Just had our first person report issues this evening.

@tonyshowoff said in MS SQL Server 2017 on Linux Has Released:

Does it allow odd number processors yet or do I still have to disable one if I don't have an even number?

Even only for licensing, I believe. No change there.

@gjacobse said in Activating Windows 10 with Windows 7 Keys Today:

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@DustinB3403 said in Activating Windows 10 with Windows 7 Keys Today:

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@aaronstuder said in Activating Windows 10 with Windows 7 Keys Today:

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/142616/yes-can-still-clean-install-windows-10-windows-78-x-key

Article coverd up by their stupid box saying your AdBlocker is showing...

Not with pihole. 🙂

I'm running one....

You sure it is working?

I'm no genius... but it shows it's working

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the Pi-Hole is running, you sure that that is what you are using for your DNS? Check with nslookup

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

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@pmoncho said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

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@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

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@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

The technology itself makes for a great tamper proof system. but that is not the problem with a blockchain based election system.

As the article states, the hard part about this technology is the loss of anonymity.

And perception problems.

I don't care about perception of people too stupid to even spell blockchain, let alone understand what it is.

Blockchain election systems would be great technically.

100% agree. Blockchain isnt quite ready for this yet, but will be very soon. I have done quit a bit of tinkering with my own Ethereum token with transactions, testing, etc.

It isn't quite ready for the Broadway yet, but it's getting there and the concept is very solid. Some issues need to be addressed such as speed.

The issues will not be technical. If you cannot have a 100% anonymous electorate, then you have people that can sell their votes (and prove it).

The entire point of blockchain is accountability. You cannot have accountability and anonymity with the current design of blockchain.

Retaliation based on political views could be a potential issue as well.

I believe It may already be an issue and would get much worse.

Right now it is based on perceived views. Which is bad. But you can imagine how mad people would be if they learned for certain how people voted.

For the people who want that info kept private, it is a huge issue. Many people have no issue stating who they did not vote for or what party they belong to. Just like many have no issue posting their life on social media.

Claiming and proving are very different things, though.

Good point.

Actually, the point. If people would be able to prove that they voted a certain way, the amount of money that flow into vote buying is nearly unimaginable.

Yeah, someone paying for a vote might pay $.25 for someone's word on who they voted for. But might pay $100 for a proven vote.

Probably pretty minor, but just patch nGinx anyway 🙂

So how much weed will be in the next release then?

Too bad KVM is not available on Mac then I can move from using Virtualbox.

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to Launch Linux Version of Sysinternals:

@StuartJordan said in Microsoft to Launch Linux Version of Sysinternals:

...it would still probably be less than windows though because you need to elevate privileges on Linux and we all know most people run with admin privileges on windows.

That's not related to Linux vs. NTKernel (the Windows Kernel.) They are essentially identical there. You are seeing "common approaches from the userbase" and perceiving that behaviour as being caused by the kernel code, but it is not.

Run Windows uses on a Linux-based OS and they will behave the same as they always did. Put Linux-based OS users on Windows and they are secure. It's the userbase, not the product, that has that effect.

Windows is just as much "need elevated privileges to run" as any highly secure Linux distro, but Windows end users are way more likely to work around that, and be accepting of third party products that demand it.

Port the Windows desktop to Linux, literally nothing will change, because those users will come along with it.

I suppose I was meaning the userbase more then the actual kernel in that statement.

@Dashrender said in Strange snafu misroutes domestic US Internet traffic through China Telecom:

@scottalanmiller said in Strange snafu misroutes domestic US Internet traffic through China Telecom:

@Dashrender said in Strange snafu misroutes domestic US Internet traffic through China Telecom:

Man - BGP needs an overhaul!

Replaced!

Is there something that can replace it now?

Dont' think so. Not on that scale.

@PhlipElder said in Apple Abandons the Mass Market, as the iPhone Turns Luxury:

@Dashrender We've done network audits for all-Mac or blended-Mac companies and there's a particular mindset that seems to come on the Mac side that one rarely find on the PC side. It seems to carry over to the other lines as well in my experience.

Oh of course - for normal end users. And sadly for some IT personal as well.

Heck, we just hired someone who said they had to have a Mac because Macs don't get viruii. /sigh

So chrome is finally starting to catch up with the level of ad blocking I've had for years.

@PhlipElder said in Tracking People in Their Homes with WiFi Signals:

10-4. Radio Imaging sorta.

The idea has been around for a long time? I seem to remember movies having this type of thing happening?

It's a bit like X-Ray. It's all just non-visible light, but with different sources, bounce patterns, and penetration. Wifi is interesting because it is so common and "bright". There is just so much of it, everywhere.

@travisdh1 said in Underwater Servers in Your Future?:

@coliver said in Underwater Servers in Your Future?:

@travisdh1 said in Underwater Servers in Your Future?:

@coliver said in Underwater Servers in Your Future?:

@travisdh1 said in Underwater Servers in Your Future?:

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@Dashrender Direct water cooling looks like more effective, taking into account that you have to burn (generate heat) something to produce an electricity to cool the hardware with the traditional air conditioning. But I do agree that it still could affect the nature.

Especially if you can couple this with offshore wind, solar, wave, or current generation systems.

This might be crazy thinking - But I wonder how much we are affecting our physical world by tapping energy directly out of it - i.e. taking heat energy from the planet, pulling energy from wind, from wave, etc. In writing that - I'm wondering if there might just be less thermal bleedoff? I know the planet gets a ton of energy from the sun, I'm pretty sure it's what powers most of our weather, so maybe it's a non issue?

It's mostly a non-issue. We're affecting it more with CO2 and other gases then we are through wind, solar, and geothermal.

CO2 is not the boogieman it's made out to be. There are lots of other reasons to prefer moving things to have less impact on the environment. I think it's that most people aren't capable of understanding those other reasons that a boogieman like CO2 is used, most people think they understand less=good more=bad.

There are whole bodies of research on why excessive amounts of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are bad for the environment and people living in those environments. It's not a new thing and knowledge of it has been around for decades...

The key word is excessive. Take a look at the historic CO2 values to get the idea.

Huh? Even past concentration didn't really hit the point where we are today. IIRC the highest (and climatically volatile period) was only ever ~300PPM CO2 at least from the measurements of ice cores. We're well into the 400PPM CO2... So I'm not sure what you mean by look historically.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/06/04/dr-vincent-gray-on-historical-carbon-dioxide-levels/

HAHAHAHAAAHAH

In New Zealand, he was the first Director of Building Research and later, Chief Chemist of the Coal Research Association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_R._Gray

@DustinB3403 said in Floating solar is more than panels on a platform:

@gjacobse said in Floating solar is more than panels on a platform:

@DustinB3403 said in Floating solar is more than panels on a platform:

@scottalanmiller said in Floating solar is more than panels on a platform:

They should put solar power on glaciers! Someone call Argentina, Chile, and Greenland. This is a huge opportunity!

The issue with glaciers is that they can be treacherous, difficult to work on and vastly unstable.

Man made reservoirs on the other hand would be level and easily accessed.

Just putting solar production on every reservoir in the US would offset a lot of coal power.

Sadly you can't just put solar on every reservoir in the US.... There is the entire pleasure craft industry... as well as fishing both for food and sport...

You can still put solar on these reservoirs. You don't have to fill the entire reservoir with solar, although that might be ideal.

True, even just a little coverage helps a little.