RachelF

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by RachelF 5y ago
search for wlan autoconfig
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by RachelF 5y ago
If Windows 10 can't phone home, it thinks the network is disconnected and tries to fix the problem by restarting the network stack every ~10 minutes.
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by RachelF 5y ago
Spybot anti-beacon is also good. It also stops MS Office from "phoning home"
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by RachelF 5y ago
reminds me of the old Dell WMI parameter "MaximumFiddlyPlasticPieces"
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by RachelF 5y ago
And AMD is also overclocking their own chips now. The days of running a chip 20% faster are gone - now with much tweaking you'll get a few percent gain and way more power draw. All this makes the Apple M1 chip look amazing, for single
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by RachelF 5y ago
yep, same for me. I remember being astounded as a kid that you could make something that would actually be seen on a TV screen!
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by RachelF 5y ago
A better obituary and better journalism in general here: https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/16/sir_clive_sinclair/
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by RachelF 5y ago
Good to know, I assumed they'd use the best available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_generator
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by RachelF 5y ago
Most Intel and AMD CPUs in the last 8 years have had hardware RNGs that are based on shot noise of a reverse biased Zener diode, which is better than whatever thermal noise/RF this resistive setup is picking up.
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Samsung confirms 970 Evo Plus SSD hardware change, 980 Pro may be affected(guru3d.com)
2 points by RachelF 5y ago|0 comments
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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor(spectrum.ieee.org)
363 points by RachelF 5y ago|96 comments
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by RachelF 5y ago
Dan Ariely's reputation is now in tatters.
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Afghans Delete Social Media as Taliban Seizes US Surveillance Equipment(theepochtimes.com)
160 points by RachelF 5y ago|96 comments
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Google to kill Android Auto on phones(9to5google.com)
2 points by RachelF 5y ago|0 comments
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by RachelF 5y ago
nope, but big companies are more arrogant now, they know best, and the user has less choice. Skins might also get in the way of showing ads.
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by RachelF 5y ago
The article missed the worst regression in modern times: Windows 8 and then Windows 10. These operating systems are harder to use, have fewer features and are uglier than Windows 7. Hundreds of millions of people battle with Windows every d
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by RachelF 5y ago
They were never forgotten. Even the earliest 1977 BBC account "Still Secret" in "The Secret War" series credited them greatly. Later simplifications, especially Hollywood movies simplified the story for mass-consumption.
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by RachelF 5y ago
We've had the same experience. If Google Cloud doesn't make a profit, it will be moved to the Google graveyard.
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by RachelF 5y ago
from that forum it also seems like Windows Defender is deleting a .txt file containing the source code.
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by RachelF 5y ago
I wonder when Anti-Virus will start deleting files that express opinions they don't like. Reminds me of the famous Earworm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlxuQ7tPgQ
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Lenovo laptops silently stripped of important feature in BIOS updates(notebookcheck.net)
52 points by RachelF 5y ago|7 comments
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by RachelF 5y ago
This MS patch is breaking printing on Zebra and Canon printers. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/oflbny/windows_pr... Furthermore, the MS patch doesn't work properly: https://ww
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Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: measuring the effects(abc.net.au)
18 points by RachelF 5y ago|2 comments
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by RachelF 5y ago
Buying a Dell is not a mistake I am going to repeat. They were good up to maybe 4 years ago, but since then their top of the range hardware is bad and their support worse.
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by RachelF 5y ago
Here's a good overview of why posts disappear: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/why-has-ivermectin-become-a-di...
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by RachelF 5y ago
The key missing RF specification is sensitivity. Without knowing this number it is probably better to classify this board as an oscilloscope + signal generator.
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WD to Settle SMR HDD False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit at $160 per Drive(tomshardware.com)
29 points by RachelF 5y ago|10 comments
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by RachelF 5y ago
Makes you wonder how many commercial VPN services are just FBI honeypots?
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by RachelF 5y ago
Take a look here for another shocking article: https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-peop...
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by RachelF 5y ago
Thank you for the explanation.

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