Your passive-aggressive comment kind of confirms my point, I'm afraid. Don't take this personally, but it's maybe not the greatest display of professionality to doubt other people's expertise while admitting yourself that you don't know what you're talking about. Couldn't you at least have looked up some of the safety features of Rust or Ada? Also, these languages are just examples. I could have made the same point with ANSI Forth vs. Algol 68.
Like with all language threads, there is so much swagger and misinformation by language afficionados in this discussion. To be honest, I wouldn't trust anyone who calls himself a 'programmer' and doesn't think he could do the job in practically any language or doesn't admit that C and C++ are less safe than, say, Ada or Rust. Everybody has his preferences, no doubt about that, but it's childish and tiresome to hear these silly "my language can do it too" or "everybody uses my language so it must be perfect" comments.
There are objective evaluation criteria for the overall safety of programming languages and their implementations. If you want to write safe code, then you either should use a relatively safe language with a good implementation, or you need to use appropriate bug checking tools to validate your programs. There are plenty of such tools for C and C++, too, so of course safe programs can be run in these languages. But you also have to use these tools, or you'll get more buggy programs in the long run. That's not (yet) really rocket science, is it?
I've never had any problems with installing Linux from a USB stick. Qotom will even preinstall a Linux for you if you ask them (or at least they used to), though usually Ubuntu rather than Mint.
As for your Windows remark, well, what should I say. The Linux Mint PC also does not come with Windows.
Centralized authentication and entropy sources for encryption keys is certainly the wet dream of all law enforcement and intelligence services of the world, but it makes zero sense from a security perspective. Zero.
So what your saying is that if I'm using an ad blocker I undermine the business model that shows Justin Bieber and Maroon 5 channels to me on Youtube?
Good to know...
Well, Win 7 works way better for me than Win 10, so why should I "give in"? I'll be forced into Win 10 when I buy a new gaming machine anyway, although I hope it's going to be Win 13 by then.
I would love TempleOS if it had a network stack and was programmed with something like Pascal, Modula or Lisp instead of some C-ish language. But I guess that's a matter of taste. It's insanely cool anyway.
Yes, but only few languages actually compile to assembly. Most compile to machine code via an IR (intermediate representation), which doesn't really count as assembly.
There was never any problems with RC enthusiasts. They go to a special place where they disturb nobody else and let their planes fly. Why are owners of drones incapable of doing the same? Why they have to film other people without their permission, spy on neighbors, and also pester people in public places? Why do they have to fly their drones in densely populated areas or near airports? Why can't they respect their fellow citizens wishes at all?
Is it really so hard to behave in a civil way like the RC community managed for many decades without problems?
Okay, let me be more direct then: The operator of that drone is the biggest asshole of all times. That's not just what I think, that's objectively true.
Happy now?
I think these people are more than just assholes. Annoying people and their children with shitty tech gadgets in their own house and garden should be a felony. If your own house and garden suddenly become public places where your asshole neighbor can film you and your children, then the dystopian future has really arrived. I mean, people work really hard to get their own house and garden (I wish I could afford one). Why do they do that? To have their own house and garden where they can expect the little privacy that's left nowadays. Are we soon having to hide under our bed sheets to be free from spying neighbors and governments?
How about writing a snail mail letter to Microsoft that you do not agree with any telemetry and demand that the EULA between you and Microsoft has to be changed accordingly. That way, Microsoft has only few options: Cancel the contract and compensate you for the loss of service provided by your license of Windows 7, not activate telemetry on your system, or install telemetry, which in this case would constitute illegal wiretaping that falls under penal law.
I'm sure that this couldn't possibly affect Microsoft much in the US, but in the EU this way of proceeding might give Microsoft's lawyers a headache.
But is not even remotely as simple as it appears from the video. You need to carefully drill the whole exactly at the place shown in the video. That's because (obviously) they only covered it up and didn't physically remove the headphone connector - why would they, costs like a few pennies, much more expensive to redesign the board. Try it out for yourself, if you do it the right way it works!
How can I get the latest apps on my Internet-enabled milk package in my mom's basement without leaving the basement? Does anybody know how? Can I use my magic golden Apple bracelet for it?
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Ubuntu in Windows 10.... ugh
Your passive-aggressive comment kind of confirms my point, I'm afraid. Don't take this personally, but it's maybe not the greatest display of professionality to doubt other people's expertise while admitting yourself that you don't know what you're talking about. Couldn't you at least have looked up some of the safety features of Rust or Ada? Also, these languages are just examples. I could have made the same point with ANSI Forth vs. Algol 68.
