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OldPenguin

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OldPenguin··on DuckDuckGo Search Is Down?
Up for me at least https://imgur.com/80EUIgA
OldPenguin··on EFI Secure Boot for Linux
Good article. I think Ubuntu uses Debian's shim. The package is called something *-signed-shim... I've tried self signing modules before, sometimes the "blue screen" won't accept my password (not a numlock or length or chatacter problem) and one time it did but I had to go true root which I don't want. IMO, chances of boot sector malware invading a personal computer is low, and even lower under linux given that I verfiy all keys and checksums before booting an iso. Can it be caught _on-the-fly_?
OldPenguin··on Apparent absence of covid transmission at hair salon with face covering policy
I know, I'd rather wear a mask as a protection, potential "life-saving" measure than live in constant fear of catching the virus. And I have no discomfort in wearing such,nor it's a "fashion".SEA countries quickly adopted the policy because A)Government pressure B)Pollution-people wore masks before all this; maybe only time can tell whether it's a "good" protection. In my opinion.
OldPenguin··on Apparent absence of covid transmission at hair salon with face covering policy
Among 139 client exposed to the two infected stylists only 67 volunteered for testing.

A) What if they were asymptomatic carriers? B) What about false-negatives? PCR testing work only after symptoms starts developing? C) Isn't this a rather small "sample" space to establish Universal Face Covering Policy? In this regard it'd be nice to have a countrywide comparison of infections ie. countries that required masking vs.that didn't.