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811.
by wolrah 7y ago
The internet connection is only required if the drone is incapable of broadcasting its own local ID signal. This will not be a problem for the kinds of drones that have practical uses in remote areas. Also, as with many other drone regulat
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by wolrah 7y ago
Properly encrypted data is basically impossible to compress. Lossless compression requires repeating patterns in the data and lossy compression requires an ability to understand the content. Since properly encrypted data should be indisti
813.
by wolrah 7y ago
> I've always seen this as an example of why physical/hardware interlocks are really important when you're mixing software with hardware that can easily hurt people. Not only that, but running in to the interlock should be
814.
by wolrah 7y ago
Nah, the point is definitely not to create a Git clone. They're developing their own system designed around a more centralized structure than Git (closer to CVS/SVN), but remaining compatible with Git on disk.
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by wolrah 7y ago
Exactly. PDF is digital paper. The "print to PDF" metaphor is perfect. If you've printed something and decide you want to change it, you don't grab white out, you open the source file up and change it then print again
816.
by wolrah 7y ago
I like the concept, especially if as discussed by others in the thread it were to be combined with the progressive fine system used in some countries. The thing is, before any discussion of stricter enforcement of speed laws, we need to fix
817.
by wolrah 7y ago
> Unlocking bootloader is not the same as rooting. True, but having an unlocked bootloader makes rooting trivial. Those wanting to root devices with locked bootloaders have to depend on exploiting security flaws in their OS to do so. Th
818.
by wolrah 7y ago
Why have mSATA or MiniPCIe on a 2018/2019 design? M.2 replaced both of those as of literally years ago, and anything remotely modern is only available in that format. mSATA is flat out dead and MiniPCIe has very few modern offerings.
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by wolrah 7y ago
That's a generic catch-all rule that means basically nothing. No one can determine ahead of time what is allowed and what's not under that rule. He didn't say anything "offensive" or "disreputable" to any
820.
by wolrah 7y ago
> So Windows Defender isn't bundled as a part of Windows 10? It was also bundled as part of Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista on top of being available as a free download for Windows XP (and even 2000 during the b
821.
by wolrah 7y ago
This is why a lot of projects use version control systems that encourage branching. Develop your feature as you wish in its own private branch, occasionally bringing in the latest changes from whatever your mainline branch may be, then onl
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by wolrah 7y ago
> That depends on the vehicle. If it's an ICE with a manual transmission, and you can get it moving fast enough, you can pop the clutch to start it. This depends on just how dead it is on newer cars. If it's able to run the ele
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by wolrah 7y ago
That's the theory, but it's amazing how often I click on a search result leading to SO and find an accepted answer that's either wrong or doesn't even answer the question.
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by wolrah 7y ago
> True, but it is generally fairly minimal. That's actually kind of the problem. It's the same thing with phone systems. Any IT person worth a shit can follow a decent tutorial and end up with a system that works. Until it d
825.
by wolrah 7y ago
For the level of customization you're looking for, it sounds like what you're looking for here is called a "laptop computer" Failing that, I'm pretty sure a few of the NAS brands support WiFi adapters being installe
826.
by wolrah 7y ago
> So if you are going to make such a big, systemic change, why not just ditch Linux for Haiku instead of re-creating what we have spent so long making work already? Because reworking userland is still easier than getting meaningful hardw
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by wolrah 7y ago
> Not trying to be funny here, but I would not be surprised if an automated Windows update borked something. If someone is running even important tasks that must not be interrupted, much less critical infrastructure like this, on consume
828.
by wolrah 7y ago
Insert "it's always DNS" meme here...
829.
by wolrah 7y ago
Depends on the use case. I work for a MSP and I do almost all my office work in GSuite on the web. The only thing I fire up LibreOffice for is dealing with CSV files which are a pain in GSuite. 99% of my job requires nothing more than a w
830.
by wolrah 7y ago
I have a bunch of them scattered around my house. 2x LibreELEC media players 1x RetroPie emulation station 1c OctoPrint/OctoPi 3D printer controller 1x Home Assistant automation controller 1x Car PC project 1x retrofitted old alarm clo
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by wolrah 7y ago
I think it's worth keeping in mind that there are multiple different reasons that people use VPNs, and that different solutions are appropriate for those purposes. Some want security, they want to be sure that the local network operato
832.
by wolrah 7y ago
I agree that it's not really needed in the Linux world, but I disagree with your conclusion about the reason. It addresses libraries the same as anything else, make the libraries also fat binaries and there you go. The bigger issue I s
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by wolrah 7y ago
If your neighborhood has roads built for a natural speed of 40 MPH, take it up with whoever built the roads. If you want slow traffic, build slow roads. If you build fast roads, you get fast traffic. No silly sign changes that.
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by wolrah 7y ago
> 120mph maximum and a 40mph minimum are too disparate. Agreed. The minimum speed for interstate-class highways should be 60 MPH. If you can't do 60, take the country roads. > And there are other deleterious effects of 120mph.
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by wolrah 7y ago
I like your basic thought process, but as shown by Germany the correct answer for straight, flat rural highways is to not have a speed limit at all. 120 MPH is pretty reasonable for most interstate-class highways outside of cities though.
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by wolrah 7y ago
Because a road has a natural speed, and that's what most people will drive at when they're not actively thinking about it. If the speed limit is below that natural speed, you end up with most drivers going faster while the few fol
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by wolrah 7y ago
That is 100% correct. If you build a 50 MPH road through a neighborhood, you're going to get 50 MPH traffic through a neighborhood. What the signs say is irrelevant unless there's a cop right there. If you want slow traffic, build
838.
by wolrah 8y ago
Embedded devices running some flavor of *nix, mostly. My main vi nemesis for years was Edgewater Edgemarc hardware. Fortunately these days I've mostly replaced those with pfSense boxes where I can install nano with a single command.
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by wolrah 8y ago
> Neither. Java makes it easy for developers that suck to contribute. So do PHP and Visual Basic. Both of those languages are very well known for having a larger than normal amount of developer suckage, but they don't seem to have
840.
by wolrah 8y ago
IMO not having Java should be considered a positive. Java is wonderful in theory, but in practice it's likely been one of the most common recurring headaches in my IT management career. For a platform where one of the key marketing po

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