I don't know what is a MagSafe charger. I never used a Iphone and I'm just seeing the USB hole is covered.
It’s akin to a qi charger, but also securely attaches to the phone magnetically.
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uncanneyvalley commented on I designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock arslan.io/2024/09/23/diet... · Posted by u/farslan
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uncanneyvalley commented on Is Tor still safe to use? blog.torproject.org/tor-i... · Posted by u/Sami_Lehtinen
No? Any modern disk encryption system with a strong passphrase (basically, anything but default-BitLocker) is very effective against "they have your physical machine and it's off" for any known, current adversary. And, the basic cryptography in use is common, robust, and proven enough that this is probably true even if your tinfoil hat is balled quite tightly.
Where modern research effort goes is into protecting against "they HAD your physical machine and they gave it back to you" or "they got your machine while it was on/running" - these are much more difficult problems to solve, and are where TEE, TPM, Secure Boot, memory encryption, DMA hardening, etc. come into play.
Disagree. If one has physical access to your machine, they also have physical access to you. Practically everyone is vulnerable to rubber hose cryptanalysis.
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uncanneyvalley commented on Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison blogsystem5.substack.com/... · Posted by u/LorenDB
I created a file named aux.docx on a pendrive with Linux. Tried to open it on windows 7. It crashed word with a strange error. Don't know what would happen on 8+.
It would fail, too. ‘CON’ has been a reserved name since the days of DOS (actually CP/M, though that doesn’t have direct lineage to Windows) where it acted as a device name for the console. You can still use it that way. In a CMD window:
`type CON > file.txt`, then type some stuff and press CTRL+Z.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/namin...
uncanneyvalley commented on Canada, following US lead, to impose 100% tariff on Chinese EVs reuters.com/business/auto... · Posted by u/mv4
So the argument for the existence of tariffs is that the Chinese government provides unfair subsidies to its EV manufacturers.
By setting up shop in Mexico, the EV manufacturer will be locating equipment in Mexico, buying material in Mexico, hiring Mexican workers, etc. So then much of that subsidy is being provided to Mexico rather than China, yes? And the small amount that flows back into China is mostly in the form of profits that flow into the pockets of a bunch of already wealthy people.
You have to wonder why China is ok with this happening. It seems like a terrible use of their public money.
China gets to project and grow their leadership in the EV space outside the Mainland while increasing their importance in a country that’s part of the US’s sphere of influence. Big win.
uncanneyvalley commented on Interviewing Tim Sweeney and Neal Stephenson matthewball.co/all/sweene... · Posted by u/cubefox
I had a somewhat analogous experience with Seveneves, which many people have recommended endlessly.
At some point in the book, around half way IIRC, there is an event that happens which explains the title. And it goes from something like an interesting hard sci-fi, to a sort of weird meandering fantasy thing that took a nuke to my suspension of disbelief. It also felt like the book was basically two entirely different books at that point. I simply could not get into it, or passed it.
Seveneves is the only Stephenson book I haven’t reread, and it’s because I don’t want to encounter that event again.
I suppose I understand why he made that choice, but I don’t have to like it.
uncanneyvalley commented on Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question blog.jgc.org/2024/09/stev... · Posted by u/jgrahamc
This assumes Ballmer is cheating, rather than just behaving adversarially but within the rules.
If we accept cheating is allowed, we can also potentially accept other 'cheating' scenarios where the player repeatedly punches Ballmer in the face until he discloses the number, thus winning. Or where the player just refuses to pay at the end.
IMO the problem is only interesting if we assume any form of cheating isn't allowed.
Do you want to catch a chair to the side of the head? Because this is how you catch a chair to the side of the head.
uncanneyvalley commented on Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them economist.com/interactive... · Posted by u/avyfain
I switch bt my Camry and my partner's Sportage. The Kia is a lumbering fatsuit of a vehicle only carrying marginally more cargo and feels like a cartoon beach buggy. But as a nation organized for war, we're conditioned to worship infrastructure, uniforms, equipment, clipboards, and the like.
It feels that way because it is. Depending on the age of your partner’s Sportage, it’s a Hyundai Elantra or Sonata in a fatsuit.