ooterness @ ooterness @lemmy.world

I'm an electrical engineer living in Los Angeles, CA.

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It works for now on x86-64, yes. For now. As always, we are one "think of the children" crisis away from lobbyists taking that option away.

It's not for you, it's for them. Secure boot means it only runs their operating system, not yours. Trusted enclave means it secures their DRM-ware from tampering by the user who owns the PC.

This is a quote from The Onion's endorsement of Joe Biden for president, which was posted October 3, because it's The Onion.

Amateurs. Baguette-based high-explosive squash-head (HESH) warheads are the future of improvised anti-tank munitions.

This is the mental equivalent of Saitama's workout from One Punch Man: 100 sit-ups, 100 pushups, 100 squats, and a 10-km run. (Repeat daily until your hair falls out.)

I'm speculating, but my guesses are:

• Gathering enough karma to post on subreddits that have a minimum threshold.
• Getting enough post and comment history to pass a casual inspection, either by human moderators or spam filters.
• Maturing the account to the point where it can be sold to another shady company.
• Generally having a lot of bot accounts ready, just in case.

Once mature, it's usually used for spam or astroturfing. There is a noticeable uptick around big elections, wars, etc.

I saw one repost-bot that metastisized into the most vile porn-spam-bot you can imagine, but they're usually more subtle than that.

They're indistinguishable because they're copied from top-voted posts that are a few years old (title, text, and image if applicable). It's guaranteed to produce a post that fits the community and gets a lot of engagement, so it's a cheap and effective way to mature a bot account. Once you start looking for it, it's everywhere, and Reddit admins don't care.

I always thought it's because vacuums crave the souls of cats and dogs. TIL.

Technically correct is the best kind of correct.

The healer in Tactical Breach Wizards is a necromancer, so she can only fix you up once you're dead. She carries a .45 for medical purposes.

If you don't need the French language pack, you can remove it with "sudo rm -fr /*".

Important question: Should dragons be equipped with explosive reactive armor?

SATA= Slow (Max 6 Gbps) PCIe = Fast (Max > 100 Gbps in theory)

This is the maximum rate from the drive to the motherboard. Many drives are fast enough that SATA works become the bottleneck. With PCIe, the drive can run at its full speed, whatever that may be.

It's like Pokemon. You only get four skill slots.

This bike can.

Rarely. A good intro gives me a moment to set aside real-life worries and get into the right mindset to enjoy the show. TNG, DS9, VOY, and SNW are all bangers.

Good meme, but how is this science?

Orcas (so called "killer whales") aren't whales at all, they're actually dolphins.

Andor belongs on this list.

There's a Souls-like video game with this premise.