It’s easiest to just register a domain name and use Couldflare Tunnels. No need to worry about dynamic DNS, port forwarding etc. Plus, you have the security advantages of DDoS protection and firewall (WAF). Finally, you get portability - you can change your ISP, router or even move your entire lab into the cloud if you wanted to, and you won’t need to change a single thing.

I have a lab set up on my mini PC that I often take to work with me, and it works the same regardless of whether it’s going thru my work’s restricted proxy or the NAT at home. Zero config required on the network side.

This shouldn’t even be a question lol. Even if you aren’t worried about theft, encryption has a nice bonus: you don’t have to worry about secure erasing your drives when you want to get rid of them. I mean, sure it’s not that big of a deal to wipe a drive, but sometimes you’re unable to do so - for instance, the drive could fail and you may not be able to do the wipe. So you end up getting rid of the drive as-is, but an opportunist could get a hold of that drive and attempt to repair it and recover your data. Or maybe the drive fails, but it’s still under warranty and you want to RMA it - with encryption on, you don’t have to worry about some random accessing your data.

Although not the same, this has been going on for about two years now. Jensen Harris, a former MS engineer, criticized the ads as well as the design of the new Start Menu, over here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564399431545667585.html

Syncthing, it was made exactly for situations like this. And unlike DropBox etc your data stays local.

Mercury is worth checking out - it’s based on Librewolf but has additional privacy and performance patches.

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Yep it does restore application state as well, but it’s a bit of a hit-and-miss. Notepad is restored surprisingly well - including unsaved text and multiple windows; Firefox and Edge browser tabs are restored; unsaved Word docs are restored as well but oddly enough, Outlook’s state isnt restored (although it does save any unsaved drafs).

I’m guessing some sort of resume/restartable support is needed from the app as well for this to work properly. I imagine modern “UWP” apps would just work, but some additional coding might be needed for traditional win32 apps. Like Adobe Reader for instance, it doesn’t get restored at all.

This is incorrect…ish. Windows, yes even 10, has had a feature for a while now called Automatic Restart Sign-on (ARSO). You can enable this feature by going to Settings > Accounts > Sign in options > "Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in".

After enabling it, a reboot will restore… some apps (hence the ‘ish’), these apps being mostly Microsoft apps (Edge, Word, Outlook, Notepad etc) + some third-party apps (I know Firefox gets restored, not sure about others).

You can also use the shutdown /g command to test this (after enabling ARSO):

/g Fully shuts down and restarts the computer. On restart, if Automatic Restart Sign-On is enabled, the device automatically signs in and locks based on the last interactive user. After sign in, it restarts any registered applications.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown

I wouldn’t say it didn’t get a chance to shine (unless you’re being pedantic and referring strictly to the official spec) - it’s various implementations such as DivX and XviD were widely used and extremely popular on the web back then. Yes, even though DVDs and DVD writers became common, internet speeds were still too slow and uncapped internet was fairly uncommon, so most people preferred to download those 700MB rips. In fact, aXXo’s 700MB XviD rips were extremely popular due to their relatively high quality for those sizes, and anyone who’s sailed the high seas back then would tell you that DivX/XviDs generally had the highest seeds for any given video, thereby indicating their popularity.

DivX-certified media players were also a thing for this very reason - and they weren’t even obscure, pretty much every popular HT OEMs had DivX-compatible players - eg Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, Philips, Pioneer etc. And this was back in the early 2000s, so I wouldn’t say that the support came “rather later”. DivX (the first official release, not the bootleg version with the winky face), along with XviD, were born in 2001, and certified hardware players followed only a couple of years later. But don’t forget that HTPCs were also a thing back then, heck, they date back to the late 90s when PC makers started selling PCs with TV tuner or “combo” cards buit in, and I recall them being specifically marketed as HTPCs. Even after DVD players became cheap and popular, HTPCs were still preferred by the enthusiast crowd due to better video quality, wider codec support and flexibility. Essentially, playing ASPs was never really a big deal for people who consumed the format.

