That would make some sense. A modern Linux distro with integrated SELinux support also comes with configurations for all packages (you can usually still run without SELinux, e.g. when developing software).

Still, nowhere near as good as claimed if that is what it is and not even a new idea.

And that is exactly the problem with this "invention": And sanely designed device these days assumes batteries may be NiMH. These start at around 1.22V when full and are empty at somewhere around 1.10V. That means this "magic" "invention" will boost battery life by something like 70% or less in such a device. And using NiMH in the first place is a better choice anyways in most applications.

My intuition as well. In fact, when looking at discharge curves for alkaline batteries and assume than any reasonable gadget will use them down to something like 1.15V (otherwise it does not work with NiMH accumulators which only have 1.22V when fully charged), I expect that you will get less than an 80% boost. That is a bit different from the claimed 500% to 800% and explains why the battery industry does not care much. (Discharge curve e.g. here: http://www.stefanv.com/electro...)

Of course a device with brain-dead power engineering that claims that batteries are dead at 1.4V would get something like an 1000% boost, but such a device is broken by design and also does not work with accumulators in the first place. Also note that if said device is an LED flashlight with step-up regulator (single-cell ones all are), it already does what this thing is claiming to do.

The break-in story adds to my impression that this is nowhere near as good as claimed.

Will be funny to watch when MS breaks all installations of Win10 Home for the first time. And then likely does it again. I will stay on Win7 at the very least until a month or so before the end of the free upgrade. I might also keep a backup of my Win7 installation around, just in case.

Matches my experience. For the first 5 years or so after getting rid of the Idiot Box, I spent half a day or so per years watching TV at my parent's. It never gave men any reason to regret my decision, so now I am doing completely without it. It is a net gain.

Indeed. But AppArmor and SELinux need a configuration and the security offered critically depends on the quality of that configuration. At least SELinux is also not so easy to configure.

So basically, it does what a restrictive SELinux config does anyhow? And how does it know hat code is allowed to write to the system disk, when it "does not require configuration"?

And he is right.

None of which is going to happen with vaccinations. The Autism legend was caused by scientific fraud, perpetrated to promote some new vaccine. The one perpetrating it has by now been stripped of his PhD for gross scientific misconduct. But stupid people will believe whatever fits their messed-up world-view, no matter what evidence is presented to them. One of the reasons why stupid people have a higher risk of killing themselves or dependents by entirely avoidable problems.

There are a quite a few pathogens that can exist outside of the human body and hence will never be exterminated. Some are deadly, like tetanus. For others, like the case at hand, the vaccination does not prevent the infection, but its grave effects.

Not being vaccinated is asking for serious consequences, frequently including death.

"Magic" technologies like this usually under-deliver, or do not help at all. In particular, a detection rate of 100% is simply impossible, already from purely theoretical observations and even more so in practice.

MS is adding actually useful standard tools (well, standard outside of the MS isle of incompatibility) to windows! Good. That means we are at a stage where they cannot ignore what works anymore. As usual for MS decades late, but better late than never.

Been without TV for more than a decade now and have zero regrets. More time to waste on things that are actually fun. TV has gotten so bad, the only thing it does for me is getting my blood-pressure up on the rare occasions I am exposed to it.