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Signed up for Equifax to freeze my credit, password can not be longer than 20 characters in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] js10@reddthat.com 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I have seen this on a site before and I never understood why. Whats the point of limiting the length of the password? Its not to save storage space since the plain text isnt stored and the hash should be a uniform length. So whats the advantage?

Btw in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] js10@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

So you're just going to call me out like that, huh?

Privacy friendly fitness tracker recommendations in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] js10@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the list, that is very helpful. The main feature I'm looking for is heart rate monitoring. Both during a workout and also being able to see a graph of my heart rate after so I can track it over time. A sleep tracker would be nice too but a lot of wearables are not comfortable to wear during sleep for me so I probably wouldn't use it anyways.

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Privacy friendly fitness tracker recommendations (reddthat.com)
 

I'm looking for advice on a privacy friendly fitness tracker. One that doesn't require storing my personal data on a third party site, where I can sync the data locally using an open source program. I do have a PineTime but it doesn't really track metrics and I question the accuracy of the heat rate monitor. FitBit is owned by google, and I don't want an Apple Watch. Any recommendations?

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Is the Linux Foundation Certified System Admin (LFCS) worth it? (reddthat.com)
 

I've been a software engineer for 10 years now but want to work with Linux more in a professional setting (not to mention the number of layoffs in the the dev industry has me thinking a backup plan might be a good idea). I have been using Linux exclusively on my personal machine for about 15 years now so I'm not too worried about passing the LFCS but I'm wondering of its worth it. What kind of job opportunities would it open for me? Should I focus more on dev ops? Security? Straight SysAdmin?

Linux on chromebook in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] js10@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the detailed answer and pointing me towards the Mr. Chromebox tooling. I picked up the used Acer CB3 for $30 and was able to install the custom UEFI firmware and then install Gallium OS without too much hassle. Like you said, not a fancy machine, but hard to beat that price.

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Linux on chromebook (reddthat.com)
 

I'm looking at picking up a used chromebook for my kid to use after installing a Linux OS on it. So I have two questions that are very related:

Which would be a better one to get: Lenovo S330 or Acer CB3-431. Is one going to be easier to get the OS to run on?

The other question is which distro is going to work the easiest? I have been running Linux exclusively for over a decade on my person computer (Fedora currently) and my phone (PinePhonePro with Debian (well, Mobian anyways)) so I'm very comfortable with Linux in general, but haven't played with this kind of hardware before so I'm not sure what the limitations will be.

what counts as a distro in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] js10@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Android really even use the Linux Kernel anymore? I thought they forked it about 15 years ago and at this point it has diverged so much its not even really the Linux kernel anymore.

Beginner's Guide to `grep` in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] js10@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very true and I always combine them when I dont need to, using cat file.txt | grep foo instead of just grep foo file.txt