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jellykidon Perfctl: Stealthy malware targeting Linux servers

Supposedly it tones down it's activity while a user is logged in and waits for the machine to go idle. Another reason to have centralized performance monitoring.

jellykidon 20 years later, real-time Linux makes it to the kernel

I wonder if this will improve emulation compatibility?

jellykidon Danish government will shut down encrypted messaging (including via blocking)

Are they going to block binary files from being transferred? Maybe block images? It's an impossible task if someone really knows what they are doing.

jellykidon Danish government will shut down encrypted messaging (including via blocking)

What are they going to do ban math? That's all encryption is. Just because you block a few services isn't going to prevent anything from being encrypted. I can do end-to-end with just a couple of certificates. Are they going to ban PGP or TLS next? Is everyone going to have to install a Danish root cert, so the gov't can spy on everything?

jellykidon CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

Hubris. Clearly they have no form of internal testing for updates because this should have been caught immediately.

jellykidon For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default

When it comes to the internet... I'd prefer it to stay like the wild west. Least amount of regulation beyond something like net neutrality. People forget that the reason we have all of these "free" services is because of ads and that's coming from someone who hates ads. Every streaming subscription I have, I pay for the ad-free service. Let the people who don't know how to install a browser extension or change a few settings pay for these things for the rest of us.

jellykidon Ask HN: Have you run Microsoft Word in headless mode?

My first thought was PowerApps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NaIYP3-_w

jellykidon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)

and speak friend enter 8291

jellykidon Google outage – resolved

I've never seen an SLA that compensates for anything more than credit off your bill. I can't imagine a service that pays for loss of productivity, one outage and the whole company could be bankrupt. If your business depends on a cloud service for productivity you should have a backup plan if that service goes down.

jellykidon How could a software dev build a bottom-up understanding of quantum computing?

I just read that paper for a second time and now I understand QC is magic.

jellykidon Ask HN: Any advise for portfolio projects?

Thanks for the advice, I found quite a few hackathons a few hours away. I'll have to take some time off so I can get something substantial under my belt and meet some people.