Most people gave up on Wine as forever hopeless over the first few years (it did seem so at the time), and so have not bothered with the most recently releases. At least this is the sort of talk I have seen on other tech related boards over many years. As far as the "(after some tweaking)" part? I can only suspect that a lot of people go on their most absolute first impression and do not even know what you mean by that.
I remember the ancient days when Wine really excelled at running notepad.exe. Over the first few years, I had serious doubts about the project's future. But for the last few years , I have been able run substantially more - even rather complex - applications to the point that it is useful. As of the last couple releases before this, I have been downright impressed by the number of application I have been able to run. This is even to the point where I now consider it a powerful tool. Anything that can improve on that now with hope for ongoing development is absolutely great in my book.
I upgraded to an s8+ while it was all brand new. Still probably the most powerful handset on the market. It cost a cool $850 or so at the time. I was moving up from my Priv. Yet I can honestly say that I use probably less than 1% of it's feature capacity. I send text messages. I use calendar features and set alarms. I use navigation. I use it for dual factor authentication. Sometimes I ask a question. Occasionally as a hotspot. But still its primary function is as my primary but not sole dual factor enabling device.
Perhaps I am getting old, but I dream of a phone that sits between feature phone and not quite smartphone.
I miss my BB classic. If I could have any phone I wanted, it would be a BB classic with a modern processor, 4 gigs of ram, a top notch camera... and... that's about it except to point out that BB 10 would still have to be the OS. It is a shame that such a great OS was shelved and is metaphorically collecting dust. In fact, I could still easily get by with a classic to the point where i have to resist the temptation to buy one after market. The deal breaker is the camera. I actually use that for business and need the resolution for both pictures and video. It is a small enough device that I would in fact shell out quite a lot for some kinda case that introduces a bluetooth connected, high quality camera as long as it had its own battery.
These flaws having been introduced so widely and having existed for so long is a side effect of petal to the metal semiconductor advancement. I can only suspect other flaws will be found in time. If this forces an extra layer of thoughtfulness to a technology that stands as the centerpiece of modern civilization and represents (at least to me) the greatest technological realization of the modern scientific age (arguable) then things can only be that much better moving forward. Dye fabrication size is already introducing fantastic new engineering challenges. The more architectural hurdles that can be recognized the better.
I do wonder that if we eventually turn semiconductor design and other future computing technologies over to AI in what now seems likely a very near future, if at some point those tools may introduce features too subtle for us to notice or even understand in order to benefit themselves or itself alone, perhaps even ensuring their own protection. Without ever telling us, of course.
For a long time I used face recog on my S8+. It was neat. But there are reasons why the security settings suggest turning it off in order to enhance security. If someone wants to access the data on your phone, all they need is the phone and the user - being held under duress? - or a really good picture. Likewise with the finger print scanner you can physically force someone to unlock their phone even if they don't want to, or use a lifted fingerprint. I never tried the photo bypass, but I was able to lift a fingerprint and artificially apply it to unlock the device.
Although it took an awkward situation to turn off facial recognition. Long story short, I had left the Youtube app open, paused the video, and locked the phone. Facial recognition on the S8+ is lighting fast. Without my intending to the phone saw enough of my face at an angle I am still surprised worked and unlocked in a room full of people - much to my surprise. The volume was turned up all the way and the paused video auto played. The people in the room were SJW, the channel was Andy Warski. I am lucky I wasn't skinned alive.
iPhone, blah blah. Problems with that also, too long don't want to write.
Back to using a PIN only, the best security feature I could ask for would create a condition on the screen where only someone looking directly at it can see it.
Do I have anything that super secret on my phone to hide? No, if I had anything so sensitive it would not be on my phone at all regardless of measures including encryption. But that is not the point. Is using a PIN perfect? Of course not, but neither is locking the door to your house.
Earlier in the day I saw an a US ad for Huawei. It was the first time I've ever seen such a thing. It was also very strange. I am going to walk out on a limb and sound racist. Slashdot can make of it what it will. It was a very American ad in terms of dramatizing how super cool their tech is and the general way it was scripted and shot. It was also presented as a "here we come" kind of commercial. It was also very Asian as all the actors had were Chinese (or looked kinda like it) had heavy Asian accents, and was obviously shot in China, yet they were acting like Americans. It was about the Mate 10 being the end all be all. I think perhaps I saw it on YouTube which is strange as I only saw it the one time. I wish I had a link. Did anyone else see it?
