I have to disagree about the idiot proof. KDE Plasma and Mate Desktop are more idiot proof and easy for newbies than Windows 10-11, yet have more features in their simple control panels.

I’ve had no bootloader problems in the last 10 years of Debian, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu (15-20 installs, plus another 20-30 if you count VMs.) However, my work computer’s bootloader was semi-bricked twice in 2019 (Windows 7).

The Nintendo 64 had no 64-bit games.

They probably would have taken more flash and RAM with no advantage in performance.

Tell the truth, and quote the customer without that feature. Make it clear that that feature doesn’t exist, and your company can’t make it, and your supplier isn’t interested in working on it.

Your boss had time to sort this out, and failed. He asked you to move forward as if it was solved, which means lying. Instead, tell the truth.

You could run it by your boss before sending it to the customer, but don’t let him insert any bad-faith statements if you’re the one signing the quote.

Jellyfin depends on proprietary Microsoft .NET, even on Linux.

It’s still better than Plex and Emby, which are fully proprietary, and have no source code. But I will stick with sshfs with kodi, and nginx plus mpv for now.

Ceramic resonators have a typical accuracy of +/-0.5%. An error of +182Hz is a +0.57% error rate.

Here is a datasheet cited by the Wikipedia article. It says 0.5% initial error, another 0.3% over its full temperature range, and another 0.3% over 10 years of aging.

Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts

They put that in the law because they want people to think it actually happens.

It reminds me of the time that a proposed bill outlawed “critical race theory” in schools, which it defined (in part) as teaching that present-day white people must feel guilty about past slavery. But nobody had ever taught that.

It was during the pandemic, so the courtroom was a teleconference. For $300, it’s not worth the stress (unless you can also claim statutory/punitive damages). But it is worth knowing you’ve deprived a leech of committing theft, if that appeals to you.

Small claims court is not too hard and doesn’t require a lawyer, but do try to find some free legal advice before your court date. Housing issues usually have free legal advice in most jurisdictions.

I had to sue for my security deposit once. It’s very common in the US for landlords to fraudulently keep some or all of the security deposit.

Could this be used to develop homebrew microcode? Could we finally disable the PSP with this?

In case anyone was thinking this applies only to inkjet printers: no, it ONLY seems to apply to laser printers – the thing that Brother used to be known for. Where the article says “ink”, they mean “toner”. There is no ink in a laser printer.

They’ll just roll back the blockchain. Ethereum is a centrally controlled cryptocurrency, though its fans claim otherwise. It’s been rolled back before.

This doesn’t seem like a reliable news source. The article claims to be “news”, and is not marked anywhere as “opinion”, yet is clearly full of opinion:

What may unfold is an economic downturn that could rip through the unaccountable federal bureaucracy in the DC Swamp that won’t get a bailout this time from taxpayers.

I would recommend not linking to zerohedge .com .

Of these 3, the Pixel 9. It can run both GrapheneOS and CalyxOS.

The Pixel 8a can also run both, but it only costs $400. CalyxOS will support both phones until 2031.

?TJL-BDFW-BFGV-JVVB (enables cheats in Doom 64)

Wrong link? I couldn’t find the article.

I must disagree. For example, the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act entitles you to use aftermarket parts in your product without invalidating your warranty, as long as the aftermarket parts don’t cause damage. I agree with the spirit of this law, and I believe software should be considered a “part” in this context.

It’s based in China, not Taiwan. (They are different countries, IMO.)

The /s at the end means he was being sarcastic.

But truthfully, there are some places (such as isolated bubbles on Facebook, I would expect) where people honestly believe that opposition to Israel is based on antisemitism, being unaware of the genocide.

Does this version include the Anthropocene Extinction pack? If not, I’ll continue hoping it gets canceled.

TLDR: They sent information through a fiber-optic cable using fewer photons per bit than before.

They only transmitted information, not any non-photon particles. They didn’t exceed the speed of light, or exceed the speed of light through fiber-optic cable.