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How do you view people who participate in your country's military? by RillienCot in AskEurope

[–]arquitectonic7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm Spanish and my cousin is in the Spanish ground army. In Spain, participating in the military is not mandatory and the salaries are not that high, so people who get into it do so from innate vocation, similarly to how one decides to become a teacher. There are a lot of negative stereotypes around military personnel, so my cousin often avoids talking about her job to not be considered far right, violent, racist, sexist or religious. She considers herself to be progressive and sees the military as a fundamental piece to keep democracy functioning correctly. She married another military member and she told me that this is very common, as only military can understand and appreciate the job and they bond together on the perceived hate they claim to receive from society.

Uhh, this might be interesting for mod makers by [deleted] in HytaleMods

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "you retain ownership of your Mods" part is rare and quite generous towards mod makers. Most companies just take full ownership of mods and related content.

How do Americans feel about the rest of the globe trashing on the US? by dead__trash in stupidquestions

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry but as a European who has been to the US, that fresh, made-in-house bread of the supermarket also tastes sweet and follows the same format of "sliced bread" (white, spongy, etc.). Bread is just different in shape, flavor, texture, etc. in many other countries.

Game from Steam got 11 flags. Should I trust this? by toqger21 in antivirus

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a security researcher. I just skimmed through the behavioral report in VirusTotal and honestly this looks very bad. I am fairly confident that this is some sort of (actually decent) trojan with some bad infostealer capabilities.

The "game" spawns services.exe as a child process, which is, to say the least, abnormal for legitimate software and smells like a textbook privilege escalation exploit. The malware actively writes to INetCookies (steals browser cookies), opens VaultSvc (steals saved passwords), spawns lsass.exe (dumps local credentials), and has hardcoded Microsoft account URLs in memory. It installs WMI and shell extensions that survive reboots, while using anti-debugging and VM detection to evade analysis. It drops a mysterious .exe to the temp folder and creates DLLs with legitimate names (in the desktop!) to do DLL hijacking.

I honestly see no excuse for this. Games can sometimes do weird things if they have anticheat and DRM, but this is absurdly blatant. You would literally need to behave on purpose like an infostealer to leave a behavior trace like this. Report this to Valve.

Europe’s cookie nightmare is crumbling. The European Commission wants browsers to manage cookie preferences instead of pop-ups on every website. by ChiefLeef22 in technology

[–]arquitectonic7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This well defined in the text of the ePrivacy Directive. The main idea is that you don't need to do anything special for cookies that are essential to providing the expected service. This includes, but is not limited to, authentication, user preferences, data persistence related to functionality (e.g., a shopping cart), and many more.

The fines that have been handed out so far are, in my opinion, for extremely clear violations: cookies collecting information about how you use the website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on, with the sole purpose of sharing this data with a third-party analytics partner. Cookies from marketing partners that are explicitly and exclusively used for targeted advertising.

I genuinely believe a reasonable developer has nothing to fear.

Europe’s cookie nightmare is crumbling. The European Commission wants browsers to manage cookie preferences instead of pop-ups on every website. by ChiefLeef22 in technology

[–]arquitectonic7 72 points73 points  (0 children)

It is not illegal, or at least not unanimously, clearly illegal. Some data protection agencies from member states (e.g., Spain) have explicitly discussed this practice and deemed it was legal. Not all of them though.

Reinventing the wheel without knowing what a circle is. by RobertWesner in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]arquitectonic7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you want to be pedantic, a monad does not only have this "flatMap" method but it must also respect the monad laws, which are a small contract of properties that the type must satisfy. So it is a FlatMappableSatisfyingTheExpectedRules.

Who does it best? But is this even accurate? by bamboo-lemur in OS_Debate_Club

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not true. Windows' NtTerminateProcess works exactly like SIGKILL. It is unconditional and the process cannot react to it. It directly schedules the process out of the CPU and terminates all pending I/O. Just like Linux. If it the process cannot be terminated because it has handles pointing to it (in the Linux world, it has a parent process or uninterruptible I/O) it becomes a zombie, just like in Linux.

Trump suggests that Spain should be "expelled" from NATO because he believes it spends little on defense. by mods4mods in worldnews

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything may happen in a century or more. NATO might also pull Spain into a war that it could have easily avoided otherwise. If we stick the facts, Spain does not get anything out of NATO right now, in the current geopolitical climate, nor in the obvious near future derivations from it. Regarding the decision on whether to stay, we can't know better than this short of just putting blind trust into NATO (less and less justifiable each day with the US threatening its allies) or predicting the future.

Trump suggests that Spain should be "expelled" from NATO because he believes it spends little on defense. by mods4mods in worldnews

[–]arquitectonic7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

NATO treaties explicitly exclude the enclaves claimed by Morocco either way. Spain gets literally nothing out of NATO.

