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“But we’re selling the hardware at a loss, so letting you own what you paid for would break our crappy business model” /s

I would love if device makers were forced to open up their hardware to other OSs. Unlockable bootloaders for all as well as allowing users to install their own signing keys so secure boot can remain enabled.

Granted, there would still be black box firmware required to use half the components inside, but that’s another battle.

Probably some use cases for “regular” users. Someone mentioned music production, though that’s probably more professional than hobby.

To my understanding, you mostly need real time performance for specialty cases where timing is absolutely critical. So I guess if you were building custom drones or custom control boards for drones, you could use real time Linux for that now since the timing could be guaranteed.

Doesn’t say, but I am curious. They said their workarounds broke other workarounds which caused a lot of implementation delay, but I’m not sure what the actual compromise was to address all that.

Answer probably lies somewhere in the kernel maintainer’s mailing list, I’d imagine. Just not equipped to search for it right at the moment.

Security tip: Never post your home address on social media.

Not gonna lie: I would absolutely use the pattern buffer as my own personal junk drawer. I’d have a pattern buffer full of those portable pattern buffers from Discovery. Each of those full of random stuff I’d otherwise carry if I could.

“Why, yes, I do need my kayak with me at all times. You never know when you might need that!”

Hell, I’d probably work out how to turn the pattern buffer into a man cave. 😆

Or if I’m ever in a sticky situation, pull a Dale Gribble “Pocket Sand” but with a pattern buffer full of junk that all comes out at once.

I bet the pattern buffers on DS9 are all chock full of Windex.

Lol, yeah.

The Slashdot article that led me to the original was slanted to say “legacy IT” equipment was the cause and had the distinct subtext that had they been using cloud for everything, they would have been fine.

Nope, this is 100% failure to provision and secure equipment correctly. And cloud doesn’t mean anything for security, especially given how many sensitive files have been left in wide-open, publicly accessible S3 buckets.

Hate to say it (re: security theater), but I think that is correct. I’ve read articles stating a drop in crime in places where they just have a cardboard cutout of police officers in the window.

We need a political game show akin to “Name that Tune” but called “Dubunk that Claim”.

A disclaimer appears at the start of the show and after each commercial break reminding viewers that all claims presented are false.

Contestants hear each claim and buzz in with how many statements they need to debunk the claim and then prove it false. The goal is to debunk the claim in as few statements as possible.

Winner gets bragging rights, and we all win.

If you know, you know (and if you don’t, you should; it’s a great movie)

“Christian love” is a hell of a drug.

I know mods only want links to News sources,

When why post it here?

Ah, I see that option now (and the option for the shelves).

I may just leave it as “all” and keep the metadata for everything on hand and just download the full books on-demand. That way when I add new stuff, it’ll automatically be available.

Oh, wow. Thanks! I didn’t even know Calibre-web already had that. Was looking at a different sync hack that would let me use Nextcloud, but this is even better.

Edit: Just set that up, and seems to be syncing. Looks like it pulls everything? Was naively hoping it would present my library as the “store” lol.

Oh, no, nevermind. Just sync’d the metadata and the covers. Still have to download them. Nice!

Thanks for that!

I apparently missed that. Nice catch.

We grew all kinds of vegetables growing up, and potatoes were one of them. We kept them in a big wooden bin in the cellar and they very rarely, if ever, rotted between seasons. Would use what was left over in the spring for planting (a lot of them were already growing by that point lol).

Moisture is an issue. Dogs knocked their water dish over, and some of it went under the door into the pantry where a bag of potatoes was sitting. I didn’t notice it for several days, and those did rot. Rotting releases more moisture which spoils any adjacent, and so forth.

So I guess as long as they stay cool and dry, they’re golden. Though once they start sprouting they’re less ideal to use for cooking (and difficult to peel, too).

I was wondering that myself, but I honestly think it’s just a coincidence. Neither of those were ever mentioned again.

If Trump somehow wins, they’ll complain he’s shooting the wrong people in the penis (but still support him)