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somepleb··on Google breaks promise to provide 10 years of updates to Chromebooks
I too would like to know this. I suspect there won't be an equivalent of ChromiumOS for Googlebook OS. Likely a combo of AOSP and proprietary closed source code.
somepleb··on Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100
Cisco has entered the chat.
somepleb··on Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30
Reminds me of Expensify's usage of Amazon Mechanical Turk.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/expen...

somepleb··on Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
Wow. Looks like I'll be skipping the PS6 and exclusively gaming on PC.
somepleb··on Ferrari Luce
And doesn't come with a charger.....
somepleb··on Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition
Yes, I've bought book several books from No Starch Press and delivered to APAC.
somepleb··on The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books
I miss Book Depository!
somepleb··on Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking
Netbird has supposedly done a penetration test, but it is only supplied upon request [0]. I haven't bothered trying to get my hands on it since I don't use their product. I don't agree with gatekeeping the results instead of making them public.

NetBird should also consider publishing an SBOM, similar to what Defguard does.[1].

[0] https://trust.netbird.io/

[1] https://defguard.net/sbom/

somepleb··on Ex-Google Exec Says "The Idea That AI Will Create New Jobs Is 100% Crap"
Yes, Emma.love, I think I will stick to traditional love potions.
somepleb··on HardenedBSD Feature Comparison with OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
Good to see Secure Boot is on the list. /s
somepleb··on Launch HN: Firezone (YC W22) – Zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard
Awesome to see so many solutions in this space and the rapid development. Do you plan to add mesh networking?
somepleb··on vlc.js
Take a look at the branch called Incoming.