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This person would be happier moving to a pre-computer environment - take a look at their pet hates: https://violations.devever.net/products https://violations.d

This person would be happier moving to a pre-computer environment - take a look at their pet hates: https://violations.devever.net/products https://violations.devever.net/products - including: * AMD x86 CPUs * Intel x86 CPUs ...leaving, ARM CPUs, I guess? Windows ARM machines are also on the list. (And surely ARMs should be blacklisted according to his reasoning; he is unhappy with Intel's secure enclave, while ARM has similar features). Some people will never be happy.

hengheng 11y ago
I have seen Kernel programmers walk around with MIPS laptops.
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qb45 11y ago
> Some people will never be happy. ... with overengineered, potentially buggy and vulnerable junk stuck into their devices which serves no purpose to them and can't be controlled or disabled.
compactmani 11y ago
I'm not sure why distaste in x86 suggests one prefers pre-computing environments unless you really internalize x86 as computing, which many people don't.
hlandau 11y ago
Look, I use x86 CPUs. I don't have much choice in the matter. But frankly, this stuff needs to be tracked, because there's too much of it to keep in my brain anymore, and if you look at Intel CPUs in particular, the level of malevolence seems to increase with every new tick/tock. Although there are some interesting moves in the works: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-Secure-Workstation https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-Se... Expensive though.
shopkins 11y ago
From the About page: "The initial focus of Violations Tracker is on things that act against the interests of people who own or use items of technology, and in the interests of the manufacturer or other entities." It seems he's just making note of anti-user practices on various devices and software, e.g. "Amazon can delete content remotely" on Amazon Kindle devices. Makes sense to me.
dublinben 11y ago
>leaving, ARM CPUs, I guess? Or POWER8.[0] [0]https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php

hengheng 11y ago

I have seen Kernel programmers walk around with MIPS laptops.

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qb45 11y ago

> Some people will never be happy. ... with overengineered, potentially buggy and vulnerable junk stuck into their devices which serves no purpose to them and can't be controlled or disabled.

compactmani 11y ago

I'm not sure why distaste in x86 suggests one prefers pre-computing environments unless you really internalize x86 as computing, which many people don't.

hlandau 11y ago

Look, I use x86 CPUs. I don't have much choice in the matter. But frankly, this stuff needs to be tracked, because there's too much of it to keep in my brain anymore, and if you look at Intel CPUs in particular, the level of malevolence seems to increase with every new tick/tock. Although there are some interesting moves in the works: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-Secure-Workstation https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Talos-Se... Expensive though.

shopkins 11y ago

From the About page: "The initial focus of Violations Tracker is on things that act against the interests of people who own or use items of technology, and in the interests of the manufacturer or other entities." It seems he's just making note of anti-user practices on various devices and software, e.g. "Amazon can delete content remotely" on Amazon Kindle devices. Makes sense to me.

dublinben 11y ago

>leaving, ARM CPUs, I guess? Or POWER8.[0] [0]https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php