Dissect this as you wish. I could have given a better commentary but I've been drinking. It was rather striking and unusual though.
So the Freespire version lists a bunch of OSS. The commercial version lists a ton more software, almost all of it OSS. They have an awful lot of detailed testimonials for something that appears to have been release 5 days ago. Testimonials from the previous incarnation do not apply - this is a new animal. "Partnerships" - Uh huh. I need more info on what they classify as a "Partnership". Half of their "customers" link to nothing but a logo. I would be curious to know what Verizon and the US Navy are buying from them. For a company admitting (in the fine print) that they are a small consulting firm their service offerings seem pretty lofty. I could go on and on, nothing about this seems quite right or a even a good idea. I can't find any reviews. FOSS Bytes has a mention but all I learned is that it is an Ubuntu derivative, and that screen shot better be from a decade ago.
I am currently stuck on a pre-Ryzen 6 core AMD circa 2011. While I do i have 16 gigs of ram, that's still a rickety old CPU. I don't have much of a problem with Ubuntu latest, but I seem to have memory of Mint being among the more resource intensive.
Almost every account I have anywhere locks after so many tries. Typically to the point where you have to contact the sys admin\site owners. This requires access to someone's email - usually their main account. If you can already authenticate someone's email and they are a simple everyday person, you likely already have the username and password to any and every account they have. It's easy. Take that info and hit up every bank login (or whatever) that does not require dual factor. Other possibilities apply like a question\answer which is also not insurmountable. Then again, dual factor is becoming the new norm. In a situation where a password requires a special character, and you can authenticate their primary email account, put a ! at the end you 9 times out of 10 you've got it. Past that - and maybe someone can help me out here - I can't think of any common systems that do not specify whether or not the username or password is incorrect. Now, there is a better situation where you can attempt a password reset. In this situation you will often get "if this username or email exists in the system you will get an email with instructions at that address". If you use an invalid username or email, the system will not tell you. Instead, no email will be sent if it is not registered in the system. This is the one case where quite often it will indeed flat out tell you username or email does not exist, and it is typically specific between the two which can be a big help in modifying an existing known username from another system.
All in all this article is a bit several years ago don't ya think?
I have been using Quantum since beta and have been endlessly happy with it. I no longer have Chrome installed at all. So, with all this new money, moment, and initialize, I was thinking what about a Thunderbird overhaul. Then I realized, for my purposes it is perfect which is why have been using it for years and years, occasional experimenting with something else.
But people have different usage requirements. If the readers here could change anything about Thunderbird, what would it be?
It's not that simple. There are posts in this thread that claim knowledge of Japan being able to make a bunch of nukes overnight. Not to mention a home grown nuke needs to be tested, and courtesy of the test ban treaty, they can only be tested underground. Japan does not have a whole lot of "underground". Not to mention the potential of waking up Godzilla.
Seriously though, the US would never give Japan a bunch ICBM tipped nukes in silos. The international insanity that would follow would make the current international climate pale in comparison. So the Japanese Defense Force is technically a military, but Japan has no Army. The entirety of their military infrastructure is geared specifically towards defensive measures. While in light of the escalating NK program there is talk in Japan of changing this, but reorganizing their military is also not something that can happen overnight.
I suggest looking into the "Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan". If fact there is a lot of contextual history and subjects like the "San Francisco System" and the "Yoshida Doctrine" the last of which is still largely applicable today.
Rather than writing a whole research paper in a post, I am going to leave it there for you to research. I imagine people will read this post and try to call me out on "this and that has changed, and then there is this and that". I am aware of these things. The bottom line is we have an overwhelming military force in Japan for a reason. We protect Japan, for better or worse. It really is all very complicated.
And if they launched one that landed just on the outside edge of international water, otherwise on it's way to California, and it could be established that it could have gone all the way if they wanted it to?
Slashdot Mirror
Most people gave up on Wine as forever hopeless over the first few years (it did seem so at the time), and so have not bothered with the most recently releases. At least this is the sort of talk I have seen on other tech related boards over many years. As far as the "(after some tweaking)" part? I can only suspect that a lot of people go on their most absolute first impression and do not even know what you mean by that.
