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by jsiepkes 3y ago
> When this happens, a redirection is created to avoid breaking dependencies for projects using code from repositories that changed their name; however, if someone registers the old name, that redirection becomes invalid. Say what?! But
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Here are the meeting notes from the RockyLinux people on this subject: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/resf-rocky-linux-git-c.o-chan...
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If your knowledge about a thing is not able to explain a "fact" then you should be cautious about propagating that "fact".
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> 1. Support high-concurrency and use less memory (Go v.s. Java) In the context of Go vs Java this is a kind of weird unsubstantiated claim. For example if you think a garbage collector leads to higher memory use; Go uses a garbage colle
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
There is a steady stream of security issues with io_uring since its inception. You can find security issues less then 3 months old for it [1]. [1] https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q2/135
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
I recently found out (and was quite surprised) that certain HP models also have an option in the UEFI to disable Intel ME. I posted some pictures of it and pictures of the Intel tool confirming it can't connect with ME when disabled:
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
> Gasp, Google ignoring established standards. /s Actually Google is adhering to the standard. The sender is using a valid 'ups.com' subdomain it seems. So this seems more like a problem on UPS'es end. If Google actua
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
With OpenOffice all the large contributors (IBM, RedHat, etc.) moved to LibreOffice. Only Oracle remained with OpenOffice. So unless CloudFlare, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc. decide to move to the Rust fork these situations are not at a
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
I encourage everyone to also look at his follow-up video called "Listening To My Stories With Nuance": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQgWh-XAxs
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> sounds false to me - lots of other companies changed their designs to handle the shortage. Sure, if; - You don't run any other OS then Linux. For example Raspberry PI has pretty decent FreeBSD support. Other boards often don'
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
Google's J2CL (successor to GWT) is also AOT. https://github.com/google/j2cl
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Ok, but even if it's about .NET Core; As far as I can tell the creation of .NET Core was a business decision and not because MS suddenly wanted to create a better product. More then 50% of the VM's in Azure run Linux and not Windo
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by jsiepkes 3y ago
> They did a wonderful job with C# and .NET Core. You mean the products Microsoft created when it became apparent they were losing the lawsuit about their embrace, extend extinguish tactics with J++ and their custom Java implementation.
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
> The firmware on the SOC does not connect directly to the 'net, it interfaces with Android to do so. Do you have any documentation on this? Even firmware such as Intel ME or UEFI implementations connect directly to the Internet its
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
> That's why you install a firewall on your phone and disallow all outgoing traffic by default If it's being done by the firmware on the Qualcomm SOC then a firewall in Android is not going to save you.
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
On 23-01-2023 - "The Netherlands now widely accepts Visa and Mastercard debit cards" [1]: The Dutch Payments Association has completed the Debit Card Acceptance (DCA) project enabling Dutch cardholders and foreign visitors to pay
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> I agree with this as long as there is a healthy free market, and 2 or 3 companies to choose from isn't a healthy free market. What about if some VC decides to use 200 million USD to undercut your prices? Would you consider that a
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
DiskerNet looks cool but is apparently commercial software? Even for personal use you need a license I think?
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We used ExcelsiorJET to create (pre-compiled) executables for Java (Swing) applications back in 2009 if memory serves me right.
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Judge for yourself: https://youtu.be/gulh7AxESyA?t=103
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I highly doubt that. Otherwise I could obtain used and worn Nike shirts, cut out the logo and sew them to on to new shirts and sell them.
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> In the UK there is, in summary, a right to a fair process – where _roles_ are eliminated, not _people_. That when there aren't enough roles for the people left, they are selected for layoffs in a fair way with transparency on how
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
When Trump was in office he had to threaten the Saudi's to get them to cut back on oil production (due to Covid low demand and over production). They always seem to be doing the opposite of what the US needs.
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Well, Saudi Arabia certainly isn't hiding anymore that it's not a friend of the west. They must feel pretty confident to make a move like this. On the other hand they already told Biden to shove it when he asked them to lower pric
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If you think maintenance is expensive you should try an incident.
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It's really annoying that companies like Google bombard you with all kinds of "cover our ass" e-mails about every change they make. Most about features I don't even use. Making it even harder to understand what the impac
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I think here in the Netherlands this is also done for a couple of years now [1]. Apparently they also used a "waste" product of steel manufacturing for it instead of just rocks. No idea if it was because of this experiment. [1] h
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by jsiepkes 4y ago
> Flash storage, unlike traditional hard drives, can really be completely and irrecoverably erased, with no lingering magnetic ghosts that a sufficiently determined person could in theory reconstruct. I think people vastly overestimate t
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I guess it's an advantage of playing catch-up. You can learn from other languages their experience and mistakes. Still props for the Java team for doing a good job.
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I love how some tech-early-adapter-visionary-influencers make even bigger claims in this thread: > I think for some it’s already as critical as wifi. Personally I would like to add that for me ChatGPT is as critical as running water and

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