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Something like it! Setup for Windows 95 through Windows ME, when run from DOS, unpacked and launched a version of Windows 3.1 that was included in the MINI.CAB file.

This is an amazing article; I expect I'll get a lot out of it next time I have to debug a Cable modem problem.

Some cable modems (often based on the Broadcom chipset) expose a 'Spectrum Analyzer' interface on port 8080.

I had no idea this was a thing, but it turns out to exist on the SB6183 (http://192.168.100.1:8080/), though doesn't support Firefox for some reason.

It looks like slrn.org has been compromised by spammers (perhaps the owner failed to renew the domain name in time?). https://slrn.info/ appears to be the current home of the project. (https://jedsoft.org/ links there via http://slrn.sourceforge.net/.)

In the US we have "whipped butter" which (according to Wikipedia) is made spreadable by aerating it with nitrogen. I recall hearing that it isn't suitable for situations that require measuring because the volume is not the same. (But it does works well on bread or for greasing a pan.)

PEP 594, actually: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0594/

do people know that by emailing their local government their email address is now free for scammers to request under FOI?

Florida, which has fairly broad open records laws, at least makes this extremely clear:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Displ...

Any agency, as defined in s. 119.011, or legislative entity that operates a website and uses electronic mail shall post the following statement in a conspicuous location on its website:

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Probably those apps open pages in the browser (reddit posts certainly qualify), so this could happen if he uses Chrome (or uses Chrome for custom tabs) and has sync turned on. Chrome's browsing history can show up in Web & App Activity if the option "Include Chrome browsing history and activity from websites and apps that use Google services" is turned on: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/54068?co=GENIE.P...

The American Library Association specifically discourages the behavior of your local library:

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/guidelines/library-manag...

For example, if the LMS offers the ability to save the checkout history, this should be an opt-in feature not turned on as a default.

The policy also recommends libraries minimize collection of data in general, use HTTPS whenever possible, and maintain a warrant canary.

See also: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/FAQ

Lenovo is pretty terrible with parts availability

Really? That's too bad - I had to replace the fan on my Lenovo T500 some years back (~2011) and they had sent one overnight-by-10:30 (and it was pretty inexpensive, too). It certainly made an impression.

I guess back then IBM still ran the parts and service business, even though Lenovo had taken over the manufacturing and marketing several years before.

Additionally with Android I still can’t send/receive sms via my computer like I can with my iPhone using 1st party tools (yes sms, in addition to iMessage work with my iPhone). I’d like to use android but this sort of messaging experience is table stakes.

According to The Verge, a web interface is coming soon (presumably as a result of development effort being redirected from Allo to Messages)

So expect a couple things to happen on the app front. First, Google will finally make a desktop web interface for texting

There's a screenshot in this article (about half-way down; if you're lucky this link will take you to it):

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17252486/google-android-m...

Hasn't Dell offered AMD chips for a long time? Dell currently sells AMD-based laptops, and was doing so back in 2008 as well.

For example, this Ryzen laptop: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-inspiron-15-...

According to Wikipedia, it became a configuration file in Windows 95 (MS-DOS 7.0): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDOS.SYS

I've used googles (a bad idea, in retrospect) for the last 10 years or so.

That is a reasonable consideration, but Google is very specific about how they use and retain data collected by Google Public DNS. Assuming they are not lying, I don't think it's a significant concern. (Admittedly, their policy is not as good as Cloudflare's "no IP logging" policy.)

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy

TL;DR: Logs with IP addresses are deleted within 48 hours; permanent logs keep city-level location data, but no personally identifiable information. "We don't correlate or combine information from our temporary or permanent logs with any personal information that you have provided Google for other services."

It appears APNIC still owns the IP address, described as "APNIC and Cloudflare DNS Resolver project, Routed globally by AS13335/Cloudflare, Research prefix for APNIC Labs".

https://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl?searchtext=1.1.1.1

This sort of effort has existed for a long time, e.g. SETI@home and the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (although they don't tend to pay people). They've faced many of these same problems, and presumably devised minimum overhead solutions.

