> most beloved programming language
Citation needed
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ekianjo commented on Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures old.reddit.com/r/msp/comm... · Posted by u/binwiederhier
Nah, I used various Linux distros for years and the update problems happen there all the time, I think even more TBH, and require substantial technical expertise to fix them.
IMO, the only good way is "if it works, don't fix it", which means, no updates. People are seriously overhyping updates.
I stopped updating all the stuff - OSes, smart locks, android apps, TVs, BP monitors - I honestly had multiple update problems on ALL mentioned devices, multiple times. I only update the thing when I have an actual problem and there is changelog stating that the bug is fixed, or when I want a new feature. You can handle security in other ways in almost all the cases.
I think this IT update burden has gotten out of hand - I don't recall any other domain is like that - my car, my house, my bicycle, my glasses DO NOT UPDATE and its glorious - apart from physical damage, they work the same as yesterday.
Funny whenever people mention using Linux instead of windows there is always a user who claims Linux is broken, hard to use, while most Linux users live a peaceful and uneventful life.
ekianjo commented on Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures old.reddit.com/r/msp/comm... · Posted by u/binwiederhier
ekianjo commented on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line yamanot.es/... · Posted by u/zdw
Good question. The composer and artist of most of them in Japan is Minoru Mukaiya.[1] He's also the CEO of Ongakukan, which builds train simulators for both games and training.
He's done over a hundred original station jingles.[2] Many of the Yamanote Line jingles are classics, though.
Seems like he has nothing to do with the Yamanote line melodies though.
ekianjo commented on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line yamanot.es/... · Posted by u/zdw
ekianjo commented on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line yamanot.es/... · Posted by u/zdw
ekianjo commented on SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight space.com/space-explorati... · Posted by u/mpweiher
I know it's a similar size to the Saturn V, but something about the Saturn V just seems grander to me. Maybe it's the paint job?
Frankly, it kind of blows my mind what the US pulled off in the late 60's, early 70's with the technology and materials of the time.
They had virtually infinite budget at the time. SpaceX is much, much cheaper.
ekianjo commented on SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight space.com/space-explorati... · Posted by u/mpweiher
It was a significant progress, but I won't call it "nailed it". As there was an damage or explosion on re-entry where the skirt of the starship got damaged. And we could see pretty significant damage on one of the fins.
Nailing it would be without the things above.
> And we could see pretty significant damage on one of the fin
They specifically said they're testing lighter fins to see how much they would hold. Let's not invent problems when it's an experiment that was clearly stated.
Banks have never accepted browsers. They don't need to because they can require the web app be paired with a mobile app or SMS code to log in. Before they used mobile apps they issued smartcard readers (at least they did everywhere I lived). The smartcard readers were also used to digitally sign transactions.
In other words, there aren't many banks that let you take sensitive actions with just a browser and that's been true since the start of online banking.
These days they also apply differential risk analysis based on the device used to submit a transaction and do things to push people towards mobile. For instance in Switzerland there's now a whole standard for encoding invoices in QR codes. To pay those you must use the mobile apps.
Edit: people are getting hung up on the "never accepted browsers" part. It means they only use the browser for unimportant interactions. For important stuff like login or tx auth, they expect the use of separate hardware that's more controlled like a SIM card/mobile radio, smartcard or smartphone app. Yes some banks are more lax than others but in large parts of the world this was always true since the start of online banking.
> Banks have never accepted browsers.
What are you talking about? My bank accepts browsers and is a major one.
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