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syntaxseed

@syntaxseed@phpc.social

Programming, tech, gaming & other geeky topics from Sherri Wheeler.

Occasional business, handiwork, electronics, parenting and fitness content.

🐘 PHP/JS developer with miles to go before I sleep();

All posts are my own - never AI generated.

Ally & anti-racist. Bigoted or harassing replies get blocked & reported.

Available for part-time contract work.

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syntaxseed, to DisneyPlus
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My 12-yr-old figured out how to bypass the parental controls on #DisneyPlus.

He couldn't find the movie Wish on the kids' profile... so he created a new profile. Which doesn't prompt for password or pin & gives you access to all the content. 😬

#security #appsec

syntaxseed,
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I am a perfect mix of impressed with him & pissed at Disney.

syntaxseed,
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Looking into this a bit... The kids mode that their account is set to, isn't just a rating level limit. It's a "curated collection of kid friendly content." Which doesn't include the PG rated Wish apparently.

Don't know how to prevent this work-around in the future but I can modify the kids' account to no longer be in kids mode but to have a rating limit instead.

Interestingly, Disney+ did not send me an email to say that a new profile was added to my account.

syntaxseed, to baseball
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Current status: lightly raining.

Forecast: 80% chance thunderstorms.

Ball diamond status:

😑 #baseball #LittleLeague

syntaxseed,
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I see it's going to be one of those "close the diamonds 5 mins after most parents have left home" kind of evenings.

😮‍💨

syntaxseed,
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Ooo even better there's a tornado watch up now.

syntaxseed,
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Bribing myself with a hot chocolate. 😆

gnuconsulting, to random
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Looking for an iOS game where you go around the galaxy trading stuff, upgrading your ship, maybe trading out crewmembers, light RPG-ish elements, probably story based. Little to no combat if possible. Anyone know of a game along those lines?

syntaxseed,
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@gnuconsulting There is a classic mobile game called Space Traders by Trese Brothers that is exactly this. It's been around for ages & revamped & re-released by the developers several times.

It exists on Android, not sure about iOS but there's a good chance!

syntaxseed,
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@gnuconsulting

Ooo!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/star-traders-frontiers/id1442583232

nebyoolae, to gamedev
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Has anyone ever made a 3D game where you have to match socks in a big pile fresh from the laundry? I want to play that.

#gamedev

syntaxseed,
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@nebyoolae And there will always, always be one who's partner is missing...

syntaxseed, to martialartsmemes
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Kids, husband & I are going for our belt testing this afternoon!

Youngest is aiming for orange belt & the other two are aiming for their blue. Husband & I are currently unranked although we have been in class for two years so... it will be nice to see how our sensei ranks us.

But damn if I'm not hella nervous!! 😬

syntaxseed,
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I suspect my husband is nonplussed that I've roped him into this whole thing. 🤣

When our kids started, the sensei told parents that if you have a kid in class, you're welcome to join in for free at the back. At the time only 1 dad was doing so. I nervously debated with myself for several weeks until I cajoled husband into joining with me. Several other parents joined soon after. 😅

syntaxseed,
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@PJFDF Yay! That's right!

syntaxseed,
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@outofcontrol Oh wow- good job!

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@AndreasDavour Thanks!! We all did pretty well!

hirad, to Horizon
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I've started playing Zero Dawn in the last few days and I've gotta say, it's amazing. The incredible graphics and intriguing story that makes me wanna play more to learn about what is actually going on, but at the same time to spend my time enjoy and explore the environment as well.

syntaxseed,
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@hirad How's it running on Linux?

syntaxseed, to ai
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TIL that, apparently, absolutely nothing goes without saying. 😬 Super yikes.

#AI

https://m.slashdot.org/story/427998

surchaw, to CloudComputing
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What are some of the most cost effective #vps or #cloudcomputing services you've used?

#privacy respecting or not either is okay
although it is better if I have the most freedom to do anything, it should just be like I had a remote computer that I fully or semi-fully controlled.

some of the ones I have heard are:
justhost.ru, vultr, the ones included in these links: https://www.privacytools.io/private-hosting, https://redlib.privacyredirect.com/r/selfhosted/comments/14mmkvb/cheapest_quality_vps

#technology #internet #vps #docker #webdev #web

syntaxseed,
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@surchaw I like the combo of Digital Ocean's vps servers (cheap) and RunCloud to provision & manage (easy).

You retain root access which isn't always true of other management services.

syntaxseed, to tv
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The modern #TV watching dilemma:

Do I keep watching a show I'm really enjoying even though I just learned that the show was cancelled with a huge cliffhanger & the season I'm on is the last.

Does one drive off a cliff if the ride is fun? 🤔😆

#Streaming

syntaxseed,
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@mdub41 Yeah I'm on season 2. But I failed to do the research I normally do before starting a new show. 🤦‍♀️

syntaxseed, to woodworking
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Finished another addition to our backyard ninja course: the vertical peg board! Started this last year but finding the right size for the holes was tricky.

Definitely VERY hard. How's your 1-arm pullup strength? 😆

#ANW #OCR #woodworking #ninja #DIY

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syntaxseed, to steam
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Jumped through the hoops to get family sharing set up so I can share games with my husband (and someday the kids). Looking like I will soon be seeing if I can get Death Stranding working on . 🤔😁

https://dcanalysts.net/steam-families-beta-is-perfect-for-your-gaming-family/

syntaxseed,
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@bhhaskin Ooo that's a good sign!

syntaxseed,
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@bhhaskin Love that site. I never even wishlist a game without scouring that first. 😁

mcc, to random
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Hey. Question.

What the fuck is this?

Is my phone doing this? If so, how long has it been doing it? Also, why wasn't I informed? Also, why can't I find a setting to turn it off?

syntaxseed,
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@mcc On my Motorola thec setting is under Display > Attentive Display

syntaxseed,
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@mcc I also suspect Google likes to mix up setting names for undesirable things... 🙃

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