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lisnake··on U.S. firm Cogent cutting internet service to Russia
I'm in Russia, an let me tell you, this does not have that effect at all. Most folks are just getting angry at collective west for all these bans, undeserved in their opinion. Big news: people are shortsighted and irrational, especially during crisis. I'm afraid this will just help Putin in uniting Russians in hatred.
lisnake··on U.S. firm Cogent cutting internet service to Russia
Ah, yes, surely cutting access to independent information will help russians in their fight with Putin
lisnake··on Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phones got a warning
well, I have to ask what is that sport
lisnake··on Design evolution of the Windows control panel
Three clicks to get from the root of the settings app to DNS assignment window
lisnake··on PAM Duress – Alternate passwords for panic situations
The feature exactly like that exists in Xiaomi phones. It's called Second space, and basically allows you to have second profile with different apps or accounts. Interesting thing is that you can set it up to open when unlocking the phone with specific fingerprint. The idea is to fill that Second space with dummy info, and unlock it with your little finger, for example (or vice versa, use it for sensitive information). Obviously, it wouldn't fool thorough phone scan (and if you dig deep enough in the settings you can see if the feature is enabled) but can be useful at quick cursory scans, like if you need to provide your phone at the border
lisnake··on Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings–the cheap and easy way
I've built 2 km radio bridge to my parents house over congested city area using 2 ubiquiti airFiber routers. Wasn't even that hard. I think they were using 60ghz spectrum
lisnake··on Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
One thing I know from conversations with people working in FSB, is that working in a field is considered to be a low, starting position. Also many people start to work there only after some rudimentary training. Yeah, seemed weird to me too. Also this guy was only from a cleanup crew, whose job was only to transfer contaminated clothes to chemical institute. Seems plausible to me that he fell for some social engineering
lisnake··on Accelerating TensorFlow Performance on Mac
The way I'm reading this is that M1 in $700 Mac Mini is only two times slower than Mac Pro, which is what, 4-5 thousands USD?
lisnake··on Black Screen After MacBook Pro Update to macOS Big Sur
Well, they did have a public beta stage for several months, which supposedly should have caught bugs like this one before general release
lisnake··on Black Screen After MacBook Pro Update to macOS Big Sur
Managing CUDA install on Windows is a big PITA too
lisnake··on Introducing the next generation of Mac
Windows 10 version for raspberry pi used to be freely available
lisnake··on A 20kg hybrid drone that can fly at 50kmh for 4 hours
Most of the darknet shops accept bitcoin just fine
lisnake··on Ask HN: What are real-life useful use-cases for blockchain (not currencies)?
Another option is gambling. With smart-contracts it's possible to build fair and auditable casinos on blockchain.
lisnake··on Ask HN: What are real-life useful use-cases for blockchain (not currencies)?
Yes, but what if I piggyback my insignificant data on the back of some other bigger public blockchains, like bitcoin or ethereum, where cost of 51% attack is in tens of billions? That way I can get protection with their level of security.
lisnake··on I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps
Not sure what you are implying. Are you saying that we cannot believe this man's testimony?
lisnake··on TikTok to be banned from US app stores from Sunday
Telegram maybe? Not sure if it works in China though.
lisnake··on The End of OS X
Chrome does that. If you set a passphrase for sync, then your data is e2e encrypted.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/165139

lisnake··on Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition
Yabai [1] turned out to be pretty sufficient replacement of i3 on macOS for me

[1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

lisnake··on Smart devices are eating the market for accessibly-priced watches
Well, look what I just found on AliExpress:

https://aliexpress.com/item/4000527495064.html

It looks like ESP32 + display + real-time-clock + gyroscope/accelerometer/compass + battery + buttons, all inside fitness tracker body. Just waiting for whatever you can code it into

lisnake··on New flaw in Intel chips lets attackers slip their own data into secure enclave
By default on my ChromeOS 81 beta HyperThreading is getting disabled only after you start the linux vm. HT stays disabled until you reboot. There is scheduler flag in chrome://flags, but IME it does nothing
lisnake··on Tesla’s success in Europe catches industry off guard
I can understand developing, but why producing electric cars would be a lot more expensive than ICE cars? Not an expert, but in my opinion in electric cars you can get rid of many components, such as complicated engine, transmission, fuel injection systems, exhaust, etc. This should bring the cost down, with battery being the single most expensive component
lisnake··on New flaw in Intel chips lets attackers slip their own data into secure enclave
regarding 2): latest betas of ChromeOS disable hyperthreading if one enables builtin Linux VM. Seems overzealous to me, as the OS is not multi-tenant usually
lisnake··on The $35 Raspberry Pi 4 now comes with double the RAM
2. https://pete.akeo.ie/2019/07/installing-debian-arm64-on-rasp...
lisnake··on 13.3" full color ePaper display
You always can liberate your DRM-ed ebooks with something like Calibre + plugin.
lisnake··on Text Editing Hates You Too
Weird, because spell-checker for Russian in MS Word definetely knows about different endings and can predict them pretty well in my experience
lisnake··on The Kindle is fine, but could’ve been much more
It's possible to do that on a jailbroken kindle
lisnake··on The Kindle is fine, but could’ve been much more
Kobo e-readers do exactly that
lisnake··on Perfectly Cropped
Yeah, it actually does work. Didn't know about it either til now. The trick is to swipe from space button in GBoard, then selection cursor moves. If I just hold my finger on spacebar it triggers language selection, so it's a bit tricky
lisnake··on Microsoft announces new Surface Duo phone
It's not a theory, it is well known fact that first versions of WSL were developed for running Android apps on Windows RT
lisnake··on Apple Watch Series 5
My Xiami Mi Band 4 has 4 weeks of battery life, basically does same things as Fitbit
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