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johnnycabon Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison

It would not be feasible to list every extreme event or permutations thereof, but any kind of power loss would be an undesirable event. Perhaps, it is not clear from my comment, I added a caveat to distinguish between hobbyist or commercial use i.e. in majority of former cases, it might be feasible to find a compromise between price, stability and endurance [0][1].

Further to your link, my experience with Samsung Pro series has been very favourable. YMMV.

[0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=184696

[1] https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/raspberry-pi-4-ssd-test,news-...

johnnycabon Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison

The 'industrial' microSD cards based on MLC or pSLC with controlled or frozen BoM only make sense if you are going to use a device in extreme settings[1]. In most instances, a card in rPi will serve as a boot device, unless someone reappropriates it into a Dashcam or something similar, which has heavy duty write cycles or continuously reads/writes to and from the card; it will be wise to choose something that strikes a balance.

At a guess, the Samsung EVO family of consumer based cards, probably ranges between using TLC (older) to 2D or 3D V-NAND (newer). The more robust Pro series, which commands a premium, probably uses MLC or superior.[2]

[1] https://www.swissbit.com/products/nand-flash-products/micros...

[2] https://www.cactus-tech.com/resources/blog/details/slc-pslc-...

johnnycabon Money laundering in the UK

>Boris Johnson who has American citizenship, are just as much for PR purposes as enforcing the law.

He renounced his American citizenship, also mentioned by another commenter, over the matter you described i.e. US Tax ($50k+) for sale of his home in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/08/boris-johns...

johnnycabon VPN owners: 97 VPN products run by 23 companies

>Just skip to page 10.

I thought that was the running joke:

Q: Where's the best place to hide a body?

A: Page ten of Google.

But, joking aside, you can install greasemonkey/tampermonkey and get the googlemonkeyr script to manage your search results to be a bit more effective.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/31607-googlemonkeyr-fix-ju...

johnnycabon UK ISP group names Mozilla 'Internet Villain' for supporting 'DNS-over-HTTPS'

I would also add the following for Encrypted SNI:

  network.security.esni.enabled = true

Check by running all four tests i.e. Secure DNS, DNSSEC, TLS 1.3 & Encrypted SNI at https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/

johnnycabon DNA Data Storage Is Closer Than You Think

This is a very interesting use case by the trip-hop band Massive Attack, by storing their 20th anniversary re-issue of Mezzanine in DNA 'spray'.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/massive-attack-mezzanine-dna...

johnnycabon Strongest earthquake in years rattles Southern California

Try an entire liquor store: https://twitter.com/zomo_abd/status/1146843583988658176/vide...

johnnycabon Apple iCloud Experiencing Issues

Do you have a link? I tried to find out which GCP regions/zones affected were related to Apple, without any luck.

edit: Google Cloud Networking is indicating disruption at present: https://status.cloud.google.com/

johnnycabon Apple iCloud Experiencing Issues

Just wondering out aloud rather than floating any theories, if it is in any way related to the 6.4 magnitude earthquake and/or geological events leading upto it. Also inter/un-related, Google provides Apple with the infrastructure for iCloud; they also experienced some downtime in the last few days, along with others i.e. tremors causing some sensitive/critical servers to misbehave.

However, I doubt that it is down to these factors, as there will likely be significant amount of distributed fault tolerance, failover and contingency plans in place.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183...

johnnycabon Ice cream truck makes Instagram 'stars' pay double

The article makes it quite clear that the seller chose the direct approach rather than wasting his time negotiating with someone, who did not have any leverage or provide any added value for his business. There is a variation of a proverb that was used as a sign and was ubiquitous in bars, pubs, tradesmen, shops et al., which stated: 'Don't ask for credit, as a smack in the mouth often hurts[offends]'. This worked like a charm to ward off any would-be chancers and freeloaders; the ice cream man's version is more modern and less vague.

It also comes across, that he rather enjoyed his meta role of becoming an 'anti-influencer' and then using that influence to get the traditional media involved, thus influencing the silent majority to get behind his message, with bonus points for boosting his business without compromising on his ideals.

johnnycabon Study suggests surgery alternative for rotator cuff pain: push-ups, pull-ups

In comparison, my injury doesn't sound as severe as yours, which was over a decade ago and it took over a year of trying almost all manner of physio, acupuncture, massages, sleeping on hard floor and other therapies, before serendipitously stumbling upon the lateral abductor/adductor rotator cuff exercises, as illustrated in the linked YouTube video. I used the cable machines with differing weight sizes, alternating it with resistance bands where possible and it took around 3-4 months to recover fully.

