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>>20789
>>20793
nice meme but thats all it is, a meme, unrepresentative of real life

Where Programming Socks and cat ears.

>>20799
Basically this is correct.

>>19020
Two issues:
a) You're limited to just what the SEARCH ENGINE reddit offers which is limited by it's bias.
If I were interested in getting a torrent of a video game, and reddit is legally or culturally pressured to take down content about that, (just like r/shoplifting and r/incel respectfully), unless I can find a link to a separate resource from another comment, (which also can be censored if reddit is against such resource), I'm fucked.
b) Using reddit limits you to what reddit directly offers. If the solution is something outside of reddit, you'd have to hope that this resources is accessible (either through subreddit link or a comment link)

Like seriously: I recently had an issue with trying to figure out why my cpu jumps in usage when watching a video, and while I found the solution of a clone of a stackoverflow, I would've never found it since I'd neither knew that it was on that alternative stack overflow, but I'd never find a resource that would've granted a SEARCH ENGINE that would give me the stack overflow alternative or even an answer from that overflow.

And it's funny that you go: "normies use it" – normies type "X reddit" on a search engine since even though reddit is helpful, it doesn't always help and having alternatives lined up is needed.

Again: search engines are fine, they're just one of many tools in your tool box to work with.
Saging so the thread can wind down from the dumb take.

Soft of related note, do you guys have any search engiones you recommend?

I switch to duckduckgo in the past, and I'm noticing that they recommend not based off
of what actually will satisfy you query.
Like these two screenshots just happened to me recently – and I haven't has bad of a result than when I was using youtube, and I got only 3 results I kind've wanted, and 9 results that were literally disconected from anything I asking.
On that youtube example. Here's one off the top of my head: trying to look up lets play content to the parrot moment from ace attorney, and after 4 results it game me results from ace attorney role play videos.

>>20783
I don't know anything about the internal design of search engines. Still i suspect duckduckgo tends to match keywords and literal text while google has more of a dwim approach. Most of the results you are getting are SEO optimized to death. I do several things to minimize the presence of these in the search results:
>minimize pronouns, prepositions and articles as much as possible
<the more individual word matches, the more likely optimized sites will win
>quote the word with the least likely results or an idiom
<may get no results at all, especially with long quoted text
>if a search fails, try again with synonyms
The reformulation you did for the first search isn't different enough. Either be more creative or get a thesaurus.
The most important thing is to anticipate what sites may match. Some search patterns will always give you crap results, even with google or whatever dwim search.

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>>19075
with searx you can curate what websites are pulled from in search results, you could set it up to e.g. search all alt stack overflows you compiled (not a response to you so much as a comment on a practical way to cut down the google bullshit while still finding collective knowledge thats been posted online b4)

>>20784
>The reformulation you did for the first search isn't different enough. Either be more creative or get a thesaurus.
Not a bad tip, but it's odd just how many rings you have to jump through to make the engion work with you.

Like sure, these two aren't that different:
>Study in one sitting or throughout the day
>Should you study multiple times a day or once a day.
But I find it odd that a word like "study" was almost entirely descarded, and instead I was given results for tips for studying and working out.

>The most important thing is to anticipate what sites may match. Some search patterns will always give you crap results, even with google or whatever dwim search
Interesting.
You can use the "site:" argument in the search, so I guess I should use more tags.

>>20788
That's interesting, can you make it give highlighted results?
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>>14972
Amtrak electrifies the profitable bits like the northeast Corridor but most of the existing network is owned by freight companies and lo and behold, they don't want to invest the money. The government would have to force them and pay for it to boot

>>14905
I wonder if the no windows is supposed to be a diss to Bill Gates?

>>15036
Then you'd be left with the retarded capitalist dependents.

>>14905
The apple car development team has to be so demoralised right now. EVs are losing steam thanks to Elon and the increasing conciousness about battery technology, its limitations and the imperial origins of lithium. Even more, the dream of self driving is as far away as it was 10 years ago, for they didn't take in account the crumbling infrastructure of the US (and the whole western world for that matter). And now Tim Cook is betting the future of Apple on "spatial computing", which itself it's an ofshoot of self driving development.

>>20723
>The kernel is by definition seperate from userspace and usually consists of multiple differently privileged parts internally.
Then I expressed myself incorrectly (or I was incorrect, take your pic). What I should have said is: Windows runs a lot of things in kernel space that Linux runs in user space, e.g. window manager. I assume wm in Windows is explorer.exe.

