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Re:The case for and against analogies on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:57PM (#30213889)
Software development is like building a house …
Two options: quarantine bubble failure or incubation longer than .. 15 days?

Both are possible, though the former is more likely. 5 day intervals for incubation seem too short for 100% safety. I believe omicron has some data points of longer incubation already.

Re:Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:43PM (#29375349)
Pretty easy to grow your own, from seed even, but most plant nurseries will have these in their herb section.
Firewalls can do two things, mainly. Block inbound connections, block outbound connections. The macOS firewall is mainly intended for the former. Many folks want to prevent the latter (e.g. blocking phone home connections).
This. I factory reset my Vizio a couple months ago because it was crashing a lot and I didn’t bother giving it any Internet access this time around. There are also no other WiFi networks nearby.
Not sure if that was a Vizio thing, but I think Samsung did/does this.
Re:Ask HN: How do you back up your Android phone? on Saturday November 13, 2021 @08:55PM (#29214839)
Related: I don’t think Windows has a built-in equivalent to Time Machine yet, either.
Re:SpaceX Unveils Redesigned Second-Gen Starlink Dish on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:09PM (#29190327)
Yea, it appears to address that, but the new cable doesn’t seem user replaceable/fixable and it doesn’t appear possible to extend it, as the original cable was (albeit with difficulty).
Re:Vertical farming does not save space on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:29PM (#26188347)
Nevermind that land used for energy often isn’t suitable for farming, so … even with the hypothesis, limited as it is, it’s flawed.
Re:Firecracker: Start a VM in less than a second on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:56PM (#25887701)
Re: if there’s something similar for macOS, it’s built-in. The new Virtualization framework in macOS 11 (Big Sur) is very very quick. User space with support for Virtio spec.