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   by mkup 5y ago

   On transition from step 2 to step 3 there will be a great mess: some libraries in the OS distro are built with sizeof(time_t)=4 assumption and other libraries + application are built with sizeof(time_t)=8 assumption. ABI will break at rando
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   by mkup 5y ago

   AUX is just a synonym for COM1, i.e. first serial port in DOS/Windows.
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   by mkup 5y ago

   TEST instruction in x86/x64 is the same as AND instruction (bitwise and), but result of the computation is discarded (only flags are retained).
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   by mkup 5y ago

   Russians still use extremely low frequencies for communication with submarines (an unidirectional communication system called "Zevs"). Transmitter is located on the Kola Peninsula, frequency is 82 Hz, bit rate is a few bits per mi
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   by mkup 5y ago

   Well, if someone starts to increase these people's salary by 10% at the morning, and then decrease their salary by 10% at the evening, on the same day, every day, then all these people are going to figure out the math pretty quickly I&
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   by mkup 5y ago

   Oh no, I prefer BIOS/UEFI firmware to be as lean as possible, like, "boot my OS and get out of the way as quickly as possible" (because all software has bugs, larger software has more bugs, and fixing/updating firmware i
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   by mkup 5y ago

   Windows application is still required, but loader unlock was granted instantly after creation of a new Xiaomi account last time I tried it (last Friday for Xiaomi Pocophone F1).
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   by mkup 6y ago

   Win95 OSR2
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   by mkup 6y ago

   Yeah, the new microcontroller boards that have Arduino Uno MCU (ATmega328P) and cheap Wi-Fi (ESP8266) bundled on a single board and connected together via UART are really great. I recently got a couple of these from AliExpress for $12 inclu
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    by mkup 6y ago

    I own Turris Omnia from 2019, it works flawlessly, recently added LTE card for backup connectivity.
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Yes, it looks like OWL framework which was bundled with Borland C++. Google Image Search for "borland c++ owl" yields more screenshots in the similar visual style.
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    by mkup 6y ago

    RSS-Bridge can convert twitter feeds to RSS feeds (this is a self-hosted solution). I host it on my server along with TT-RSS.
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    by mkup 6y ago

    So? Official website of Perl programming language is perl.org , isn't it?
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    by mkup 6y ago

    This article mentions Windows 10 China Government Edition: Windows 10 China Government Edition that is designed to meet the country's security and privacy standards (Microsoft basically stripped out all of its spyware for this special
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    by mkup 6y ago

    This is true, but it's possible to prevent this behavior by turning off optimizations for just one function (by adding ``#pragma optimize("g", off)'' before the function definition and ``#pragma optimize("g&quo
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    Building computer logic in the oddly addicting “NAND Game”(boingboing.net)

    2 points by mkup 6y ago|0 comments
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    by mkup 6y ago

    YesScript2 addon in full-blocking mode (in Firefox).
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    by mkup 6y ago

    To solve chicken and egg problem. In order to enter password, you need to boot full OS (with keyboard and display drivers, for example); but to decrypt OS boot drive you need a password (or more precisely, some key material derived from the
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Server seems to be down, here's a copy from Wayback Machine (archived today): https://web.archive.org/web/20201101084005/http://techrights...
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    by mkup 6y ago

    And what if the damn thing won't boot without 5G antenna working (I mean "phoning home" test via 5G antenna on every reboot)?
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Does MUL/IMUL/IDIV result negation trick (via REP prefix) work on later 8086-compatible Intel CPUs (e.g. 80286, 80386 etc)?
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Yes, addition and all other arithmetic and logical operations can be implemented using only one building block: Peirce's arrow (Logical NOR). I can't understand why you are getting downvoted.
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Symbol names and function prototypes in ntdll.dll are stable (albeit not officially stable), but system call numbers change frequently: https://j00ru.vexillium.org/syscalls/nt/64/
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Cubesat is (10cm)^3, 1000 fit in 1m^3.
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Usually I disable Javascript for such websites (using browser addon which allows enabling/disabling Javascipt on per-domain basis). Usually such websites strive for Google indexability, so their content is perfectly viewable without JS
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    by mkup 6y ago

    ntfs-3g does not support NTFS journal replay/rollback (e.g. after Windows unclean shutdown), also it does not maintain NTFS journal for its own operations
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    by mkup 6y ago

    For some reason, I can't zoom via main menu (View/Zoom). Level 3 menu just diappears. (My browser is Firefox if this matters.) Keyboard accelerators don't work either (e.g. Alt+V,Z,L). Only level 1 menu works via keyboard acc
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Last time I tried to create e-mail address via Tor, ProtonMail worked flawlessly. No phone number required. They even have .onion domain available exclusively via Tor. But other e-mail providers like GMail and Hotmail won't like Tor an
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    by mkup 6y ago

    You can look for ACPI table(s) called "WPBT" using RWEverything (if you are a Windows user): http://rweverything.com/downloads/RwPortableX64V1.7.zip or look into the following filesystem path in Linux: /
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    by mkup 6y ago

    Paywall bypass link: https://www-ft-com.ezproxy.babson.edu/content/d6fd7d11-c06e-...