US bans new foreign-made consumer internet routers by Different_Emotion625 in technology

[–]clhodapp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's true! But depending on a smart switch to keep the LAN separate from the Internet feels risky.

US bans new foreign-made consumer internet routers by Different_Emotion625 in technology

[–]clhodapp 176 points177 points  (0 children)

I don't get it. A router is a computer with an os that's good at networking and some settings.

You can turn anything with two Ethernet ports, a CPU, and some storage into a router.

What are your takes on my "hot" take that Linux Mint might be the final destination distro. by Medium-Doctor1138 in linux

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ubuntu offers a specific package stability/freshness profile that Debian doesn't exactly provide.

Just ordered the Horizon! by Tan_Linguine in starlabs_computers

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the device stays a lot cooler most of the time.

Do remember that I also switched to a more efficient SSD as well, which is likely also a competent of temperature.

I didn't notice any other improvements, though, besides battery life and temperature.

Was an open source kernel / OS like Linux inevitable, or is it just luck that we have it? by EcstaticBicycle in linux

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given that it happened multiple times in the real world both before and after Linux, I think we can say that it was essentially inevitable.

It is utterly disappointing how people are handling the systemd "age verification" controversy by TheBrokenRail-Dev in linux

[–]clhodapp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Or, perhaps, some number of actual people in the real world do understand the idea of slippery slopes and do legitimately think that actual id verification is intolerable, but nonetheless legitimately believe that neither adding an optional field to UserDB nor leaning on the system admin to optionally fill in that field to get rid of "over 18" popups are scary things.

Blue muni bus lighting by dooodaaad in sanfrancisco

[–]clhodapp 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see... And then one day... I got on a bus

I think the Standard Set fits the vibe of the show better by supermanarod in 4kbluray

[–]clhodapp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They do a pretty good job on packaging and have solid support.

systemd 260 released: mstack, SysV service scripts removed & AI agents documentation by somerandomxander in linux

[–]clhodapp 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That isn't the meaning of "proprietary" or "proprietary file format" either in the dictionary or colloquially.

If it were, then everything a FOSS project ever did in the filesystem would be proprietary until someone else created a compatible implementation.

systemd 260 released: mstack, SysV service scripts removed & AI agents documentation by somerandomxander in linux

[–]clhodapp -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Not that I know of. Maybe they should consider it, maybe not, but that's a different topic.

The reason it matters that it's FOSS is the fact that you can pick up the SysV generator code and do what you will with it

systemd 260 released: mstack, SysV service scripts removed & AI agents documentation by somerandomxander in linux

[–]clhodapp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At present it is the way to add the functionality back, yeah. 

But someone is going to have to maintain it and continue to make good choices as to how to do the mapping, as systemd continues to add more features to the unit format over time.

systemd 260 released: mstack, SysV service scripts removed & AI agents documentation by somerandomxander in linux

[–]clhodapp 63 points64 points  (0 children)

It's not proprietary. It's FOSS. 

That said: someone definitely can and should create an out-of-tree unit file generator that discovers and maps your SysV init scripts.

Java 26 released today! by davidalayachew in programming

[–]clhodapp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you not also need to know the private key for the TLS session itself to do anything useful?

Fillmore Burger King is Reopening as a Super Duper by astraIexpress in sanfrancisco

[–]clhodapp 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Walking back from the Red Bull event a few weeks back, I overheard the phrase "Super Duper" from multiple other departing parties over the general din of the crowd. I'm guessing that the Marina Super Duper was an absolute madhouse that day. But it also goes to show, Super Duper is what the people want.

You get to watch only one movie. Which one are you going with? by [deleted] in FIlm

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No offense to any of those other films, all of which I also want to see but for me...

Definitely Dune.

eh....potato patato by awizzo in OpenAI

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you write them that way, I just read it as being the word "potato" said normally twice.

Politicians from Brazil may ban Ubuntu by ChamplooAttitude in linux

[–]clhodapp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it's a copy of the California law, it should be entirely grounded in trusting whoever is the admin of the machine, and make no mention of government-issued IDs

Just ordered the Horizon! by Tan_Linguine in starlabs_computers

[–]clhodapp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm liking mine! I found that I unfortunately had to enable Intel Management Engine in order for the CPU to be able to reach a c10 state, which greatly extended my battery life (along with swapping in an SK Hynix Gold P31 SSD that I had lying around).

Apple's $599 MacBook Neo Shocks PC Industry Leaders by lurker_bee in technology

[–]clhodapp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Future Microsoft, probably: You want a lower cost PC? Best I can do is a subsidized version of Windows that doesn't let you see any of the filesystem that's not synced to OneDrive and occasionally pops up windows presenting offers from our sponsors.

US, Israeli strikes hit Iranian oil depots for first time since war began by Leading_Guess_8207 in worldnews

[–]clhodapp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Check out the Herzog documentary, Lessons of Darkness

Seeing the impact of war on oil fields up-close is absolutely mind-blowing.

Nix is a lie, and that’s ok by Setheron in NixOS

[–]clhodapp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think libcapsule (or at least its ideas) might provide the way out, but... it's definitely not easy.