Adil Hindistan
@hindistan.net
Engineer, techie, Cloud Dev... Views are my own.
I wanted an ad-free experience on iPhone and with ongoing cookie shenanigans, I am moving away from Chrome to Brave.
Apple, unfortunately, does not have built-in adblock in Safari at this point. I think they should have it!
Apple, unfortunately, does not have built-in adblock in Safari at this point. I think they should have it!
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I wanted an ad-free experience on iPhone and with ongoing cookie shenanigans, I am moving away from Chrome to Brave.
Apple, unfortunately, does not have built-in adblock in Safari at this point. I think they should have it!
Apple, unfortunately, does not have built-in adblock in Safari at this point. I think they should have it!
Red Hat, Hashi... well that's one way to establish yourself as indispensable for Cloud.
IBM closes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition
IBM closes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition
IBM has finalized its multi-billion dollar HashiCorp acquisition, two days after the U.K.’s antitrust regulator gave the deal its blessing. Today’s announcement comes 10 months after IBM announced plans to pay $6.4 billion for HashiCorp, an enterprise…
tcrn.ch
February 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Red Hat, Hashi... well that's one way to establish yourself as indispensable for Cloud.
You have to start from “he is not a normal person”. Then, you get to “Some stuff he does is admirable/despicable”. He is at the edges, not in the middle.
I cannot wrap my mind around this man's psychology. Elon Musk has enough money to do dozens of things that would make him universally admired but for some reason he wants people to think he's good at video games.
This is a long gamer rant, but it's a window into Musk's approach to everything. It's not just he's paying people to level his account; it's how he needs to be known as a gaming god but is so lazy & shameless he doesn't bother learning the game's mechanics to make the ruse work.
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You have to start from “he is not a normal person”. Then, you get to “Some stuff he does is admirable/despicable”. He is at the edges, not in the middle.
X is an nteresting company. I never invested in them but their up and down swimgs in the last 20yrs would have provided some very nice returns.
It always looked like a sinking ship, yet it somehow keeps going.
It always looked like a sinking ship, yet it somehow keeps going.
The move wasn't unexpected despite efforts by the Japanese government to persuade the Biden administration to approve the sale.
Biden blocks U.S. Steel's sale to Nippon, citing national security concerns
The move wasn't unexpected despite efforts by the Japanese government to persuade the Biden administration to approve the sale.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
X is an nteresting company. I never invested in them but their up and down swimgs in the last 20yrs would have provided some very nice returns.
It always looked like a sinking ship, yet it somehow keeps going.
It always looked like a sinking ship, yet it somehow keeps going.
I think I have seen this thread way too many times: every time Microsoft tries to improve user interface, and let’s be specific “start menu”, people hate it.
I personally can’t remember a time it got worse. Win11 puts it in center and that’s an improvement.
I personally can’t remember a time it got worse. Win11 puts it in center and that’s an improvement.
December 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I think I have seen this thread way too many times: every time Microsoft tries to improve user interface, and let’s be specific “start menu”, people hate it.
I personally can’t remember a time it got worse. Win11 puts it in center and that’s an improvement.
I personally can’t remember a time it got worse. Win11 puts it in center and that’s an improvement.
I hope Naughty Dog pulls this off, and kudos for Pet Shop Boys here: youtu.be/V0x8olX_p3o?...
#TheGameAwards2024
#TheGameAwards2024
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet - Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I hope Naughty Dog pulls this off, and kudos for Pet Shop Boys here: youtu.be/V0x8olX_p3o?...
#TheGameAwards2024
#TheGameAwards2024
From The Game Awards 2024, Twenty One Pilots is always great: youtu.be/-MPvsxsH5c8?...
Twenty One Pilots, D4VD, and Royal & The Serpent Perform Music from Arcane: League of Legends
YouTube video by thegameawards
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM
From The Game Awards 2024, Twenty One Pilots is always great: youtu.be/-MPvsxsH5c8?...
Amnesia is dangerous!
I’ve said this before, but my dad lost 4 siblings to polio & smallpox before the age of 10. They would be here today if they had access to vaccines. I wish we could trade those antivaxxers for my aunts & uncles.
As an Indian, my contempt for (rich white) anti-vaxxers in the west is so deep I often cannot quite find the words to express my contempt.
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?
December 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Amnesia is dangerous!
Just had time to watch The Game Awards 2024: Muppets were great!
December 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Just had time to watch The Game Awards 2024: Muppets were great!
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December 9, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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And it’s official. I’m immensely grateful to the world’s greatest news organization for giving me a platform all these years, and greatly appreciate the moving sendoff 1/
www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
Paul Krugman retires as Times columnist | The New York Times Company
www.nytco.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
And it’s official. I’m immensely grateful to the world’s greatest news organization for giving me a platform all these years, and greatly appreciate the moving sendoff 1/
www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
"sudo can only be elevated via the User Account Control (UAC) security feature designed to protect the operating system from unauthorized changes using verification prompt."
Eh? Why do I want to be prompted with UAC and "click" on allow to use sudo? That's so Microsoft!
