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mendocino

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    Comment #11132498

    > NO signing keys preventing firmware modification Not really a "secure" workstation if you can't have a secure bootchain. An open, secure platform would allow you to fuse your own…

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    Comment #9691889

    Looks more like an issue with the VM rather than xhyve. Serial console does not seem to get respawned.

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    Comment #9691178

    Not sure how useful OS X containers would be. Are you deploying on OS X?

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    Comment #6478153

    If your objective is to sell a stolen iPhone then you still have to know the owners Apple ID and password due to activation lock. Being able to bypass Touch ID isn't going to help …

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    Comment #6421588

    The last SoC where this has been the case is the A5 (using the the ARM Cortex-A9 MP). The Apple A6 and A7 don't use ARM cores and neither does Qualcomm in their Snapdragon SoCs.

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    Comment #6421216

    "so what's left to steal?" The CPU? ARMv8 isn't a thing, it's an instruction set specification, just like x86, implemented by various micro-architectures. Samsung doesn't do that (…

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    Comment #6421164

    The GPU is a design from Imagination Technologies, the CPU is an Apple design. What part of the SoC is "mostly designed by ARM"?

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    Comment #5089630

    > Learn the engineering skills needed to build a technology startup from the ground up. "Learn the engineering skills needed to build a web startup from the ground up." FTFY

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    Comment #5084886

    Strange, seems to work fine on iOS.

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    Comment #5073737

    > I have no idea how anyone who isn’t working in a high tech role that pays an above average salary can live here. I wondered that too. Anyone care to share how to get by with a no…

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    Comment #4967468

    > You could create a new account for each kid. At a mininum, this means that you have to re-purchase all the paid apps from every account. Not necessarily, you could have separate …

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    Comment #4924209

    Apple didn't discontinue mac.com and me.com domains for existing accounts.

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    Comment #4918151

    Q: "Have you played with the Surface or Galaxy?" Cook: "I have, yes. Both of those—and some others. What I see, for me, is that some of these are confusing, multiple OSs with multi…

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    Comment #4829155

    > I assume this mojang app uses markers too? No! That's what makes it so awesome. It analyses the scenery and infers your position as you walk around.

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    Comment #4768237

    > Not computer users, just the windows users. Well, on a new Ubuntu installation the first thing I have to do now is: sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping But still way better t…

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    Comment #4713788

    The Galaxy S II has a proper RGB matrix. Galaxy S and Galaxy S3 are pentile though.

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    Comment #4702518

    > we see a critical need for a truly open, high-performance computing platform > FAQ: Will you open source the Epiphany chips? > Not initially, but it may be considered in the futu…

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    Comment #4649313

    Oh, I see. Thanks!

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    Comment #4649285

    > Unfortunately, it used big endian, whereas the DCPU-16 specifications called for little endian. This led to a severe bug in the included drivers, causing a requested sleep of 0x0…

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    Comment #4558618

    > Has any company in history been so large and yet so reliant on a single product? Google? (AdWords)

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    Comment #4527840

    Oh yes, absolutely.

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    Comment #4527641

    It is interesting to note that Apple now designes their own programming language, the compilers, the operating system, the processors and the products all that tech goes into. That…

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    Comment #4527483

    > So i maintain that Apple would have needed Samsung to enable them to use an A15. I would guess if Apple is capable of designing their own Microarchitectures they would be perfect…

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    Comment #4097663

    Verix: Dimensions: 15.6" (w) x 10.5" (d) x 2.2" (h) Weight: 7.10 lbs MBP: Dimensions: 14.13" (w) x 9.73" (d) x 0.71" (h) Weight: 4.46 lbs A plastic monstrosity. For me, this is a n…