

    "[I don’t trust the courts in interpreting legislation like that. I would not want to give them an inch. Just look what they’ve done down in Victoria.]{paraphrased}

    [As far as I’m concerned, the parliament is perfectly placed to decide what is, and is not a human right, and if you disagree with me, you can vote me out… ]{direct quote}"

    I assume the VIC reference was to the judges that had been appointed most recently with track records of upholding human rights…

  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgtoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four yearsEnglish
    14·
    5 months ago

    Please do keep voting with your wallet - its one of the few remaining ways to express our discontent!) That being said, I feel like both of those examples are where the service provided by adobe and then Netflix are terrible.

    Adobe is making you buy a whole year and Netflix is hassling you for “letting your pensioner mum watch your account”… To me, both of those are examples of bad service (coupled with cost).

    For me, a counter example for me is amazon.com: I hate what they’re doing to the retail landscape but find it hard to resist, as I find them SOOO convenient, and their customer service (for now) is absolutely stunning!!! Now if their prices were too high, I’d personally probably pay for that convenience a bit. (Where there model breaks for me completely is warranty major purchases: I’ve had warranty denied by manufacturers for items purchased through non approved amazon resellers. So now, for me, anything over $100 and I’m looking for direct purchase from the manufacturer as a preference. )

  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
    6·
    7 months ago

    I’ve used the 3x multiplier for staff planning at services companies since the early 2000s.

    Perhaps there are regional differences, but they’ve rung true for planning billable rates of return at every services company I’ve worked at in the last 20 years here in AU.

    I realise that the services aspect isn’t relevant, but having the sum of indirect staff costs equivalent to staff salary cost when office space is involved isn’t a massive stretch in my experience. (Indirect costs would include office rent, utilities, infrastructure and a share of shared functions such as IT, HR, facilities etc…)

  • snrkl@lemmy.sdf.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
    23·
    7 months ago

    When running a business, you need to budget 3x salary for actual TCO of a staff member:

    1x covers their direct salary 2x covers retirement fund, electricity, office space, and infrastructure items unlike server and laptops for corporate use etc.

    The 3x multiplier is for when you’re a services company, and that represents a possibly profit margin.

    So for signal, your $380k becomes $190k which in my experience is average for a US tech sw dev at a mid to early senior level.

    I donate to signal monthly and I have no problems with the costs they’re posting. I work in SV tech and I’ve seen 20x worse numbers.