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ComodoHacker··on Windows Protected Print Mode
No doubt manufacturers will us this as an excuse to force users into buying a new model, blaming Microsoft in the process.
ComodoHacker··on Bluetooth keystroke-injection in Android, Linux, macOS and iOS
I believe it's because they just didn't bother trying this on Windows (yet)
ComodoHacker··on Naev – open-source game about space exploration, trade and combat
Also Transcendence is worth playing in this genre.
ComodoHacker··on Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
Use alternative YT front-end like Piped, Newpipe etc.
ComodoHacker··on To free the Baltic grid, old technology is new again
Are they safe and simple enough to operate at the neighborhood or even household level as a backup energy storage, where the grid is faulty? For example, in some region of Africa?
ComodoHacker··on SQLite 3.44: Interactive release notes
You can do that with standard aggregates by comparing min() and max().
ComodoHacker··on The fake browser update scam gets a makeover
I think one more important reason for hosting payload on the blockchain is to avoid automatic detection by scanning and auditing tools.
ComodoHacker··on Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers
How's the footprint? Is it usable for investigating problems while the system is strained on resources?
ComodoHacker··on The largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps
How can it protect from... botnets, where there are tens of thousands "someones"?
ComodoHacker··on Choose Postgres queue technology
>Postgres queue tech is a thing of beauty, but far from mainstream.

A small nitpick. FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED was mainstream (in a sense) way before it was copied from Oracle to Postgres. It's used under the hood in most non-trivial Oracle deployments. Like for replication or refreshing materialized views in parallel.

ComodoHacker··on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
There's no MITM, transfers are end-to-end encrypted. You don't have to trust the relay.
ComodoHacker··on Signal: The Pqxdh Key Agreement Protocol
Please can we refrain from arguments like "this is from the same people I don't like because ..."?
ComodoHacker··on Oscilloscope watch ships after 10 years on Kickstarter
You joke but there's a whole branch of fake science built on this: https://quackwatch.org/related/electro/
ComodoHacker··on A Critical Analysis of the What3Words Geocoding Algorithm
>it uses random characters instead of words, which is much harder for humans to remember

Do we really need to remember them, instead of just writing them down?

ComodoHacker··on How to get transactions between almost any data stores
But usually they also store current balances in a separate table, and updating them is also part of the transaction.
ComodoHacker··on Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap
I do just that on a regular basis with OsmAnd+. It's not Google Maps, has its rough edges but does it's job, provided your area is well covered.

For me two main drawbacks are no traffic and slow route [re]calculation, because it happens on device.

ComodoHacker··on Plunder and Urbit
Providing context is helpful, but putting lens on reader isn't IMO. Should ReiserFS always be viewed through the lens of it's creator's crime?
ComodoHacker··on mCaptcha: Open-source proof-of-work captcha for websites
And then spammers will also leave. Problem solved, one way or another.
ComodoHacker··on Downfall Attacks
And this flaw was found by researcher working for a cloud vendor. I wouldn't be surprised if they already have some special long-term agreements.
ComodoHacker··on Sandy Bridge: Setting Intel’s modern foundation
Your points are valid, but we also have to factor in the amount of electricity consumed by gen X chip vs gen X+1 chip to perform certain amount of computing during their lifetime.
ComodoHacker··on Request: Re-open JPEG XL issue
>a 4000x6000 image w/ my Sony looks almost like pixel art

Can you share some examples of such images/fragments?

ComodoHacker··on Orb is a free and open source web desktop
Works for me, but ReadMe says: "The content of this demo account will be reset every 5 minutes."
ComodoHacker··on Orb is a free and open source web desktop
Their demo[0] session is actually shared among all visitors, with all expected consequences like spam, dickpics etc.

0. https://desktop.leisink.net/

ComodoHacker··on Google Maps has become an eyesore
OSM can't show (and plan for) traffic, for one.
ComodoHacker··on SMS traffic pumping fraud
That's primarily because a significant portion of population there don't have smartphones.
ComodoHacker··on SMS traffic pumping fraud
Meanwhile, there are countries whose entire banking, tax filing, CC processing and various public service systems rely on SMS as the only second factor.
ComodoHacker··on Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and Nvidia form alliance for OpenUSD
We had to wait 20 years until some entity interested in interoperability became powerful enough that vendors started listening to them.
ComodoHacker··on The worst API ever made (2014)
> If you simply want to receive a list of the context switches, even if only for your process, it must be running with full administrator privileges

That's actually a reasonable security requirement, greatly narrowing attack surface. Note that ETW API was designed before CPU timing side channels like Spectre were a thing.

ComodoHacker··on Important Coding Habits
I'm also hoping LLM burst enable reliable voice input for code.
ComodoHacker··on Quench of LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak with major consequences
This report really has disturbingly strong Half-Life 1 vibes for me.
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