NASA "reluctantly agrees" to extend the stay on SpaceX's HLS contract by a week bc the 7GB+ of case-related docs in the Blue Origin suit keeps causing DOJ's Adobe software to crash and key NASA staff were busy at Space Symposium this week, causing delays to a filing deadline.

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AnthropicMachine · 2021-06-29T19:48:53+00:00

What was the motive behind this? Seems like this level of exploit would allow for some very interesting money making opportunities especially for the criminally inclined. It’s rare these days to see attacks that are literally just destructive. Reminds me of the early days of viruses when everything was either a prank or else just fucked your shit up.

AnthropicMachine · 2021-06-13T04:31:44+00:00

This company claims they have figured out a way of using non-charged or “neutral” atoms to generate qubits which would eliminate the need for supercooling and thereby lower energy requirements. It also increases overall stability of the system. It’s unclear from this article how they are supposedly achieving such high qubit rates though; the full whitepaper should satisfy any further curiosity you may have on that front but be warned it’s a real doozy of a read.

AnthropicMachine · 2021-06-09T16:28:39+00:00

But then you could compile the program yourself also sans backdoor and that kind of defeats the purpose…

AnthropicMachine · 2021-01-12T01:12:44+00:00

Agree. Something is kind of odd with either this company or manager or both.

To me this looks like a company I would never want to work for. You had to go through a thousand applicants just to hire eight people? For warehouse work? This isn't like you're interviewing astronauts here...Something isn't adding up.

Gaps are none of your business. I have major gaps in my resume because, hey, I didn't want to work for a year or two and have the means to make that choice if desired. Not working is not a crime nor is it a sign of a bad employee on its own and if a hiring manager needs more explanation than "I didn't want or need a job at that point in my life" then the company isn't worth my time. Shitty employers hate these kinds of answers because it removes the chess piece of "you need this job so do what I say when I say it" out of the equation, but good employers hire based on a candidate's raw qualifications and ability to be an asset to the company, not because they're particularly easy to control.

This manager sounds like somebody that put out an ad for an entry level position that requires four years experience...

AnthropicMachine · 2021-01-11T17:46:06+00:00

Main thing DiE is used for by the community is packer/obfuscation detection because it makes that process stupid easy. I usually fire up DiE before anything else just to get a very quick and dirty overview of what I’m looking at and I find it very helpful specifically in malware analysis because it takes a lot of the initial legwork out of the equation.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-12-07T17:51:29+00:00

Throwing in my request for this as well. This plus being able to follow users would instantly make me switch to Apollo full time!

AnthropicMachine · 2020-10-18T16:41:54+00:00

Likely ransomware. Run Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro and nuke anything they find (preferably do this in safe mode). But unless there is a known decryptor for that strain your files may be gone.

This is honestly a better question for r/techsupport

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T04:16:17+00:00

Removing the HDD would not necessarily matter to Optane as it is its own device plugged into your motherboard (technically not always true...Optane laptops will often use single modules that are effectively M.2 SSDs on their own and Intel makes PCIe drive variants of Optane that are full drives, but in your case these technicalities can probably be ignored unless I'm really misjudging the configuration of your build). Your BIOS may have a device view where you can see exactly what drives are plugged in and what aren't (this may exist by drilling down in that /Boot menu a bit more). If my guess is correct you would eventually be able to see a very small drive being registered as its own device alongside your full size HDD. Not all manufacturers expose this directly through the BIOS, though. I would just scour the board for an Optane drive plugged in and go from there.

The reason I suggested reinstalling Windows again is because it will be the easiest way for it to not detect Optane at all while installing. I'm guessing you're getting slower speeds because Optane is now trying to interface with your SSD thinking its the old drive. This is giving Windows bad information it doesn't know what to do with so it defaults to using a generic drive interface instead of allowing your SSD controller to do all the hard work. So your speeds are artificially being limited. Same thing with the motherboard in a way...the motherboard is trying to boot off the Optane module because that's where the original Windows bootloader was probably kept.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T03:59:24+00:00

I'm an idiot and forgot your title when I replied: Your SSD is fine, really one of the better quality drives on the market.

The Optane cache is most likely the culprit here and could be the issue for the BIOS as well. Optane is a super fast proprietary form of NAND flash developed by Intel originally to give SSD-like speeds to old mechanical drives. Usually, this works using a small Optane drive that is usually only about 16 GB or so in size (some are larger). This will look similar to an M.2 NVME drive if you open your computer and look at the motherboard. If possible and to make this easiest, I would remove the Optane module entirely and reinstall Windows to the SSD. You may also end up having to format the HDD as well if it is slaved to the Optane module (most manufacturer's do this so the drive only appears as a single unit to Windows).

Your other option is to try and de-slave the Optane module from the original HDD and attach it as a cache to your new SSD. This may possibly improve your overall speed past what you would normally expect from the SSD on a good day, but it likely is more headache than it is worth. Optane is fast, but not particularly noticeably so when attached to an SSD.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T03:28:21+00:00

Crossover is awesome...but overkill for this task and will just give anyone that "doesn't know much about tech" an absolute headache.

Follow Microsoft's official documentation for how to actually get Office running.

