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fyver··on Artificial beaver dams saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates go from 8% to 60%
With nail polish?
fyver··on A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency
Automated machines in pharma factories.
fyver··on Rebuilding the Computer Room
"I can focus on the things that actually deserve my attention – cooking a meal, reading a book, chatting with my friends, playing on the sofa. I’m less worried about the distraction of my digital devices, or the effect it has on my life."

Am I the only one who've heard about that "do not disturb" mode on phones?

fyver··on Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
Encryption is easy to crack. Ever heard of the $5 wrench attack?
fyver··on Apparently my Samsung fridge has ads now
Annoy you every 5 minutes with a message about security updates.
fyver··on United MAX Hit by Falling Object at 36,000 Feet
He took a duck in the face at 250 knots.
fyver··on The Promised LAN
Or a shitty cable. Or the terminators were missing. Or both. Our rich friend buying a switch was a real life saver.
fyver··on DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
and hope they're really deleted and not just marked as deleted.
fyver··on Relativistic Spaceship
The spaceship in Poul Anderson's Tau Zero uses a Bussard ramjet.
fyver··on Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs
And then he'll come back for an exchange when he realizes his games won't run on his new PC.
fyver··on The Social Organization of the Computer Underground (1989)
I'll also recommend The Hacker Crackdown and Exploding the Phone.
fyver··on Intel's GPU Drivers Now Collect Telemetry, Including 'How You Use Your Computer'
> I don't think anyone exists who doesn't game and also watch video on the same system. Actually I have a dedicated computer connected to my TV to watch videos. My gaming computer is dedicated to gaming (and doesn't get much use these days). I have a Linux computer for everything else.
fyver··on I left a hamster wheel out in the woods to see what would happen
I know, right? The internet never fails to disappoint.
fyver··on Stop using Telnet to test ports
Neither is telnet.
fyver··on Stanford researchers find only 3% of HTTP runs on port 80 [pdf]
You can use reverse-proxying and have several servers behind a single front one.
fyver··on Coffee with Brian Kernighan [video]
Are you talking about "UNIX: A History and a Memoir"?
fyver··on How I would sell OpenBSD as a salesperson
Netapp's firmware is based on FreeBSD, not OpenBSD.
fyver··on Intel's “Cripple AMD” Function (2019)
I much people upgrade computer parts instead of replacing the whole computer and replace their CPU with every new generation?
fyver··on How the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm
Well, IBM was able to remove Z/OS the TPB.
fyver··on Space Debris is an Amiga mod I composed back in 1991
Man does that brings back memories! Back in the 90s, french magazine PC Team offered a CDROM with game demos and tons of random goodies including mods. I listen to them with Cubic Player on MS-DOS which had some cool visual effects. I still have my favourite mods on my HDD, including SPACEDEB.MOD!
fyver··on Gabe Newell on brain-computer interface technology
So, Half Life 3 confirmed?
fyver··on The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library
And then they get bored of the project and delete everything.
fyver··on Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece
The divers spent days risking their lives to save the kids, and some Silicon Valley fucker with zero field knowledge pretends he's going to save the day with some high-tech gizmo. You can understand the guys were a bit upset and told him to shove his gadget up his ass. Also calling someone a pedophile is a heavy and potentially dangerous accusation. Like is or not, Musk was the bad guy here.