>>20725
>Windows runs a lot of things in kernel space that Linux runs in user space, e.g. window manager. I assume wm in Windows is explorer.exe.
No, explorer.exe can in fact be killed and restarted through ctrl+alt+del, which is also started by the user on keypress. Windows has graphic components in its kernel, but i don't know to what extent. X-Windows used to come with drivers that accessed the raw video devices. Now, at least on linux, the lower half of any video driver resides in kernelspace.
The windows base system is as locked-down as it is, because there is a system layer, where software runs in userspace with more privileges than a regular user (see the evocative diagrams in my previous post). In principle it's as if init, getty, dbus, powerd, and X were the only programs running as root.

>>20727
On your own graph here >>20723 window manager is part of the kernel subsystem.

>>20745
You are right.
The diagram is a bit misleading, as the component most closely resembling a window manager (DWM) operates in userspace while communicating over a kernel ipc mechanism. The "composition engine" (gdi/win32k) in kernelspace ostensibly does drawing to the screen. Documentation hints at some of it being in userspace before NT 4.

>>20747
>"composition engine" (gdi/win32k) in kernelspace
This time i got it wrong. The composition engine is entirely in userspace. Only the legacy dgi and low-level DXddi apis are actually in kernel.

>so cheaply constructed that it literally disintegrated from use.
Same happened to me, I would have liked a framework ideally but won't spend that much on a computer.. In the end I settled for a thinkpad x13 because they go for 500 bucks on the lenovo website, I think they try to empty their inventory or something. It's not quite like those old reliable t series though, the ram is soldered on my model for example which sucks a bit.

>>19895
>They seriously need to fire of who is ever in charge of their design department.
the only thing i see wrong is like it looks like an offbrand macbook, but other than that i don't see what's the big deal. ýou need to do something about your social anxiety, dog.

Framework is one of the two companies I'd consider buying a laptop from - the other is System76.

On the hardware side, Framework is perhaps doing the best for upgrade capable, repairable, modular laptops using modern hardware. Unfortunately, they're not quite as good on the software/firmware/openness side. They do mention Linux (on the DIY version) but they aren't using an open Coreboot based firmware or other custom stuff and I know there was some disappointment with how they handled some things in the past in this regard. Still, they are far from the worst and could get better and any improvements they make are easy to upgrade to in terms of hardware or firmware/software.

System76 by contrast is still using more or less "whitebox" ODM laptops, customizing them though they are working on totally custom built ones. However, they are an openness ethos company first and started with software/firmware. They maintain the PopOS Linux distro (one of the best Debian/Ubuntu style for desktop use) partially for their own hardware and as such their laptops all work 100% on Linux, all the function keys and other stuff works. They also use Coreboot on nearly everything Intel based (AMD coming with the 7xxx series), and custom firmware with custom embedded controllers that are FOSS and openhardware spec. They also fabricate a lot of their stuff in the US, ethically sourced etc…notably their "Thelio" cases made for their desktops; soon they'll have a locally fabbed laptop model and by the end of this month they should be selling their first stand alone PC case, Nebula, if all goes as planned. They contribute a lot to Linux software, Coreboot and other custom firmware, and release designs on github for much of their custom hardware such as a libre control PCB/daughterboard and the like they use in their desktops and servers.

Neither Framework nor System76 are the cheapest options for getting a PC, but if you want to contribute to companies that are making things a bit less shitty, they're solid options. Often the Linux friendly/libre/open/modular/repairable/ethical/privacy focused hardware tends to be either ancient, underpowered, horrendously expensive, poorly supported, ugly or amateurish, very intentionally niche, someone's creative/art/statement project,or any combination of the above. There are many reasons for this and its not all bad, but when you're asking someone to spend well over a thousand doPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>20664
anyway to support both corporations without buying their mainline products?
like a donation?

>>20704
For Framework, not sure about donations. You could go to their "marketplace" and buy all matter of parts and components, some of which like their SSDs are off the shelf (they have WD_BLACK 850X I think etc) . They also have a $100 carbon capture credit (they're partnered with Running Tide, which uses kelp etc) which is intended to make buying a a Framework laptop entirely carbon neutral, but its something like a donation (I have done no investigation into Running Tide themselves though, but were I thinking of purchasing one I'd definitely put in a little time). You ma

System76 on the other hand has multiple avenues to contribute both in terms of time and finances. Donations to the PopOS Linux distro is probably one of the easiest ways to contribute. They also have an assortment of S76 components (including the new Nebula cases, now available, their Launch keyboard kits and components etc) if you don't want to buy a whole PC or anything. Between the two I'd feel more comfortable going out of my way to donate to System76 given their frequent releases of open specs and design docs for their hardware, firmware and software alike; Framework's modular focus on the hardware itself is great and in buying their varied components and encouraging them to advocate for open source/spec with any new firmware/hardware/software they commission.

