This is a valid question, but I don't think the Chromecast supports wifi-direct (p2p) at all. The only system that I know of that actually uses p2p WiFi is the Nvidia Shield controller, and Nvidia doesn't use Realtek wifi chips. I would be very interested in a case where Realtek is actually routinely used in P2P mode.
The AGPL already does a great job keep Amazon and Google away from a project.
Trying to add exceptions for "evil" to a license is a good way to get it invalidated by the courts. Also, how do you deal with everybody's non-compatible definitions of evil?
Carbon Dioxide is not pollution. Humans produce it, and trees absolutely need it.
Another similar solution is to use the fact that the sum of the first n integers is n(n+1)/2 . So you can take the whole sum and subtract off n(n+1)/2 from the total.
Here's a fun problem: Suppose that the you have n+1 integers and you don't have any guarantee that they are from 1 to n, just some set of n integers, and there's a single duplicate, can you still find a linear time algorithm to find the duplicate? (The answer is yes.)
A hash table is what first comes to mind.
Not so much. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind... seems to be the edit that showed up on Google. It was up for a week before fixed.
Such a quick turnaround between private and public disclosure means one of two things.
First possibility: They're not interested in responsible disclosure. Likely. As others have pointed out, they get more noise for their findings this way.
Second possibility: They know these vulnerabilities are being actively exploited. Not as likely, but a real possibility, and way more worrying.
They are on to something, but have it *completely* backwards. Learning to code has never been easier. At the same time, using a computer has become much much easier as well. Part of the barrier to entry of older computers was the need to know something about the computer. That barrier to entry has been removed, and people aren't learning about the machines they're using.
I don't know what the answer is. It doesn't seem correct to intentionally make computers harder to use. Perhaps moving away from the mindset that a computer is an appliance *looks at Apple significantly* would be a decent place to start.
great as far as it goes
but the video binary blob is closed source
so are other parts.
So there is closed firmware for the wifi and potentially video chips, yes. There is an open source video driver now, that works fairly well.
So if you take the Fedora/kernel view of things, totally open source friendly. If you take the libreboot/FSF/Purism Librem, then yeah, not what you want.
By far, my favorite hardware to work with is the Raspberry Pi 3. It now works with mainline Linux, and has a bunch of gpio to play with.
After political correctness has subjugated humanity, it sets its sights on the machines! I take some small comfort in knowing that it can never actually change reality itself. Even if no one is allowed to notice, the world will continue following the laws of physics.
Is this the first of Slashdot's April Fools posts? It's getting harder to tell.
Exactly correct. The right to repair is a blatantly obvious ramification of ownership rights.
For what is essentially attempted murder?
Absolutely correct, this is attempted murder, and should be handled as such by the legal system.
I tried OpenWRT on a cheap TP-LINK wifi router. While the feature set was impressive, it could barely manage 1/3 the throughput of the stock firmware.
This is absolutely accurate. The reason is that the stock firmware enables hardware accelerated NAT in the switch chip. This isn't yet supported in the Linux kernel, so no support in Openwrt.
With news like this, suddenly the Irish will be interested in their own Brexit.
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