I have co-incidentally managed to screw it up again last week, by being overzealous in the gym, and it is entirely my fault for getting carried away! Although, all the symptoms are the same as last time, but I am hoping that it is only an inflammation. It will be unthinkable to do any kind of push-ups/pull-ups, planks, burpees, rows, TRX or any kind of exercise which agitates the injury further; I am inclined to follow the tried and tested method first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3BOzN00kyM

johnnycabon The First Sony Walkman Was Released 40 Years Ago

I would wager it was the latter as Philips missed a trick in rebranding it as an accessory/dongle and monetising it. Now, if it was Apple..

johnnycabon The First Sony Walkman Was Released 40 Years Ago

This reminds of a comment, where someone never having used a typewriter before, commented that people in the olden days were prescient enough to put #(hashtag) on the keyboard, before Twitter was invented.

johnnycabon Why plants don’t die from cancer

Some tabloids blatantly lift articles from Reddit. One such subreddit decided it was enough and regularly take them to task over it.

A note of caution, the link contains British humour and liberal use of sweary words.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/8gtw49/spwm_final...

johnnycabon The Toyota Way

A resonably good read: https://www.thedrive.com/tech/26955/inside-toyotas-takaoka-2...

How do you double output to 500,000 cars a year? “Easy,” you say, “just make that line run faster.”

johnnycabon A Teenager's IoT worm is bricking thousands of devices

What are your experiences of acquiring information in Poland under GDPR, especially if you were either denied or came across any hurdles in exercising your rights; whether or not the subsequent disclosure was to your satisfaction?

johnnycabon GDPR Enforcement Tracker: List of GDPR fines

>UK ICO's stance is fairly well known, but I don't think they can be held responsible for businesses that liquidate in the face of fine. That seems more likely to be an issue of UK company law.

You are confusing ICO's stance and responsibility with it's reluctance to enforce powers, which have already been granted to them by the government, in order to pursue negligent cases and collect fines under the UK law.

The Insolvency Service has general powers to investigate both insolvent and active companies, including those companies that undertake direct marketing activities. If a director has deliberately acted to the detriment of the company and/or its creditors, action may be taken against the directors under the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Company Directors Disqualification Act (CDDA) 1986.

johnnycabon “I thought I'd share this Boris Johnson story with you”

His younger brother is less political or gloomy; an accomplished comedian and a king of one-liners.

"I decided to sell my Hoover... well it was just collecting dust."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Vine

johnnycabon GDPR Enforcement Tracker: List of GDPR fines

>GDPR is a minor update of DPA

It is not a minor update[1]. The Information Commissioner's Office is extremely aware and vexed, given the current state of affairs, that Data Protection Act 2018, needs to be aligned as closely to the GDPR to allow for information to flow freely after Brexit (Article 45)[2][3].

Furthermore, ICO has not been the epitome of a regulatory body enforcing the law to it's fullest extent, for which it has had the remit for ─ by stopping business' doing a runner or imposing maximum fines, neither has it had a good record on collecting the fines issued. Although, it has made a meal of some of the high profile rain-making cases which have already been in the public eye. It is ironic that there are no real details forthcoming from ICO and one has to resort to FoI requests to get any information on it's previous escapades under DPA 98![4]

[1] https://www.dpocentre.com/difference-dpa2018-and-gdpr/

[2] https://gdpr-info.eu/art-45-gdpr/

[3] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-and-bre...

[4] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/25/millions_of_pounds_...

johnnycabon I just had over a thousand Euros stolen and Revolut is siding with the thief

>What Revolut's legal status and responsibilities are, I don't know.(Although the update says that they did eventually refund him, so clearly someone was aware they fucked up.)

I also use them as my main debit card, because I (mistakenly) thought that the immediate notifications and safety limits would keep me safer in case of fraudulent transactions.

My comment was referencing the above statement from the blog post, which highlights the fact that using this card as a debit card is not a prudent decision. There was absolutely no implication that Revolut was blameless, in any way whatsoever!

I am glad that the matter has now been resolved. For your reference, this card is not protected under the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme, neither does it provide protection under Section 75 of Consumer Credit Act 1974. However, it is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) under Electronic Money Regulations 2011 and Section 12 describes the complaint handling procedure, which requires the consumer to follow the dispute resolution process by contacting the business first, before escalating it to the Financial Ombudsman Service. In most cases, there is a resolution before it reaches FOS.

https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/archive/emoney-approach.p...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20263121

johnnycabon I just had over a thousand Euros stolen and Revolut is siding with the thief

>I would expect it to have the full consumer protection, FSCS, etc. If it doesn't, they're committing some pretty massive advertising fraud...

