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by AnssiH 5y ago
Just for the record so people don't get the wrong idea, SBG2 was not built out of shipping containers. OVH has other DCs that are, though.
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by AnssiH 5y ago
FWIW, this ABI break was reverted 2 weeks after the LWN article was released: commit 2f438e20ab591641760e97458d5d1569942eced5 Author: Stefan Liebler <___.ibm.com> Date: Thu Jul 31 20:04:54 2014 +0200 S/390: Rev
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by AnssiH 5y ago
FWIW, I switched from X270 to X13 Gen2 AMD (5850U, 32GB) recently and the difference has been night-and-day - even just web browsing on X270 caused audible noise, while X13G2A is practically completely silent unless I do something very dema
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by AnssiH 5y ago
I'm pretty sure it can take 40GB RAM, see e.g. here: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/bb1xwm/t480s_upgr... I also have 64GB on my work T480 (non-s) despite "max" being 32GB. The
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by AnssiH 5y ago
You must be looking at pre-WW2 borders. Large areas were ceded to USSR in 1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Peace_Treaty (and again with some more in 1944: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> The Dutch ACM is now trying to make its ruling apply extraterritorially by rejecting Apple’s solution of allowing a Netherlands-specific app. Requiring multiple completely separate apps for different payment methods is insane - the rea
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> The US grid (the last-mile bits anyway) isn't 110 volts, it's 220. It's just our houses that are wired for (mostly) 110 V. Similarly, in most of continental Europe phase-to-phase is 400V but most outlets are 230V. E.g. i
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Huh, you are absolutely right, my MT7961 is M.2 too. I too have swapped my SSD but I guess I didn't look at the WiFi chip at the time because I "knew" it was soldered. I was originally looking to buy one of the X13 Gen 2 Inte
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by AnssiH 5y ago
I have the same X13 Gen 2 AMD 5850U w/ 32GB RAM, and generally agree it is a great laptop. Much quieter than my previous X270 where I even had custom fan curves. > - Came with MediaTek 7961 WiFi, which while supported by mainline Li
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Yes, some laptop OEMs have (or have had) FreeDOS as an OS option. Though with a quick glance at current local computer retailer catalogs I found only HP 290 G3, which is not a laptop ( https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Your understanding is correct. My point was only that the claim "picker picks from the same box" is incorrect.
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> The android app for olympics allows the developers to get all your contacts, listen to your microphone, wifi & bluetooth device connections, location, files. It starts at startup, can hide and reorder itself, can REMOTELY download
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> The picker at the warehouse picks from the same box That's not true. Commingled inventory is stored in separate bins so that the original source of the unit can always be determined. This is explicitly said on the Amazon seller he
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Apparently it was done for UX reasons: https://www.quora.com/Why-arent-all-subtitles-available-in-a... But that seems weird to me - just show the more relevant languages first, then, so they don't need too many button
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Here in Finland the companies operating the phone books and directory services still exist, and you can still search people's phone numbers and addresses online or by calling/texting directory services - just no printed books anym
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Netflix only shows audio/subtitle tracks that are in languages they think are relevant to you. But nowadays you can configure additional visible languages yourself on the language settings page (checkboxes under "Programmes &
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Making implicit deps explicit is only one part of the patchset. Moving all that header code around between files will conflict with all other code merges that touch those same lines.
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by AnssiH 5y ago
In my experience on Linux, shared libraries can be modified while running (often causing a crash), while executables cannot (ETXTBUSY).
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by AnssiH 5y ago
The article says that users will never get 64-bit time_t on 32-bit systems on glibc. However, glibc documentation ( https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Feature-T... ) says: > If _TIME_B
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Isn't glibc, specifically, very careful about ABI compatibility? You can still run Linux programs linked against decades-old versions of glibc on current systems as they have kept ABI compatibility with the use of symbol versioning, wi
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by AnssiH 5y ago
time_t has always been 64-bit on 64-bit glibc ( https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Y2038ProofnessDesign , https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Feature-T... ). > C
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by AnssiH 5y ago
According to a graphic in the OP article there are different types of mobile alerts depending on the earthquake strength, only the strongest ones triggering an actual Wireless Emergency Alert.
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> Given that it has cost around $11 Billion [...] Note that due to the fixed-price nature of the original supply contract, the total cost of the plant was "only" €5.7B ($6.4B) to the owner/operator (TVO). The $10B-$11B is
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by AnssiH 5y ago
They probably do have a transaction log in the form of an online webpage or dashboard. But Amazon wants a statement with a billing address and the card number. That's one reason I only use my credit card on Amazon - it has such a state
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by AnssiH 5y ago
Despite some people pushing for it, I'd say we are very far from EU eroding strong encryption. The support just isn't there. I know there are claims that EU is on the verge of banning E2E, but they seem to be, AFAICS, exaggerated
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> And, regarding fee: You are wrong - depending on the local jurisdiction (esp. consumer rights), a bank may for sure charge for processing SEPA SCT Instant messages. They didn't say that banks cannot charge for SCT Instant. They sa
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by AnssiH 5y ago
> I'm not sure if banks can turn this feature off, or if it just culturally never gained traction. Yes, the accounts in my bank (in Finland) default to SEPA Direct Debit off. For recurring utility payments etc. we instead use Finvoi
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by AnssiH 5y ago
There are lots of people in the various institutions of EU, some are bound to support mandatory CSAM screening. But I very much doubt actual such legislation will get enacted. There is not even an actual proposal yet, only articles like thi
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by AnssiH 5y ago
If an actual proposal comes out that would introduce mandatory screening, convince your representatives to vote against it. There is no such proposal as of yet. In my opinion, the last regulation applied in July 2021 was sound (final text:
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by AnssiH 5y ago
I assume you mean Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 (legal text: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A... , press release: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/

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