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New comment by ArmadilloGang in "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"

ArmadilloGang — Sat, 02 May 2026 23:11:03 +0000

I can’t access that LinkedIn link without going through their Persona ID process, which requires all kinds of PII.

> LinkedIn users attempting identity verification may be unknowingly handing sensitive personal data to Persona Identities Inc., a company that distributes information to government agencies, credit bureaus, utilities, and mobile providers.

^ Link from a LinkedIn page I found on a Kagi search.

I can view some LinkedIn pages but not others without logging in.

Even though I’ve never posted to LinkedIn it only use it as a public résumé, my account was flagged as needing identity verification. I’m pretty sure this happened a year or two ago when I changed my email address from one domain I owned to another domain I owned.

I’ve never been able to log in since then, and there is no support path. The only available way past it is to simply submit all the info to Persona.

New comment by ArmadilloGang in "Claude Opus 4.7"

ArmadilloGang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:53:35 +0000

Vote with your dollar. Ask others to do the same and explain why. If we all did this, it might matter. There’s not a lot else an individual can do.

New comment by ArmadilloGang in "Tailscale's new macOS home"

ArmadilloGang — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:50:05 +0000

I’ve been using this for years. It’s simple and works perfectly: https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

New comment by ArmadilloGang in "I Am Not A Number. In memory of the more than 72,000 Palestinians killed"

ArmadilloGang — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:44:14 +0000

They were not framing it that way. They were proposing a retort to someone else that suggested Israel is a civilized western country.

The person you are responding to was saying that for that to be true (Israel = civilized western nation) that either it is civilized to do all those awful things or that Israel is not doing those things.

Obviously, both are false. So you are responding to someone who agrees with you all the way.

New comment by ArmadilloGang in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

ArmadilloGang — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:29:09 +0000

Truth. Third party software for trackpad. Third party software for mouse. Third party software for window management. Third party software for Spotlight replacement. Third party software to support a second external display.

The third party software is really good, but come on, Apple, take a hint.

New comment by ArmadilloGang in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

ArmadilloGang — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:20:11 +0000

Tim Cook runs a well oiled machine. At some point, leadership will change. And I don’t think it is as simple as, “Just keep going what Tim was doing.” There are so many moving parts that it is nigh certain Apple will go through a period of brand damage when things begin to fall through the cracks. Will that fall be dramatic? Probably not. But I think you underestimate just how much a shift in leadership can tip the scales.