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by ale42 2y ago
They are compressed too, right?
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by ale42 2y ago
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40914761 , just posted on HN. Website of the project: https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/one-file-linux/
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by ale42 2y ago
See also this project: https://github.com/zhovner/OneFileLinux Not a bootloader, but a single-file, very light Linux image that can be loaded directly as an .EFI file. Not useful as an actual OS for daily use, but can
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by ale42 2y ago
No, it doesn't. Even a sysprepped image of Windows (which thus runs Setup to install drivers and finalize the installation) doesn't change the boot order on UEFI machines. I think just the installer does this when you first instal
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by ale42 2y ago
It really depends on users. Personally... ~100? Servers, clients, dual-boot configurations, lost machines with PXE boot, various brands and BIOS versions, some even still boot in legacy mode because their UEFI support is bad (like PXE boot
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by ale42 2y ago
So initially those smartwatches were communicating with a DoD-owned server? All the 22.0.0.0/8 block belongs to them.
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by ale42 2y ago
I hope that a device that prevents people from tapping on their phones while driving will also be made and become mandatory. I see people doing that literally every single day, and it's proven it can kill people (because it did actuall
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by ale42 2y ago
Quickly had a look in the KERNEL31 source. The LDOPEN.ASM file contains calls to a routine called MyOemToAnsi, which does the character set conversion. In turn, that function either calls the actual conversion routine in the keyboard driver
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by ale42 2y ago
Great question, what would happen if NT sees a FAT filesystem (therefore with 8.3 names stored in OEM charset) with a filename containing a Alt+255 (0xFF) character? Anybody with a ready VM around to test this?
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by ale42 2y ago
I'd rather suspect the Windows API behind for this behavior, rather than the file manager itself. Apparently there might be leaked Windows 3.1 source code (but not all of it): https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/view
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by ale42 2y ago
KeePass XC also does it.
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by ale42 2y ago
Some laptops have (had?) ways of entering numpad keystrokes using Fn+something (usually some letters), but I dind't see that in many years. I guess they used that because Alt+ normal numbers can be used as a hotkey in normal software (
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by ale42 2y ago
As far as I remember (I also used the Alt+255 trick at the high school to hide stuff), Windows 3.1 could not open folders containing the blank 255 character, which was displayed as an underscore for some reason, and not properly translated
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by ale42 2y ago
Visually comparing two PDFs is something a PC can do deterministically without any resource (and energy) intensive LLMs. People will soon use LLMs for things they are not especially good or efficient at, like computing the sum of numbers in
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by ale42 2y ago
> If you want to do digital radio, make a carplay/android app. Rather a streaming service with an open protocol, and then users use whatever they want to listen. Fine if there's also an app for those who want, but I don't
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by ale42 2y ago
Such an amount of connections should anyway trigger all possible logging & IDS systems, right?
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by ale42 2y ago
Depends where. In Switzerland it is.
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by ale42 2y ago
But DAB is already deployed, removing the FM part will probably allow them to spare money. I think the transmitters are managed by someone else than SRF (maybe Swisscom broadcast), as any service it can be pretty expensive. This said, I&#x2
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by ale42 2y ago
Not sure about NL, but in Switzerland you can buy those codes with an SMS. I guess many people want to do it quickly, and they might have already written the address of the recipient. So just getting a code it much faster, you don't ha
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by ale42 2y ago
Lol, I first thought "what's the link between televisions and TeamViewer?"
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by ale42 2y ago
wonder why they didn't call it IsWow64ProcessEx
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by ale42 2y ago
https://archive.is/T48Iy
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by ale42 2y ago
Usually I have zero issues with Google Docs (which I only use because of my company) or Youtube (which is use quite rarely). I'm using uBlock though, not sure if it makes any difference. Never used Google Photos.
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by ale42 2y ago
Like keeping Process Monitor open all the time? Not very convenient, especially for the average user.
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by ale42 2y ago
Totally agree. Using something like USB-PD that has voltage negotiation on the wire might increase the price of some appliances (especially those that have just minimal electronics inside), but a standard connector (like just a barrel jack?
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by ale42 2y ago
Didn't know, thanks for the info... I still have to see a power supply capable of delivering those voltages on USB-C though. All the ones I've seen can output 5V, 12V and 19V.
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by ale42 2y ago
This might apply to (most) IT devices. But there are devices that require 24 V, or 48 V, or any other voltage that USB-C can't supply, and that for various reasons (space, EMI, possibly even compliance with some safety regulation) can&
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by ale42 2y ago
So basically... formulas running in the cloud? Seems the best way to be stuck at every possible technical issue (ISP going down, Azure going down, whatever other reason to lose connectivity...). Let alone any considerations about privacy an
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by ale42 2y ago
Death actually can be the price of being wrong. Just wait for someone to do the wrong thing with an AI tool they weren't supposed to use for what they were doing, and the AI to spit out the worse possible "hallucination" (i
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by ale42 2y ago
It's a really interesting idea. The only thing I am afraid of, besides the future-proofness of the solution (but what solution is totally future-proof anyway?) which has been already commented at lot here, is what my kids would feel kn

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