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Geof25··on Work with the garage door up (2024)
It really depends. If you know your competitor and understand their core business, then opening garage doors can actually screw them up.

I am working in an industry where if one competitor would go open source and created decent open application, whole industry will effectively implode because end customers will always choose cheaper solution, which in case of open source would be for free.

Geof25··on Iran claims US exploited networking equipment backdoors during strikes
So they burned through weapon stockpile and also through zero day stockpile. Good job, another strategic success which will help in war with China...
Geof25··on Fix monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity in chair
Sounds like very cheap monitor which had lot of cost cutting done on side of protections of inputs.

I would not be surprised that touching such monitor will electrocute you.

Geof25··on Binary obfuscation that doesn't kill LTO
You can consider obscurity as concealment. You can't be attacked if you are not seen. And to be seen attacker needs much more resources to see you.
Geof25··on Binary obfuscation that doesn't kill LTO
Actually decoys are very useful in Ukraine Russian war. It is usually decoys of air defense or long range precision fires like Himars and target is to waste resources of opponents long range fires which are limited and/or expensive.

Further more you can also reveal position of the attacker and counterfire.

Geof25··on Binary obfuscation that doesn't kill LTO
If your system gets locked (I.e. ransomware) and you have secure boot active, then you are out of luck.

See Apple M chips which if they get locked you will never unlock them again.

Geof25··on Reaffirming our commitment to child safety in the face of EuropeanUnion inaction
Setup a political party and turn every citizen into politician. For a fee of course
Geof25··on ESP32-S31: Dual-Core RISC-V SoC with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Advanced HMI
The original ESP32 has Ethernet as well, I believe in the form of RMII. Then it has been removed from the chip, never specified the reason.
Geof25··on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
Or instead of React you can use native WinUI. So using React is just lazy bloatware introduction
Geof25··on World-first gigabit laser link between aircraft and geostationary satellite
Yeah, spark of engine is something what can be seen on SIGINT for dozens of kilometers.

So unless jet engine is used (which rarely is on reconnaissance drones) then the drone will be spark lighthouse in the sky.

Geof25··on BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time
> I wonder what has happened to the German builder/tinkerer culture that made German manufacturing great.

Over engineered stuff which hate the user is staple of German manufacturing. Look on tanks during WW2. Impressive on the surface but unreliable crap for everyone who used it.

Geof25··on MacBook Neo
Testing should be on such laptops. Development, especially in things like xcode or visual studio would be insane
Geof25··on Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native
Exactly what .NET does with MAUI, just little bit lower than electron
Geof25··on SpaceX in Talks for Share Sale That Would Boost Valuation to $800B
It can use Rolls Royce engine as well.
Geof25··on Free software hasn't won
I do see it on exactly same way. A lot of people are conflating opensource with free. That model is not really sustainable if you want to do it for living.
Geof25··on ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is moving forward anyway
It is exactly the opposite. EU is blamed for everything what is wrong and local politicians are taking credit for whatever is good.
Geof25··on Mac history echoes in current Mac operating systems
And the worst part is that you can't even change it as far as I know
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