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@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device

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  • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

    @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

    The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

    The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
    @avoca

    rspfau@ecoevo.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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    rspfau@ecoevo.social
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    #291

    @paco @avoca No debate...thought I might be doing it wrong! Sorry! I understood the post BTW.

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    • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

      @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

      The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

      The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
      @avoca

      avoca@gladtech.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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      #292

      @paco

      Yes. I understood your original post. Hilarious.

      My post was simply a suggested alternative to using specific words.

      Just relax ok.

      Its a public place, people are allowed to add things they find interesting.

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      • rspfau@ecoevo.socialR rspfau@ecoevo.social

        @paco @avoca No debate...thought I might be doing it wrong! Sorry! I understood the post BTW.

        avoca@gladtech.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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        @rspfau

        You are not doing ANYTHING wrong. Whatever works for you.

        However, I use 50-60 character passphrases for really important things and, at that length, they are just not practical for user p/w's, particularly in CLI environments.

        That's all I meant.

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        • avoca@gladtech.socialA avoca@gladtech.social

          @paco

          Yes. I understood your original post. Hilarious.

          My post was simply a suggested alternative to using specific words.

          Just relax ok.

          Its a public place, people are allowed to add things they find interesting.

          paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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          @avoca Sorry. Yeah, I was a bit gruff. I've been in infosec for 25 years. I have heard every conversation that can be heard about passwords, passphrases, passkeys, and all the other pass-stuff. You can't know that. There's no reason for me to be grouchy at you. Sorry.

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          • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

            @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

            The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

            The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
            @avoca

            keithduthie@mastodon.nzK This user is from outside of this forum
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            keithduthie@mastodon.nz
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            #295

            @paco @rspfau @avoca Imagine instead making a passphrase using a word that you can reliably misspell.

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            • ed@livellosegreto.itE This user is from outside of this forum
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              ed@livellosegreto.it
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              #296

              @paco sadly, I think there's nothing to do about Apex: https://www.protondb.com/app/1172470

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              • lenny@piaille.frL This user is from outside of this forum
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                #297

                @paco For Apex, I’m afraid the game include an anticheat at kernel level on Windows which makes it now impossible to run on Linux. Same for League of Legends.

                My advise is to keep a Windows partition just for those online games 😕

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                • lenny@piaille.frL lenny@piaille.fr

                  @paco For Apex, I’m afraid the game include an anticheat at kernel level on Windows which makes it now impossible to run on Linux. Same for League of Legends.

                  My advise is to keep a Windows partition just for those online games 😕

                  paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #298

                  @lenny Yeah, that's not an option. My son is not going to reboot into entirely different operating systems (and keep both of them up-to-date) just to change what game he's playing. I don't blame him.

                  He plays online with friends, not alone. Of course he doesn't want to say "hang on, mate, I need to reboot my PC into Windows and then we can play..."

                  He's got a Mac for doing anything important, and his PC for playing games. I think that's the best I can do.

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                  • mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
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                    mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #299

                    @paco Yeah, can attest.

                    EA, and their anti-cheat, is really Linux Hostile. I've had to catch smoke from my kids for never getting to play games like Apex Legends (because I've *only* supported Linux gaming rigs in this house), and arguments like "It's not that your computer won't run it, there's just some companies that don't want you to run it on Linux." ring hollow in a teenager's ears.

                    Sorry for your loss.

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                    • mrbones909@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @paco You can get Rocket League working via Heroic Games Launcher, it's a great replacement for the Epic Games app on Linux. I play it with my brothers every now and then. I don't know anything about Apex unfortunately, do you know if it'll run in a virtual machine? If your kid is on a desktop rather than a laptop it may be possible to do a vm with GPU pass-through, but idk if that's worth the effort or feasible.

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                      • mrbones909@mastodon.socialM mrbones909@mastodon.social

                        @paco You can get Rocket League working via Heroic Games Launcher, it's a great replacement for the Epic Games app on Linux. I play it with my brothers every now and then. I don't know anything about Apex unfortunately, do you know if it'll run in a virtual machine? If your kid is on a desktop rather than a laptop it may be possible to do a vm with GPU pass-through, but idk if that's worth the effort or feasible.

                        paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @mrbones909 that’s a neat idea. I hadn’t thought of running windows in a VM. But it’s a ton of work.

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                        • crampi@eldritch.cafeC This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @paco Rocket League runs great on steam proton

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                          • bruce@darkmoon.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @paco

                            EA seems actively hostile toward Linux. My gut says its more about a general aversion to open source among the c-suite, but I could be wrong.

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                            • bruce@darkmoon.socialB bruce@darkmoon.social

                              @paco

                              EA seems actively hostile toward Linux. My gut says its more about a general aversion to open source among the c-suite, but I could be wrong.

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                              @bruce I know less than nothing, because I barely play any games like this. But if I were to hazard a guess, I can think of 2 reasons that feel way more plausible to me than the cheating BS.

                              1. Anything you build, you have to support at least a little. And they probably see the labour (I.e.cost) of Linux stuff as not worth the revenue. All tech companies are in a firing mood right now. They only support the middle of the bell curve. Innovation is gone. Return-on-investment is the only game in town.

                              2. Steam is a competitor. So hurting the steam deck doesn’t really hurt EA?

                              “But whatever the reason, their heart or their shoes, they stood there on Christmas Eve, hating their users.”

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                              • lazarou@mastodon.socialL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @paco *vomits into bag
                                "I'm ready!" 😀

                                #Monsterdon

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                                • ricci@discuss.systemsR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @paco time was more fluid back then

                                  #monsterdon

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                                  • moira@mastodon.murkworks.netM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @paco I _think_ it's Japan 1961, US Actual 1962

                                    #monsterdon #mothradon

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                                    • moira@mastodon.murkworks.netM moira@mastodon.murkworks.net

                                      @paco I _think_ it's Japan 1961, US Actual 1962

                                      #monsterdon #mothradon

                                      paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      paco@infosec.exchange
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                                      @moira Oh, like some metric/imperial thing? 😃

                                      #monsterdon

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                                      • terryhancock@realsocial.lifeT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        terryhancock@realsocial.life
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                                        @paco
                                        Sometimes I wish life was more like this.

                                        #Monsterdon

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                                        • log@mastodon.sdf.orgL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          log@mastodon.sdf.org
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                                          @paco Those islanders must have gotten American-flavored radiation from the bomb tests. #Monsterdon #Mothradon #Mothra1962

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