5,127 prototypes over 5 years is 14 prototypes per day. I call bullshit. Those aren't prototypes, those are bad ideas. A prototype is something that you should test to see if it works. At 14 per day, you would be making the prototype and testing it within 34 minutes. If it takes that short of a time to find out it doesn't work, it was just a bad idea. Also, I would never purchase a Dyson device because I reseach things before I buy them.

To err is human; to really fuck things up takes a computer.

This. For me, the big ideas are done at a desk, but the small eureka moments are done in the shower.

The Wndows 11 upgrade checks for a specific CPU, like an 8th gen Intell, and TPM 2.0. A clean install checks for TPM 1.2 and ANY dual core CPU. I have difficulty finding computers still in use without TPM 1.2 and a dual core CPU. Even 12 year old computers have these requirements.

This has been done for decades. There are LPBs (low ping bastards) and HPBs (high ping bastards). It was very popular in Quake III Arena 25 years ago.

I have deployed a few A380 cards for decoding and general office applications and, for the price, they have great performance. One card is running 35 security cameras smoothly on a huge TV at 40% GPU usage and 10% CPU (running at 2160 not 4k). Without the card the CPU would pin at 100% and stutter dramatically. The A380 is only $120. I remember paying 2 grand for a card that would run SolidWorks in the 90s and it was still crap. I hope this "B" series lives up to the hype as it's nice to have choices and competition. My needs are not always gaming and compute, sometimes they are users with 20 tik tok windows open on four 32-inch monitors.

None of those are valid on face value.

fingerprints > how many points match? how many points match other fingerprints in the dataset? How large is the dataset? Are you releated to a cop? Are you lying? Have you ever lied before?
dna > how many STRs? How many STRs match other STRs in the dataset? How large is the dataset? How many labs did you use? Who works at the lab(s)? How many are releated to a cop? Are you lying? Have you ever lied before?
tooth mark matching > it's a lie.
bullet mark matching > How large is the dataset? Are you releated to a cop? Are you lying? Have you ever lied before?
lie detector machines > it's a lie.

I've worked in labs, do not trust them. Cross contamination is common. Also, cops are always lying. Why I am picked for jury duty is a mystery to me,

What changes my mind? If the fingerprints were a 12 point match AND they have a long arrest record, they gun was registered to them, they were out on bail, and they had blood on their shoes.

Sure, keep the public cert AND the private cert private. I love self-signed certs. The problem is they don't scale, not even a little. If you can deploy manually and revoke when needed without downtime, they are great. Otherwise, it's a non-starter. My latest ECDSA_nistP256 self-signed certs have a 5 year lifespan. Back on topic; if shortening a certificate lifespan increases security and the deployment of said certificates can be scripted, why not shorten the life to one day? Why is 45 days a magic number? Does it take 46 days to hack?

I've seen this on Dells for years and I've had this in my unattended.xml file for months:
reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BitLocker" /v "PreventDeviceEncryption" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

If I want encryption, I will turn it on myself. Microsoft should make more people aware of how dangerous full drive/disk encryption can be. I deal with many busted computers from people who didn't record the recovery key. Would someone at the NSA please give me the backdoor key?

My issue with Dell is that it is enabled in Windows Home version and Microsoft declares that BitLocker is not available in Home version. There are posts from Dell denying that they do it, but it is in response to people complaining about BitLocker enabled on their Dell with the Windows Home version.

Ignoring the basic fundamental rules we all use to keep us from poking each other in the eyes on the playground can get you in trouble. I use Robots.txt to hide junk content on a few dozen websites, including fake username and passwords, fake company names and addresses, and collections of images designed to make hackers question reality. I apologize in advance for using any names and passwords that may be real, like Howard T Duck \ pJV@%mzD*2. Some of the content I create makes me question reality. If they are trying to get AI to understand human nature this way, we are all doomed, because human nature is what AI will eventually understand.

Yeah. Asus made my NEVER BUY list not for poor customer service, but due to products failing days out of warranty. Corsair made my list for blatantly lying and failing to honor any warranty. Once I sent them a failed SSD and they sent back a $2.00 SSD tray with a note saying "repair successful". When I inquired, they told me I sent the tray in for repair. To insult me further, it is a piece of crap tray. What a scam.

I like paying taxes. I get relatively smooth roads, fire departments, street signs, and parks. It seems like a very small price to pay. There is a lot to hate, but it is way better than any alternative. Why would I want to pay extra? Maybe if they removed qualified immunity for police AND screened police applicants more thoroughly. Oh, and set term limits for congress. That’s worth a few bucks.

I have many 365 tenants and Microsoft was charging so much to access to security features (logs and granular MFA control) it felt like extortion. On July 19 2023 they made these free because of these attacks. So for me, these attacks were a good thing because it shed sunlight on what Microsoft was doing to its customers. It even states in the summary: "[Microsoft] was essentially up-selling logging capability". I now have free access to security tools that I should have had for free all along.
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As for SolarWinds products, I did not trust them before the supply chain problems, why would anyone trust them after? They are the K-Mart of software.

Yeah, and brake pads used to be made with asbestos. Those pads wear down. Where does it go?

Windows 11 requirements are TPM 1.2 and a dual core CPU, which even a 15 year old dell computer has, like an OptiPlex 780. It is only the Windows 11 "upgrade" that checks for TPM 2.0 and a 8th gen CPU. Just enable TPM, enable secure boot, and do a fresh install.