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pfexec

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    Would you say the same thing about Apple? The "replaceable" SSD in the M4 Mac Mini is proprietary and will not accept a standard M.2 module. This was a deliberate choice. Assuming …

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    Which is more likely, your barista collecting this data for nefarious purposes, or your ISP?

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    > I definitely want to know if they are involved with any tech I'm using so I can avoid it Are you going to stop using Linux because the NSA is a major code contributor? Huawei is …

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    The author theorizes that games are an ideal malware delivery vehicle but... aren't games typically connected to a user's headset/mic regardless? I'm a bit puzzled how "secure envi…

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    Well they must give the stateside CSRs a different script because whenever I win the lottery and get an American on the phone it's a night and day difference. Notably they seem cap…

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    Comment #45477968

    Everyone is so preoccupied with losing their minds every time Trump trolls the media with some new nonsense on the socials that they're ignoring the completely insane things going …

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    Comment #45441413

    I love that many of the scripts in the OpenBSD base system are written in Perl.

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    Comment #45440990

    I'm in awe at the number of people that will go to bat for things like artificial dyes in food, only because the policy is coming from the present administration. It's just common …

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    Comment #45440939

    It's extremely presumptuous of you to assume that everyone who shops at Walmart are uneducated simpletons. Maybe they're smarter than you with money. The same box of cereal that co…

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    Comment #45427848

    Took 10 seconds to find: https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2024/02/29/why-is-the-btrf... > We had a few seconds of power loss the other day. Everything in the house, including a Wi…

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    Comment #45427671

    Because every time btrfs is mentioned, 5 more people come out of the woodwork saying that it irreparably lost all their data. Sorry but there's just too many stories for it to be m…

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    This is DOA not because there is anything wrong with the app, but because iDevices make objectively poor baby monitors. Babies sleep a lot. A LOT. Any halfway decent baby monitor n…

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    Comment #45421487

    > As is, I still prefer Airbus when I get a choice Better pack a toxic fume respirator in your carry-on: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-engines-airbus-toxic-fume...

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    AFAIK this is all based on hearsay. I rarely if ever have seen thin plastic bags "in nature", no one is chucking them out a moving car window. Anyone who litters single-use bags is…

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    Comment #45411563

    Reusable bags are a farce that ignores the use case of reusing singe-use plastic bags as trash can liners, so you're already getting reuse out of them, and the thin bags will likel…

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    No one has mentioned that "hacked" appears nowhere in the tweet and seems to be editorializing on the part of the submitter.