I have a 1TB harddrive on my desktop computer that isn’t doing much of anything, so I’d like to dual-boot something “interesting”. Suggestions are greatly appreciated, so let me know what y’all find intriguing/interesting/frustrating/innovative....
Qubes - an OS that compartmentalizes system functions (including userspace) into separate VMs, with the intent of keeping them secure from each other. Kind of an internal zero-trust approach. Complicated to use.
Alpine Linux - stripped down to create a reduced attack surface, with the intent to provide only packages which have been vetted for security. Fairly straightforward.
Redox OS - a Unix-like OS written in Rust (not actually Linux). Limited, still kind of a prototype.
Damn Small Linux has been revived with a new version recently, which is nice to see.
HoloISO - a community built reimplementation of the Steam Deck OS.
I’ve heard though of some people spending upwards of like $150. For food?
I certainly have never spent more than $35 ~ $50
Are you talking about one meal, one grocery store trip, or one month of food expenses, or what?
and it’s just me.
OK, so you’re not trying to provide food for a family, so your perspective and experience is limited.
I don’t know why these other people just struggle.
Perhaps their situation is different from your own? Perhaps they have other concerns in their life that are different from your own? Perhaps the cost of living where they are is different from where you are?
I think still that it comes down to bad budgeting and maybe some poor lifestyle choices.
So you’re ignorant of what problems other people might be facing, and to fill in that gap in your understanding you’ve decided to blame the people who are having problems. Great.
The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that you have a problem.
But that’s only the first step. If you aren’t identifying that problem in specific terms (not vague generalities) and also proposing a solution (again not vague, and preferably SMART) then you are just complaining.
Ok, good? All you can do with Iron Dome is shoot down mortar rounds and slower-moving rockets (and maybe drones?) - it really only works for defense. I don’t see the problem.
This is already at the point where we can replace an intern or one of the less good junior engineers.
This is a bad thing.
Not just because it will put the people you’re talking about out of work in the short term, but because it will prevent the next generation of developers from getting that low-level experience. They’re not “idiots”, they’re inexperienced. They need to get experience. They won’t if they’re replaced by automation.
“At the end of the day, though, it always comes down to that most important resource of all – people."
You know, like the ones we just fired…
Maybe it’s time for these massive publishers to become irrelevant anyway. They’re only in it for the money. Steam has proven that there’s plenty of market for games made by small, independent publishers.
They were either the most powerful weapon in Star Trek history, able to destroy multiple enemy ships with a single burst, or they were basically a laser pointer. There never seemed to be any middle ground.
“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
Google’s migration guide for developers lists what they’re supposed to switch to on Android phones and Wear OS. However, there is no replacement for the Goals API that lets Google Fit users set “how many steps and heart points they want to aim for each day.”
America has retaliated… sort of. Not by direct cyber attack, but with sanctions, which have made business impossible for companies like HP and Microsoft.
If your organization gets attacked you may be able to recover from backups. If your organization’s primary service provider dumps you, now you have to completely rebuild everything.
To put it another way, Russia abused computer infrastructure to attack countries that it’s not at war with… so America just took away the infrastructure.
Good strategy comes from focusing on achieving your objectives, not showing force for its own sake. Showing your full capabilities should only happen after you’re certain your opponent has expended theirs.
No kidding, I hadn’t seen that one. If I understand correctly, the rocks were stable but the angle was putting too much pressure on the concrete wall which made it crack.
Can it really be that there are Star Wars fans who see George Lucas’s Episode I – The Phantom Menace, once considered the emblem of everything that went wrong with the long-running space saga, as a bona fide classic ripe for rehabilitation 25 years on? As the much-derided 1999 film returns to cinemas this weekend, there are...
Suggest unto me a new FOSS operating system (infosec.pub)
I have a 1TB harddrive on my desktop computer that isn’t doing much of anything, so I’d like to dual-boot something “interesting”. Suggestions are greatly appreciated, so let me know what y’all find intriguing/interesting/frustrating/innovative....
Water barrel for a fallout shelter from the Cold War era seen in a flea market. (lemmy.world)
Bonus: modern doomsday prepper booth in the same flea market. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ee65f843-66be-4009-9aec-12d2d991e91d.jpeg
54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their finances (www.cnbc.com)
Christian posts about how Islam has claimed thousands of lives while forgetting that their religion has done the same thing. (midwest.social)
The only way things can get better is by acknowledging that things aren't as good as they could be
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally (apnews.com)
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
Big Video Game Publishers Like Microsoft Are Paving Their Own Path To Irrelevance - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Beeseball (sh.itjust.works)
Middle Earth enshittification (lemmy.world)
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' (www.theregister.com)
As a young fan, the space battles were the best part. You might say I was crazy about them. (lemmy.world)
What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year?
I’m getting close to the bottom of my backlog on a few podcasts, so I’m looking to get something new in there....
The reason prosthetics are so good in Star Wars is because the Jedi use live lightsabers to train.
What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
Google Fit dev APIs shutdown set for June 2025 (9to5google.com)
Google’s migration guide for developers lists what they’re supposed to switch to on Android phones and Wear OS. However, there is no replacement for the Goals API that lets Google Fit users set “how many steps and heart points they want to aim for each day.”
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn (www.ft.com)
Autonomous excavator constructs dry stone wall (electrek.co)
What looks easy peasy lemon squeezy but is actually difficult difficult lemon difficult?
Star Wars – The Phantom Menace: still terrible after all these years? (www.theguardian.com)
Can it really be that there are Star Wars fans who see George Lucas’s Episode I – The Phantom Menace, once considered the emblem of everything that went wrong with the long-running space saga, as a bona fide classic ripe for rehabilitation 25 years on? As the much-derided 1999 film returns to cinemas this weekend, there are...