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pxeboot··on How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.
GrapheneOS has the duress password feature [1]. I have it enabled, but have never needed to use it.

[1] https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

pxeboot··on It's Unreal Just How Awful 'Real ID' Is (2020)
It has been a while since I read the full text of the law, but I believe the Real ID Act requires states to store copies of all documents for 7 or 10 years.
pxeboot··on Apple and SpaceX link up to support Starlink satellite network on iPhones
> Which is kinda their moat since all attempts on the Android side have failed

The latest Pixels have Satellite SOS [1].

[1] https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15254448?hl=en

pxeboot··on Windows BitLocker – Screwed Without a Screwdriver
On a UEFI system, the boot partition is unencrypted and formatted as fat32.
pxeboot··on FreeBSD Suspend/Resume
I believe it came about during the "Windows must run on tablets" era. They needed a way for WiFi to stay on during sleep so things like notifications would continue to work. It also enabled media players to continue playing audio in sleep mode, similar to iOS and Android.
pxeboot··on Dell L502X BIOS Update installer patching
Dell BIOS updates usually have a switch to override the battery check. I remember /force working on some models, and then they changed it to something more obscure
pxeboot··on The paper passport's days are numbered
Passports have had NFC chips with the potential to store additional data for at least the past 10 years.
pxeboot··on Ghostty: Reflecting on Reaching 1.0
I installed this yesterday and am super impressed so far. Feels like a drop in replacement for Gnome Terminal, but much faster and with proper ligature support.
pxeboot··on 'United Healthcare' using DMCA against Luigi Mangione images
Many of the shenanigans pulled by health insurers aren't legal, but they know a significant number of people will just pay or file bankruptcy instead of appealing or lawyering up.
pxeboot··on The Riddle of Luigi Mangione
> If UnitedHealth Group decided to donate every single dollar of its profit to buying Americans more health care, it would only be able to pay for about 9.3% more health care than it’s already paying for.

This is an absolutely massive number. It could easily prevent hundreds of unnecessary deaths per year.

pxeboot··on Senators say TSA's facial recognition program is out of control
At all the airports I have been through using this system, the device in use appeared to be a Logitech webcam. I doubt the resolution is higher than 1080p.
pxeboot··on It's 10am and Dad's Doing Jell-O Shots. Must Be Parents' Weekend
Even as a millennial who graduated 15 years ago, it was well-known that "Mom's Weekend" was one of the highest grossing weekends at the bars near campus.
pxeboot··on To Be Born in a Bag
> Egg laying animals already grow their babies externally, yet mammals dominate. Why?

There are mammals that lay eggs, for example, the platypus [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

pxeboot··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
Hi Matt! I appreciate the transparency. Reading about this has been interesting to say the least.

I am curious about your desired outcome. If you win, WP Engine pays 8% going forward? If you lose, will it be business as usual? Fewer open source offerings?

Obviously this could take years to resolve, but developers do have very real concerns over what the landscape may look like in a few years.

pxeboot··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
What is the best way to handle this if you are unwilling to return? Wait to get fired? Resign? Hope they make an exception for you?
pxeboot··on Ask HN: Has anyone been able to contact Cloudflare Support in the last 5 days?
Unless it changed recently, Pro has the same 100mb upload limit as the Free tier. You need a Business or Enterprise plan for a higher limit.
pxeboot··on Starbucks shares sink 8% as same-store sales fall, quarterly results miss
Hasn't it always been cheaper to make at home? You can make a VERY GOOD coffee for ~$1. Pastries are cheap to make as well, but more time consuming.
pxeboot··on The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
>Was there ever a case of a mobile operator launching their own software store on Android?

I believe Verizon launched their own app store at one point. It was called V Cast.

A quick search led me here: https://www.pcworld.com/article/498393/verizons_android_app_...

pxeboot··on YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users
They will use the same codec for a variety of resolutions and bitrates. The article mentioned most devices supporting 720p30.

It likely vastly simplifies their backend to use one codec for everything.

pxeboot··on T-Mobile employees across the country receive cash offers to illegally swap SIMs
That doesn't mean an employee can't activate your line on a pSIM and hand it over to a threat actor.
pxeboot··on Home insurers are dropping customers based on aerial images
> Wouldn't said trampoline simply not be covered by the policy since you lied about it?

This doesn't stop expensive lawsuits, even if they ultimately don't pay the claim.

pxeboot··on Why are there suddenly so many car washes?
I won't claim this isn't happening somewhere, but the newer automated car washes near me are card only. They don't accept cash at all.
pxeboot··on Pilot of Boeing flight says he lost control after instrument failure
If you are curious just how common minor incidents are, https://avherald.com does a good job of listing most of them.
pxeboot··on Ask HN: Why is hosting a contact form so difficult?
This is relatively easy to setup with Cloudflare Pages [1]. It was even easier with PHP 20 years ago, but spammers ruined it.

[1] https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/ma...

pxeboot··on Can We Just Throw in the Towel on Airport Security Theater Already?
I remember flying pre-9/11. There was still a security checkpoint with metal detectors. It was run by the airport instead of the feds.
pxeboot··on NTSB says Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 MAX 9
> I doubt the workers themselves keep track of which specific planes they worked on- and they shouldn't need to, this is project management.

Didn't they find loose/missing bolts on other aircraft? Talking to employees who worked on other planes around this time seems like it would still be extremely important for this investigation.

pxeboot··on Boiling Water May Help Remove Up to 90% of Microplastics
Probably some, but since these systems are always built with plastic parts, they likely introduce new ones as well.
pxeboot··on Why Some of Apple's Biggest Fans Are Returning Their Vision Pros
I am surprised there was not a less lenient return policy on these devices. I don't know what the refurbishment process will look like, but if they replace all of the parts that come in contact with your head/face, there is a lot of waste being generated for each one of these that gets returned.
pxeboot··on Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
Didn't everybody see this coming when the acquisition was first announced?

VMware is a dead product at this point, but Broadcom will still be able to extract significant license fees from slow-to-change customers for a long time.

pxeboot··on DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it
You can view their financial statements [1]. I am sure the 'casino' category includes things besides gambling, but it looks like the largest share of their revenue.

[1] https://investor.caesars.com/news-releases/news-release-deta...

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