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by ohazi 5y ago
All of this complexity that's being added to lock a system down, purportedly in the name of "security" is actually being done for control by the vendor, at the expense of control by the user. Microsoft wants an enforceable wa
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by ohazi 5y ago
Upvoting because I'm also curious about this... As far as I'm aware, S3 and SOix both exist on AMD, but I'm not sure whether they can exist simultaneously. There seems to be just as much confused annoyance at power consumptio
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by ohazi 5y ago
This is Intel's doing, on Microsoft's behalf. There was a big push to replace the old/"normal" sleep (S3) with "modern standby" (S0ix). In S3, the system controller powers down the CPU and nonvolatile stor
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by ohazi 5y ago
> Tim’s attention turns to the code, and he puts his finger near the screen to read over it. Liz, who hates a smudged screen, says “easy there!” and pushes his hand back. “I wouldn’t touch it”, he protests. Making an exaggerated show of
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by ohazi 5y ago
It's always a moving target. To continue working at a company, you are usually expected to sign every piece of paper that they put in front of you throughout your tenure. If you don't, the consequences could range from absolutely
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by ohazi 5y ago
I don't work in the cryptocurrency space, but I've been following it since close to the beginning, and my personal conclusion is that yes, the vast majority of what gets peddled today is a scam, and we desperately need to find a w
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by ohazi 5y ago
So meaningful search results are going to get even worse. Ugh.
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by ohazi 5y ago
The S3 / S0ix sleep state power consumption fiasco is completely unacceptable. I have two T480 laptops with usable S3 that I regularly put to sleep for a week. I will not be upgrading them until after I can confirm that this mess has b
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by ohazi 5y ago
Like many people back then, I also found the whole proof-of-work / blockchain concept to be interesting from a theoretical computer science / distributed systems perspective. But these days, I can't help but think that we&#x2
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by ohazi 5y ago
Similarly, a giant 555 Timer using vacuum tubes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjAlzA4Cyys
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by ohazi 5y ago
This must be it, then. The key pairs / triplets that I type in most quickly are left to right.
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by ohazi 5y ago
I've noticed that I seem to miskey my unlock password immediately after resuming from sleep way more often than when I use that password at other times, or when using an external keyboard (Lenovo T480). I always suspected that somethin
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by ohazi 5y ago
Completely agree about e-waste, and as a result, I try to take good care of my laptops and use them for as long as I can (I used my previous one for about a decade, and it's still perfectly usable plugged in / for light tasks).
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by ohazi 5y ago
I believe the push came from Microsoft. Apple has been able to do "clever" things while asleep, like waking up the wifi chipset periodically to check for email / messages / notifications / updates, so that when you
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by ohazi 5y ago
I've been so happy to see what Framework has been doing lately, and really want to support them, but I already have a desktop as my primary computer and two Thinkpads that are already set up nicely, but that I rarely use. I moved from
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by ohazi 5y ago
Magic Leap's ML1 headset [0] works like this, but you still end up with a decent amount of heat-generating stuff on your face. The "power pack" is the power bank sized thing with the battery and a smartphone caliber motherboa
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by ohazi 5y ago
For various reasons, most Linux applications try not to use the Super (Windows) key for anything by default, which makes it a good candidate for use as a custom modifier key for whatever you want. For example, users of tiling window manager
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by ohazi 5y ago
How long should I expect to be able to use a new 5nm CPU (at reasonable temperatures) before these issues are likely to make it fail? All of the desktop/laptop CPUs that I currently use are 14nm, and I think the oldest is around 7 year
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by ohazi 5y ago
This kind of CPU upgrade was all but supported by the manufacturer. Unlike modern laptops, the T430 motherboard had a socketed CPU (like a desktop motherboard). Upgrading the CPU was only marginally more difficult than upgrading the RAM (as
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by ohazi 5y ago
I think I understand what you're trying to say, and I get where you're coming from, but I still don't really agree with you. If you believe that something you're doing is making things difficult for people you care about
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by ohazi 5y ago
Completely agree. Narcissistic personality disorder is a thing, but it's almost the polar opposite of what GP described. It wouldn't even occur to a narcissist that they're making things difficult for someone else. If you hav
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by ohazi 5y ago
It doesn't matter, because you won't be given a choice. If you need a car, eventually these will be the only options available. Tampering with or removing these misfeatures will eventually be classified as a felony, and suspicion
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by ohazi 5y ago
The next update removes your ability to turn it off. The only correct response is " Fuck you Microsoft/Google/etc. You're expunged and I'll never trust you again."
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by ohazi 5y ago
What do people generally mean when they talk about "stolen art" w.r.t. NFTs? 1. Hackers acquiring private keys and stealing an actual NFT (the token) and moving it into an account they control. Aside from the base-level cryptocu
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by ohazi 5y ago
> Someone needs the courage to make a motherboard and CPU with off the shelf parts and a socketed chip in the non-x86 space. Honestly? If they want an easy win, that someone should be Intel or AMD. They already design and release desktop
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by ohazi 5y ago
Not that anything about this shed is built to code, but this takes the cake: > PRO TIP Use screws for everything; if you mess up, remove the screws and redo it; with nails, it’s a lot harder to do that. You absolutely should not do this
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by ohazi 5y ago
This was 100% pilot error. You don't ever "follow the flight director" to determine when to rotate, you use the airspeed indicator.
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by ohazi 5y ago
Another licensed pilot here (but not a skydiver). I would have attempted a controlled crash over gentle mountainous terrain like this. You want to dump the aircraft's kinetic energy rapidly but not suddenly -- gliding into the side of
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by ohazi 5y ago
VC: "The key innovation is this new database!" Points to slowest / lowest throughput / most expensive database ever designed Sigh.
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by ohazi 5y ago
People struggle to get their Bluetooth headphones to pair reliably with their phone, can you imagine the nightmare of simultaneously pairing with a phone, an excavator, and two bulldozers?

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