danhor

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by danhor 4y ago
Software inhibiting user freedom (like drm) often gets broken using buffer overflows, string parsing mistakes, ... (as seen on many game consoles). Broken (drm) software allows for more user-freedom. If this software was using Rust, it woul
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by danhor 4y ago
If the compiler can be sure that there is no bounds checking needed and can skip it. Rust provides facilities for this, C and C++ less so. We have seen time and time again that humans aren't good enugh at that task, even in low-level c
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by danhor 4y ago
Shouldn't you be able to get the data by requesting it via the GDPR (technically only EU, but most companies probably don't care).
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by danhor 4y ago
AntennaPod offers a database export (and import). While not ideal, it's better than nothing.
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by danhor 4y ago
Most modern LG TVs work via a wireless connection to the remote, not IR
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by danhor 4y ago
Just picking on the US freight: While the amount transferred is impressive, much of it is low-value a-to-b bulk shipments. With coal drying up in the near future, that's going to be a major issue.
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by danhor 4y ago
CHSR is technologically impressive, but planning and operations of boarding and stations are superior with DB that treats HSR like normal trains and not ground-level planes (an issue with many HSR systems).
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by danhor 4y ago
That's not accurate. Multiple shinkansen lines were pofitable before covid, making up huge losses in rural lines. The infrastructur was largely financed by the state, but that's true for any transport infrastructure.
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by danhor 4y ago
The EU requires a USB-C PD compatible charging port for smartphones and other small devices starting in 2024(?). This is primarily directed at lightning.
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by danhor 4y ago
My experience was that implementing/modifying an existing (basic) fpga ethernet stack is pretty doable, since you quickly get an indication that something works and there are very distinct layers. The colorlight 5a-75b together with Li
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by danhor 4y ago
Unfortunately they only tested Logitechs unifying system, that's known to be broken (mentioned in the paper). That's one of the reasons Logitech is moving to Logi Bolt, which is supposed to be very similar to BLE (but with a separ
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by danhor 4y ago
There's also an exploit in the USB stack of the boot ROM involved, so it's not quite "using it as intended". I'd argue ntrboot on 3DS is much closer to what you're suggesting, using a built-in repair access mec
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by danhor 4y ago
> Can you give an example of such a country Not sure what you want to say with your list, but Nuclear shares the low carbon aspects of renewables but is by definition not one. This is the list of European countries looking to build nucle
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by danhor 4y ago
I'm sure there are examples of places where neither Wind, Solar nor Hydro is viable. But looking at the EU, it doesn't seem to be the case here and (without looking very deep into it) I'd expect that to transfer to the vast m
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by danhor 4y ago
Even if you're buying from Amazon or AliExpress, there have been very few cases over the last few years of them damaging your device compared to the first years of USB-C. They might still have other issues, but nothing that damages you
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by danhor 4y ago
There are cheaper USB-C connectors available with fewer pins for that purpose
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by danhor 4y ago
It was not a law, but an agreement (to stop the EU enacting a law) and dongles were sufficient. This is a law and dongles aren't sufficient.
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by danhor 4y ago
They often are heavily isolating the browser. This is the reason a kernel exploit is also needed, but getting the first foot in is often an important part and most easily accomplished with the browser. Game consoles are some of the most sec
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by danhor 4y ago
Few developers ported to Stadia out of good will, Google paid very handsomely up front.
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by danhor 4y ago
Nintendo didn't follow USB Spec on their charger and the Switch. But what they didn't do correctly shouldn't fry anything.
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by danhor 4y ago
If you're knowledgeable in one field primarily, I think it's likely you have some bias towards that field. If you are doing a lot of research only in e.g. Solar, I think it'd be harder to provide an unbiased comparison betwee
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by danhor 4y ago
The 3DS physically included most parts of a DS, that often went unused in "normal" operations. In my experience old games often work better in proton/wine than in Win 11. My understanding is that the Steam Runtime also provid
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by danhor 4y ago
Not a feature unique to "pure" communism, but sure. It reduces emissions, although I wouldn't want to live there (nor would almost anyone else). Looking at other possibilities it might not the best course of action.
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by danhor 4y ago
Specifically in regards to climate change, "pure" communism or fascism would probably be less bad, due to their economic failures and thus decreased energy (fossil fuel) usage.
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by danhor 4y ago
There are unfortunately few people studying worst case scenarios, but it's not like "science" doesn't consider it possible ( https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119 ). This is not likely
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by danhor 4y ago
Apple plans to reduce emissions by 75% till 2030 and fill the gap with carbon offsets, which unfortunately all-too-often don't mean anything. Reducing their emissions by 75% is an admirable goal, filling the gap with carbon offsets and
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by danhor 4y ago
> It's frustrating to live in Canada and be told we're the biggest problem in the world with our 2% of all emissions. It's frustrating to live in china and told we're the biggest problem in the world, even we're
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by danhor 4y ago
Many people believe that climate change can't be "solved" in a vacuum and has to be approached with broad measures to be palatable or even "solvable". I haven't checked for America, but at least in Germany it&#
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by danhor 4y ago
There are indications that SAF burn cleaner and thus produce less than half the contrails: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-dlr-study-finds-sust... and lowers the effeet on global warming.
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by danhor 4y ago
But it doesn't make much sense to combine them. Wind and Solar, as well as nuclear have similar cost characteristics. The cost of an additional unit of energy produced is very low, almost all of the cost is in building them & keepi

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