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Could it be that the cause/effect relationship here is incorrect? Perhaps only people with the cognitive skills for complex mental maps and spatial reasoning can be effective at dr…

Also covered here: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Triton-DirectX-11-QEMU-Driver

The US agency that we entrust with evaluating and recommending our encryption standards is the same one (albeit a different branch) that focuses on breaking encryption. There is an…

Apparently this exploit requires playing a crafted media clip. I wonder if the exploit would be effective against Pixel 10s running GrapheneOS...

https://www.jetcraft.com/jetstream/2015/02/aviation-mandates...

I have still never taken an Uber. I have always used taxis and I like them more because of the regulations. The difference is cost is minimal now because the taxis had to adjust th…

You've touched on the whole problem with the "cancel culture" of today. Scientific and political beliefs often do not stand the test of time, but is it fair to blame the people of …

Chapter 7 has the juicy details that nobody wants to discuss.

Aschenbrenner is 25 years old. How many market upsets has he seen in his adult life?

My assumption on the reason that it requires 2M or more is all the memory mapped I/O devices in the first 1M of PC memory. They just wanted to avoid the whole page and set the orig…

CP/M‑386 is currently in the very early development stages. Full 32‑bit protected mode implementation with Ring‑3 TPA. Bootable via 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk MBR or GRUB Multiboot ke…

This post assumed that the author of the "runs" commit was not acting maliciously. Has that been established? It's not mentioned in this article.

It's not just a better user experience. It also addresses the security issues. Blocking ads will also prevent malware scripts, unscrupulous information collection, and deceptive vi…

Last year I remember playing a similar game where you design a CPU beginning with SSI gates, building flip flops, registers, adders, multiplexers, etc. It was fun doing this becaus…

I do not see it as a battle or war. I pity the poor subjects of every totalitarian regime, and at the same time I feel blessed to live where I do. No system is perfect, and most of…

Note that I referred to Mao Zedong's China and not the China of today, which has embraced a "controlled capitalism" after their flirtation with communism failed miserably (as it al…

True, but most people don't think about why that is the case. They'll blame slavery (abolished over 160 years ago), or the "exploitation" by capitalists (that produce wealth for al…

I got a new Pixel 10 Pro a few months ago and immediately installed GrapheneOS. It's all been good, but I can no longer use Strava on that phone and I'm looking for a Strava replac…

Aside from the financial analysis, there is also the fact that this strategy from Apple will prevent customer churn to alternative phones.

There was no warrant, nor any court order compelling him to provide the unlock code. They had no probable cause, other than that they had labeled him a "terrorist" because of his p…

The F16 was the first fully fly-by-wire fighter jet. It's an ideal platform for AI experiments. Having AI "wing men" can be a great tactical advantage, and they're expendable.