Re: The corner of...
The big question...is Free Speech to the Left or to the Right?
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I've had nothing to do with Medibank...knowingly. Just received a text from Home Hospital who apparently used a Medibank service, so my data has been leaked. Just goes to reinforce the fact that you never know who has your data.
Hey HH et al, if you are sending texts warning of a data breach, don't use a nxt.to URL to link to the information page.
"systemd can interface with the boot loader to receive performance data and other information, and pass control information. This is only supported on EFI systems. Data is transferred between the boot loader and systemd in EFI variables. All EFI variables use the vendor UUID 4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f. "
Any software can query the UEFI loader, the variables can be enumerated, nothing hidden.
Microsoft were late to the party, Intel started it and Apple joined in a bit later. The bad thing MS did was to create secure boot, but any decent BIOS lets you disable that.
"Much of this ad-related data processing is intended to occur within the browsers of internet users"
Great, more bloat. Some of the laptops I work on struggle with browsing now, what's it going to be like when my computer needs to run their crappy code just so they can offer me stuff I don't want?
I've noticed, just in the last few weeks, that my searches now have the top 5 or 6 results as ads. Before there were none, maybe one or two now and then.
Coincidence? Or dicking us around? Maybe they are trying to make as much money from us (hah!) before they pull out.
No great loss, there are plenty more.
Shirley I didn't need a /s as well as a joke icon? Maybe Cassandra was the wrong choice, the boy who cried "Wolf" might be more apt.
My internal image is of Trump, rocking in the corner, mind broken, clutching his teddy.
"But it's true, I know it, many people have told me...sob...you believe me, don't you teddy"
Customer of mine got an old computer from his work that was being replaced, a monster server in a full tower. Called me after he got it home and plugged it in, had to yell as it was so noisy. Turns out that as it was a proper server, it had a backup PSU which would scream an alarm if it wasn't plugged in...
prevent phones from locking the screen while a browser-based app is active
It is usually more polite to ask.
provide web apps with greater access to the native file system
No. Fucking. Way.
detect when users are away from their keyboard or the screen is locked
And what, annoy them until they notice you?
perform an arbitrary task at some point in the future
So specific...