canada_dry
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A krusty old geek that learned how to program assembler on a Zilog-80 microprocessor before learning to drive.
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Comment · 1 month ago
This extremely well hidden backdoor was an interesting find:
Comment · 1 month ago
Hoping GrapheneOS makes it onto the Motorola Razor (Ultra) soon.
Comment · 1 month ago
When I hear a discussion among peers about Apple AI and security I remind them of this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38783112
Apple's reputation of being highly secure was shattered by Operation Triangulation. This complex back door allowed the hacker the ability to utilize the on-device AI to sift through data.
Comment · 2 months ago
The Gov't of Canada uses google maps and apparently don't have the country setting that dictates which version of Lake Ontario/America users see - so Canadians using their site get the US (Lake America).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/google-updates-maps-lake-onta...
Having experienced fed gov't IT projects I'm guessing it'll take 6-8 weeks and cost $500K-$750K to update that setting. /s
Comment · 2 months ago
Graphene on Razr Ultra - YES! Can't come soon enough.
Comment · 2 months ago
I regularly support Windows users and when I do, I cringe at just how awful the experience is! (My daily driver for the last decade have been various flavours of linux)
High end Windows 10/11 machines (like my Alienware I9 w/ 64GB mem + RTX4090) seem a bit sluggish. Low end machines with Windows are absolutely painful to use!
I've install debian onto my fairly ancient Lenovo X201 Tablet and it is exceptionally snappy.
Comment · 2 months ago
Carney is one of the most popular "Liberal" PMs west of Ontario in decades. His popularity in Alberta is higher than Daniel Smith. This can only be good for Canada as a whole IMHO.
Comment · 2 months ago
> clean your [item]
Anecdote: I gave an apprentice a small vacuum to fix, when he opened it up several live bed bugs emerged. That was fun! /s
Comment · 2 months ago
I've been involved for several years. If you don't yet have one in your area, are handy at fixing things and have the inclination - contact them for info on starting one up.
Comment · 2 months ago
"get one of your factories turning out brand new copies of the 1966 Mustang fastback. You’ve still got the plans, right? Don’t change a thing. Leave out all the improvements"
I.e. OP suggests FORD leave out all the modern safety improvements (air bags, crumple zones, ABS brakes) this is exactly the argument the GOP have about capitalism: regulations simply stand in the way of profits.
The whole article is narrow minded and short sighted IMHO.
Comment · 2 months ago
> symbols need to be lit
100% this.
One of my absolute favorite keyboard designs: G915 TKL Lightspeed got relegated to the donation pile because the symbols were NOT backlit. Such a dumb design choice to save a few cents IMHO.
Comment · 2 months ago
Because it's backlit I'm guessing changing the eclectic number row design isn't an option that can be easily changed (for this version anyway).
Comment · 3 months ago
The razr forum on reddit has some examples.
It doesn't seem extremely common, but the reports are for phones that are relatively new - not even two years of use.
Comment · 3 months ago
Here's hoping Pixel releases a flip phone 11 and Graphene support follows.
The Motorola razr has crease issues that they seem to want to ignore and Samsung has locked down their phones so root is impractical.
Comment · 3 months ago
Plus friends and family inadvertently give Google/Facebook (etc) your personal info via tagged photos, contacts, DMs without your consent and they gather/link/sell this collateral info to the highest bidder without anyone being the wiser.