IcePenguin

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   by IcePenguin 4y ago

   * Disclaimer: I am an employee of Alphabet or one of its subsidiaries, but I do not work on this team, and didn't know anything about it prior to reading this article.
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   Google spins out secret hi-speed telecom project called Aalyria(cnbc.com)

   6 points by IcePenguin 4y ago|1 comments
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   by IcePenguin 7y ago

   Yep! It's called TEB (Triethylborane). More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethylborane JP-7 has a very high ignition temperature (it was actually used as a coolant/heat sink for the rest of the a
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   by IcePenguin 11y ago

   Note: I'm not affiliated with Veertu, but I recently came across the product and found it very interesting. If you're interested in OS X's Hypervisor.framework, it was added as part of OS X Yosemite: https://develo
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   Veertu: OS X virtualization using Hypervisor.framework(veertu.com)

   3 points by IcePenguin 11y ago|1 comments
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   by IcePenguin 12y ago

   PowerPC Macs (in the 2000s, before the switch to Intel) did indeed require a manual step to update Boot ROM/firmware - a different mechanism than resetting the PRAM. You'd run the installer, then either shut down or reboot the Mac
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   by IcePenguin 12y ago

   Agreed. I think the intent is to provide menubar consistency. You'll notice this in the FileVault pre-boot login prompt as well, IIRC.