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Aussie living in the San Francisco Bay Area.Coding since 1998..NET Foundation member. C# fan https://d.sb/Mastodon: @dan@d.sb

  • Supreme Court To Decide How 1988 Videotape Privacy Law Applies To Online Video

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  • Interesting case. If the plaintiff wins, I suspect this will mean that sites with videos won't be able to use third-party analytics scripts (not just Meta pixel, but also things like Google Analytics), which would be a pretty large change for the industry.

    I'd love to see first-party tracking become more popular again. I self-host Plausible for my sites, but I've considered switching to Swetrix.

  • See you tomorrow

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  • If it was in the USA, the answer would have been "sorry, the next available appointment is in two months"

  • Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch

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  • uploads a copy of the key to their Microsoft Account

    Microsoft added that feature because people kept losing their encryption keys and thus losing all their files if they need to have their computer replaced. They get complaints either way - privacy advocates complain when the key is backed up, and sysadmins/users complain when the key isn't backed up.

  • Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE

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  • Doesn't Hikvision support RTSP?

  • Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE

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  • Though, on the other hand, having the video saved offsite is useful because then anyone with physical access to your home can’t get rid of the video showing they’re there.

    I have Blue Iris configured to send all alert videos to one of my storage VPSes via SFTP. As soon as someone is detected outside, the video clip is sent offsite.

    The server and the PoE switch that powers the cameras are also on a UPS, which helps if the intruder tries to shut off the power at the main breaker (which, here in California, always needs to be located outside).

    It’s in response to you saying isolate the cameras from the internet entirely

    The cameras themselves should always be isolated. No internet access for the cameras at all. Your NVR can have network access, and is what would handle uploading the videos to internet storage somewhere.

  • Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE

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  • Reolink

    Any cameras that can operate entirely offline are good. Dahua and Hikvision are good too. Look for cameras with RTSP and ONVIF support. ONVIF is a standardized API for interacting with cameras and can handle things like pan/tilt/zoom, sending events from the camera to the NVR (eg motion detection), and a bunch of other things.

    I use Blue Iris as my NVR, which is usually regarded as the best, but there's other good software too (like Frigate), and hardware solutions too.

    Just follow best practices - keep them isolated on a separate VLAN with no internet access. If you want remote access to your NVR, use a VPN like Tailscale.

  • Bungee jumping

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  • Ah, the ol' switcheroo.

  • Student Parking

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  • The way a lot of students solve this in Australia, at least in Melbourne where I'm from, is by taking the train (or a tram) to university. The university I went to was adjacent to a train station.

    Students from low-income families and that are independent get money from the government which can be used for anything, including public transport passes. Living on campus isn't really a thing in Australia, so a lot of students continue to live with their parents while at uni to save money, or live at an apartment nearby.

  • For that modern web feeling

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  • If your element has an id, you can just reference it from the window scope

    This is brittle, as defining a global variable with the same name (or the browser adding a API with the same name) will override it. This functionality was only kept for backwards compatibility with sites designed for Internet Explorer. The spec says to use getElementById instead.

  • Anyone have a favorite NAS (for normies)?

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  • Ohh... I forgot about this. If they're still doing that then I wouldn't recommend them.

    For less tech-savvy users, I usually recommend some off-the-shelf hardware, so they have multiple people they can go to in case of issues with either the hardware or the standard built-in software (like the manufacturer, or other people that are also familiar with products from that manufacturer).

    Synology used to be the best for that, but maybe not any more. A lot of brands have gotten into NAS hardware over the last year or two so I'm not sure what's the best now!

  • Micron to boost DRAM output with $1.8bn chip fab buy

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  • PSMC sounds like a bootleg TSMC lol

    legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago

    what

  • Anyone have a favorite NAS (for normies)?

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  • I'd probably just get a Synology and install Immich on it.

  • Ethernet cable through your garden?

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  • Fibre optic is generally better for this use case, but Ethernet would work fine too. Be sure to use CMX rated cable, as it's rated for outdoor use (uses a more durable, UV-resistant jacket, and is suitable for direct burial).

    Run it in conduit so you can easily replace it in the future if needed.

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  • Yeah, it's standard for everyone. Even people working part time get it, pro-rated. For example, if you work 50% of the hours compared to a full-time position, you accrue 50% of the long service leave.

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  • It's sad there's such a disparity between leave amounts at different employers in the USA. It really should be standardized.

    I'm from Australia, where it's mandated to get four weeks (20 days) of PTO per year, 20 weeks of paid parental leave, at least a year of unpaid parental leave, and an extra 8 weeks of PTO every 7 years ("long service leave").

    I'm living in the USA now, and am fortunate that my employer offers 21 days PTO per year. I also have unlimited sick leave, which is a strange phrase to hear as an Aussie (why would sick days be limited??)

  • ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

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  • I think you're right - people using the paid ones want to get their money's worth. Even on the expensive plans like Claude Code's $100/month subscription, people often end up using the equivalent of thousands of dollars worth of API usage, which doesn't even cover the full cost of providing the service.

  • Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth

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  • The headline makes it sound like he only did this to one piece of art, but he was much busier than that:

    According to the police department, Granger chewed up at least 57 of the 160 images

  • Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products

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  • Maybe Canada will get all the affordable cars that the US misses out on. In Australia, there's some good Chinese EVs from MG and BYD that are around the equivalent of US$20k including taxes.

  • ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

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  • As far as I know, this is only for the free version of ChatGPT. It costs a lot of money to run, and they're still not profitable, so it makes sense that they want to monetize the free version. The other option is to completely shut down the free version and only have the paid one.

  • ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

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  • They're unaffected as they pay for the OpenAI API (there's no free API) which is a separate product to ChatGPT. This change only affects ChatGPT, and I think only the free version.