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Re:Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler
on Sunday May 10, 2026 @03:57PM (#48087281)
It is not only about Google. Its also about the App developers.
Nothing prevents them to use the non-google attestation, however they decide not to use it (for many reasons).
First time you actually notice this is when you installed GrapheneOS (attestation OK and bootloader locker) and some apps complain about a modified/rooted/... device.
Another thing is, that you are warned by your Google device while booting that something is "not OK".
Re:Poland is now among the 20 largest economies. How it happened
on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:38AM (#48063908)
Flixbus are a primary target for those inspections...
Re:3.4M Solar Panels
on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:17PM (#47867255)
Wrong, payoff time will be shorter. Why: During the next few years energy suppliers will "force" people, who feed energy to the grid into flexible pricing, so the reward for producing will be less and less ( current flexible prices https://markt.apg.at/en/transparency/cross-border-exchange/d... ) and the incentive for having a battery is getting stronger. For my situation that means almost zero energy costs from March to October. Even in December and January it covers 30-50% of the total energy demand (heat pump).
Re:3.4M Solar Panels
on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @11:21AM (#47864908)
The battery increases the upfront cost but also increases the roi very much (at least where I am living). You get way less money for feeding energy to the grid than you have to pay for withdrawing energy(as you said some utilities even limit/forbid feeding during peak hours).
In my case that means (Austria):
Sell 1 kWh - 0,04€
Buy 1 kWh - 0,25€
Re:ThinkNext Design
on Sunday January 18, 2026 @03:37AM (#46665951)
I like the Thinkpads design. it's just timeless. However the bright red Lenovo logo flashing up while booting is very unaesthetic.
Re:The Future of Flatpak
on Friday May 23, 2025 @12:00AM (#44069750)
You don't need Flatpak at all to have these kind of usability issues, it is deeper than that: For example,
if you mount a samba share in the Linux Mint Cinnamon file explorer it is just good to use it from there. Accessing files from the mounted share from "external" apps is a pita (shares are mounted to some obscure path(permission issues), the apps filepickers never have the information that a share was mounted, etc.).
If you want usesful access to a samba share you have to mount it via terminal; This way at least the path to the share is short.
Re:The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
on Sunday January 05, 2025 @05:52PM (#42605763)
I see; you are competely right, I am not really familiar with the the technical terms and messed up with just literally translating "cut and cover".
Re:The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
on Sunday January 05, 2025 @09:38AM (#42602019)
Got a link for this?
I am interested :-)
Re:The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
on Sunday January 05, 2025 @09:31AM (#42601956)
More information on cut and cover:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_%C3%96sterreichische_Tu...
(better translate from the german version, as it has more information and examples)
Re:Love of cargo bikes is changing how we deliver goods in our cities
on Sunday September 22, 2024 @04:56PM (#41620003)
Maybe more important, however in my experience these things are neglected more often with ebikes than traditonal bikes, because the motor compensates the dirty chain or if the tyres could use some air... ;-)
Re:Backdoor discovered in several brands of RFID cards [pdf]
on Friday August 16, 2024 @05:13PM (#41270462)
... or used the IP without licensing.
Re:Third Places and Neighborhood Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Starb...
on Friday July 12, 2024 @12:01AM (#40942657)
Fully agree.
Just watched a episode of Friends yesterday. The cafe there could be the definition of a third place. ;-)
Re:Elderly Safety Monitoring Using Progressive Hierarchical Action Rec...
on Saturday July 06, 2024 @06:10PM (#40893731)
Anyone sane can't actually favor such a system at home using cameras to a system with existing technology(check other comments).
These systems maybe make sense in environments where cameras are already installed but not at home...
Re:Meta 3D Gen
on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @11:50PM (#40862579)
Knobs in cars are not a thing anymore... No need for 3D for that ;-)
Re:RegreSSHion: RCE in OpenSSH's server, on glibc-based Linux systems
on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:07AM (#40843920)
Question regarding this from a non-guru:
- Is it correct that this only works for user root if login with password/key for root is allowed?
- Is it correct, that this only works if the attacker knows a login name valid for ssh?
Re:Next gen 3D metal printing
on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @11:49PM (#40806996)
Optics may help to reduce the amount of lasers.
Re:Next gen 3D metal printing
on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @11:30PM (#40806915)
Just an anecdote: Rocket engineering is the only domain where safety factors <1 are actually ok.
(for some parts)
Re:Designed to Crash: the story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demise
on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @01:53PM (#40443921)
>The original design supposedly had two screws, but was manufactured with one.
I'm sure many here heard the saying(especially when doing FMEA): One screw/bolt is no screw/bolt. ;-)
Re:Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but was never used
on Friday May 17, 2024 @04:29AM (#40387666)
Or the Shutdown festival.
Additionally Zwentendorf is/was used for training for crews of same-type reactors.
Re:An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performanc...
on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:34AM (#40011859)
A big factor for the total energy consumption besides the heatpump is the rest of the heating system.
For our house the yearly energy consumption of the heatpump is around 1.4MWh/y (for floor heating, warm water and cooling of the bedrooms in summer;this number is reported by the heatpump control system) but the hole heating system including all the pumps and so on is 2,55MWh/y.
Re:WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
on Sunday April 07, 2024 @08:01AM (#39960179)
True dat.. :-)
Just wanted to point out, that it is "normal" for people to avoid the thing that did not work out for them in the past.
Re:WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
on Sunday April 07, 2024 @02:53AM (#39958751)
Same could be said about cars:
Why ever buy a [insert brand] again after you've been burned by its reliabity or other issues?
You probably just don't, as the alternatives are good and plenty.
Re:Why Are There Suddenly So Many Car Washes?
on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:49AM (#39740612)
They watched Breaking Bad too much :-)
Re:Can You Live Code a Church Organ? [video]
on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:02AM (#39099823)
This is actually a real thing in modern pipe organs since years (the programming part or electronic playback part, not sure about the live programming ;-) ).
Check out e.g.: https://www.rieger-orgelbau.com/en/leistungen/rieger-electro...
Re:OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY: new open source router board by OpenWrt and B...
on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:53PM (#38983213)
Wood is not either. The inside walls here are 100mm wood(CLT) with gypsum on both sides and the signal drop through 1 wall is big. 2 walls almost kill the signal. I don't have any wifi reception outside the house at all (65m² is floor area) using 1 UI Wifi 6 LR on each floor (with the U6Pro it was even worse).
Re:Benchmarking 20 programming languages on N-queens and matrix multip...
on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @02:07PM (#38858325)
Fortran the king of matrices :-)
Re:Volkswagen Will Bring Back Physical Buttons in New Cars
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:22AM (#38695809)
I really doubt that the FC firmware of an EV is less comolex than the software of an ice control unit.
Re:Global CO2 Levels
on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:42PM (#38072813)
Opened the site, realized the vertical axis configuration, closed the site again.
Offsetting zero is an annoying practice.
Re:Apple's Blue Ocean
on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:56AM (#38065840)
Apple can charge the same prize for the phone and upsell you on the battery :-)
Re:Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
on Monday October 23, 2023 @08:06AM (#37984500)
Our local suppliers smart meters communicate over the grid (provided the next substation with a beacon is near enough).