Miscellaneous Tech News
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A tiny Linux PC, the MintBox Mini 2 is now available. Intel Celeron J3455, Intel HD 500, 4-8GB RAM, 64GB - 120GB SSD. $299 starting and $349 for the Pro model with better specs.
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In Azure news: "the serial console access for Azure virtual machines, Linux and Windows (via Special Admin Console), has entered Public Preview!"
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The venerable tar command adds support for Facebook's open source Zstd compression scheme.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Zuckerberg refuses to answer to parliamentary summons and is sending a proxy instead.
By "proxy" you mean "scapegoat" right?
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New $2,100 Huawei phone has three rear cameras and two finger print readers. Did I mention it is $2,100?
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New $2,100 Huawei phone has three rear cameras and two finger print readers. Did I mention it is $2,100?
Did you also mention that it is probably spying for the Chinese government?
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@rojoloco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New $2,100 Huawei phone has three rear cameras and two finger print readers. Did I mention it is $2,100?
Did you also mention that it is probably spying for the Chinese government?
Has any reliable source showed concern about this? This is a real question. I've heard this a bit, but the only source of it is an agency that I literally have zero trust in and consider an enemy of the state. So if the bad guys are claiming this is bad, does that in any way make it likely to be bad?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@rojoloco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New $2,100 Huawei phone has three rear cameras and two finger print readers. Did I mention it is $2,100?
Did you also mention that it is probably spying for the Chinese government?
Has any reliable source showed concern about this? This is a real question. I've heard this a bit, but the only source of it is an agency that I literally have zero trust in and consider an enemy of the state. So if the bad guys are claiming this is bad, does that in any way make it likely to be bad?
If my own intuition counts as a reliable source, then yes. People from all sides have been touting Huawei stuff to me for years, but I have always remained skeptical. I don't give a flying f@ck what the US gub'mint has to say about them, I have had my doubts for a number of years now.
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@rojoloco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@rojoloco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
New $2,100 Huawei phone has three rear cameras and two finger print readers. Did I mention it is $2,100?
Did you also mention that it is probably spying for the Chinese government?
Has any reliable source showed concern about this? This is a real question. I've heard this a bit, but the only source of it is an agency that I literally have zero trust in and consider an enemy of the state. So if the bad guys are claiming this is bad, does that in any way make it likely to be bad?
If my own intuition counts as a reliable source, then yes. People from all sides have been touting Huawei stuff to me for years, but I have always remained skeptical. I don't give a flying f@ck what the US gub'mint has to say about them, I have had my doubts for a number of years now.
Where do the doubts come from, though? I don't know anything about Huawei that would give be cause for concern. That's not the same as have any information that they are safe, of course. But it seems a really random vendor to have concerns about if there isn't some source for them.
