Readit Newsheythere22 commented on Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us... · Posted by u/edward
heythere22 commented on The early Unix history of chown() being restricted to root utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/kencausey
If you could chown files to an arbitrary other user, you could use that to evade disk quotas.
The protocol for changing ownership should be two step.
1. The file is put into an "offered" state, e.g. "offered to bob". Only the owner or superuser can make this state change.
2. Bob can take an "offered to bob" file and change ownership to bob.
Files can always be in an offered state; i.e. have an offered user which is normaly equal to their owner. So when ownership is taken, the two match again.
What's the deal with disk quotas? Saw that in the OT as well. Why would you measure folder size seperately for each and every user? Would it not be a lot easier to just use the disk space of a folder regardless of whomever the file belongs to?
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heythere22 commented on He has powered his house for 8 years using laptop batteries 3dvf.com/en/he-has-powere... · Posted by u/georges_gomes
What do you do about devices that need mains voltage AC?
There is an inverter somewhere that converts the battery voltage to whatever you need to power stuff. 110v AC, 220v AV, 240v AC
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The page says "14-day Free trial. No Credit Card Required." but there is no mention of any pricing page. What happens once the trial is over? Does the boy just stop sending messages?
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(Edit: unless, perhaps, they're installing their own solar arrays, which many single-family and duplex homes do, but not the apartment buildings most of us live in.)
If you are paying a lot more, consider changing the provider.