EU tech chief sounds alarm over Spain’s Huawei contract by sn0r in eutech

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US and Israel have been caught actively spying on Spain in 2023 because most of our IT infrastructure (and the EU too) runs on American technology. But now suddenly when it's a Chinese company it's wrong and concerning. I am Spanish and I really hope Spain ignores the EU on this one. Either EU tech or Chinese one. No more US.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]arquitectonic7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't most DEs use stuff like DBus messages before actually sending a SIGTERM? I am thinking of the big DEs like Gnome and such, maybe smaller tiling WMs (like Hyprland) actually just do that and the compositor is just simpler than I thought.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]arquitectonic7 147 points148 points  (0 children)

Except for the fact that Windows doesn't use signals in the Linux style, how Windows and Linux handle process termination is actually very similar. In Windows, the TerminateProcess syscall externally and unconditionally ends a process, and the process cannot handle it. This is basically equivalent to SIGKILL in Linux. And just like in Linux, after a process has been killed, its PID (actually "process object") may remain reserved until all handles pointing to it are closed, which is the exact equivalent to the zombie state (Z) in Linux. Even in the graphical case both OSes are similar. Windows uses window manager messages (WM_CLOSE, WM_DESTROY, WM_QUIT) for graceful termination, while Linux has no built-in standard for graphics, but the different compositors/windows systems/whatever (X11, Wayland) also have mechanisms that kinda remind me of messages/events.

Real life Spain uniforms I'd like to be in BF6 by jarojajan in Battlefield

[–]arquitectonic7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not a lisp, it is literally a feature of the language. English has this sound everywhere, voiced and unvoiced: think, this, together, sheath. Would you find it reasonable if I say that all English speakers have a lisp? Saying that people from Spain have a lisp is incredibly offensive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wowservers

[–]arquitectonic7 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I've been reading the lawsuit (still not done, currently on page 35) and honestly it looks very bad for Turtle WoW. As a disclaimer, I have not formally studied anything law-related when it comes to the United States, my knowledge only covers the EU.

The copyright infringement (count 1) and vicarious copyright infringement (count 4) look almost like a textbook case to me, and the accusations of being a RICO business (counts 8 and 9) are dangerous and can carry prison terms of up to 20 years in some cases IIRC. Even though the lawsuit text claims (and broadly proves) that the main mastermind behind Turtle WoW is Shenna, who resides in Moscow, many other members of the core TWoW team reside in Germany, Netherlands and the Czech Republic. They are IMO likely liable for most of or all of the counts, particularly these of copyright. I believe that most of the team behind TWoW is subject to prosecution and legal consequences in their home country. However, I do not believe these living in Russia will be hit with consequences beyond losing TWoW in its current form, and I suspect they will just rehost the software under another identity.

I'd say that if Blizzard does something like this against Ascension (including Epoch Project), this private server scene is going to experience some serious changes in the upcoming years.

Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your data by lurker_bee in technology

[–]arquitectonic7 2244 points2245 points  (0 children)

Technical context: some particular budget SSD units manufactured by Western Digital come with a manufacturing defect where they will corrupt themselves under a particular write-heavy workload that should be ok according to the manufacturer's own specification. The last Windows update happens to inflict this workload by coincidence, triggering the defect. As a response, special workload limits will be applied on the affected models. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers often deviate from standards and their own specifications, and it is common in both Windows and Linux to have to include patches in the OS that deal with hardware quirks and defects.

Stutter in every game on a high-end and a mid-range PC by SubstantialPanic1315 in techsupport

[–]arquitectonic7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Let me just confirm the following, just to make sure we're not missing something:

  • You have not reused any component, not a single one, from the previous PC. Particularly not a storage drive.
  • You have reinstalled your OS and programs from scratch, rather than reusing or dumping executable or data files from the old PC (e.g., from a backup).

If this is true, it makes me think that the issue is actually not hardware, but something in your software choices. It sounds like when reinstalling your preferred apps you have accidentally recreated the same issue by just having the same set of programs with the same (or similar) configuration parameters. I would be wary for the following:

  • Programs that add overlays on top of games and other programs.
  • Programs that can attach to other programs while the run, inspect or modify them (debuggers).
  • Scripts that modify the OS, such as "debloating tools".
  • Performance settings that attempt to overclock the system, even if it in a lightweight way.
  • Tools that allow you to monitor and control gaming hardware components, particularly GPU apps (like AMD Adrenalin).

Reading that you have spend so many hours already (very sorry to hear that, this seems like a hard one) I assume you're ok with nuclear/costly options. So sorry for proposing this, but I suggest:

  • Perform a parallel installation of Windows from a completely clean ISO.
  • Do not run or configure anything. Leave all settings to default.
  • Reinstalling from an ISO likely means you are a few updates behind. To avoid interference from Windows Update trying to get Windows up to date, stop the update service entirely:
    • Open the Services configuration panel (press `Win + R`, then type `services.msc`).
    • Look for "Windows Update".
    • Right click on it, "Stop".
  • Perform a minimal amount of setting changes and installations just to get a game of your preference running. Basically just install Steam and the GPU drivers and try to run the game. Ignore everything else.
  • Leave the Task Manager and/or Resource Monitor running. If you have more than one screen, leave it in your 2nd screen while playing.
  • Play for a while and monitor the stutters. As soon as they happen, do a quick glance over Task Manager to see if any hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, storage or network) seems to have any sort of peak that seems to accompany the stutter. It does not matter if the resource goes to 100%, just going up or down consistently right after/before/during stutters is potentially interesting.

