chithanh

22 ms·

241.
by chithanh 7y ago
They can use the loudspeakers as microphone. Usenix 2017: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17...
242.
by chithanh 7y ago
Mathematics does allow for such things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_recurrence_theor...
243.
by chithanh 7y ago
Can't confirm. I use DDG as default search provider and have to fall back to Google much more than I would like to. Google is IME much better than Bing/DDG for local search results, and that has not changed a bit. Also, while DDG
244.
by chithanh 7y ago
Spare me the whataboutism to justify Microsoft's actions. If Chrome did that it would be objectionable too.
245.
by chithanh 7y ago
Anti-Vaxx is a cult. So it is the GP is most decidedly correct. Also seeing right through some unscientific nonsense does not protect you from all of it. There are people who laugh at Creationism and then turn around and deny Anthropoge
246.
by chithanh 7y ago
Occasionally, some anti-cheat software gets dissected and the analysis posted publicly. Here is an analysis of BattlEye with some information on its development history: https://vmcall.blog/battleye-anticheat-analysis-and-mi
247.
by chithanh 7y ago
> He's been anti-complexity for awhile. And then he turns around and releases Signal-Desktop based on Electron ?!
248.
by chithanh 7y ago
> The computer theory version of Godel's result is the halting problem I am not sure that I agree with this. Of course if you can solve the halting problem, then you can decide some propositions. Like you have two Turing machines,
249.
by chithanh 7y ago
I am talking working around attestation for someone who operates the computer and wants to subvert SGX enclaves. Whether you need physical access or not is thus inconsequential.
250.
by chithanh 7y ago
Lubuntu 18.04 (and most other Ubuntu derivatives like Xubuntu etc.) is only supported for 3 years.
251.
by chithanh 7y ago
But then again, the researchers state: "In the paper, we show that Plundervolt may affect SGX's attestation functionality" so they are apparently able to fake at least part of the attestation. Also it will be interesting to s
252.
by chithanh 7y ago
No, you cannot use modern Intel systems without the ME. me_cleaner will only remove parts of it. What happens exactly (whether it actually stops working or goes into some undocumented free-for-all debug mode) is unknown as there is no intro
253.
by chithanh 7y ago
Not sure how you mean "held accountable" when talking about rights? Nations do have the right to vote, just look at the UN General Assembly (well, not counting Taiwan or the Sahrawis). Regarding rights of individuals: If country A
254.
by chithanh 7y ago
> Rights are inherently individual Depends. If you talk about rights as given by some law, then the law subjects are the ones who bear rights. In some cases the law subjects are individuals, in other cases (international law) these are e
255.
by chithanh 7y ago
In that case, maybe you meant that secession is a right of peoples, not of people.
256.
by chithanh 7y ago
Indeed, lactose tolerance declines between 2 and 5 years of age in most people. Natural age of weaning in humans is 3-4 years.
257.
by chithanh 7y ago
> The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Actually, the article found out pretty well why they aren't getting it: "And yet while only 15 perce
258.
by chithanh 7y ago
> This is, at least in part, a result of MINIX using a highly permissive license. Not at all. MINIX was actually Intel's second choice, they tried first to fit Linux into their new x86 based ME. But the maintainers were uncooperativ
259.
by chithanh 7y ago
I think only the older Sunway (SW1600) chips use Alpha ISA, and not the design. The ones in the TaihuLight (SW26010) are not Alpha. Similar to Loongson, which used the MIPS ISA, but a homegrown design.
260.
by chithanh 7y ago
> The problem is that enterprises have one mechanism to purchase software, and a totally separate mechanism for charitable donations. And there is paid membership in business associations. That is closer to the purchasing department than
261.
by chithanh 7y ago
Something which I found odd in the article: In the beginning you write that "VBMI [...] is the only extension that we’ve seen before – it’s in Cannonlake." but later you write that "VPOPCNTDQ is older (from the MIC product li
262.
by chithanh 7y ago
Very true. We have some cluster users on Gentoo, who are happy that they can simply flip off all those pesky performance-eating security mitigations system-wide. Not only in the kernel, but also userspace side PIC/PIE/SSP/etc
263.
by chithanh 7y ago
ASRock Rack X470D4U comes with onboard BMC and doesn't use integrated graphics. Also you can limit the power that the iGPU uses if you absolutely want, but as long as it is mostly idle I see no reason to do that.
264.
by chithanh 7y ago
Any use case where you cannot afford data corruption requires ECC memory. A single bit flip in a JPEG image can totally ruin it (and you might not notice at first, because the thumbnail doesn't change, allowing the corruption to spread
265.
by chithanh 7y ago
Earthquakes and other geological events can speed up rotation though, but so far never enough to remove a leap second.
266.
by chithanh 7y ago
> The earth doesn't travel the same course each year. It's chaotic. I would prefer to call it quasiperiodic.
267.
by chithanh 7y ago
That isn't surprising. A security bug that is known only to the vendor does not cause any damage in reputation or finances. In fact, fixing it costs money for no perceived economic benefit. I guess the "responsible disclosure&quot
268.
by chithanh 7y ago
> wind and solar because those are unreliable energy sources They are unreliable but not unpredictable. Weather forecast provides adequate production estimates 48 hours, and precise ones 12 hours into the future (especially when averaged
269.
by chithanh 7y ago
The most common cause of pregnancy when using condoms is improper use, either due to lack of education or for other reasons. When used properly, condoms are rather effective. Another method whose safety approaches that of oral contraceptive
270.
by chithanh 8y ago
The problem of Linux package management has been solved, and the solution is not flatpak (nor snap). It is Nix/Guix. About the user experience, I'm right there with Linus that Chrome OS is the way to go forward. And this opinion i

More ›