"Access all data on all websites" isn't the only permission level. However, there are a lot of things extensions do that can only be implemented as hacks within the page the user is viewing, and if you want to run a script in a webpage -- even if it's just `document.addEventListener('keypress', function (e) { if ( e.key == 8 ) history.go(-1) });` -- the browser has to assume it could be reading all the data it wants.

You could argue that "adding a browser keybinding" should be a separate API. You're not wrong (I'd love an extension like this to replace Ctrl+Q with Ctrl+Shift+Q), but browser vendors (at least Mozilla) seem to be very reluctant to add more APIs.

I was going to mention how I've been confused by people having overreactions like "it's just an extension to rewrite 'millenials' to 'snake people', why is it stealing all of my data?", equating the permission to read data from webpages with an implication that it will steal all your data. This never made much sense to me, since it seemed obvious to me that the required permissions for those things would have to be the same. In light of the Cambridge Analytica situation, though, I realize these fears were very well-founded.

That's a good use for 3D printing, assuming someone knows and can publish the appropriate measurements for the gauge block.

You can set the time on your phone, and GPS spoofing is a technology that already exists -- or you could disable location services.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack#GPS_spoofing

Software patents are not recognized in Europe, where the VideoLAN organization is based.

http://www.videolan.org/legal.html

I think this is what they were referring to:

17 U.S. Code § 120(a): "The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place."

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/120

There is, however, an exception for secret military installations in 18 U.S. Code § 795: "[...] certain vital military and naval installations or equipment as requiring protection against the general dissemination of information relative thereto, it shall be unlawful to make any photograph [...]"

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/795

Applies to:

Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education) x64

Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education) x86

Windows 10 Mobile ARM

Windows 10 Mobile x86

Windows Server 2016 x64

It's not clear to me that this document has been updated to reflect this release. Windows 10 Mobile is the successor to Windows Phone 8.1, while the article suggests that this product might better described as "Windows 10 for desktop editions ARM".

From The Verge: "HP and Asus' devices will include Windows 10 S, designed to only run apps from the Windows Store, but users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro free of charge (for now) to get access to the full desktop apps." https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16737288/microsoft-window...

AP also does some investigative work. For example, "Americans buying salmon for dinner at Walmart or ALDI may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an AP investigation has found" https://www.apnews.com/8b493b7df6e147e98d19f3abb5ca090a

Yeah, I saw that on the portfolio page. Since about July I've been looking mostly at the portfolio on the homepage, so I missed it.

Also, while the charts no longer require Flash, they no longer support arbitrary date ranges. So they're useless too now.

Also, I find it very disappointing that they removed portfolios and portfolio downloads without telling anybody in advance so that they could download their portfolios beforehand. (Edit: apparently https://finance.google.com/ is still available separately, for a short time)

It's the A350: https://sqlite.org/famous.html And a video: https://twitter.com/copiousfreetime/status/67583454330408140...

See also, from four years ago: http://insideevs.com/entry-level-40kwh-tesla-model-s-cancell...

US Starbucks Cards can be used in certain other countries[1], and international money transfer would be a plausible excuse for requiring such information. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for Argentine Starbucks cards[2].

[1] "Most Starbucks, Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores in North America including Puerto Rico accept your Starbucks Card. Certain Starbucks-branded locations may not permit you to use the Starbucks Card for payment, including some airport, grocery and bookstore locations, or stores in Guam and others located outside continental North America." https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information/onlin...

[2] "La Starbucks Card activada en Argentina no podrá ser utilizada en tiendas Starbucks ubicadas fuera de Argentina. La Starbucks Card activada fuera de Argentina no será válida en Argentina.", which Google translates as "The Starbucks Card activated in Argentina can not be used in Starbucks stores located outside Argentina. The Starbucks Card activated outside Argentina will not be valid in Argentina." https://starbucksrewards.com.ar/tos/card

Maybe, but they must have had a strange priority. While I think I logged in recently, my account has always had a zero balance.

Email on the 27th, and also on the 19th and 20th.

I got three notifications from Coinbase, dating as early as July 19th; that's way more than 4 days notice.