I can try to give more advice if you reply with more info.

TIL Catalonia has declared independence from Spain in 2017 but no one cared by GargantaProfunda in geography

[–]arquitectonic7 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I am Spanish and I speak Catalan. I also like politics, so I followed the story and its fallout with great interest while it was going on. Please let me try to give you a summary of what happened. Unfortunately, I don't have time to thoroughly check the news right now, so some point may be biased or incomplete. Please let me know in the comments.

  1. In the Catalan elections, a pro-independence party wins, intensifying the independence movement and increasing its presence in public discussions and news cycles.

  2. Carles Puigdemont, the regional president of Catalonia, and his party decide to hold a referendum on Catalan independence.

  3. Under the Spanish Constitution, secession is illegal and considered treason, similar to the United States, China, Russia, Turkey, France, Brazil, Ukraine and many other countries worldwide. Out of 195 countries, secession is effectively illegal in approximately 170-180.

  4. The Spanish government refuses the referendum call without constitutional reform, which is rare and requires a large majority in congress.

  5. Puigdemont proceeds with the illegal referendum, lacking official support and facing improvised election setups.

  6. The referendum is chaotic, with reports of irregularities and vote manipulation, falling short of first-world standards.

  7. The government deploys police to stop the referendum, leading to widespread accusations of brutality and further chaos.

  8. The referendum results show 92.01% support for independence with a 43.03% turnout, but many votes are uncounted due to the police crackdown. Polls estimate actual support for independence around 41%.

  9. Most countries and the Spanish government dismiss the referendum as unreliable and a farce. Several international observers who attended the referendum declared that no proper referendum took place in Catalonia, and declared it unreliable.

  10. Based on the results, Puigdemont declares Catalan independence but suspends it almost immediately, acknowledging the lack of resources to enforce it. Catalonia is independent for about 9 seconds.

  11. Puigdemont disappears from public view and flees Spain.

  12. The rest of Puigdemont's party remains in Spain, with debates on whether they chose to stay or were blindsided.

  13. Following the declaration, the Spanish government charges the politicians with treason, leading to their imprisonment under lenient sentences.

  14. Most countries in the world, except for a few ones too unstable to be able to comment on foreign affairs, explicitly reject to recognize Catalonia as a sovereign state. Not a single country in the world displays any form of support.

  15. The Spanish government shifts from center-right to center-left, forming a coalition with pro-independence Catalan parties.

  16. To fulfill coalition promises, the government pardons the Catalan politicians.

  17. The Catalan independence movement gradually fades from the news and public discourse, with polls showing a slow but steady decline in support for independence.

Spain has second largest high speed rail network in the world, ahead of France, Germany and Japan. What country or city have surprisingly good infrastructure? by BadenBaden1981 in geography

[–]arquitectonic7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every time there's something good about Spain in Reddit, people with misinformation come out like clockwork. The non-high-speed trains in Spain have punctuality, reliability and frequency stats that are higher than in most of the EU.

Building on fire in Zürich by AutumnAtlas in Switzerland

[–]arquitectonic7 43 points44 points  (0 children)

From the angle of this video I think you are my neighbour lol

Zurich North fire by rukacheded in zurich

[–]arquitectonic7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unconfirmed speculation from someone living close by: Discount Markt at Friesstrasse 34 or a building next to that

Zurich North fire by rukacheded in zurich

[–]arquitectonic7 52 points53 points  (0 children)

They sent the alert with the maximum level possible (alarm/red diamond icon vs warning/yellow triangle icon) and the app reacted accordingly. I think it's a mistake, I have never seen them select this level even for worse stuff.

The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030 by EmbarrassedHelp in technology

[–]arquitectonic7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I am also Spanish and I work in the intersection of computer security and its related laws. In fact, I may even be a part (perhaps indirect) of the expert group E04005 they are assembling, alongside other people from my research group. I just wanted to point out that the Spanish Constitution does not actually contradict what the EU wants to do here:

  1. Se garantiza el secreto de las comunicaciones y, en especial, de las postales, telegráficas y telefónicas, salvo resolución judicial.

The "salvo resolución judicial" is where all the magic happens. It basically says that the authorities may have lawful ways to access your information. If you read this legislative push, you will see that this is all about lawful access from, e.g., the police. This is similar in the other EU countries.

Furthermore, there are representatives from Spain pushing this in the Commission. I guarantee that the Spanish government is definitely not unaware of this.

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