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311 karma · joined May 21, 2010

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/richi; my proof: https://keybase.io/richi/sigs/SkAiY_DL_X6Wsx4CosdRx9iXMlahvQMEjYqD88140U8 ]
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richij··on Last of original SCO vs. IBM Linux lawsuit settled
#include "~/memes/picard-facepalm.gif"
richij··on JShelter – An anti-malware browser extension
me too :-(
richij··on You Suddenly Need to Delete Google Chrome
As opposed to "gradually" needing to do so?

Oh, wait, it's Zac Doffman. Never mind.

richij··on Question for Denmark: Why could the US allegedly eavesdrop?
edit: Having read the original DR report (albeit translated by Google), I think I was wrong (as were many of the English reports). Original reply below …

> In fact, it's both: The government's Dunhammer Report is the report into NSA/FE's Op. Dunhammer.

richij··on What3Words sends legal threat to security researcher for sharing an alternative
> incompetence incompetents

Ironic ionic ;-)

richij··on SolarWinds speaks out, and software dev can never be the same again
#include ~/memes/why-not-both.gif
richij··on A Smart Playbook can help you save a recovered Covid-19 patient's life
No, I'm not going to register to read your glorified webpage, spammer.
richij··on Starlink starts to deliver on its satellite internet promise
I cut my copper a year ago and switched to LTE+ – unlimited 75/35 Mb/s with minimal congestion for $17/month
richij··on 20 Years of Linux on Big Iron
My first job at HP was writing a PROFS gateway using RSCS. /shudder/
richij··on Preinstalled malware on low-cost phones stealing data and money from poor people
Ever been to Nigeria? Outside the big cities, that is.
richij··on Thunderbird email client survives Mozilla layoffs
It is the least-worst IMAP client (but that's not saying much)
richij··on Ask HN: Why is windows 10 atrociously slow?
Symptoms could easily indicate a disk problem, rather than a Windows problem. You might have a defective sector that's difficult to read, in an important place in the filesystem that Windows often needs to read.

Typical consumer drives have long error timeouts, during which they will try and try and try again to read a defective sector. Assuming it eventually succeeds, no error gets flagged anywhere—not even in the SMART data.

richij··on Gmail is about to start testing verification-like logos for email
Get lost. How about, "No"?

BIMI's real goal is to track people. No thank you, I block remote-load images because I value my privacy.

Gmail/Gsuite had better make this optional, or I'll be looking elsewhere for my email client needs.

richij··on eBay port scans visitors' computers for remote access programs
Bleeping isn't churnalism. Daft name, so for the longest time I assumed it was garbage, but Lawrence and crew actually do good work.
richij··on How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body
Yes, it's entire possible that the "cytokine storm" hypothesis turns out to be wrong. Here's my inexpert summary of what some researchers believe: A buildup of superoxide radicals leads to a buildup of other "reactive oxygen species," all of which cause acute oxidative stress—notably in the endothelia.

So COVID-19 attacks the endothelial structures throughout the body. Notably the interface between lungs and blood vessels, but also the heart, other vital organs, capillaries, etc. Hence clotting and "sticky blood" is a huge problem.

Unsurprisingly, bad diet messes up one of the pathways the body uses to cleans up superoxide radicals—chronic high sugar and lack of trace elements (zinc, copper, magnesium). And now it seems C19 messes up another pathway, thanks to it interfering with ACE2 receptors. This could be why we're seeing high mortality in people with diabetes, pre-diabetes, and all the other conditions related to poor blood-sugar regulation—obesity, coronary artery disease, dementia, etc.

A good summary at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj2vB_VITXQ

richij··on PayPal and Venmo are still letting SIM swappers hijack accounts
nor the UK
richij··on Richard Stallman Resigns from Free Software Foundation and MIT
Does this mean we can stop saying, “GNU/Linux”?
richij··on Hot Mic (Comic)
ain't that the truth?
richij··on Canonical returning 32-bit Ubuntu Linux support after gaming uproar
Wait. What?
richij··on How to Get Rid of (Paper) Junk Mail
That's not an official USPS site
richij··on Invisible Malware Is Here and Your Security Software Can't Catch It
Cue: scrambling hoards of AV vendors either rubbishing this "redefinition," or rebranding existing detection technology…
richij··on Ikea debuts an indoor farm that grows greens three times faster than a garden
In Shoreditch. That's all I needed to know.
richij··on Is Deloitte a new poster child for bad security practices?
it's a carefully-curated roundup. I appreciate not everyone likes my style -- you can't please all the people all the time
richij··on Equifax blames open-source software for its massive security breach, Really?
Wow. Just wow
richij··on ​The last seconds are ticking off the U.S. IPv4 network clock
Still plenty of unused grandfathered class-A space, The companies sitting on it surely know it will rise in value.

When I last checked, each of these companies still owned an entire /8 (16,777,216 IPv4 addresses): GE, IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Xerox, Apple, MIT, Ford. And HP owns two! (That's 9 out of the first 19, AFAICS.)

richij··on Tech journalists can't write original content
draw your own conclusions from Marc's silent retraction
richij··on Linux can now run on UEFI Windows 8 PCs
Mea maxima culpa. (See my other reply quoting SJVN's more nuanced opinion.)
richij··on Linux can now run on UEFI Windows 8 PCs
Sorry, I mis-spoke. SJVN corrected me: "I've never heard of an x86 OEM that doesn't allow secure boot to be turned off, Some do make it almost impossible to figure out how." (https://twitter.com/sjvn/status/302093489347375107)
richij··on Linux can now run on UEFI Windows 8 PCs
Sadly, some OEMs do not permit it to be disabled.
richij··on Linux can now run on UEFI Windows 8 PCs
...and the FTC Consent Decree doesn't cover Windows RT, according to Microsoft's general counsel
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