whitepoplar

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by whitepoplar 1mo ago
Loved the book as well!
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by whitepoplar 3mo ago
As someone who only has a cursory knowledge of Postgres backup systems, how does this compare to something like pgBackRest? When would someone reach for one over the other?
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by whitepoplar 3mo ago
I'm curious to know how PlanetScale Postgres would fare.
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by whitepoplar 3mo ago
A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?
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by whitepoplar 4mo ago
Wait, how do you properly clean glasses?
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by whitepoplar 4mo ago
Do you recall the name of the manufacturer?
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
I'd like to switch to Bitwarden, but my singular focus is on security. I trust 1P because of its reputation in the security community. Does Bitwarden have any drawbacks when compared to 1P, security-wise?
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
16e still uses a Broadcom chip for WiFi + Bluetooth, though. iPhone Air is currently the only iPhone that uses both Apple-designed baseband + WiFi/BT chips.
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
Thank you so much for this!
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
Are you a person of high interest? I was under the impression that these sorts of breaches only happen to journalists, state officials, etc.
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
How much do you think Lockdown Mode + MIE/eMTE helps? Do you believe state actors work with manufacturers to find/introduce new attack vectors?
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by whitepoplar 7mo ago
Tell us more about some of these ideas and approaches that changed you as an engineer! We'd love to hear!
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by whitepoplar 8mo ago
Given that A19 + M5 processors with MIE (EMTE) were only recently introduced, I wonder how extensively MacOS/iOS make use of the hardware features. Is it something that's going to take several years to see the benefit, or does MIE
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by whitepoplar 9mo ago
There's no way to easily tell that those phones have unlocked bootloaders, though. Ex-Verizon phones may be completely carrier unlocked, will work on any network, and still have locked bootloaders. This isn't an issue for anyone r
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by whitepoplar 10mo ago
One caveat--you have to be certain that you get a Pixel with an unlocked bootloader. There are a lot of Pixels (mostly sold by Verizon) that are unlocked for use with any carrier, but whose bootloaders remain locked. If you have one of thes
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by whitepoplar 10mo ago
I would hope so.
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by whitepoplar 10mo ago
Thanks! I think you're right about just using an HDD, but for my portable SSD situation, after a full read of all blocks, how long would you leave the drive plugged in for? Does the refresh procedure typically take a while, or would
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by whitepoplar 10mo ago
How long does the data refresh take, approx? Let's say I have an external portable SSD that I keep stored data on. Would plugging the drive into my computer and running dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null bs=1M status=p
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by whitepoplar 10mo ago
Does the reduced price mean increased usage limits on Claude Code (with a Max subscription)?
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by whitepoplar 11mo ago
This is great information, thank you! Do you happen to know to what extent MTE is used on Android 16 when both Advanced Protection is enabled and when the newly-released "Device Protection" feature is enabled?
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by whitepoplar 11mo ago
Any word on whether this chip has "Memory Integrity Enforcement" capability, as included in Apple's A19/A19 Pro chips? https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement...
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
Can you recommend some good books on how to learn these things?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
Is this only available on iPhone 17 for now?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
Do you use Gemini 2.5 Pro via Cursor?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
why "the biggest house you can reasonably afford"?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
Given your expertise, any chance you can comment on the risk of data corruption on APFS given that it only checksums metadata?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
TIL! Any link to this?
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by whitepoplar 1y ago
Personal wish list: - Right-side USB-C - Slightly brighter display - Slightly wider hinge angle - Option for nano-texture display, just like the MBP - WiFi 7
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by whitepoplar 2y ago
Can anyone with security expertise clarify what Wiz actually does? Is it a legitimate company or is it fuzzy consultingware?
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by whitepoplar 2y ago
Can you recommend a good rule of thumb for autovacuum settings given a large workload like yours?

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