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richardstephens··on Installing Windows 11 on Legacy BIOS Without Secure Boot
I think this is saying that the information can not be extracted and used outside of the processor, not that that the information can't be cleared and the device factory reset.

The biggest concern this presents is if your CPU dies and you want to recover your encrypted disk. All of this is the same situation with T2/M1 Macs or iOS devices today.

richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
I'm not denying that it's a complex or costly process, just lamenting that they don't care enough. Of course, the problem is compounded for me by the fact that at any given moment I end up having 3 different enterprise chat apps open on my work laptop for collaboration with outside parties.
richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
I see where you're coming from, but Microsoft already builds an entire office sweet as native apps across 4 of the 5 platforms you enumerated.
richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
For me personally, it's having a set of UI widgets as consistent as possible with everything else on the platform as the primary concern. Secondarily it's performance / battery life.
richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
Telegram's mac app is pretty good at least, but I don't think it's a serious contender for any 100+ seat company.
richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
I had not seen this, I'm definitely going to try it out. How often do changes made by Slack break it?
richardstephens··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
Drop Electron.... for Edge Webview2. I mean, okay sure, half the memory is an improvement. But what is going on in the chat industry that everyone's converged on Electron? You'd think Microsoft of all companies would be able to figure out how to build native apps. If I want a chat service with native apps, it seems like my only option is IRC.
richardstephens··on Commander X16
You're probably right, but I'm going to order one as soon as they become generally available (providing the price isn't too expensive). I'm not interested in owning a real C64 because of its complete absence of modern conveniences (VGA, external keyboard, etc).
richardstephens··on Microsoft Authenticator Chrome Extention is not from MS and is phishing
Without Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, and JSONView, the web feels broken to me.
richardstephens··on Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?
Definitely not as cool as some of the other stuff here, but I'm quite proud of this Bazel ruleset I put together for using the jOOQ database library from Bazel: https://github.com/richardstephens/rules_jooq_flyway_codegen