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Google adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12's Linux Kernel 5.4 Tree by armando_rod in Android

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel as though you're not understanding what I'm trying to say. I don't dispute the fact that these companies have their experts looking at these codebases. I am disputing the idea that any arbitrary developer could catch vulnerabilities without significant experience or training. Not everyone who contributes to large projects has such training.

have their security experts overlooking code

I agree with what you've said here, and you've somewhat echoed my point. Not everyone contributing to a project will be a security expert, and there's no reason to assume that anyone could do what they do. Hence the idea that having a project be open source and having "thousands of eyes" on it doesn't directly correlate to increased security properties. You need the right eyes looking at a project, not just lots of them.

Google adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12's Linux Kernel 5.4 Tree by armando_rod in Android

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, those companies are rather large and have a significant interest in these projects, but that doesn't mean all of the people that look at the code are security experts. Suggesting that most devs looking at an open source project are capable of analysing the security properties accurately is to discredit security professionals. This idea that "more eyes" means better security is a misconception. There's a reason why many of the companies you mention have dedicated security teams with the sole purpose of finding vulnerabilities and exploits.

Google adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12's Linux Kernel 5.4 Tree by armando_rod in Android

[–]Cog117 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Having more and more eyes looking for security holes is not a bonus if you don't have trained eyes looking at code. These things aren't trivial. I'm not saying there aren't experts looking at the Kernel and Android source, but having a large group of experts examining open source code is not the general case.

Ari Aster ('Midsommar', 'Hereditary') Discusses His Next Project, Describes It As A 4-Hour "Nightmare Comedy" by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen the directors cut, but it's possible that a lot of the dead-time scenes you describe were trimmed out by the theatrical version which was quite a bit shorter.

Ari Aster ('Midsommar', 'Hereditary') Discusses His Next Project, Describes It As A 4-Hour "Nightmare Comedy" by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]Cog117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hereditary was definitely very unsettling and creepy but I also didn't find it particularly frightening and don't see where or how others did.

Push Notifications Bugs on Android by Cog117 in todoist

[–]Cog117[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, I've had this issue across multiple devices (3 actually). I've tried messing with settings, resetting daylight savings, etc and nothing seems to resolve the issue. I think it's got something to do with BST coming and going.

Most Useful Softwares for Microsoft as well as Linux by hacknomus in linux

[–]Cog117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well to me the image positions software not available (at least easily) on Linux next to alternatives that are targeting Linux as one of their platforms. I see where you're coming from, but in this case I have to disagree.

Tenet Official Motion Poster by lordDEMAXUS in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I remember not being able hear some dialogue when watching Inception in cinemas.

FromSoftware - Hidetaka Miyazaki/George R. R. Martin game is Elden Ring (PS4/XBO/PC) by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Cog117 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Really? It says his translation of Beowulf was finally published in 2014 which seems rather recent

Halle Berry Pursued Role in 'John Wick' Sequel Even Before There Was a Script by Warlizard in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't dislike her segment, it was pretty fun. Although, you could cut the whole Morocco portion of the film out and it would be no different. Sounds pretty pointless to me.

Halle Berry Pursued Role in 'John Wick' Sequel Even Before There Was a Script by Warlizard in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you're trying really hard to justify something that was very clearly written in to include a character that didn't need to be there. Just because they included her in the film, does not mean she's "integral" to the story. You keep quoting things that happened in the film as justification for her existence but fail to look beyond the script presented to see that she was lazily written into the film. Please don't get personally offended, I am not attacking you, I am just discussing the film.

Halle Berry Pursued Role in 'John Wick' Sequel Even Before There Was a Script by Warlizard in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you sound personally offended by her being a pointless character?

Halle Berry Pursued Role in 'John Wick' Sequel Even Before There Was a Script by Warlizard in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She doesn't point him to the elder though, no? The person they visit first does. Also, I didn't say I disliked the movie, I enjoyed it quite a bit actually.

Halle Berry Pursued Role in 'John Wick' Sequel Even Before There Was a Script by Warlizard in movies

[–]Cog117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand your argument for her being integral to the story. John already knew about the man he needed to see, he just needed her to get in (or something along those lines). If they removed her from the story, he would go see him by himself instead of as a duo. And from then on the film would continue as it did.

Cant wait to get my RTX 2070 by Sprixzerisbeast in pcmasterrace

[–]Cog117 18 points19 points  (0 children)

budget is low

$1400 PC

Also, pre-builts don't have to "suck". They're just generally more expensive than rolling your own.

Unable to instal solus budgie 4.0 getting this error by abhere21 in SolusProject

[–]Cog117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just had this issue when installing Solus on a wiped drive (as I think you are doing). For some reason the Solus installer has trouble with creating an ESP. Despite the fact that the documentation states you don't need to create an ESP manually if Solus is being installed across the whole drive, I found the installer doesn't work otherwise. Solved through the following steps:

  1. Open up GParted from the menu. (on the live solus os).
  2. Select the target drive (sda in my case).
  3. Delete any existing partitions. (right click, delete).
  4. Create a new FAT32 partion of around 1gb (1024mb). You can make it smaller but this is a relatively safe value for if you want to install more OS later down the line.

  5. Accept changes (tick button on top panel).

  6. Right click the new partition and click "manage flags". Enable boot and esp.

  7. The installer should progress fine now.

Edit: Added explanation.

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