Eizo makes a square 1920x1920 monitor:

https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/

... available on Amazon last time I checked ... they also make a square 2048x2048 monitor for ATC:

https://www.eizoglobal.com/products/atc/sq2826/

... although I think it costs $5k or so ...

IP address certificates are particularly interesting for iOS users who want to run their own DoH servers.

A properly configured DoH server (perhaps running unbound) with a properly constructed configuration profile which included a DoH FQDN with a proper certificate would not work in iOS.

The reason, it turns out, is that iOS insisted that both the FQDN and the IP have proper certificates.

This is why the configuration profiles from big organizations like dns4eu and nextdns would work properly when, for instance, installed on an iphone ... but your own personal DoH server (and profile) would not.

OpenSSL is quite particular about the IP address being included in the SAN field of the cert when making a TLS connection, fwiw. iOS engineers may not have explicitly added this requirement and it might just be a side effect of using a crypto library.

I use DoH behind a reverse proxy with my own domain daily without any kind of issue

I have no interest in the original application[1] that this underpins but I am very interested in an imessage API ...

Unfortunately this runs only on a MacOS system which is hard to provision as long-running datacenter infra ...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571661

"why not use rclone (?)"

This is the correct - and obvious - response to something like this.

Unfortunately, I believe that rclone has no support for iCloud photos at this time.

For you and your parent:

There is a special term to denote "amount which something is opaque" and that term is opacity.

Opaqueness is in the dictionary, so that’s good enough. Opacity sounds like it should be in a physics textbook.

Is this true?

The old, standard RSA number generator token key ring device is not permitted in Europe for authorizing bank actions ?

Precisely. You can use and old-style hardware token that only generates numbers to log in, but not to authorize an operation such as a money transfer.

The requirement is called "dynamic linking" (the 2FA code must be tied to the specific transaction) and the relevant regulation is PSD2.

There are "simple" hardware tokens that allow for that - you have to enter the amount and part of the destination IBAN and they generate a 2FA number based on that + probably the same number generator it uses for logins.

“ When I signed up for ChatGPT, not only did I turn off personalization and training on my data, I even filled out the privacy request opt-out …”

You did all of that but then you gave them your real name?

Visa/MC payment network has no ability to transfer or check card holder name. Merchants act as if it does, but it doesn’t. You can enter Mickey Mouse as your first name and last name… It won’t make any difference.

Only AMEX and Discover have the ability to validate names.

FWIW, I have a paid account with OpenAI, for using ChatGPT, and I gave them no personal information.

Wasn't aware of this, I've had payments denied because of simple typos in my name on the card or in my billing address.

If it is Visa/MC there is no validation of first/last unless an additional verification step is layered on top by your bank. "Verified by VISA" is one example.

They can, and do, validate on street number and/or zip code so you can certainly error out on typos there ... but not name.

“… but hard to hear amongst all the noise …”

A well placed warning label makes it a little easier to hear:

https://kozubik.com/items/ThisisCandy/

One very minor side (art?) project I am doing:

https://kozubik.com/items/ThisisCandy/

… is a pushback of sorts on the sugar industry.

If I were to design a warning label I would take inspiration from the Australian tobacco warning labels, quite gruesome medical imagery of rotted teeth. Restricting the form of advertisement would be a start, like USA tobacco regulations.

Why didn’t you vote with your dollars?

The interface of the id4 was known to you prior to purchase and the Chevy bolt existed…

We needed a third electric car and instead of buying a second audi etron we bought a second Chevy bolt for 1/4 the price solely based on the interface and controls.

It was a weird period in 2022 (ish?) when the US electric car tax credit was changing. The Mach-E was our first choice, but the delivery would have been too late to receive the credit (IIRC). We didn't love the interface, but it wasn't a deal breaker, especially for the tax credit difference.

Because we live in a complex world with minimal choices and we can't vote with our wallet on every single issue for every single purchase.

So true, voting with your wallet (for myriad of practical reasons) isn't always possible. And sometimes you/spouse/friend/whoever will often say "how bad can it be"! And often we ourselves wonder "Ah! I can get used to it".

You can when buying a car though? Like, if this car sucks, buy a different car.

There are a thousand things to consider when buying a car and maybe the interface sucks but you are more concerned about MPGs. I feel like that was a pretty easy thing to consider.