I remember the ancient days when Wine really excelled at running notepad.exe. Over the first few years, I had serious doubts about the project's future. But for the last few years , I have been able run substantially more - even rather complex - applications to the point that it is useful. As of the last couple releases before this, I have been downright impressed by the number of application I have been able to run. This is even to the point where I now consider it a powerful tool. Anything that can improve on that now with hope for ongoing development is absolutely great in my book.
I would not be surprised if these programs involve micro-aggression spotting and other new age indoctrination weird stuff.
In states where sales tax is collected, they all must have the exact same rates and rules on every level.
I upgraded to an s8+ while it was all brand new. Still probably the most powerful handset on the market. It cost a cool $850 or so at the time. I was moving up from my Priv. Yet I can honestly say that I use probably less than 1% of it's feature capacity. I send text messages. I use calendar features and set alarms. I use navigation. I use it for dual factor authentication. Sometimes I ask a question. Occasionally as a hotspot. But still its primary function is as my primary but not sole dual factor enabling device.
Perhaps I am getting old, but I dream of a phone that sits between feature phone and not quite smartphone.
I miss my BB classic. If I could have any phone I wanted, it would be a BB classic with a modern processor, 4 gigs of ram, a top notch camera... and... that's about it except to point out that BB 10 would still have to be the OS. It is a shame that such a great OS was shelved and is metaphorically collecting dust. In fact, I could still easily get by with a classic to the point where i have to resist the temptation to buy one after market. The deal breaker is the camera. I actually use that for business and need the resolution for both pictures and video. It is a small enough device that I would in fact shell out quite a lot for some kinda case that introduces a bluetooth connected, high quality camera as long as it had its own battery.
Just rambling over morning coffee.
Yes. That is true today.
These flaws having been introduced so widely and having existed for so long is a side effect of petal to the metal semiconductor advancement. I can only suspect other flaws will be found in time. If this forces an extra layer of thoughtfulness to a technology that stands as the centerpiece of modern civilization and represents (at least to me) the greatest technological realization of the modern scientific age (arguable) then things can only be that much better moving forward. Dye fabrication size is already introducing fantastic new engineering challenges. The more architectural hurdles that can be recognized the better.
I do wonder that if we eventually turn semiconductor design and other future computing technologies over to AI in what now seems likely a very near future, if at some point those tools may introduce features too subtle for us to notice or even understand in order to benefit themselves or itself alone, perhaps even ensuring their own protection. Without ever telling us, of course.
Sound like a great way to quietly build a biometric database.
For a long time I used face recog on my S8+. It was neat. But there are reasons why the security settings suggest turning it off in order to enhance security. If someone wants to access the data on your phone, all they need is the phone and the user - being held under duress? - or a really good picture. Likewise with the finger print scanner you can physically force someone to unlock their phone even if they don't want to, or use a lifted fingerprint. I never tried the photo bypass, but I was able to lift a fingerprint and artificially apply it to unlock the device.
Although it took an awkward situation to turn off facial recognition. Long story short, I had left the Youtube app open, paused the video, and locked the phone. Facial recognition on the S8+ is lighting fast. Without my intending to the phone saw enough of my face at an angle I am still surprised worked and unlocked in a room full of people - much to my surprise. The volume was turned up all the way and the paused video auto played. The people in the room were SJW, the channel was Andy Warski. I am lucky I wasn't skinned alive.
iPhone, blah blah. Problems with that also, too long don't want to write.
Back to using a PIN only, the best security feature I could ask for would create a condition on the screen where only someone looking directly at it can see it.
Do I have anything that super secret on my phone to hide? No, if I had anything so sensitive it would not be on my phone at all regardless of measures including encryption. But that is not the point. Is using a PIN perfect? Of course not, but neither is locking the door to your house.
Earlier in the day I saw an a US ad for Huawei. It was the first time I've ever seen such a thing. It was also very strange. I am going to walk out on a limb and sound racist. Slashdot can make of it what it will. It was a very American ad in terms of dramatizing how super cool their tech is and the general way it was scripted and shot. It was also presented as a "here we come" kind of commercial. It was also very Asian as all the actors had were Chinese (or looked kinda like it) had heavy Asian accents, and was obviously shot in China, yet they were acting like Americans. It was about the Mate 10 being the end all be all. I think perhaps I saw it on YouTube which is strange as I only saw it the one time. I wish I had a link. Did anyone else see it?
Dissect this as you wish. I could have given a better commentary but I've been drinking. It was rather striking and unusual though.