>>20628
I for one welcome some lib shit burger going over my records and having their brain broken

>>20622
there is certainly a discussion to be had around the DNS rootzone and its libness. the same goes for the CA system for TLS certs, where a web of trust model may be better. another option is to use SSH keys. or I2P. or petnames.

>>20717
lol really? you think the future of capitalism will be decentralised and crowdsourced? uygha you goofy

>>20717
read marx

>>19290
>I'm in the third world
lol wtf? I didn't think we had a second one.

hell yeah dude
let's build 3rd world infrastructure on the basis of a single private company run by a capricious manchild

>>20636
We have a LatAm and SEA general.

>>20637
You don't have to like Henry Ford or his company to recognize he was at the vanguard of mass car production and an innovative industrial model. It's the same for SpaceX, they're simply the first to do it.

>>19290
people that live in cities getting hyped about starlink are just uninformed

there aren't many "thoughts" to be had. if you are in a remote area without proper internet infrastructure (like a ship in the ocean, for example), your only option is satellite internet. there are technical differences between starlink and other satellite internet providers, but the economics of it boil down to starlink (spacex) being more competitive because of vertical integration and government subsidies. it's the monopolization of yet another market, but in this case it doesn't really affect urban populations

fiber is always going to be cheaper and overall better in densely populated areas. with enough data on the costs and some effort, you could even approximate the densities and extensions at which satellite becomes cheaper than fiber

I've never seen someone shittalking grapheneos who actually knew what he was talking about.

>>19315
That's like saying windows telemetry is still spying on you after you installed linux, retard.

>you have to always consoom the newest Goooooooooogle products
But you can still use old pixels and install grapheneos on them? It's the same as being unable to upgrade android on older phones.

OK what's the actual fucking deal with grapheneOS tho? Most open source and secure when paired with pixel? Honeypot?
>tailsOS
Lmao wat? Is it actually fully amnesiac on a phone? How would it disconnect the ram from long term memory and shit? Otherwise way are you doing? Idk IG rn I am leaning towards no full security and privacy unless you have like a burner phone that you only connect to public WiFi far from your house and data over prepaid bought with cash and no idea in a random location with no facial recognition or whatever the fuck. Then jailbreak and strip everything down and install some relatively secure OS and only ever use it for whatever shit you need security for. And disable the camera and mic or keep it powered off airgapped from you and your devices. Then like have a main phone/daily driver with less sus setup that you minimize data leaking on and never the two shall meet.

>>19345
If they'd have user removable batteries and an SD card, they'd be worth it, since you could use them for 10 years + with custom ROMs. Or put Linux on them, and use them as a regular PC

Finally, a detailed security audit of a security ROM linked on the ROM creators page
divestos.org
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/divestos-datenschutzfreundlich-und-erhoehte-sicherheit-custom-roms-teil5/
There should be a lot of talk about this for compatible phones, it seems like the best ROM for non graphene capable

>>20562
Graphene as a project eventually wants to make their own hardware, which they'll give longterm support to. (Current Pixel devices only have 3 year support.)

Recently it was revealed that the EU wants readily removable batteries, so future phones sold in that market may have that functionality.

The SD card is a big pain point and seeing how little storage is included nowadays it'd be really great to have it back.

>>8216
all AMD processor before AMD FX and AMD FX itself are safe, since they don't have the AMD PSP backdoor.
if you use an AMD FX cpu or older, you're safe

all Intel CPUs before Intel core2 or core2 itself are safe, since they don't have Intel IME
if you use core2 or older, you're safe
sometimes core2 is called "intel core2 duo" like on the sticker of my notebook

RISC-V is going to solve this security nightmare…. hopefully…..

>>20586
you can flash me_cleaner to older intel processors with ime too. also amd's psp is a lot milder than ime

>>20588
but that's like the hardest thing to do and only documentation for specific thinkpads exists.

>>20590
flashing motherboards isnt hard

>>20591
it's super hard (maybe not with god-like documentation), might as well play the sonic 3 final boss fight music while you're at it (笑)

>>18965
nice 1 m8

>>19033
What's that painting about? Looks like a Comintern convention, and Lenin is speaking