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@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.

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.

@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.

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There goes Ed25519

Might as well stick to RSA 4096

@jaredbusch said in H-1B furor: Canada smooths the way for techies:

@phlipelder said in H-1B furor: Canada smooths the way for techies:

@mlnews said in H-1B furor: Canada smooths the way for techies:

Mercury News- H-1B furor: Canada smooths the way for techies

Two weeks: That’s how quickly a foreign technology worker in Silicon Valley can get an employment permit from Canada. In the U.S., that process takes months.

As the administration of President Donald Trump has increased scrutiny of H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers and plans to ban their spouses from holding jobs in the U.S., Canada has been moving aggressively to suck top foreign talent out of Silicon Valley and other technology-rich regions of the U.S.

The Canadian government won’t say if it’s leveraging the tumultuous and uncertain immigration climate in the U.S. But experts say Canada’s year-old “Global Skills Strategy” program, which offers work permits similar to America’s H-1B visa, is ideally structured to attract highly skilled foreign tech workers to Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. Though immigrants make up just 20 percent of Canada’s population, they hold about half of the science, technology, engineering and math degrees at the bachelor’s level and above, government figures show.

Before the program launched, Canada’s employment permit process for skilled workers took months.

“It captures all of the Silicon Valley people, and it captures them quickly,” said Asha Kaushal, a professor at the University of British Columbia law school who studies immigration law.....

Heh, wait until they get their first tax bill. 😄

Umm, been to Chicago lately? And we don't get shit from it.

Heh … we don't have much to show for it either.

The US really needs this competition. They say that the latency is low on 5G with 2-4ms, but the FCC claims Verizon FiOS is 10ms. But as a FiOS user, I can tell you, it's definitely 2-4ms all the time.

@momurda said in Internet in the 2000s:

Probably because dank weed doesnt exist in the midwest or northeast.

Debatable.

@connorsoliver I went on an image search of motherboards this morning. The Asus 99 deluxe only has a south bridge if you want to take a look.

@connorsoliver said in CPU Sockets - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

Is the LGA or PGA configuration more common in CPUs?

LGA is more common. And getting even more common in the future.

@connorsoliver said in Motherboard RAM Slots - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

What exactly does RAM affect in a computer? I'm assuming it has to do with speed right?

Not really. But kind of. It's complex. "Speed" is not at all the simply idea that it seems like with computers. There is so much more to it. Speed under what workloads, for example.

@connorsoliver said in Motherboard Expansion Slots and Bus Speeds - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

I sawn in this video that it talked about 32 bit and 64 bit connections. Does this have anything to do with wether your computer is determines as a 32 or 64 bit machine?

The system bus has nothing to do with weather your CPU is 8/16/32/64 bit. ISA/VESA/AGP/PCI/PCIx are all independent of the CPU.

@Dashrender said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@scottalanmiller said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@Dashrender said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@JaredBusch said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@scottalanmiller said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@JaredBusch said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@scottalanmiller said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

@mary said in An Overview of Motherboard Types - CompTIA A+ 220-901 220-902 Video Training by Prof. Messer:

Are there more issues with heat with the smaller boards? Also what are the expansion slots used for?

Definitely, way more of an issue. It's what keeps boards so often so big.

Not really. Heat issues are almost exclusively related to the CPU and GPU any more. Memory just a little. Almost no other component gets hot.

So heat dissipation is needed for those 3 things. That has little to do with the board size.

The smaller the board, though, the less capacity for cooling.

That is not the board. The board does not cool those devices. Well heat radiates, so anything touching them cools it to a minor degree, but that does not affect anything to any degree that matters.

Most memory run cool enough that direct air over the chips suffices.

CPU and GPU need a heatsink and sometimes a fan to push air over the heatsink.

Frequently small mobos also mean small cases, these small cases can run into issues of lack of airflow... but really, the issue isn't the size of the mobo, but other things.

Mostly, yes. Although you have less board space for cooling, too. Giant server boards have room for front to back high volume airflow, for example.

Again, the board has zero to do with it. The case has everything to do with it. Granted, typically, small boards equal small cases, but this is in no way a requirement.

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