itsmect

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Okey, I know this is a bit beside the typical scope of this community. However sometimes it's nice to take a step back, zoom out and reflect on why preserving and creating our privacy matters. This video certainly gave me a different perspective on some things, and I hope you will find it useful too.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 1 points 3 weeks ago

What is your threat model? If it's loosing money on your account, then Scrubbles already has posted an answer on security. I'd like to add that many modern credit/debit cards allow you to disable and reenable payment methods as you need it, you can use that to prevent your account getting drained.

But to me this isn't the entire answer, as it does little to protect your privacy in case of a data breach. I'll break down additional things you can do, roughly from least to most effort:

  • Don't reuse usernames unless you need to build a brand. If one account ever leaks personal information, it's harder to associate it with the other stuff you do online.
  • Have at least 2 regular emails, one for services that need your personal info, and one for everything else. If needed you can compartmentalize more. Use temporary emails for signups wherever possible.
  • Often you don't need to fill in real information into forms, make things up and put them as a note in you PW manager in case you need it later.
  • Protect you phone number at all costs. It's a pain in the a** to change, and companies know it. Always assume you are being tracked if asked for your number. If it leaks, it becomes much easier to build a profile on you.
  • Shipping companies will often ask you for your number. How often have you been called because there were issues? If the answer is zero, they don't need your real number either.
  • When using 2FA, use Aegis or a similar app. SMS 2FA is vulnerable to a few attacks and again leaks your number.
  • Get stuff shipped to a post box, if available to you locally. There are re-shipping services like a physical VPN if you need an extra layer.
  • Do not use paypal for payment if you want to hide your post address. They automatically give it to the merchant without telling you. Not sure who else follows the same practice, but personally I would not trust google/apple/samsung pay either.
  • If you need best payment privacy, buy a gift card with cash. Should you ever get crypto and want to get rid of it, buying a gift card with it is a good method.
[–] itsmect@monero.town 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Type monerod bans into the console, and it should print out the entire banlist.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 2 months ago

The primary concern with fdm printed parts is bacteria growth in the gaps and cracks, which you cant really avoid. Some materials allow vapor smoothing, but the most popular candidates ABS and ASA are not food save, even if perfectly smooth.

For storing stuff that does not support bacteria growth (for sure salt, maybe tea bags and pepper) PETG is a good choice. Strong consistent layer adhesion enables water tight print. Its relatively chemically robust and will not chemically react with your food, and not leach out much if at all. It also means its mostly dishwasher safe, especially at low temperatures. You MUST have a properly tuned PETG profile to get a close to perfect surface with minimal defects. Burn of any stringing, otherwise it will end up as microplastic in your food.

For storing stuff that can spoil, the requirements are a lot higher, and the only option is coating with a food safe resin. You should research what is compatible with the printed plastic, and maybe avoid dishwasher or aggressive cleaners.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 2 months ago

For home use FreeCAD might be an okey replacement for autodesk. It's not as polished, but working well enough for simple geometrioes

[–] itsmect@monero.town 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds interesting, I'll give it a try:

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[–] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Very cool! Glad that there are finally working swaps directly from the app, and zero conf for low amounts is an appreciated upgrade.

Because Monero is fungible, I assume there wont ever be KYC checks when using XMR to pay in another crypto through your service, is that correct?

[–] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago

Fascinating! Thank you for including a picture of the new design, using the ribs to reinforce the surface should improve things a lot with minimal material added.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah just say you accept either prepaid with Monero (XMR) or using the cash-on-delivery option. A link to getmonero.org in the FAQ would be appreciated, but is not required.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 1 points 3 months ago

I find spending a bit more on batteries goes along way. Although the nominal voltage and size may be the same, better batteries have lower internal resistance, ie provide the same current with less voltage sag. This prevent the low bat detection from tripping prematurely.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I prefer public discussion. If you must reach me privately, please send me a simplex invite, the lemmy chat is not encrypted.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Centralizing control over food supply in a monopolistic company that sells the seeds it a terrible idea. You don't want to give a bunch of shareholders control over global food supply.

The technology could improve lives. But not in the hands of Monsanto. Not even if you are buying their product. Nor if you are supporting them on lemmy out of all places.

[–] itsmect@monero.town 2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Batteries have one advantage over over supplies: extremely low noise. Even an good LDO will bump up the noise floor, and a cheap lcsc part will do so too. Plus you's want a reasonably low dropout and quiescent current, which also increases price. Maybe 10ct in volume is reasonable for such a part - and yes, that will absolutely eat the margin

 

Lemmy without federation is kinda pointless. Please look into what causes this issue

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by itsmect@monero.town to c/meta@monero.town
 

I made one post, that's it. I never wanted to mod that community and never agreed to it. It seems like the original mod appointed me somehow and then left?

If anyone is interested in modding this very quiet community please speak up, otherwise I'll close it by end of year.

Edit: If you want to take over this role, please comment on [Meta] Looking for new mod to take over

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1167727

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