amckinlay

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1. 31.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   Excellent. But we could have had this years ago had Microsoft maintained an up to date and standards-compliant C library instead of promoting their insular and proprietary "visual" C++ ecosystem. In fact, there probably could be a
2. 32.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   And yet, strangely, no one blames the SEC.
3. 33.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   And yet having a hardware enclave is necessary to secure private keys for device encryption and user privacy. I'm not against, non-network, hardware-based security features. In fact, I think we need them. I would certainly desire a pho
4. 34.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   > That should be "will fail", right? Yup. Sorry, typo, I can't edit it now. :( With regard to your second comment, that was one perspective that I do consider. There are still plenty of media sources that do not use device
5. 35.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   You don't have root, that was a typo, sorry. I cannot go back and edit the post.
6. 36.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   Oops, sorry, I missed that typo. Rooting will cause the device to fail to attest under both tests available[1]. [1] https://developer.android.com/training/safetynet/attestation... (note the table under "Pos
7. 37.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   What about the right to use our electronics? Google has been silently pushing their "SafetyNet" APIs into Android, including an "attestation" API[1] that dynamically fetches and runs an opaque binary program[2] served
8. 38.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   Are there any improvements to the Dock? Apple really needs to open up an API for Spaces so we can have a proper tiling window manager that works across Spaces without buggy hacks.
9. 39.▲
   by amckinlay 9y ago

   And lookup in resolv.conf can still fail due to invalid cache of resolv.conf, it just won't happen multiple times in a row.
10. 40.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    I wish when I quit top it didn't leave its interface in console scrollback.
11. 41.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    We really need Qualcomm and others to document their hardware interfaces for modems, baseboards, and SoCs so that open firmware and drivers can be developed for these devices.
12. 42.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    > they're just begging you to put it in the Windows Store. And now their store is full of crap and no one uses it.
13. 43.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Dark pattern pet peeve once you click the screenshot. Why does dropbox plaster its login form to completely cover the image?
14. 44.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    And why not ~/Library/ for Mac?
15. 45.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Okay, then demand source code for all your USB devices' firmware. Oh, and make sure to request an audit of the fab and supply chain in China.
16. 46.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Those layouts besides dot are truly horrible.
17. 47.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Still no vertically split windows?
18. 48.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Do you use Android's encryption feature? The 5X doesn't have a dedicated encryption chip, so all decryption/encryption is done with special (slower) ARM instructions. This really slows down IO.
19. 49.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    You mean like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_... ?
20. 50.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Yup. And they could have started by shipping a more compatible USB-C cable, instead of shipping a USB 2.0 one.
21. 51.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Is the TI chip out of spec? Why is it blocked?
22. 52.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    And now the VP* series of codecs are soon to be gone and replaced by VC1.
23. 53.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Is that the same NDAA that gives the military law enforcement powers?
24. 54.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    I've always wondered how to use formal verification to prove software on 8 bit microcontrollers. There are so many peripherals like PWM/timers/counters, ADC, UART, and complicated configurations like clock prescalers, self-pr
25. 55.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    I think the commenter is more worried that he'll be funding a company whose practices he doesn't support.
26. 56.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Would be nice to see a dependently-typed strict functional programming language that didn't require a GC or a C runtime. Are there any plans for this with Idris?
27. 57.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Where is the management engine (ME)?
28. 58.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Are there any open source alternatives to Facebook similar to what GNU Social is to Twitter?
29. 59.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    Bluetooth, too. I can't use a Bluetooth LE mouse with my MacBook or the Wi-Fi dies and the mouse skips all over the screen. Useless.
30. 60.▲
    by amckinlay 10y ago

    What the heck?