gargravarr

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by gargravarr 7y ago
MacOS has some very strange ideas on removing permissions. When you allow kexts in modern OS releases, the signature gets added to an SQLite database in /var/db (you have to consult this database to get the signatures if you want
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Not any more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/12/18077166/apple-macbook-a... "The parts affected, according to the document, are the display assembly, logic board, top case, and Touch ID board for
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by gargravarr 7y ago
64GB will cost you $800 now . When you need it, it may cost half that, or less. And Apple was notorious for underspec'ing the maximum amount of RAM a machine could take - it was common for a machine to take double the Apple official
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Even the XPS 13s are more serviceable than their rival MBP 13"s. The RAM may be soldered on both but the XPS uses a standard NVMe SSD. It's saved me a few times already.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Not just the risk of data loss, but the inconvenience of restoring the machine is much higher. This means the only solution to restoring a modern Mac notebook is to replace the entire logic board - everything else may be functional except t
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Xbox One X. Now with 40% more confusion.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Mostly bandwidth, reliability and interference robustness. The Wii U certainly proves it's possible, although that's streaming 1280x720. Displays at much higher resolutions require considerably higher bandwidth and are much more e
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by gargravarr 7y ago
I wasn't aware of this kernel flag (nor am I surprised it exists), seems like it would be useful to the article's author. However, by default it's left enabled, which allows the kernel to automatically set up the environment
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Linux provides /dev/random and /dev/urandom to all applications as well as relevant API calls, but the quality of those is always in doubt (especially with urandom, which recycles the entropy pool when it gets too low).
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by gargravarr 7y ago
My understanding is that implementing a PRNG in software results in a very small entropy pool. At the OS level, it can collect entropy from a vast number of sources, including things that an application won't have access to, which is w
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by gargravarr 7y ago
By which time the next release comes out. You can't win with Apple now.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Disk images don't work with Macs any more. Apple has forced us onto 'workflow-based' installations which are supposed to ensure firmware for all subsystems are installed as well, by running the OS installer every time. Howeve
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Well now, that's interesting. I include LibreOffice v5 with my standard install of Mojave. I ran a fresh install earlier this week just to test the upgrade, which worked. Only then did I try opening the applications. And LibreOffice v5
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by gargravarr 7y ago
No question that this idea would be pure hell on a cramped plane in cattle-class. There's even mention in the article that, yes, the plane can manage the flight, but even with a full fuel load they can't spare the weight of more p
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Agreed, I do and don't want to know what on earth Google was doing with /var that led to this situation in the first place...
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Indeed, just the first page was enough for me. The OP made a simple point - that clearly-stated facts didn't add up, and the entire first page was either suggested workarounds or unrelated advice. Completely useless and not addressing
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by gargravarr 7y ago
I think you have the wrong idea, I read nothing in the article about Greta criticising her own parents. Your quote itself even states the target - world leaders. Her argument is coherent and logical. She is not taking issues with being born
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by gargravarr 7y ago
As much as I admire Scott Adams as an insightful and intelligent cartoonist, I don't agree with his post here. The children who started the Extinction Rebellion were not, for the most part, 'scared into' their action by adult
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by gargravarr 7y ago
I'm guessing they have had to deal with DDoS attacks a lot, and as a sysadmin I can sympathise with their frustrations - it doesn't just affect the person fleeing to them, it affects their entire hosting platform, their other cust
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Okay, fair point. I can only assume they would only do this for persistent and malicious violation of the rules; it's a pretty good incentive not to do anything nasty with them if they can lock you globally out of your zone for a year.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
It does indeed go beyond a suspension, it's a ban , and that's why I equate it to Amazon and Google blocking any new accounts - they are banning you from their platform, arguably for life. At least EasyDNS offer it to be 12 month
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Many platforms (e.g. Amazon, Google) will block your account without warning and any new ones you create trying to get back into their platform, and defend their behaviour with generic 'violation of T&Cs' statements to kick
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Personally I'll take a blunt 'no, we won't tolerate this' over a load of hot air. Get to the point and let's move on. This gets my approval.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
The out-of-network stuff is the most insane part of the American health system. No question, it's deliberately set up to trip up those who need urgent care. There are plenty of stories of people who go out of their way to find an in-ne
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Very. Which is why the NSC was built to isolate it for at least 100 years (presumably it will be reinforced regularly by successive generations). Nothing we can do except allow it to decay to safe levels over time.
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by gargravarr 7y ago
It doesn't, but after the disaster, the basement areas were eventually filled with a lot more concrete. It's not just the very thick concrete pad between it and the groundwater, and it no longer generates enough heat to threaten t
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by gargravarr 7y ago
I think I disagree here; the only positive I can see to price gouging is that it might act as an encouragement to those who might otherwise stay in harm's way to quickly get the heck outta Dodge. Price gouging may well be the clearest
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by gargravarr 7y ago
See also: Pascal's Wager[1] The leaks about mass-surveillance don't fit the criteria, as best I can tell. It's in their best interests not to, as you state. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wag
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Work: Laptop model: Dell Precision M3520 CPU: i7 7820HQ 2.9GHz RAM: 32GB DDR4 (upgradeable) Screen: 15" 1920x1080 matte Comments: If you want something fast to get work done on, I cannot fault this machine. The keyboard is great, the c
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by gargravarr 7y ago
Sure, correcting typos, I wouldn't hold that against them. However, when they intentionally scratch out search terms for no apparent reason and show extremely vague matches, it's completely useless. I was searching for a specific

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