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by binarybanana 5y ago
While that is true, you can invoke the OOM killer at any time you want by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Print("SysRq")+F(uck?). Given the letter they picked it seems like they're fully aware of the deficiency. As to why it was never real
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Other cool things you can do if you compile yourself is use features like auto parallelization[1]. I wouldn't recommend to enable it system wide because it causes issues with programs that fork() due to limitations in gcc's OpenMP
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by binarybanana 5y ago
-march=native will still give you better performance. It's not just about the instruction set, but also heuristics taking into account cache size, latencies, topology and other things. Intel for example has this quirk that aligning fun
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by binarybanana 5y ago
That doesn't match my experience. Two decades ago everything was in constant flux and more unreliable, but nowadays it's rare to find broken builds. It's only difficult if you distribution puts headers and such in separate pa
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by binarybanana 5y ago
>Is it required for open source software to support every combination of compiler, kernel, libc etc? If the versions of the components are within the range of what is defined at supported, then yes, absolutely. Most open source software
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by binarybanana 5y ago
>splay tree Oh yes! Probably my favorite data structure. In the past I've used them instead of arrays for performance (latency) reasons when constructing ordered sets from randomly distributed elements that came in multiple batches.
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by binarybanana 5y ago
It's more of an immersive sim than an RPG. It even encourages stealth play heavily in a lot of missions with explicit optional goals and by the way many mechanics are designed in general. If enemies were more intelligent about looking
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Sorry, but even if you know that both releases should have sold roughly the same from past sales that doesn't mean it has to stay true forever. For example, the platform might've become obsolete, people got better things to play t
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by binarybanana 5y ago
What about the right to repair software ? Or the software that runs somewhere on the hardware to make it work? There is so much firmware running on our hardware in some closed off environment and it plays an integral role in making the har
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Screw Apple, but the only time I was glad my phone came with a cable was when the phone had an USB-C port. I have more than enough cables in place anywhere I need. I also don't see the need for another fucking USB charger. Seriously,
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by binarybanana 5y ago
You are mixing up two different definitions of "right". One is a legal term about what you are allowed to do or what can be done to you. That's what gp meant. And I agree that the only rights you have in that sense are ultima
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Nice. I'm all for opening up hardware. Now if only someone broke HP's draconian firmware restrictions (verifies firmware at boot an reflashes anything "compromised" with a backup stored who knows where) that would open i
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by binarybanana 5y ago
I don't get how there is a meaningful difference with regard to failure between a VLA on the stack and malloc'ing a buffer on the heap. In both cases you have to do a check if you want to avoid a crash on resource exhaustion. The
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by binarybanana 5y ago
I got burned twice by this. Once for some shitty music and years later for a mediocre tv series I could have just watched on my Amazon TV stick instead. The first time I got away by just claiming it wasn't me and promising I'd mak
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by binarybanana 5y ago
LTSC does work fine though, at least for all games I tried and it's supported until 2029. Question is how long you'll be able to get drivers and when games stop working on it. Dunno about other software, I only use Windows are a g
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by binarybanana 5y ago
>Technically we still own the hardware Nope, signed firmware updates and no way to downgrade after the fact means the manufacturer ultimately has more control over "your" hardware than you do. You still "own" it in a
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by binarybanana 5y ago
It's gotten much easier with Nvidia cards thanks to VM gaming being officially supported. No more hiding the VM and that Error 47 nonsense. Basically you bind the graphics card to the vfio driver by writing the PCI ID to /sys&#x2F
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Then they're just selective about the hiding and who they trust. They'se still hiding. Instead, ask them if they're fine with surveillance cameras in their home that record them jerking off or taking a shit. Most people would
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Best way to thoroughly block all telemetry on Windows is actually the built in firewall. Just block all outgoing connections and only enable them for your browser and whatever else you need. According to a tcpdump running on the host of a W
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by binarybanana 5y ago
>I can't even pay for proper support Have you actually tried? I guess it depends on what you consider "proper support", but if you made a reasonable offer I'd be surprised if most devs wouldn't be happy to add th
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by binarybanana 5y ago
That's not true for criminal offenses at least. You have to pay them or you go to jail. If you're on welfare and have 400€ to live on they generally expect you to pay 100€ a month. From what remains you have to pay everything but
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by binarybanana 5y ago
Nothing, but that only makes reading the malware's memory possible with these exploits. That malware won't be able to access memory of some other process, if that other process is using those flags itself. Edit: For that to work t
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by binarybanana 5y ago
In my experience the whole VFIO subsystem is quite stable and at least Nvidia hardware can be detached and attached to a different driver without any difficulty. Intel GPUs have trouble being reattached to the host because of driver issues
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by binarybanana 5y ago
>and home users only got the ability to pass through a subset of consumer-level nVidia GPUs (which IIRC doesn't apply to laptops, so you're still stuck there) That's not quite correct any longer. Nvidia now supports passth