So the Freespire version lists a bunch of OSS. The commercial version lists a ton more software, almost all of it OSS. They have an awful lot of detailed testimonials for something that appears to have been release 5 days ago. Testimonials from the previous incarnation do not apply - this is a new animal. "Partnerships" - Uh huh. I need more info on what they classify as a "Partnership". Half of their "customers" link to nothing but a logo. I would be curious to know what Verizon and the US Navy are buying from them. For a company admitting (in the fine print) that they are a small consulting firm their service offerings seem pretty lofty. I could go on and on, nothing about this seems quite right or a even a good idea. I can't find any reviews. FOSS Bytes has a mention but all I learned is that it is an Ubuntu derivative, and that screen shot better be from a decade ago.
https://fossbytes.com/lindows-linux-distro-back-linspire-7-0-and-freespire-3-0-released/
I will give Freespire a spin but none of their marketing gives me a reason to be exited.
Excellent. That system is on par. Thanks.
I am currently stuck on a pre-Ryzen 6 core AMD circa 2011. While I do i have 16 gigs of ram, that's still a rickety old CPU. I don't have much of a problem with Ubuntu latest, but I seem to have memory of Mint being among the more resource intensive.
How do you think my rig would fair on Mint?
I think how oh so very satisfied Hitler would be.
I do not like it. It is unsettling.
Almost every account I have anywhere locks after so many tries. Typically to the point where you have to contact the sys admin\site owners. This requires access to someone's email - usually their main account. If you can already authenticate someone's email and they are a simple everyday person, you likely already have the username and password to any and every account they have. It's easy. Take that info and hit up every bank login (or whatever) that does not require dual factor. Other possibilities apply like a question\answer which is also not insurmountable. Then again, dual factor is becoming the new norm. In a situation where a password requires a special character, and you can authenticate their primary email account, put a ! at the end you 9 times out of 10 you've got it. Past that - and maybe someone can help me out here - I can't think of any common systems that do not specify whether or not the username or password is incorrect. Now, there is a better situation where you can attempt a password reset. In this situation you will often get "if this username or email exists in the system you will get an email with instructions at that address". If you use an invalid username or email, the system will not tell you. Instead, no email will be sent if it is not registered in the system. This is the one case where quite often it will indeed flat out tell you username or email does not exist, and it is typically specific between the two which can be a big help in modifying an existing known username from another system.
All in all this article is a bit several years ago don't ya think?
Holy shit. You did not get modded into oblivion. Slashdot is.......... back?
She shops at SpaceX for used space capsules. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!o
If I had mod points.... But yes, I can verify this travesty.
Let's do it.
There I am.
I have been using Quantum since beta and have been endlessly happy with it. I no longer have Chrome installed at all. So, with all this new money, moment, and initialize, I was thinking what about a Thunderbird overhaul. Then I realized, for my purposes it is perfect which is why have been using it for years and years, occasional experimenting with something else.
But people have different usage requirements. If the readers here could change anything about Thunderbird, what would it be?
It's not that simple. There are posts in this thread that claim knowledge of Japan being able to make a bunch of nukes overnight. Not to mention a home grown nuke needs to be tested, and courtesy of the test ban treaty, they can only be tested underground. Japan does not have a whole lot of "underground". Not to mention the potential of waking up Godzilla.
Seriously though, the US would never give Japan a bunch ICBM tipped nukes in silos. The international insanity that would follow would make the current international climate pale in comparison. So the Japanese Defense Force is technically a military, but Japan has no Army. The entirety of their military infrastructure is geared specifically towards defensive measures. While in light of the escalating NK program there is talk in Japan of changing this, but reorganizing their military is also not something that can happen overnight.
I suggest looking into the "Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan". If fact there is a lot of contextual history and subjects like the "San Francisco System" and the "Yoshida Doctrine" the last of which is still largely applicable today.
Rather than writing a whole research paper in a post, I am going to leave it there for you to research. I imagine people will read this post and try to call me out on "this and that has changed, and then there is this and that". I am aware of these things. The bottom line is we have an overwhelming military force in Japan for a reason. We protect Japan, for better or worse. It really is all very complicated.
And if they launched one that landed just on the outside edge of international water, otherwise on it's way to California, and it could be established that it could have gone all the way if they wanted it to?
Japan refuses to have nukes.