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I think it's a reaction to many simpler advocates of Rust saying "it's unsafe and irresponsible of you to not use Rust, you can't write software in C or C++ or Zig (or Go?) and hav…

The high data rate cables all need to be stiffer. You can find good 100w or 240w charging cables with good flexibility, so that's a good reason to keep usb-2 data-speed but high-po…

If they can provide only 20% of the functionality and only 1% of the bugs, that's a compelling trade-off for many use-cases! (and a bit closer to the reality IMHO)

But you probably depend on over 500 open source libraries and tools, mostly ones you're not aware of. (Do you ever use a linux VM to run or just develop your stuff? Ever use git or…

You don't have to use Debian stable, if you'd prefer Ubuntu every 6 months, or Fedora (6 months? 9 months?), or even Arch Linux updated daily ... I use Arch on my laptop, when I go…

Yup, I've had "nomodeline" in my vimrc for years. I used to add the "securemodelines" plugin https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1876 but just recently removed that to…

I'm still using Xorg after all these years, on a laptop with 150% scaling, which I occasionally plug into an external monitor with 100% scaling. Somewhat surprisingly, it works gre…

it's "Enterprise" grade software! need to check the boxes for the procurement process (actually working is a separate department)

Just type without cat, your shell will show you another prompt, and the ssh escape command will also work.

This is how it works in NYC, but the wires are almost twice as expensive as the power. (If you add taxes and the numerous weird fees, the total bill is a solid 3x the cost of the p…

The previous company I was working at (6 months ago) had a bunch of microservices, most in python using fastapi and pydantic. At one point the security team tuned on CodeQL for a b…

High school ... 20+ years ago probably

In addition to the all the other stuff, including light spectrum differences, you can't just trust that a "37000 lumen" light (cheap from China ...) is such a thing. Some examples …

I just worry that the voltage of these is a bit too high, if the device takes 3 or 4 in series. They tend to be around 1.8 volts per cell, significantly higher than a fresh alkalin…

Windows 11 officially requires TPM 2.0, secure-boot enabled, and an AMD Zen+ (Ryzen 2xxx) or later or an Intel Core Gen 8 or later. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/windows-…

I think, practically, everyone will need at least a cheap-ish android or iphone, perhaps $300 (and a new one every few years ...), to be their locked-down "agent" for using financi…

Theoretically ... in practice, Boeing's most rigorous days in the 80s and 90s were directed by empowered individuals in the manufacturing org, and when it went full "strict process…

When I update python version, python packages, container image, etc for a service, I take a quick look at CI output, in addition to the all the other checks I do (like a couple bas…

The "Sony Xperia 5 V" (I have the previous "Sony Xperia 5 IV") has a headphone jack, takes a uSD card, and is somewhat compact. (And no silly camera cutout in the screen, it's in a…

For many years (20+?) Vietnam has had huge import tariffs on US/German/etc cars. It varies by origin country and engine displacement, but it's around 75% to 175%. Some trade agreem…

> it wouldn't be hard to get a bad update into a package (xz did that) I'd actually call that quite difficult. In the case of xz it was a quite high-effort "long con" the likes of …

The grievances were rather detailed and concise. The communication channel is right there already. The relevant Mozilla employee should have responded with a detailed and concise e…

No it doesn't. It's extremely valuable with the scope it already has. These massive corporations do not operate the Wayback Machine nor the various (less controversial) public arch…

FWIW the cool thing about gentoo was the "use-flags", to enable/disable compile-time features in various packages. Build some apps with GTK or with just the command-line version, w…

It probably applies better to users of software, e.g. 80% of users use just 20% of the features in Postgres (or MS Word). This probably only works, roughly, when the number of feat…