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Re:My Friend Bob Cringely
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:23AM (#50167795)
Technically, sure, you're absolutely right; but the moral of the story is (I think) that making your interviewer think you're an out-of-box thinker all but guarantees an offer.
Re:My Friend Bob Cringely
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:01AM (#50167470)
Another story worth reading (same blog/author):
A Google Interviewing Story
Re:ThinkPad I9990303 Error Catch-22
on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:14AM (#50129315)
"The IBM Hardware Maintenance Manual for the ThinkPad 750 says that error I9990303 indicates a faulty system board. It also contains this curious note: I9990303 errors can be caused by exposure to strong magnetic fields."
Re:The new Firefox design is here
on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @11:02AM (#49894549)
Bonus:
/* Hide Kit mascot illustrations from menus, dialogs, and in-app alerts */
.mascot-icon,
.panel-header-mascot,
[mascot="kit"],
.onboarding-mascot-container {
display: none !important;
}
Re:The new Firefox design is here
on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @10:58AM (#49894479)
Here you go: add this to your userChrome.css file.
/disable gradient
/ 1. Remove the toolbar/tab bar gradient completely /
:root:not([theme-image-in-toolbox]) body,
:root[theme-image-in-toolbox] #navigator-toolbox {
background-image: none !important;
}/ 2. Strip Nova purple accent color/focus outlines from the URL & search bar */
:root {
--toolbar-field-focus-background-color: var(--toolbar-field-background-color) !important;
}.urlbar-input-container, #searchbar {
--toolbar-field-border-color-focus: var(--toolbar-field-border-color) !important;
box-shadow: none !important;
}Disable Windows Defender via Antivirus Fake Registration
Forcing an ARM64X executable to run as a specific architecture
The little-known winstart.bat batch file
The End of an Athlon
Re:Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Ch...
on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:43PM (#49224624)
>I can just kill the GPU rendering process
>and it picks back up with no data loss,
>whereas with Firefox I had to restart the whole thing
about:processes > kill the GPU process without having to restart Firefox.
An old-new take on argument parsing in Rust
Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results
Maximum Overkill
The DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded 2
Dissecting Apple's Sparse Image Format (ASIF)
The DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded
Study links joint pain supplement to accelerating dementia
The future of Siri, or: why private inference isn't private enough
Browser Extensions Silently Monetize ~758,000 Users' Searches
Vitamin D3 During Pregnancy and Cognitive Performance at 10 Years
Win16 Memory Management
Fooling around with encrypted reasoning blobs
What is the history of the ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED error code?
Why do Windows editions on 32-bit x86 systems artificially limit RAM to 4 GB?
Window 95 defenses against installers overwriting files with older versions
Bitfield Pitfalls
DOS Memory Management
Backdoors in VStarcam Cameras
Re:Backdoors in VStarcam Cameras
on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @08:35AM (#46526211)
"For some reason VStarcam really wants to have access to their customer’s passwords."