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evilos commented on Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons alinpanaitiu.com/blog/dev... · Posted by u/alin23

abdullahkhalids · 2 months ago

There is a large difference between extracting fossil fuels from the ground and using substances extracted from plants. Only one of them is renewable, and hence the only sustainable way for the human species to live.

evilos · 2 months ago

Yes but it is important not to confuse the source with the form.

For example we can create hydrocarbons using solar/wind energy and that is still "renewable" even though hydrocarbons are involved. They are merely the medium of energy storage.

evilos commented on Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android localmess.github.io/... · Posted by u/sebastian_z

paxys · 8 months ago

People have been prosecuted under that act for clicking "view source" on their web browser. The crime itself is irrelevant. It's more about who you are/what connections you have/who you piss off.

evilos · 8 months ago

Has there actually been a conviction purely for "viewing source"?

evilos commented on Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro operating-system-in-1000-... · Posted by u/ingve

qianli_cs · a year ago

Notice a bunch of downvotes -- Apologies for being unfamiliar with the rules here (I've always been reading HN, but I'm new to commenting). I should've added a lot more details to my previous comment and been more specific. Any other guides would be helpful too. I'll be careful in the future.

When I learned OS, I followed MIT 6.828 (https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2017/overview.html) and implemented a small OS called JOS based on Xv6. So if you're looking for some teaching OS in x86, check it out.

evilos · a year ago

I suspect you were downvoted because your comment sounded like it was generated by an LLM.

evilos commented on Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS evilsocket.net/2024/09/26... · Posted by u/NetBender

maeln · a year ago

It's always funny to me how cybersecurity always seem to attract people with a ... certain sense of ego.

evilos · a year ago

They claim to not be a cybersecurity pro

evilos commented on Boeing workers vote to strike washingtonpost.com/busine... · Posted by u/isaacfrond

triceratops · a year ago

The allegation is the prosecutor got a cushy gig at the law firm, not that they subsequently worked on the case after switching sides.

evilos · a year ago

Ah so the implication is not that the prosecutor gave them inside info on the government's case's weaknesses but the prosecutor intentionally played the case suboptimally in hopes of being paid after the fact? If this was done with prior assurance that sounds already illegal no? If it was done simply on the hopes of securing "payment" afterwards with no prior deal then that seems like a large risk for the prosecutor to take.

evilos commented on Boeing workers vote to strike washingtonpost.com/busine... · Posted by u/isaacfrond

marcusverus · a year ago

> Boeing’s lead corporate criminal defense law firm is Kirkland & Ellis. Cox, the lead prosecutor in the Boeing case, left the Justice Department earlier this year. And last month she joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its Dallas office.

It looks like the firm bought the prosecutor, resulting in a win for its client. How could this be prevented, though? Politicians can't be trusted with oversight like this--they would use it to punish prosecutors and would inevitably further politicize the Justice Dept.

https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/lead-boeing-...

evilos · a year ago

Can't a law be passed that states prosecutors legally cannot consult or assist in cases or for defendants they were involved with during their tenure as a prosecutor for X years after they leave their position?

evilos commented on Microsoft's latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs theverge.com/2024/8/21/24... · Posted by u/chaychoong

nightowl_games · a year ago

Yeah it broke my Linux Mint. I run mint all day while developing and then switch to windows 11 to game every once in a while.

I think there's a way to fix it but I had to disable secure boot to work this week.

I've had way more issues with windows 11 than with linux Mint. Like way more.

evilos · a year ago

I keep a W11 drive in my system (separate drive from my main linux system) for games and I find I haven't booted into it in months.

And I know when I do it'll take probably an hour to get all the updates out of its system. Ugh.

evilos commented on Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... · Posted by u/apsec112

cynicalpeace · a year ago

This is why the term ”common sense” is a good term

evilos · a year ago

"Common sense" is basically the opposite of science.

evilos commented on Gemini Pro refuses to acknowledge yt-dlp twitter.com/adocomplete/s... · Posted by u/ado__dev

beretguy · 2 years ago

For people who don’t have Twitter account

https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?f=tweets&q=https%3A%2F%...

evilos · 2 years ago

I didn't know nitter was alive again, thanks!

evilos commented on Half of Google's white-collar staff 'does no real work,' Silicon Valley VC says qz.com/google-white-colla... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

ldjkfkdsjnv · 2 years ago

The big secret I learned to late in life:

The higher up you go in the corporate ladder, the easier your job is. Less stress, more respect, less hours. Decisions you make are hard to tie back to incompetence

The same holds true for companies with too much cash on hand

evilos · 2 years ago

? I thought this was understood by most. It's a common portrayal in media as well.

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