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by als0 7y ago
I've enjoyed using this site. Please make it HTTPS by default, though.
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by als0 7y ago
I’m scared about what will happen to my games the day that Steam shuts down. I’m trying to buy from GOG.com but their library is naturally limited
843.
by als0 7y ago
In the case of malicious chargers I believe Apple already authenticates peripherals to make data capture more difficult. If you’re unauthenticated then you will not be able to do much unless explicitly authorised. Of course, none of that ma
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by als0 7y ago
It’s largely down to security economics. Boot ROMs can eventually be bypassed although difficult. But the real goal is actually to make it difficult enough such that you require physical access, specialised equipment and knowledge in order
845.
by als0 7y ago
There are lots of stories about Apple’s difficult relationship with NVIDIA, e.g: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/18/apples-management...
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by als0 7y ago
I think there have been many unsuccessful attempts to simply treat data storage as entries in a relational database. The most well known one was WinFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS
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by als0 7y ago
I’m interested to know how this improves on Moby and ContainerLinux, both of which are “designed for containers”
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by als0 7y ago
I’d personally say that the concept of users and user groups have failed, at least on systems that have only one user.
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by als0 7y ago
> And for a customer buying from this store, seeing these badges in the browser would let them decide how trustworthy the website is. I actually think with this solution getting the users to understand would be the least problem. Given t
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by als0 7y ago
> Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche. Might be hard to sell for a sensible price in that case.
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by als0 7y ago
That's probably how they became the most profitable tech company in the first place.
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by als0 7y ago
> it would probably be thicker, with a cheaper screen, worse battery life and worse performance (because of battery & cooling). I might be wrong, but I recall that even though the SE had technically inferior components, including dis
853.
by als0 7y ago
Many thanks!!
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by als0 7y ago
That won’t stop any company from doing what they want.
855.
by als0 7y ago
RISC-V changes the economics of processor development. It doesn't improve security for end users.
856.
by als0 7y ago
What particularly bugs me are the false claims that say using RISC-V will make you more secure.
857.
by als0 7y ago
I'd also like to know, but I imagine that the compressed version of the RISC-V ISA would be a significant factor as code density is important for a phone.
858.
by als0 7y ago
It feels really nice and minimal. I just wish it only appeared while scrolling, as it distracts me while I read the page content.
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by als0 7y ago
All modern ARM servers use UEFI since it's required by their server base architecture specifications.
860.
by als0 7y ago
I agree the situation with Steam is not good on Windows. It’s already in a very privileged position because it can take full control of the screen with overlays, access controllers, and silently install games, all without the user ever seei
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by als0 7y ago
> (IMO, that's a silly requirement from the FSF, I think keeping the main CPU free of blobs that it doesn't run i.e. blobs for other things does not have any meaningful benefits) Depends on how privileged the peripheral or subs
862.
by als0 7y ago
A bit off topic - but does anyone remember VRML? Did it die out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML
863.
by als0 7y ago
Completely agree. As a low-level developer on a PC it's been indispensable and I miss its simplicity over other methods.
864.
by als0 7y ago
Where's the parallel port? :-)
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by als0 7y ago
Those images are unofficial so no wonder they're hard to find.
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by als0 7y ago
And worth noting that enabling Bluetooth is as simple as installing the firmware-atheros non-free package.
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by als0 7y ago
If they manage to get SBSA support then they will need UEFI by default. Doesn't mean they couldn't use Coreboot as a first stage loader with an EDK2 payload for all the EFI bits.
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by als0 7y ago
> The Cell processor in the PS3 is architecturally a SPI slave for instance. That's very interesting. Why did they build it like that? Do you have more information on this?
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by als0 7y ago
Beyond 2004 Mini USB was used for the PlayStation 3 controllers. And sadly a lot of digital cameras.
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by als0 7y ago
Doesn't feel ambitious enough, but here's hoping that other countries promptly follow suit.

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