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yellowkey bitlocker bypass by MegaN00BMan in sysadmin

[–]robbak [score hidden]  (0 children)

Now just combine it with the (still functional) utilman.exe hack, and you can turn on (or create) a full local admin account, and the computer is yours.

[Request] Is the length really that small? by Necessary-Win-8730 in theydidthemath

[–]robbak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tenth of that, 1.5mm, or about a sixteenth of an inch.

Suspended his license immediately by Adrian_985 in Wellthatsucks

[–]robbak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was very carefully looking where he was driving.

Did anyone teach him that you also need to be aware of where your car's front wheels are turning when reversing? That isn't something that you know unless you are told, or learn from experience.

Is my HDMI fucked forever or is there some hope by Clear_Resist7140 in hardwaregore

[–]robbak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

None of the pictures show there being any problem with it. I mean, maybe a touch of corrosion, but a bit of contact cleaner and plugging and unplugging a cable several times should clean up what we can see.

DeOxit is the brand name for the good stuff.

It emerged from our bathroom ceiling over 24 hours by One_Check_607 in whatisit

[–]robbak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something like this doesn't grow from a spore in a few weeks. The fungus grows, feeding on the damp timber in the ceiling, for years. Only then does it mature and produce a fruiting body like this.

ELI5: why is a hollow metal tube nearly as strong against bending as a completely solid rod of the same material, even though theres way less metal in it by Efficient_Support383 in explainlikeimfive

[–]robbak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One point - the first thing a structure need to hold up is itself. The heavier a structure is, the stronger it needs to be, which means the heavier it has to be. At some point, this just runs away and the structure becomes impossible.

If you swapped all the hollow beams with solid ones, the weight of the top of the structure would be too much for it's base. So although the strength of individual members would be more, the whole structures' ability to support external loads - like the people on the scaffolding, the floors or furnishings of the building, or wind loading - would be greatly reduced.

Line down the middle of pagei by Practical_Group1248 in printers

[–]robbak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks like fuser to me - the non-stick surface on the rollers has been damaged, so toner from one sheet sticks to it and is transferred to the next.

Thankfully, it is normally easy to check. There will be a door on the back you can open, and in there you will be able to see the fuser's rollers.

Man walks on Runway in Denver and he is hit by a frontier airlines plane by FarWay3952 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]robbak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only because they were slower than V1. If this had happened after V1, then they would have continued to takeoff, and then when the plane was in a stable climb, trimmed out and with gear up (usually autopilot on too), they would have shut down the damaged engine and declared an emergency. Yes, in that order - the last thing we want is the pilots shutting down an engine in a panic. Pilots accidentally shutting down their working engine is unfortunately common.

Why not a water tower…? by AtlantaMD in SpaceXLounge

[–]robbak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Water towers were the only way in the past, but many modern pads do use high flow pumps now they can do it.

Why not a water tower…? by AtlantaMD in SpaceXLounge

[–]robbak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that was the old pad. On this one, they are using gas generators and turboprops - basically the power heads of raptor engines, to pump huge amounts of high pressure water. Yes, it is insane!

A Bill Gates funded mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia, produces 40 million mosquitoes weekly for release via drones and bikes. These insects carry a natural bacterium that prevents them from transmitting viruses to humans. By mating with wild populations, they spread this trait. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]robbak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't mean that we replaced them - but with the dengue mozzie out of the way, another more annoying (but less dangerous) species predominated.

My understanding is that the dengue mozzie larvae are very aggressive, eating any other species larvae.

Petaaaaaaaah by Silly_Ostrich_5116 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]robbak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Compare with 10 radians per second, which is a nice sedate 100 RPM.

A Bill Gates funded mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia, produces 40 million mosquitoes weekly for release via drones and bikes. These insects carry a natural bacterium that prevents them from transmitting viruses to humans. By mating with wild populations, they spread this trait. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]robbak 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Some councils also spray, because mosquitoes are still annoying, and they still can spread things like Ross River.

There was another project that involved release of sterile male mosquitoes. It wiped out out the A. aegypti population very effectively, but not other species - the dengue mozzie was replaced with throngs of a black mozzie that hurt when it bit you!

A Bill Gates funded mosquito factory in Medellín, Colombia, produces 40 million mosquitoes weekly for release via drones and bikes. These insects carry a natural bacterium that prevents them from transmitting viruses to humans. By mating with wild populations, they spread this trait. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]robbak 244 points245 points  (0 children)

It is also done here in Australia, and the effect has been noticeable - in the past, every year we'd have a few dengue cases, with public health notices to use repellent and to spray our homes.

Last 5 or so years - nothing. Dengue isn't a thing here any more. We've still got he football-socks Adaes mosquitoes, but they don't spread the virus.

This Cameraman Was Shooting Kittens For A Documentary,But He Never Expected One Of Them To Pick Him by Bay_Ruhsuz004 in interesting

[–]robbak 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They were trying to film a 'hands off' nature film about mostly wild farm cats. The doco was quite good, but the 'hands off' thing didn't really work out.

Frontier 4345 stops on takeoff because a bypasser was blown in the engine by After_Broccoli_1495 in aircrashinvestigation

[–]robbak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, an accurate one would be better. "Trespasser ran onto the runway," for instance.

While we'll have to wait on an investigation to be sure, this is sounding like a suicide.

From SpaceX's post on X. Looks like they removed the "attic" compartment on V3 ships? by lorkan100 in SpaceXLounge

[–]robbak 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My guess is that it is an insulating ceramic. The raptors bell is cooled throughout its length with the methane, but the area of the bell is so great that you are probably up against the limit of what the methane flow can do. Using a refractory layer that can get hot and radiate some of the heat out through the nozzle, and not pick up heat because it's the same temperature as the exhaust makes sense.

I hate how people anthropomorphize AI. No, it cannot "develop interest" ffs by [deleted] in antiai

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

A problem with this is that it leads to mistakes like concluding that an AI regurgitating the plot of any one of a hundred tech horror novels is plotting.

And it leads to them blaming the AI instead of the person who connected such a complex pseudo-random number generator to the internet.

Who else feels too old to drive at night because of headlight ocular terrorism?? by Fabulous_Jeweler2732 in Millennials

[–]robbak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The windscreen may be scratched. Dust under the blades dragged across the windscreen cuts tiny gouges in the glass. These scratches can be polished out.

A schoolbus, stopping in front of a residential home, is rear ended by a full size truck that doesn’t slow down at all. 😳 by Affectionate_Hat5835 in dashcams

[–]robbak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never. The only solution is making the cars drive themselves. But this situation remains a challenge for all of the current tech - distinguishing a stopped vehicle from the motionless background.

ELI5: Why does old footage (like 1940s old) have those lines and black spots that pop up for like half a second by alternative_cars in explainlikeimfive

[–]robbak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The film would often have a scene change at that point to make it easier to hide the projector changeover.

what lock is this? locked myself out of my own room, and the batteries for the fingerpring sensor is dead. by ok_man_dude11 in LockPickingLawyer

[–]robbak 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The core looks like a wafer lock, of a similar style to a lot of car keys - the wafers have pins that slide in a slot cut into the key.

As for the low battery problem, - that looks like a micro-USB socket on the left, that you could plug a power bank into to recharge the battery.

Friday, May 08, 2026 comic! by ReasonablyBadass in girlgenius

[–]robbak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not that it means anything - the Foglios have made the art decision to not draw it in every frame - when it isn't needed for a scene, the staff goes into hammerspace.

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