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opless

762 karma · joined January 31, 2013

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/opless; my proof: https://keybase.io/opless/sigs/s_SHHejTOUEdtKSLKwxpaEz4aEHdXVDGPh2jGqxgrvI ]

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opless··on PC keyboard hides an interesting secret
Title missing the word “this”
opless··on Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London
Yes, and looking at the number of flags my comments have, quite a lot of you wonderful cyclists really don't have a steady grasp on reality either!

But again, I already knew this

opless··on UK proposal to criminalize “sophisticated encrypted communication devices”
Evidence from TV Licencing Vans have never been used to attempt to convict anyone who allegedly failed to pay for a TV license.

You could infer from that, that the vans were for show and a shock tactic only.

It's not impossible, I'm sure.

Back in the CRT days it was reasonably possible to detect a TV program from the intermediate frequency from UHF stations, but more difficult (but not impossible, see TEMPEST) due to direct conversion by SDRs. These side channel attacks can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking

Sensitivity of the equipment and picking up the signal from the roadside would have probably impossible in the 60s-80s. But again it's a capability you don't want your cold-war enemies (or allies) knowing about.

Also, being able to prove that the signal was the defendants, in a way that would convince a jury might have been difficult.

I'm sure some experienced radio hams/RF engineers will weigh in and correct me if I'm way off base here.

opless··on UK proposal to criminalize “sophisticated encrypted communication devices”
In fact, these devices are already out there. Specifically your smartphone (most likely) already encrypts data at rest and your laptop possibly does too.

In fact their own laptops do, and often get left on trains.

This is yet another authoritarian power grab.

opless··on How Novell Netware lost the battle against Windows NT (2013)
It was available for a handful of Unix OS in the mid 90s

There was also a FOSS NetWare server for Linux at the same time too

opless··on LaTeX Makes Me Angry
Agreed, I don't know of a single person who *likes* LaTeX either.

Also ... I strongly suspect jmtd is a masochist.

opless··on A pair of Linux kernel modules using Rust
The 9P file protocol, he said, comes from the Plan 9 operating system. The kernel has a 9P client, but no 9P server. There is a 9P server in QEMU that can be used to export host filesystems into a guest. The protocol is simple, Almeida said, defining a set of only ten operations. His 9P server implementation works now, in a read-only mode, and required just over *1,000* lines of code.

... I wonder how many lines of code the Plan9 (C) server takes? (much less I suspect)

opless··on The dumbest way to solve a maze [video]
OMG, that brief clip was more painful than a whole episode of scorpion.

Thanks for introducing me to something that sets such a low bar on TV technobabble!

opless··on Userspace FUSE for macOS
If only the 9pfs protocol was wildly implemented, we'd not want fuse at all!
opless··on App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps
They certainly were. I had both :)
opless··on Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware (2021)
+1 for DOpus, though as much as I pester the devs they refuse to develop for the mac :-P
opless··on NetBSD improves support for the Commodore Amiga
I used to have an LC that I used to run Debian on, sadly it crashed regularly :(
opless··on NetBSD improves support for the Commodore Amiga
In the UK the Amiga was huge - a much larger market than the 68K Macs. Possibly Germany too.

The USA (as far as I understand it) had lots of 68K Macs in their schools, where as the UK had more Acorn Equipment (which gradually moved to x86 through Research Machines)

opless··on NetBSD improves support for the Commodore Amiga
FYI

"Due to the MMU requirement, it will not run on A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A2000, A4000/EC030, CDTV or CD32 out of the box. You must install a CPU board on them to run NetBSD."

opless··on Ask HN: iOS app for playing MP3 music collection?
PlexAmp, but the infrastructure required for it is beneficial only if you have a massive media collection. You need PlexPass, which varies in price, otherwise the app is free. It requires your to move your media into an Artist/Album structure, and happily ignores mistagged MP3s and supports all the major audio formats.

Spotify used to allow you to import your music via iTunes file sharing, not sure if that's possible these days.

iTunes ("Music") might also allow you to import your own music into the default media player. But that's a complete disaster now that it doesn't support daap any more.

opless··on Ask HN: Safe to Install Government Root Certificate?
It depends on the root certificate usage policy.

I think they ought to be setting it for usage for client identification only.

If it's for server identification too, I wouldn't trust it.

Most certificate stores will not allow the import of a certificate that has been signed by a trusted root that it doesn't know about. That is why you're required to import that root cert.

As for what features it states that it supports ... That's another matter entirely!

opless··on Tell HN: 1Password6 is dead on Chrome 99. Indefinite license is finite
Use an outdated browser?

Have you forgotten the problems getting people off windows xp and IE6?

opless··on MPs, not tech bosses, will decide what is “legal but harmful” content
Hahaha
opless··on MPs, not tech bosses, will decide what is “legal but harmful” content
Thanks.

Know anywhere that’s fairly liberal and warm? Hahah

opless··on Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator
This guy has done several busting videos on similar devices

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTRX6pZSns

opless··on MPs, not tech bosses, will decide what is “legal but harmful” content
We know.

I’m so sorry.

This legislation is so very cringeworthy it’s unreal

opless··on Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator
An open source dehumidifier ?

Haven’t there been umpteen attempts at this? I thought there’s not that much water in the air. The volume of air to move must be crazy.

Maybe I should read TFA

opless··on UK tells operators to shut down crypto ATMs or face action
Which, from a UK PoV the whole "property owned by offshore shell companies" debacle is so thoroughly vexing.

Quite a bit of UK property is owned this way. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/registry

opless··on Apple M1 Ultra
Real world example M1 Max;

GTAV on Win11 Arm VM - okay, but not great.

GTAV on Crossover - much much better, lack of joystick support (but that's a crossover issue)

opless··on Hackers leak 190GB of alleged Samsung data, source code
Maybe a DDK, but not full code.

I think they may have learned with the previous leaks!

opless··on Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
How about in town, going 20mph?

Most of the android tracing that I've seen logged on location history is wifi multilateration based. Since wifi is on most of the time, it's the quickest way of finding your location (since you're most likely on the road), and you can turn off GPS saving about 25mW or more of power.

opless··on How the Finnish survive without small talk (2018)
That's not what I said, but I could have spelled it out. Maybe I should have said...

Most Scandinavians I know are direct, and out of all the Nordic people, the Finns are direct ++.

But I still stand by what I said.

You probably thought I was poor at geography, which is a fair assumption since this is quite the US-centric site. ;-)

opless··on How the Finnish survive without small talk (2018)
Most Scandinavian folk I know are quite direct, Finns are direct++ :)
opless··on Ask HN: Career change for elderly UK ex-convict?
That indeed is a good link.

If you’re setting yourself up in a consultancy, you don’t usually need start up capital and hence no loans required.

Bank accounts and insurance are a requirement however!

opless··on Ask HN: Career change for elderly UK ex-convict?
I'd say forget about getting "a job" and write your own apps, or do consultancy work where clients engage your company - not you.

Though I'd check about you being able to be a company director.

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