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811.
by zeusk 9y ago
I don't see how Microsoft is overstating anything. A) They didn't bring the case, US Customs did. B) As the victim (financially) of the Crime they were approached to state the financial damage to decide on the restitution amount a
812.
by zeusk 9y ago
I'm happy he got jail time after having read those emails. This guy was intentionally creating "fake" Windows recovery discs with Microsoft and Dell logos and searching for unscrupulous buyers that would not notice the small
813.
by zeusk 9y ago
> Note the '.section .rodata' directive which places ..., seemingly interleaved with code, in a read-only data section. It only specifies which section that part of "code" goes into, the linker pools it all up in a bi
814.
by zeusk 9y ago
> A lookup table requires an extra memory access that by its nature is incoherent. Pedantic but, the LUT would also remain in the cache if there wasn't some issue with cacheline contention. Although, I do agree that POPCNT + prefetc
815.
by zeusk 9y ago
In financial speak, leverage is always the source of ruin especially when taken to extreme levels (which mortgages do). To attain that leverage, you pay a financial cost in terms of interest which btw - can be replicated in the market for m
816.
by zeusk 9y ago
10~20% of "net" yearly income imho or instead of a fine, levy penalty tax rate like how credit works.
817.
by zeusk 9y ago
Hah, nope. https://www.broward.org/Airport/Community/Documents/Stage3an...
818.
by zeusk 9y ago
Just finished hearing it, mostly BS and external gossips. The guy claimed he "worked" within Windows for a while but was a Business Development Rep (Sales) at Microsoft for less than two years (2011-2013).
819.
by zeusk 9y ago
Even better URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft...
820.
by zeusk 9y ago
Big If Things == Law
821.
by zeusk 9y ago
Yes, my point being - there is no gain in electrifying that part and more risk in cases you mentioned.
822.
by zeusk 9y ago
Landings are mostly idle power until they lower landing gears in the last few miles; Take-off with fuel load is the most demanding leg and also the hardest to electrify.
823.
by zeusk 9y ago
Sure, also this is the year of Linux? isn't it?
824.
by zeusk 9y ago
now since: Initial release 7 December 2006; 11 years ago
825.
by zeusk 9y ago
Google Docs and OpenOffice think so.
826.
by zeusk 9y ago
No they're not because of multitude of reasons but they now use a open XML format that does way better interchange with openOffice etc. and don't actively try to shut down those products.
827.
by zeusk 9y ago
Would you be interested in hiring new grads? If it matters, I'll be doing my last internship with the silicon & graphics team in OneCore this summer and I have some past internship and personal (mostly homebrew) experience writing
828.
by zeusk 9y ago
You're talking about a professional software suite meant to work on workstations often solely meant to run that suite. Chrome has to cooperatively share resources with other applications and with aggressive caching at application level
829.
by zeusk 9y ago
The OS should use all available RAM it practically can for things like cache. Not the applications.
830.
by zeusk 9y ago
Actually, they can. Also - by securities law you're required to report and even make a bid for the business once you cross a certain threshold of ownership.
831.
by zeusk 9y ago
Hahaha https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4624706/google-blocks-win... https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4625502/microsoft-respond... Google pulls this same bs with
832.
by zeusk 9y ago
Apparently not in HTML5, although major browsers retained it for the purpose you mentioned and back-compat. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11928566/img-vs-image-ta...
833.
by zeusk 9y ago
Windows 8 and plus
834.
by zeusk 9y ago
Because they also have "proprietary" tools (UniBeast, MultiBeast) which at one point required a paid sub iirc which ticked off the osx86 community that was all about FOSS.
835.
by zeusk 9y ago
The community deplores it but tonymac has some good resources on hardware compatibility. https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/february/2018/
836.
by zeusk 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9AXBowb0E
837.
by zeusk 9y ago
> I also use a private tunnel to get around all the web filters and etc. Why would you do that?
838.
by zeusk 9y ago
Windows Defender, uBlock with a healthy list of adware and malware domains, cautious downloads and regular updates.
839.
by zeusk 9y ago
Yes, but it shows the expected range impact of the test which is happening not so far from the old one.
840.
by zeusk 9y ago
It isn't. "The NBAA Command Center reports the U.S. military will begin training exercises on the Nevada Test and Training Range between 0400Z until 0700Z daily. Training maneuvers will impact vast portions of the Western U.S. inc

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