Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020 4 years ago
No ARM CPU, but there was an aftermarket conversion called the X62[0], with upgraded display and Intel Broadwell CPU. I think it's mostly been supplanted by an X201 conversion, the X210[1].
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BitDefender Free has been discontinued 5 years ago
In terms of protection, sure, but for actual system performance, Defender is still hot garbage:
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-octob...
Part of amphetamine's effects include an increase in energy during the day, which helps make you tired in the evening when it wears off.
Sometimes instant release (Adderrall or Dexedrine) is prescribed to supplement a time release version, particularly if you experience "the 5 o'clock crash".
If your on something like Vyvanse, you might have to up the dose after months, possibly even years, as your tolerance builds. Supposedly it's possible to reach a dose that balances against your metabolism, and you won't need to increase it again.
I found that, at a high enough dose, my jaw started clenching quite a bit, and I had the occasional heart murmurs. I do drink the equivalent of 3-4 cups of coffee on a regular basis.
If anyone experiences those side effects, I highly recommend chelated magnesium. Worked wonders for me.
Your phone probably isn't compromised.
It's common where I am to get spam phone calls that spoof Caller ID to match the area code and first 3 digits of your own number, to appear "local" and make you think it might be someone you know.
I tend to get calls in bursts. Sometimes it's the same robocall 3 times a day for a week.
Phone companies also reuse numbers, and their lists of active numbers leak now and then, so even if you get a "new" number, you can still get spam. I don't know how feasible it is for spammers to wardial every number, but it might be possible.
And I think there used to be a bug where certain characters in a text could crash am iPhone, or something to that effect.
Apple has spam detection in the Messages app now. If it's anything like email, spammers will try anything to bypass it, like replacing characters.
So in conclusion, there's not much you can do about it until phone companies fix Caller ID.
Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use 6 years ago
Since when? They used Pentalobe on just about everything the last decade.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_security_screw
Though it's gotten easier to get pentalobe screwdrivers, albeit made of Chinesium.
Turn on MFA Before Crooks Do It for You 6 years ago
I had to get the seeds out of Google Authenticator several years ago. The seeds were stored in an SQLite database file in the app directory. I think I used another app to read the DB file and export the seeds to plain text, but you could also conceivably copy the file to a computer and work from there, though you might need root access either way.
Other provinces have funds as well, and the federal government just allocated a couple billion to the programs in Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan, as part of the COVID response. My employer's already gotten some extra subcontracting work out of those programs.
Yay for jobs programs, I guess.
Carbonite To Be Acquired by OpenText for $1.4B 7 years ago
Backblaze personal backup used to only keep files for 30 days from your last activity, although I see they now let you keep old files for a year, for an extra $2/month.
Personally, I use Arq Backup and Backblaze B2 (their “real” cloud storage). Arq is a one-time paid app that does differential encrypted backups to your choice of local storage or cloud provider.
Keeping 1TB of backups cost me around $5 per month, and the files won’t disappear on me if my computer stops working for a month.
Also on a Mac. File preview works when .ratrc is present, otherwise just a file list and selector. Are you sure it's at ~/.config/rat/.ratrc ?
Not OP, but the system is described at [0], and apparently hasn't been released yet. Code for this particular story appears to be available at [1], although:
This code depends on package:egamebook which is not yet open source. Until that happens, you won't be able to build this project unless you're part of the development team (reach out to filiphracek@ if you're interested).