mehrdadn

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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   A bit off-topic, but anyone know what came of Panasonic's "cyclonic wave" technology? Does it work as well as it's advertised? It seems nice in theory so I'm kind of confused why it doesn't seem to be used in m
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   Yeah I tried that at some point but I didn't figure out what to feed it to make a smaller executable that would still run. Not sure what I might've done wrong unfortunately, it's been a few years.
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   Do you know of a good way (if any) to shrink the size of the DOS header as much as possible on MSVC? (Like to remove the "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" notice, and other things you don't need on Windows.)
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   'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain COVID-19 patients die(nbcnews.com)

   4 points by mehrdadn 6y ago|0 comments
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   Offering you a platform is not the same thing as ensuring that it's even physically possible. The argument wasn't about the government hosting copyrightable content for you or delivering it to you; it was about ensuring it is even
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   Interesting idea... are you sure? Do you want to pay extra fees to transfer it internationally, have to deal with sanctions/etc. depending on where you're sending it, pay taxes on it when you acquire it, have a copy sent to the go
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   I like the comic and it's definitely hilarious, and but it's not necessarily an apt comparison. Imagine the same situation with a bank holding your money. Are you paying them? (I assume you're not... I guess if you are, you p
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   > To store a photo is not a penny. Its some percents of a penny. You wouldn't bend over to pick it up on the street. You're storing 1 photo (like 3MB)?? Or like thousands/millions? Give me an estimate for how much you thin
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   by mehrdadn 6y ago

   The network was hardly the culprit in my explanation. How much is the cost of 4TB of georeplicated storage do you think? Surely you have to at least pay for the storage itself? So like $300-$400 at least if it's replicated 3-4x? And I
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Where does this meme of "storage is essentially free" come from? A 4TB drive is already like ~$100 and that's without any fault tolerance. Now purchase some for yourself, geo-replicate it across the world, make it be online 2
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    It might not be an "affirmative" defense, but to my understanding that doesn't imply it's a right. A "right" as I understand it is something that is illegal for others to violate, and that government generally
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    For those downvoting, see: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-109hhrg27003/html/C... > It is important to be clear about what the fair use doctrine is not. Fair use is not a right. It is a defen
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    > right to Fair Use There is no such thing AFAIK.
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    I don't think you need to hack 1700 local elections to swing the vote.
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    I'm fairly sure Windows does upload at least some hashes if you have it enabled in Windows Defender (which it is by default). Don't expect Ubuntu does this though.
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    After Covid Diagnosis, Nearly 1 in 5 Are Diagnosed with Mental Disorder(npr.org)

    2 points by mehrdadn 6y ago|2 comments
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Oh interesting, I didn't realize that. Thanks!
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Kind of off-topic, but do you know why they call drivers "firmware"? I thought "firmware" was the code loaded internally in the hardware, and "driver" was the software in the OS that interacted with it (to &quo
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    > So how is dropping privileges done correctly to avoid getting killed by the user? I was wondering this too. What is the way to "correctly" drop privileges? Is it even possible to drop privileges within a process in a way th
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    > It turns out that Ubuntu uses a modified version of accountsservice that includes some extra code that doesn’t exist in the upstream version maintained by freedesktop. I guess next time people ask why I like a distro like Arch that doe
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    unique_ptr's destructor happens to do nothing in a moved-from state. The fact that some types behave this way does not mean moves are destructive. They're still non-destructive. Indeed you're still supposed to call the destru
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Going off-topic, but note: C++11 moves are non-destructive.
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Relevant (though I don't know if this vulnerability exists for the non-strict UAC modes): https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160816-00/?p=94...
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    I feel like the problems you're citing (inability to simply roll back, etc.) aren't really Arch problems specifically—you'd have them in any traditional distro (like Debian) too, right?
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Out of curiosity what do you think of how Arch and NixOS compare to Debian or Ubuntu? (I'm asking to help me calibrate against what you're saying since I've used all of these except NixOS.)
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Okay thanks!
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Hi! Could I ask a somewhat unrelated question about using Let's Encrypt with Caddy? I've been trying to help some folks (in education) get wildcard subdomain certificates to work on their Google Cloud machines via lego_deprecated&
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Would you like to buy new phones for their owners?
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    by mehrdadn 6y ago

    Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unum_(number_format)