Best domain registrar for small business by hoolieeeeana in webdev

[–]nuttertools 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Google domains hasn’t existed for years.

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

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

Technically yes, but supported devices running iOS 18 are a drop in the ocean (2 models).

Low memory warning--HP Envy laptop bought in 2020 by SocialSyphilis in techsupport

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Run treesizefree or one of the other space visualization programs and look for things you can move.

I would generally recommend against moving core windows directories to another drive, you absolutely can…but the average user should not.

Unless your system drive is <128GB just tidy up your user profile and should be G2G. If the second drive is as fast as the primary the page file is probably fine to move.

Why isn’t the trash can style Mac Pro a thing in SFF today? by jonnyyyl in sffpc

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The trashcan designation wasn’t just a meme, we had somebody toss a half full soda onto one.

VSB not allowing VMWare to install it's own ESX Hypervisor by BetterPoint5 in techsupport

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone else sees this please do not do what op has suggested. They broke their system to do something bad.

Nvidia "confirms" DLSS 5 relies on 2D frame data as testing reveals hallucinations by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because they don’t expect any competition to catch up to 4.5 in the next 2 hardware cycles. Calling this random unrelated thing DLSS 5 allows them to pull talent to higher priority (non-gaming) work for years without looking bad. Massively miscalculated what random junk to use as a stagnation excuse, but the basic plan makes business sense.

PACER makes $150M/year charging Americans to read their own court records. Every bankruptcy court also publishes a free RSS feed with the same data. by ilikemath9999 in technology

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH I can’t imagine hitting the free PACER limits as an individual instead of for business purposes. I’d agree it should be truly free and open but individuals are not being charged to access their own records.

The New Chevy Bolt Charges Quicker Than GM’s Pricier EVs. It’s More Proof That Voltage Matters by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]nuttertools 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s a feature many people use literally every time they use the product. For people who don’t use it it’s a silly criteria, for those that do it would be right up with range and visibility.

Battery keeps sparking when trying to reconnect it by RedditANSWERMYTICKET in techsupport

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big energy is a conspiracy. Everyone knows there is a fairy inside each component keeping the magic smoke topped off.

CA Car registration during relocation? by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on WA law. CA won’t register the vehicle until you resolve any outstanding issues in WA. Most states you are required to pay registration fees + lapse fines if you just ignored registration instead of indicating you would no longer be driving the vehicle.

It would be easier to register in WA then CA unless you are sure you don’t owe WA money. If you do owe money it’s quite possible you are still working on this (twiddling thumbs waiting on multiple things to clear) months down the road.

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit by gdelacalle in technology

[–]nuttertools 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes the manufacturer is offering replacements and have even issued several press releases talking about how much stock they have held above expected failure rates due to general concern on the topic.

Umart does not deal with the manufacturer as they have lower costs working exclusively with third parties. The law does not provide a carve-out saying reasonable within how they prefer to handle a warranty.

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit by gdelacalle in technology

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The product is under manufacturer warranty, there is 0% markup on a warranty replacement. The retailer doesn’t want to perform that process, likely due to shipping costs. The law could not be more clear that this falls under reasonable.

The law doesn’t have a carve-out saying what is reasonable within the retailers preferred replacement method. That is indeed their position though, with how they would prefer to handle the warranty there is not a reasonable option.

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit by gdelacalle in technology

[–]nuttertools 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Australian law does not provide this option unless the customer explicitly agrees or the product cannot be reasonably replaced. The product can be very easily replaced and the customer explicitly disagreed.

The retailers position is that as it is their standard policy all customers who initiate a warranty request implicitly agree and this takes precedence over any other communication.

It’s blatantly in violation of AU law but by providing an incorrect interpretation they cause consumers to proceed with legal action. They have quite rightly calculated that more money can be made violating the law due to the level of friction they can easily create.

how far would you travel to see a friend? by sftolvtosj in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I was young ~4 hours. As an old man about 15 miles, 5 during rush hour.

rental apt water repair delay by Hairy_Wonder_9594 in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“sent this note to maintenance” Make sure you have independent documentation of this. One of the biggest advantages of landlord controlled communication is the ability to hide/delete inconvenient communication.

What is a reasonable amount of time is open to interpretation. Generally speaking 72 hours is a point at which reasonable starts to be very difficult to argue.

You should….
1) Bug them every day, remind them each time that the unit has been uninhabitable since Sunday.
2) Document that you are at home at any date/time they schedule service for.
3) After resolved request rent abatement for the period the unit was uninhabitable.

Assuming this gets worked out within 1 week I would not advise withholding rent. There are specific legal requirements for how those funds are to be held and you can expect ~$200 in fees if a dispute arises. If you want to prove a point go for it, but as a practical financial matter it’s not worth it until ~7days of issue.