Eh? Why do I want to be prompted with UAC and "click" on allow to use sudo? That's so Microsoft!
December 4, 2024 at 10:06 PM
"sudo can only be elevated via the User Account Control (UAC) security feature designed to protect the operating system from unauthorized changes using verification prompt."
Eh? Why do I want to be prompted with UAC and "click" on allow to use sudo? That's so Microsoft!
Eh? Why do I want to be prompted with UAC and "click" on allow to use sudo? That's so Microsoft!
Looking through Win11 2024H2 release notes and I spot this:
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Sudo for Windows
Learn how to use sudo in your command line to run elevated commands (as an administrator) directly from an unelevated console session on Windows.
learn.microsoft.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Looking through Win11 2024H2 release notes and I spot this:
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Updated Win11 to 2H2, it left 2 desktop.ini files on my desktop. This thing went through tons of testing, how is this still happening?
December 4, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Updated Win11 to 2H2, it left 2 desktop.ini files on my desktop. This thing went through tons of testing, how is this still happening?
Corey is funny.
Now I need a BlueSky account for this thing.
The Captcha service they use is super pornographic, provided you're JD Vance.
The Captcha service they use is super pornographic, provided you're JD Vance.
November 20, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Corey is funny.
Happy to see it finally arrived. Orgs with thousands of AWS accounts have been waiting for this!
AWS Organizations FINALLY added the ability to centrally manage root credentials for your AWS accounts. This includes removing long-term root credentials, preventing credential recovery, and provisioning secure-by-default accounts. Very, very cool.
https://aws-news.com/article/019330c4-50ee-e6b6-2…
https://aws-news.com/article/019330c4-50ee-e6b6-2…
Centrally managing root access for customers using AWS Organizations
AWS IAM now enables centralized management of root credentials and short-term root sessions for member accounts in AWS Organizations, providing secure, scalable...
aws-news.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Happy to see it finally arrived. Orgs with thousands of AWS accounts have been waiting for this!
Need more tooling like this. I used Twitter for 17 yrs as it was a great way to connect with techies all over the world, and get news fast.
With more people joining or reactivating their accounts here, there is hope for bsky.
With more people joining or reactivating their accounts here, there is hope for bsky.
Nice, @theo.io made exactly what I was looking for. It works perfectly, found a ton of Bluesky people I didn't know were here!
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 17, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Need more tooling like this. I used Twitter for 17 yrs as it was a great way to connect with techies all over the world, and get news fast.
With more people joining or reactivating their accounts here, there is hope for bsky.
With more people joining or reactivating their accounts here, there is hope for bsky.
This is actually a pretty nice feature of the underlying protocol but requires a bit of tech skills.
We’re used to a symbol ✔️ to verify identity and status, which is hierarchical & binary. On bsky, our mods label 🔴 false identities as impersonations and we have more than a binary symbol ✔️ for you to express your presence, like custom domains! More experiments for equitable self-expression to come 🤗
November 17, 2024 at 5:58 AM
This is actually a pretty nice feature of the underlying protocol but requires a bit of tech skills.
Reposted by Adil Hindistan
We’re used to a symbol ✔️ to verify identity and status, which is hierarchical & binary. On bsky, our mods label 🔴 false identities as impersonations and we have more than a binary symbol ✔️ for you to express your presence, like custom domains! More experiments for equitable self-expression to come 🤗
November 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
We’re used to a symbol ✔️ to verify identity and status, which is hierarchical & binary. On bsky, our mods label 🔴 false identities as impersonations and we have more than a binary symbol ✔️ for you to express your presence, like custom domains! More experiments for equitable self-expression to come 🤗
Reposted by Adil Hindistan
💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
I heard the same thing from pretty much everyone interested in the "show" tonight. Interestingly younger people thought Tyson would easily win. I guess his past colored their opinion, or they overestimated the endurance of a person at that age.
November 16, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I heard the same thing from pretty much everyone interested in the "show" tonight. Interestingly younger people thought Tyson would easily win. I guess his past colored their opinion, or they overestimated the endurance of a person at that age.
That’s a good idea. Build the momentum.
Congrats to @bluesky for all the new users
My 2 cents. Find every news source the has an RSS feed or equivalent and create accounts that that show their public deeds on here under @johndoetimesfeed
That way we all get access to news without having to wait for them to create accounts first.
My 2 cents. Find every news source the has an RSS feed or equivalent and create accounts that that show their public deeds on here under @johndoetimesfeed
That way we all get access to news without having to wait for them to create accounts first.
November 14, 2024 at 5:38 AM
That’s a good idea. Build the momentum.
Really wish there was an easier way to find the people from twitter follow list here.
November 13, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Really wish there was an easier way to find the people from twitter follow list here.
So, I am at AWS reinvent and wanted to post a few pics when keynote was about to start. Post failed. Error looks like a bug to me.
November 30, 2023 at 12:30 AM
So, I am at AWS reinvent and wanted to post a few pics when keynote was about to start. Post failed. Error looks like a bug to me.