Like with all language threads, there is so much swagger and misinformation by language afficionados in this discussion. To be honest, I wouldn't trust anyone who calls himself a 'programmer' and doesn't think he could do the job in practically any language or doesn't admit that C and C++ are less safe than, say, Ada or Rust. Everybody has his preferences, no doubt about that, but it's childish and tiresome to hear these silly "my language can do it too" or "everybody uses my language so it must be perfect" comments.
There are objective evaluation criteria for the overall safety of programming languages and their implementations. If you want to write safe code, then you either should use a relatively safe language with a good implementation, or you need to use appropriate bug checking tools to validate your programs. There are plenty of such tools for C and C++, too, so of course safe programs can be run in these languages. But you also have to use these tools, or you'll get more buggy programs in the long run. That's not (yet) really rocket science, is it?
Your DNA doesn't change over time, so instant or not is totally irrelevant. Somebody collects your DNA and waits until you next use it.
I've never had any problems with installing Linux from a USB stick. Qotom will even preinstall a Linux for you if you ask them (or at least they used to), though usually Ubuntu rather than Mint. As for your Windows remark, well, what should I say. The Linux Mint PC also does not come with Windows.
Right, because it's totally impossible to get a DNA sample such as a hair form someone...
Nevertheless, your password will be cracked when the server is compromised. You can't square a round pig, so to say.
Centralized authentication and entropy sources for encryption keys is certainly the wet dream of all law enforcement and intelligence services of the world, but it makes zero sense from a security perspective. Zero.
You're such a moron.
Why did you misspell all names except 'Putin'? Incompetence or your idea of appearing to be witty?
So what your saying is that if I'm using an ad blocker I undermine the business model that shows Justin Bieber and Maroon 5 channels to me on Youtube? Good to know...
Damn, you're right, it's not interesting at all. I mistook this "Pixel 3" brand for a Pixel Qi display! :-/
Well, Win 7 works way better for me than Win 10, so why should I "give in"? I'll be forced into Win 10 when I buy a new gaming machine anyway, although I hope it's going to be Win 13 by then.
I would love TempleOS if it had a network stack and was programmed with something like Pascal, Modula or Lisp instead of some C-ish language. But I guess that's a matter of taste. It's insanely cool anyway.
Can you easily remove this 'Andromeda' crap run an ordinary Linux distribution on it? Then it could be a really interesting machine.
Yes, but only few languages actually compile to assembly. Most compile to machine code via an IR (intermediate representation), which doesn't really count as assembly.
There was never any problems with RC enthusiasts. They go to a special place where they disturb nobody else and let their planes fly. Why are owners of drones incapable of doing the same? Why they have to film other people without their permission, spy on neighbors, and also pester people in public places? Why do they have to fly their drones in densely populated areas or near airports? Why can't they respect their fellow citizens wishes at all? Is it really so hard to behave in a civil way like the RC community managed for many decades without problems?
To be fair to the rotten US justice system, though, I'm pretty sure that anti-sodomy laws have not been invoked for a long time.
Okay, let me be more direct then: The operator of that drone is the biggest asshole of all times. That's not just what I think, that's objectively true. Happy now?
I think these people are more than just assholes. Annoying people and their children with shitty tech gadgets in their own house and garden should be a felony. If your own house and garden suddenly become public places where your asshole neighbor can film you and your children, then the dystopian future has really arrived. I mean, people work really hard to get their own house and garden (I wish I could afford one). Why do they do that? To have their own house and garden where they can expect the little privacy that's left nowadays. Are we soon having to hide under our bed sheets to be free from spying neighbors and governments?
I'm sure that this couldn't possibly affect Microsoft much in the US, but in the EU this way of proceeding might give Microsoft's lawyers a headache.
But is not even remotely as simple as it appears from the video. You need to carefully drill the whole exactly at the place shown in the video. That's because (obviously) they only covered it up and didn't physically remove the headphone connector - why would they, costs like a few pennies, much more expensive to redesign the board. Try it out for yourself, if you do it the right way it works!
How can I get the latest apps on my Internet-enabled milk package in my mom's basement without leaving the basement? Does anybody know how? Can I use my magic golden Apple bracelet for it?
The answer to the Fermi Paradox: Alien civilizations are cowards, just like us.
I like the defensive formulation of the rule. Not solely or primarily. Clearly some outstanding ethicists have been working on this.