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by throw0101d 12d ago
> It would be simple today to abolish the use of CAs […] The main technical way I know of doing this would be by putting TLS public keys in DNS (DANE, RFC 6698), but then you have to make sure that DNS packets are not fiddled with, so
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by throw0101d 12d ago
> Forcing their customers to install government-affiliated alternative CAs, in turn allowing the government to spy on its citizens more easily via mis-issued certs? How's the support for X.509 "Name Constraints" these da
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iOS, iPadOS, macOS 26.7, and macOS 15.8 released(support.apple.com)
1 points by throw0101d 12d ago|0 comments
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by throw0101d 12d ago
At the bottom of the press release they have links to individual OS pages: * iOS 27: https://www.apple.com/os/ios/ * iPadOS 27: https://www.apple.com/os/ipados/ * macOS: https:/&#x
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iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27(apple.com)
701 points by throw0101d 12d ago|835 comments
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by throw0101d 12d ago
Bloomber's Odd Lots podcast had an episode on rope a little while ago, "How the Invention of Rope Gave Us Modern Civilization": > Rope is easy to take for granted. It seems obvious and straightforward. But of course, it
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> ZFS is overrated and mostly a hobbyist/enthusiast thing. As someone who originally ran it on Solaris when it came out ~20 years ago, and have continued to run it on FreeBSD and Linux, I would disagree.
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> It's because linux is a toy OS. Specifically, it overcommits memory …by default. It can be disabled via a sysctl : * https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/overcommit-accou...
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> How does the planet run out of water? By draining aquifers, for one: * https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8 * https://unu.edu/inweh/news/world-enters-era-of-global-water-.
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by throw0101d 15d ago
* https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition Really wish I had a better memory so I could memorize these as a lot of them would be really fun as everyday quips.
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> $6 a gallon is about €1.36 a litre - thats cheap compared to a European average of €2 per litre. As someone who drives a 2003 Golf TDI, I'm currently looking at CAD 2.40/L: EUR1.49/USD1.73 per L.
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by throw0101d 15d ago
A possibly useful list for comparison: * https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/diesel_prices/ * https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> I answered in response to a different comment about the level of patience I have with men that think changing one word in the title of the bureaucracy in charge of war somehow meaningfully changes the reality or meaning of war (spoile
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by throw0101d 15d ago
> […] but iron radiators need 60-80C [140-175F] supply. * https://www.bryant.com/en/ca/products/heat-pumps/33nm3/ * https://www.arcticheatpumps.com/high-temperature-heat-pump.h.
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Remember Hong Kong(thenextmove.org)
72 points by throw0101d 15d ago|108 comments
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> Whether it is called “Department of War” or “Department of Defense”, it’s still the same organization maintaining the same mission operating under the same budget. The mission of the Department of War, which was its name pre-WW2, and
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> Defense was always just a euphemism for War. That’s not the signal you think it is. No, it was not. Tom Nichols, professor emiritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College: > It is almost impossible to overstat
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> * Or is the argument that it's only US companies which shouldn't, because the* US is uniquely evil? What are the (current?) foreign policy goals of the country in question? If it leans more defensive, like Japan, that'
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> I live in Ohio in a 100 year old home with cast iron radiators and a natural gas boiler and a gas water heater. I’d love to move to electric […] Perhaps look into "air to water" heat pumps.
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> I heard CO2 is a gas with a powerful green house effect. Compared to other refrigerants it's a paradise: * https://www.epa.gov/hfcs/technology-transitions-gwp-referenc... * https://en.wikipedia.o
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> […] but the mic isn't even sufficient for meetings in a public place (e.g. a diner at lunch time), whereas my laptop's builtin mic is. Exact opposite for me: other people can't hear anything if the meeting app uses my
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by throw0101d 16d ago
> Elder millennial here, though my sister was young GenX. I was born in '82, she was born in '79. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
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by throw0101d 17d ago
> At what time do you trust them to stay home by themself? As a GenXer, ~12 (?): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latchkey_kid
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by throw0101d 17d ago
CO2 as a refrigerant isn't new: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-744 It's just not as prevalent in the residential HVAC market (which this product serves?), and more in the commercial/industrial space (
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Investing in mothers? The long-run impact of a universal child care(nber.org)
99 points by throw0101d 17d ago|150 comments
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by throw0101d 18d ago
> I wish there was some regulation that would force TVs to have a "dumb" mode. Some manufacturers have "business" lines, for things like kiosks and in-store displays, e.g.: * https://www.samsung.com/
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by throw0101d 18d ago
> Depending on the circumstances you may need more than that. Contrary to urban legends (and fictional entertainment), in times of disaster humans generally pull together: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Paradise
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by throw0101d 18d ago
> We had no water, power, or telecommunications for several days, no way to reach the outside world until the nearby cell towers came back online unless you had Starlink. Amateur ("ham") radio can be handy. If you don't
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by throw0101d 18d ago
You rotate it every ~6 months: * https://www.cdc.gov/water-emergency/about/how-to-create-and-... The old stuff can be used to water house plants or your garden. If you have advanced warning of an event (e.g., hurr
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by throw0101d 18d ago
> 30 days of spare food feels like such an enormous amount of space and material. Freeze dried stuff can be sit on a cool, dark shelf for a decade or two; a popular company: * https://mountainhouse.com/ Also need to ha

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