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GLUT (in the form of freeglut [1]) still exists (last commit is from February) and works on all major (desktop) operating systems. GLFW [2] is however much more wildly used these days and pretty much the spiritual successor of GLUT. ImGUI can run on top off all of them and doesn't provide the features (window/context creation, event handling) they do.

[1] http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/ [2] https://www.glfw.org/

Apparently a lot of systems were backdoored in January (exploits were available before the patches), so even if the patches were installed right away the backdoor is still there [1]. The malware hackers are now slowly processing their long list of compromised systems.

[1] https://blog.fox-it.com/2020/07/01/a-second-look-at-cve-2019...

If my phone has to be a walled garden, Apple's seems more enticing to me for the moment. I would want to give it a try at least. I might very well regret it and switch back to an Android phone which won't get updates after two years.

I also have to say that to me, even if apps that require SafetyNet don't work anymore after unlocking, it certainly doesn't make the phone certainly useless. But I don't want to live with the inconvenience of not being able to use some random apps.

In addition on Android 11 API

* apps can't simply access the "external" storage (enforces scoped storage)

* apps can't get a list of all installed apps (package visibility, they can specify app names and intent signatures in the Manifest they want to query)

These are welcome changes in my view, but unfortunately they also seem intend to fix SafetyNet and require hardware attestation that the bootloader is not unlocked [1]. When this is enforced for all devices some apps, like the eBay app, won't run on unlocked devices anymore. I've always trusted CyanogenMod/LineageOS more then than a device manufacturer, but after >10 years of using Android I think it's finally time for me to switch to an iPhone.

[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/safetynet-api-client...

From the preliminary report:

'At 500 ft, the FDR indicates: landing gear retracted, slat/flap configuration 3, airspeed 220 knots IAS, descent rate 2000 ft/min. According to the FDR and CVR recordings several warnings and alerts such as over-speed, landing gear not down and ground proximity alerts were disregarded. The landing was undertaken with landing gears retracted. The aircraft touched the runway surface on its engines. Flight crew applied reverse engine power and initiated a braking action. Both engines scrubbed the runway at various locations causing damage to both of them. [...]'

I'm amazed that the airplane managed to become airborne again despite the engines being dragged down the runway with reverse thrust selected.

This map [1] shows intensive care beds utilization is at 60% of capacity on average in Germany currently. In my local hospital they are starting to do elective treatments again, but are required to hold free 20% of regular beds, 25% of intensive care beds and have to be able to free up further 20% of beds within 72 hours if necessary. They are doing a PCR test for every patient admitted to the hospital (since April 6) and starting from Monday will test every admitted patient three times every week.

[1] https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/corona-deutschland-intensiv...

From https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/unprecedented-nation...

> We’re also concerned about the related coronaviruses that cause the common cold in humans. These viruses induce antibody responses that, at least temporarily “neutralize” the virus, but they don’t appear to last. Because the neutralizing antibodies wane over the course of 1 to 2 years, people can be reinfected with the exact same coronavirus 1 or 2 years later. The simplistic idea is that people are going to get infected with SARS-CoV-2 and then they’ll be resistant to infection for the rest of their lives, and that herd immunity will accumulate over time, etc. But if this is anything like the more traditional coronaviruses that cause common colds, you’ll get robust neutralizing activity at first, but it will wane over time. And so our studies are really focused on assessing that issue of persistence of immunity from reinfection.

[...]

> Q: What happens when SARS-CoV-2 infects a person who has antibodies to the other four coronaviruses that infect humans and cause the common cold?

> A: We were on a call today with the CDC about this. If we look at people who just went through a SARS-CoV-2 infection and have a burst of antibodies against the virus, they’ve also boosted their pre-existing antibodies against the classic cold coronavirus. And the earliest antibody responses that CDC researchers have seen in careful longitudinal studies to SARS-CoV-2 are actually those cross-reactive memory responses to the classic cold coronaviruses.

> Q: How might these cross-reactive antibody responses matter?

> A: The immune memory to previous infections may help control infection with those cold viruses and even ameliorate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. But it can cause problems with the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, as people reinfected with common cold coronaviruses could score as false positive with some SARS-CoV-2 serological assays.

This one is my favorite story from the same Blackbird pilot (Brian Shul): https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2q2ctc/til_t...

Bonus story, also from Brian Shul: https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/1mimvu/80000_...

Infowars is paying 5k USD for shouting “Bill Clinton is a rapist” on national TV, which has now happed serveral times during Clion campain events. Infowars itself has close ties to the Trump campain, as his surrogate Roger Stone appears often on Alex Jones show.

[1] http://www.infowars.com/expose-rapist-bill-clinton-win-5k/

Apple could have been rejecting one hundred apps which mock Trump without us knowing. You're a suggesting a trend based on a single data point.

Three cybersecurity firms (Crowdstrike, Fidelis Cybersecurity and Mandiant) have said so:

https://www.wired.com/2016/07/heres-know-russia-dnc-hack/

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democ...

This email is dated May 21, just 2 weeks before AP called the primary for Clinton. It was pretty clear by that point to everyone that Clinton would win the primary.

I'm not surprised to see DNC discussing narratives for the point when the primary is over.

This is no evidence that the primary was rigged.

If I would build vacuum cleaners, I would rather build one type and sell it in 28 different nations then producing 28 different models.

When I want to buy a vacuum cleaner, I want a good choice between different models and good prices.

So whats wrong with the EU regulating vacuum cleaners in a common market?

There is a great NYT documentary on artificial hearts and the history behind it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xn5u-LzsW8

It starts with the Jarvik-7 artifical heart from the 1980s (first seen as a success, then as a failure) and then moves on to today's temporary and permanent artifical hearts.

Intels profit has grown 3 percent and their revenue is up 7 percent compared to same quarter a year ago.

The technical solution can not solve all problems, wikimedia plans to activate HTTPS per default for all users: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/future-https-wikimedia-...

One of the problems is that certain countries block HTTPS (e.g. China), should wikimedia effectively block all chinese users from free knowledge that wikimedia aims to provide? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia

There was a interesting talk on 31c3 by Will Scott, who spend a year teaching computer science in North Korea titled.

He showed Red Star and their Android version (towards the middle of the talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w703MQZcDhY