You can expect all you like, but there is no UK FSCS protection. They have frequently ran into trouble with their advertising campaigns!

https://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2019/revolut-ad-...

johnnycabon I just had over a thousand Euros stolen and Revolut is siding with the thief

>Revolut can just refuse to reply and that's that. They also told me as much, they said I have to file a formal complaint with them first.

Revolut can't refuse to reply. They are literally advising you on the first step to file your complaint in this procedure, as prescribed by the Financial Ombudsman Service. It is there to exhaust your query, in order to either resolve the matter amicably or to arrive at some satisfactory conclusion and more importantly it exists to filter out any frivolous claims.

johnnycabon I just had over a thousand Euros stolen and Revolut is siding with the thief

It didn’t even mention which card this transaction was on, just no trace. Thinking it was a recurring bill payment that’s getting declined, I started looking into my cards, disabling and re-enabling limits.

I am guessing that you are the author of this blog post. For a long term user, you seem to have made a lot of assumptions and mistakes. You also seem to have a few cards on your account. I can't tell if you froze ALL of your cards, either immediately upon discovering the fraudulent event or before raising/disabling limits and then 'deal' with the rogue virtual card afterwards.

Revolut is a pre-paid card. You can't expect expect the same level of protection or consumer rights, which are provided by a Credit Card or a bank registered in your jurisdiction.

Regardless, you should post this in the Revolut community for more visibility and probably get an actual resolution, before jumping on the GDPR angle ─ which will fail to provide with you enough details, as most financial institutions will redact any information on fraudulent transactions ─ stating in some vague language that it is an on-going fraud/crime investigation, hence they are not allowed to discuss it etc.

Good luck.

https://community.revolut.com/

johnnycabon Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all time”

>I'm sure I forgot a few. All attempts failed quite completely.

You forgot BlackBerry, who failed themselves spectacularly by becoming a patent troll.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190228/17170141697/black...

johnnycabon Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch

Google was originally called 'BackRub'. I can only imagine the jokes and double entendres, which would have followed with that naming scheme.

https://about.google/our-story/

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-google...

johnnycabon We know a lot less than we think about the world

It is not a coincidence that politicians have developed this ardently simplist sensibility at a time when complexity is growing. Voters are simplists too.

The article is jarring, as it seemingly describes the Dunning-Kruger Effect interspersed with other related cognitive biases, which are generally applicable to the society as a whole; which then is contrasted with the mile-wide-inch-deep philosophy of politicians, to segue into the hook of 'Simplism'. The vague 'elephant in the room, suggests that there will be more bull in the shop' type of writing is devoid of any incisive views. There is no identification of the group that are most accused of being simpletons, nor is there any real explanation of how/why they came into existence. Whilst politicians are dismissed by the virtue of having mysteriously acquired a new skill-set, even though it is their trade-craft to deliver platitudes, repeat meaningless slogans, spout ambiguous words, peddle fallacies, twist statistics, promise bottled unicorn farts etc.

johnnycabon Why Google+ Failed

>Google was at its best a relatively open culture and 2011 is the year they killed other cultural icons such as Google Labs and (unofficially) deprecated 20% time. I think the road to the Google we see today started then.

Thanks for providing a great insight. I kept away from Google+ due to it's initial aggressiveness of opting in and linking it across other services. There was already a growing disillusionment around investing time and effort into various concepts, which ended up getting culled[1]. It was Google Reader, which made me realise not to take any Google service for granted or rely on them long-term and only use them in a disposable format.

[1] https://killedbygoogle.com/

johnnycabon Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation

>Neesh or nitch!?

I only heard the latter pronunciation fairly recently via a YouTuber, who would say "There are riches in nitches" as a mantra. At first, I put it down to a form of colloquialism and it took me a while to figure out, that he meant 'niches'.

johnnycabon Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra

>As far as I know, in the U.S. you are free to print your own paper currency

This is not the case, when a 'private' currency gains traction or seemingly encroaches a territory, which is traditionally assigned to government ─ it gets shutdown.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/us/liberty-dollar-creator...

https://www.openpr.com/news/25136/TUC-IMPROVING-THE-US-ECONO...

johnnycabon Calibra – Digital Wallet for Libra

>they used to hate plastic for small stuff, and I can increasingly feel that today, it's the exact opposite: people let out a small sigh of annoyance when they see you pull out your coins

If we are to preserve and force the continual issuance of physical currency, this is one of those of annoyances, which needs to be tolerated. In a decade's time, cash as a concept will be even more eroded and probably well on it's way to being gradually phased out of acceptance/existence. In another decade or more, it will become quaint and start to evoke feelings of nostalgia, perhaps even undergoing a retro revival by getting used as an underground currency.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48133093