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Re:Which is better on Android: divide by 2 or shift by 1? on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:44PM (#22972729)
Multiply by 0.5 would be slower, as it's a floating point operation rather than simple arithmetic.
Re:Bored? How about trying a Linux speed run? on Sunday April 12, 2020 @03:19PM (#22850422)
"sizeable subset of the population" is a bit of an overstatement. Most people are fine with running Windows or macOS. There's just a vocal minority that wants open source stuff.
"16 bytes of data" is also the size of an AES-256 key, which is apparently able to be copyrighted.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if people assume that non-latin languages have all the characters you need to type in that language on a single layout. For English at least, you really only use a single layout.
Having used older Android phones with dying batteries, that's something that will happen. If I was under 30% battery, opening the camera immediately shut off the phone. Same for playing a video or running an intensive app.
Re:Open-source firmware on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:01AM (#20653871)
Intel's SMM doesn't actually reset the platform after 30 minutes. Intel's ME does if the firmware is missing on ME 11 and above. However, you can still strip the ME heavily and have it "disabled" via the HAP bit.
Re:How can phone companies detect tethering? on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:30PM (#20463130)
I actually updated it for the latest Magisk here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/magisk-tetherin...

Do be aware though that I haven't found a generic way to bypass TTL detection, as most solutions use the "mangle" table in iptables, which requires a kernel module on Android. Unfortunately, this is not generic and would be per-kernel.

That's not really true thanks to micrometeors. They'd have it ripped to shreds, and if it was connected to the main habitation units, would remove the air from there too.
Re:Musical sensor shows bad medicine plays false note on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:58PM (#17983748)
Hence why it wasn't proposed to take one reading, but instead one of a known good control substance and one of the test substance. It doesn't matter if it's tuned properly or not, as you aren't looking for a specific frequency, but instead a difference in the two frequencies.
Re:Designing Solo, a new U2F/FIDO2 Token on Thursday August 23, 2018 @08:55PM (#17831944)
Do these use any sort of security element to store the keys? Or just stored in firmware?
To all the people saying "but waterproof 3.5mm", here's the thing. Despite having _more pins_, lightning and USB-C have the advantage of _active signalling_. So not just an "open/closed" signal, but an active communication saying something was plugged in. So while 3.5mm can be made where it doesn't damage the phone, water will still short the open/closed switch, causing false insertion events.
Something that helped me was remapping the caps lock key to ctrl.
Imho, it will make a big difference for large apps too, especially on CPU usage. Chromium is what takes up the majority of CPU time, so by reducing it to a very small replacement, it should help.
Re:YouTube Advertiser Meltdown: An Opportunity for Startups on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:51AM (#14097103)
The dictionary disagrees with you.

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Re:PegaSwitch: Exploit Toolkit for Nintendo Switch on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:39PM (#13864267)
They didn't exactly fail to learn lessons. They definately did. But it's a learn by experience thing. You can't learn from a mistake you don't know you made. And hackers aren't going to break through the window when the door's unlocked. So until they patch the easy stuff, the hard stuff will never be exploited. Live and learn I guess.