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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I'm curious how your kids collaborate with other students for schoolwork if social media is disallowed. When I was in elementary and high school I regularly used MSN/Facebook/etc. for group projects and study sessions, and f
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
If you liked REAMDE you'll definitely like Daemon and Freedom, they also have that near-future feel that connects well to the tech we're seeing today.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Aside from mainframes other IBM products I've seen used in industry include the Watson AI, Aspera, and LSF.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I don't use PayPal but was told by a user that their 2FA SMS system isn't really a second factor, but rather it replaces the password. Basically when you log in (with username only) it sends you an SMS code and you enter the code
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
There has to be a point where the data is secured by a password, and you will need to keep that password safe both in your head and in a secure location. In your case this would be your password to your backup file. Pick a good password for
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I had a programmer friend who got the FX-8150 in 2012 for compiling - pricewise it was basically equivalent to a i5 but you got 8 integer cores in return. It's a decent choice if you prioritize core count over single-core/FP perfo
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
This is common on desktops, but I've never seen a laptop with removable filters. Typically I have to perform a full teardown to clean out the integrated heatsink and vent.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Looks impressive from a tech standpoint, but I wonder how reliable it is. Laptop fans do clog and fail and something with tiny vents like this would likely fare even worse. Though a manufacturer might end up speccing these anyways as they e
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Yeah the title is terrible - initially I thought they were actually physically screening machines as some sort of anti-piracy initiative.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
If you're building for a proprietary OS, then yes the tools sometimes aren't free - e.g. iOS development. However we can 100% use free tools to build free software running on a free OS, with the simplest example being C code compi
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I do board-level repairs on my own stuff (most recently replaced a shorted IC on a laptop motherboard) as it saves them from landfill and is an interesting debugging exercise. It can take a lot of time and effort and complex repairs may not
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
That was an old Cisco server, right? I think those models still require Flash even if they're fully updated, and people have to use VMs with Flash installed to access the BMC.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I use an actual IBM Model M from the 90s and absolutely love the feel of the buckling springs. Modern Cherry mech switches are obviously better than membranes, but they simply can't replicate the sound and tactile "jump" that
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Meta, Google, etc. also sometimes randomly ban accounts for reasons unknown (AI detecting "suspicious" behavior, etc.), whereas I have never heard of phone companies doing this.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
The CD-Rs were around fifteen years old, stored in plastic boxes in my house (in rooms with HVAC). A couple of them failed in a set of twenty or thirty I think. I do have 20+ year old CD-Rs that still work fine though. For hard drives I hav
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
If your only digital archives are on cold media (e.g. optical disks, tape, offline HDDs) and are never replaced you have a problem. Keep them on readable hot storage that can be easily checked and upgraded over time and that should not be a
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Ah, I love 165. I've never seen it utilized even in downtown areas and I generally recommend it if you are in a congested area and are fine with the performance on 20MHz.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I develop on VMs on my server (with ECC and RAIDZ) which i access using SSH or VDI protocols. I would love to have ECC on all my machines but that isn't feasible until the status quo changes, so I stick with the remote approach. To me
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Seriously though, the "Year of the Linux desktop" is when YOU decide that the Linux desktop is good enough and start using it full-time. That was many years ago for me, and for other people maybe it's not ready for them yet.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
It's one of those things where it's not ideal, but it's the only way to prevent legal liability. Basically if the AI acts in accordance to the law governing such behavior then the manufacturers are not at fault. Else you&#x27
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I run much heavier networking equipment (enterprise routing/switching + rack server) but I also host at home using cloudflared on a slow DSL connection. It works very well and the CDN's caching helps with my low upstream bandwidth
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
They also talk about how their "project-based" learning is better than video learning, but it doesn't provide any examples of that. All I can see without registering are sample video lessons. Obviously they don't need to
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Did some research into this and it looks like ROCM is much easier to set up now as you mention. I remember in the past it required a lot of changes to the stock system to get working, but I haven't touched ROCM in a long time.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Yeah the tech is there for radio, same for POTS as well (still 8 bit/8000Hz at its core). I do listen on the scanner from time to time and assuming a clear signal traditional NFM always beats digital in terms of intelligibility. Speaki
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Debian is another option too, and is used heavily in industry unlike Mint. I'm disliking Ubuntu more and more but it'll be a lot of work to migrate my fleet over, all managed via Landscape (which is Ubuntu-only). While I'm cu
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
Glad to see that open toolchain support is improving, as FPGAs on modern nodes have the potential to run truly open hardware with reasonable performance. When I did my last FPGA project I was basically forced to use the Xilinx and Altera fl
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
You already can get part of the way there by desigining your own FPGA board (I believe there are some Lattice chips with an open-source toolchain, otherwise the toolchain is closed). On top of that you can run your RISC-V CPU and the other
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I'm a deb-based user but I constantly refer to the Arch wiki to understand best practices and solve problems. No other distro has this level of self-serve documentation that's actually updated and easy to understand.
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
I mean you can use SIP too, but the fact about Matrix and Element is that it's a seamless experience. Point users to the app, issue accounts, provide the server address, and they're good to go. The interface and experience is just
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by digitallyfree 4y ago
My family uses Matrix. The default Element interface works in the browser, on desktop, and on mobile app. It was chosen as it's pretty much the only solution that is open-source, supports all devices, has E2EE, supports text/voice

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