So overall, I’d say that ASP not only shined, it dominated. Without ASP, groups like aXXo would’ve probably not existed, and the scene would’ve looked very, very different.

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That looks like something straight out of Star Trek (TOS)!

And it did :

1. Bran’s Purpose: Bran utilizes his powers as the Three-Eyed Raven more effectively, revealing crucial historical and future events. Instead of becoming king, he serves as the realm’s chief advisor, preserving history and ensuring the kingdom doesn’t repeat past mistakes.

2. Jon & Daenerys: Daenerys’ descent into madness is slowed and more nuanced. She and Jon rule jointly for a time, focusing on uniting the kingdom and breaking the wheel. When it becomes clear that Daenerys can’t escape her Targaryen instincts, a heartbroken Jon is forced to intervene. Instead of exile, Jon chooses to travel north to explore and possibly unite lands beyond the Wall.

3. Sansa & Arya: Sansa is crowned Queen in the North, leading with wisdom and strength. Arya’s adventures in the west are chronicled in a series of notes she sends back to Sansa, creating a connection between the Stark sisters and hinting at a larger world.

4. Tyrion & Jaime: Tyrion remains as Hand, but to a council of leaders instead of one ruler, guiding the Seven Kingdoms with his wit and intelligence. Jaime’s redemption arc culminates in him leaving Cersei and joining Brienne, training the next generation of knights.

5. Cersei: Cersei’s cunning leads her to form unexpected alliances, perhaps with the likes of Dorne, to try and reclaim the throne. Her end comes not from falling rubble, but in a more poetic fashion: perhaps poisoned, paralleling her own actions throughout the series.

6. The Night King: The threat from the Night King is even more dire. Westeros needs to truly unite, with every faction playing a part, to fend off the undead threat. This culminates in a series of battles, not just one at Winterfell. The Night King’s origin and motives are better explained, tying into the history of Westeros and the Children of the Forest.

7. Iron Throne: In the end, the Iron Throne is melted down as a symbol of the old era. Westeros adopts a council-based rule where representatives from each kingdom have a say, embodying Daenerys’ vision of “breaking the wheel.”

Just a few days ago, I was looking for an obscure copy of an old CD called “Walnut Creek Game Patches CDROM” - I found references to this inside an old DOS game cheats program, so I got curious and wanted to check it out - and was pleasantly surprised to find it on the Internet Archive.

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Do you realise WinRAR has over half a billion users

Citation needed. But regardless, these users are clearly not on Lemmy. This is about relevance to Lemmy users, and the poll reflects how relevant WinRAR is for them.

No matter what large software downloading website you check (Softpedia, Majorgeeks, Techspot, Filehorse, Filehippo), the most popular downloaded software will have these at the top.

That’s not really a valid metric, because these sites only show the total downloads, and don’t display recent numbers. WinRAR may have been popular 10 years ago, but they don’t show how many users downloaded it in the last year or whatever, so those numbers are meaningless.

You have no idea about general user security and popular software demographics.

I’ve been a Windows sysadmin for 11+ years and used computers since the days of MSDOS, so don’t tell me I don’t know software demographics. It’s you who is out of touch. Besides pirates, I’ve haven’t seen anyone still actually use WinRAR in the wild. The average user just doesn’t have a need for WinRAR - Windows already creates and opens zip files, and that’s all they need, because everyone else uses mainly zip files these days. And in offices, where they may need to transfer password protected files, they may ocassionaly use 7zip (due to its more secure encryption). But that’s all. Excluding Linux and Mac users, Windows users mainly only use .zip and .7zip these days (once again, excluding pirates).

because the potential of users getting affected is massive.

Except, it’s not actually popular these days, and therefore, it doesn’t really warrant reposting such old and irrelevant news. And my earlier point still stands - what you posted is basically a repost. Just because you missed it doesn’t mean others have, nor does it justify it.

You probably won’t believe me that WinRAR isn’t popular, so I made a poll just for this - you can see for yourself that not many people here actually use WinRAR.