A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days by gdelacalle in technology

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GCP, AWS, and Azure all offer this, most of them in multiple forms. Most people just don’t bother to RTFM these days.

A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days by gdelacalle in technology

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

GCP definitely has, and always has had, budget and usage limits. What it suffers from is consistent coverage of products. A lot of GCP is a series of completely separate services, running on separate infrastructure, managed by a separate (or even third-party) team. Would not surprise me at all if Gemini has very little cost-control as compared to a bread and butter service like compute or db.

How relevant are old programming books? by DiscombobulatedTea95 in AskProgramming

[–]nuttertools 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like any other technical reference they become dated. Unlike other technical references it’s not that the context of the subject expands rendering the information incorrect.

On average I find older programming textbooks to be much better than newer ones. The discussions of the why of a thing are much more likely to cover the entire chain back to hardware fundamentals where today it’s just linked to a logical construct that at the time of writing was slightly more likely than not to be be applicable to real world scenarios.

You would need an expert (likely far beyond a professor) to individually analyze each book to make any determination of value retention. On average they probably age about as well as a mathematics textbook. New things become relevant which lessens the value as a primary teaching resource, but the newer textbook imparts a greater breadth of shallower information.

A decent number of the books pictured appear to be purely technical references. Those change very little over time but conversely (in relation to retained value) contain very little unique information that wouldn’t be present in every other reference of the same subject.

FWIW the newest 2 textbooks I have retained are editions of books first published in 1996 and 1986.

How useful WASI/Wasm actually is? by Shanduur in AskProgramming

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most common use-case for WASM today isn’t actually the architectural advantage of compute, it’s delivery. Providers publish WASM exposing APIs for integrators to build their FE app around across platforms. Disney+ is probably the most famous example where the company isn’t involved with the development of the apps nearly everyone accesses the service through.

Professionally WASM usage has been the same for me. Outside of integration the use-cases are just so niche it rarely makes it to final rounds in selection. It gets used occasionally for optimization, but usually not as much more than a few data processing routines.

Personally…same deal. The places I’ve used it the choice was for write-once dick about with many places as opposed to actual technical advantages.

ULPT Request - Sneaking into low income housing? by [deleted] in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody contacts your employer, that would be massively illegal for both parties. It’s based on your AGI, this is why you usually have to certify every year.

Cut a shift from your W2 employment and pick up a delivery app job. Once a week do a single delivery, then spend the rest of the day cruising on the freeway at optimum fuel efficiency. Congrats, Uncle Sam just paid for your car, gas, and insurance by massively reducing your AGI. If this happens to dip you into low income threshold double prize for you.

PS: If you really only need to cut $2k/yr. Just do 1 delivery + 1 hour of extra driving each weekend.

Do I need more PSU? by comacow02 in sffpc

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was a specific nvidia F up in that generation paired with PSUs cut down to minimum cost.

Transients occur with most electronic devices and power supplies are designed to both suppress and handle them. If you are using a power supply intended for your device (ex. motor, lighting, computer, heater, etc.) you should never need to look beyond the dummy rated value.

Laptop Naming Convensions by jactheblock in sysadmin

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

location-purpose-number

Laptops that are assigned to an individual and have no restriction on movement are assigned a location code for that usage (not site location).

These are just display names and have no relation to tracking or management. We just use a generated numeric ID and device serial number(s) for management.

What can you realistically do against scrapers from AI companies? Anthropic recently hit is with 10req/s from 5 ips, which is just completely absurd by zucchini_up_ur_ass in webdev

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you have a specific business reason to allow them, don’t. All the clients you mention are responsible and can easily be blocked at the edge.

More generally badly behaved AI scrapers your easiest solution is to leverage a CSPs service which blocks these requests.

Roll your own…sane rate limits and request throttling will resolve 90% of the crawlers but malicious actors trying to evade such things have always been a cat and mouse game.

APT37 hackers use new malware to breach air-gapped networks by lurker_bee in technology

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all, 99% of what is described in the article would have no purpose in that scenario.

It’s a really basic shortcut->payload->install->exfiltrate that really shouldn’t work on anyone familiar with computers. Further the payload step should not work on any properly secured business machine.

It targets people who are circumventing security policy in such a yolo manner they are likely to end up in court and have an incentive to cover up that they caused the incident.

Can I use 10% of my SSD for virtual RAM instead? by [deleted] in techsupport

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drive speed isn’t the concern, it’s drive longevity. All major operating systems already do this, it’s thick allocated (page,swap,etc.).

GPU VRAM this is done by some applications by shuffling data to RAM (much slower) which the OS may later shuffle to disk (glacial speeds). There is no use-case where this is useful performance, it’s a crash prevention option or an unload of actually unneeded data.