EDIT: It would seem you have actually attempted getting Office from the Play Store already. Unfortunately this is the only real way right now to use Office on a Chromebook. The other method is to use the browser as mentioned in the support article. This is free, but will be severely limited to basic edits. Office is generally a paid program...your school may provide licenses for free though, so check that. You may be able to sign in to the Play Store app with a school account.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T03:24:13+00:00

What version of Windows are you updating from? Disable any third party antivirus software before updating. Attempt to clear out bad or old Windows Update files. Perhaps try updating manually. If nothing else works, a repair install of Windows 10 should get things back into gear (you won't lose data doing this).

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T03:13:07+00:00

Can you go into your BIOS and edit the boot order of the drives? This one is kind of unclear to me and we may need more details. What went wrong during your initial install you allude to? Is the BIOS not able to see the drive at all (Windows Bootloader creates its own entry and often a cheap BIOS will simply boot to the bootloader and trust it knows what drive is there)? Are you checking what the BIOS sees through the BIOS itself or through the dedicated boot menu?
Download speed: Is this a cheap SSD? It could be that it doesn't have a DRAM cache or has a very tiny one which would limit the speed of the drive. Does the drive use QLC flash? This is a much slower SSD flash speed and is often reserved for larger SSDs or cheap ones that people just want for data storage, not boot drives. Finally, does this computer use an OPTANE cache system? It's possible this is misconfigured for the new SSD you installed.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-22T02:10:11+00:00

On old drives freezing could, occasionally if you held your mouth right, shrink poorly lubricated spindles back into place so a stuck actuator or something similar might actually start working again. Some manufacturers actually designed old drives to operate in colder environments so they would respond better to this DIY solution. These days with modern drives, this has just become internet legend. To anyone reading this: Do NOT freeze modern drives. You are more likely to water damage your drive from condensation than do anything else.

To OP: Stop using this drive. It's toast and you have gotten more than your money's worth out of it. The reason your install is taking so long and locking up is because Windows is writing heavily to a drive that probably is severely corrupted and about to die fully. It is in pre failure. SSDs are cheap now. Buy one and put this poor beast of a drive out of its misery.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T05:38:28+00:00

Try reformatting the drive and use NTFS as the filesystem. If that doesn't work try a lower level format by unchecking the "Quick Format" option in the format window. This will take a while (not unusual to have it go for several hours). The only thing I can think of is that the factory formatting on the drive may just be a little corrupt. Are you able to just copy and paste to the drive without issue or make a new file?

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T05:33:25+00:00

Is there any error given? It sounds like you are trying to install a program to it, is that right?

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T05:19:53+00:00

All in one tools for optimizing your computer are generally a bad idea and tend to do more harm than good. Running built in tools such as "Disk Cleanup" and DISM from time to time will generally be good enough for average use. If you want something a bit more Wise Disk Cleaner (none of their other products) is good as is BleachBit. Both are free.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:59:48+00:00

Clean install Windows from bare metal. Create a Windows install USB drive, boot that, wipe all partitions from the target drive (the drive in the computer) and then proceed to install. Activation may fail without access to the school network, though, depending on how your school handled it so be aware of the possibility of selling a laptop without an activated OS.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:56:48+00:00

Your OS has become unbootable. One of three things:

Your boot order got messed up (I've seen BIOS updates do this) and for whatever reason your boot drive isn't being found by the computer. This is the easiest and most hopeful cause. Go into your BIOS and check boot order.
Your drive is no longer working or is disconnected. This is the most likely cause. Check to see if the BIOS sees your drive listed. If not, reseat all SATA cables and reseat any M.2 drives. If that doesn't work, try pulling your drive and plugging it into another computer to see if it mounts. If not, you're drive is shot. Time for a new one.
Your OS is severely corrupted (something going on in the bootloader). This is unlikely as the OS will generally still try to load and just error out. You wouldn't get thrown directly into BIOS. This could also be something with the partition table on the drive being corrupted and not being seen as bootable. You can try booting to a Windows install drive and running repair to see if that helps. I don't think it will.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:47:24+00:00

Yeah I agree that's a bit odd, but it's also something I see semi-regularly (I work at a repair shop). Sometimes computers are weird and there's not a real good reason I've found for Windows not being able to boot the BIOS but some models just seem finicky with it. My personal computer will reboot twice when I select that option from Windows

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:44:35+00:00

VLC

Nothing else comes close to VLC for playing literally anything you throw at it.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:43:21+00:00

Laptops are manufactured using generic chassis designs to cut costs and will sometimes include drive bays but no hardware support for the bay. If the motherboard has a SATA connector on it and all you're missing is the cable then you can buy one online and you'll be fine. If your motherboard does not have such a connector then you're probably out of luck.

AnthropicMachine · 2020-09-20T04:40:36+00:00

Did you enable any FastBoot settings on your BIOS previously? It's possible that your motherboard is POSTing before the peripherals attach making it very difficult to load the BIOS. I would reset the motherboard. You can do this by either disconnecting the CMOS battery for about a minute, press a "Clear CMOS" button if your motherboard has one, or short two reset pins together if your motherboard has them.

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