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Comment · 7 years ago
Given the "kernel" requirement coupled with the design of these devices in general, any real non-interactive RCE will be claimed to not be "in the kernel"... it was a Qualcomm or ARM binary blob not the kernel!, It was the Baseband firmware not the kernel! It was libXYZ not the kernel! etc.
Comment · 7 years ago
Why don't you drive an 18 wheeler to work every day? They are used by millions of professional people every day who's job it is to drive! Why would you be different from all those people that you think you need to use a little car instead?

The answer is obvious in both cases; You don't need it and it would be wasteful. If I don't have a huge database with constant read/write calls, If I don't have to try to manage multiple end users submitting content, if I don't need super async real-time snappy UIs to compete with the latest android app fad or session tracking of tens of thousands of users, why would I need laravel?

If nobody rolled their own specifically for what they needed, we would still be writing ASM/APL/Raw hex.

Comment · 7 years ago
The vested interest media and political parties have in making it seem like there is an insatiable thirst for white supremacy in America.

It's on average not any worse than it ever was, but showing us how bad its always been right now serves a useful political goal in division and diversion.

Its not a conspiracy, just stupidity and greed. Outrage generates views and votes, no cartel required.

Comment · 7 years ago
Installation in buildings. Try pulling a bundle of CAT6 cables from a comms closet with huge plastic blocks from zipties jutting out every other foot through 10-50 feet of drywall and/or drop ceiling. Loom doesn't even warrant a sarcastic comment in that context. The biggest advantage is of course the string takes the brunt of the stretch stress.

I'm not gonna go lace up a DC but it's still useful enough that every hardware store around carries rolls of twine right next to the cable spools and zip ties.

Comment · 7 years ago
Lots! Tons and Tons and Tons! S3 is super secure and CAN NOT be hacked when properly configured and used according to our standard!

You got hacked? You must have configured it wrong because we already told you it was unhackable; Good luck proving it was our fault not yours.

Comment · 7 years ago
If there is a gold cartel to enforce it, yes.

For a humorous example see the origin of "processed cheese".

Comment · 7 years ago
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
Comment · 7 years ago
So just like real US elections. What's that got to do with it?
Comment · 7 years ago
Nah. Computing sensitivity has always been easy enough, flip bits and watch output. This is about how to do it in a generalized way that fits in with related work in the field.
Comment · 7 years ago
Absolutely nothing, It's worse with fewer features. Mozilla itself says as much. This is for playing around with stuff, not general usage.
Comment · 7 years ago
To your entire argument I say GOOD. Can't make profitable bluebarries? Tough shit. Free market right?

Work conditions become crap? GOOD. Can't run a business without slaves in shanties tough shit. Free market right?

Product quality goes to shit because you can't afford decent employees in reasonable working conditions? GOOD. The free market in action!

Are you afraid of a free market?

Comment · 7 years ago
Warrant proof communication is absolutely in the best interests of the citizens for exactly the same reason it's not in the best interest of the ruling government.
Comment · 7 years ago
We will be able to explain and understand consciousness in objective terms 1 second after the first person achieves flight by pulling themselves into the air with the bucket they are standing in. About 5 seconds after a computer can run a 100% simulation of itself running a 100% simulation of itself. A whole minute after someone writes a program that can tell if/when any other programs will stop running.

As a question that's dogged us for thousands of years, maybe its time to accept its just a shitty question.

Comment · 7 years ago
Any interesting work coming out of "Olah Team"? I tried googling but found nothing specific just Distill articles and your twitter feed...
Comment · 7 years ago
Depends on the MDM and phone really but, No. Triangulating a cellphone on the network via cell towers is a tried and true feature of wireless infrastructure. Even your phones GPS capabilities are most likely "A-GPS" meaning Cellular Assisted; It'll use cell location data when GPS satilites are slow/unavailable.

GPS toggle isn't doing much of anything besides application permissions enforcement.

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