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Comment Re:Even so... (Score 2) 91

All of it. It doesn't require specific motherboards

Of course it does. TPM keys are stored in HARDWARE onboard a specific motherboard. This creates unnecessary and unwanted dependency on specific hardware.

TPMs are also built in to all CPUs from the last decade, and the firmware for TPMs are rarely touched.

On my PC the TPM is wiped whenever a BIOS update is installed. This behavior is extremely common.

Comment Re:Time for Microsoft to do a Coca Cola (Score 1) 91

My favourite part about your comment is it shows that people will eventually come around to calling the current mistake "classic" and demand it. Your post would not have been out of place back in 2015 lamenting about the loss of Windows 7 and lambasting Windows 10.

Why would anyone give two shits about unnecessarily disruptive change when there is little to no commensurate value to show for it in return? This isn't the 90s. PCs and operating systems are a mature technology. For many there is more value in continuity.

These days the value proposition is often negative given Microsoft's malware oriented business model depends upon increasing aggression towards its own customers. Endless ads, spying, embarrassing UX regressions and unwanted dependencies rather than useful value.

Comment Re:Even so... (Score 2) 91

Not Microsoft's problem that manufacturers use shitty parts. TPMs have been included on all standard motherboards for over a decade.

I have TPM disabled in BIOS to ensure it can never be used by Windows. I don't want dependencies on specific motherboards or to have random firmware updates blow the TPM and with it whatever keys are stored there.

Comment Re:Better description, please (Score 1) 21

Fingerprints of the event horizon? What the hell does that even mean?

It means they asserted a definition of exactly where the rainbow ends, and thereby found the pot of gold.

The pot of gold being that their publishing-grind slop made it into the news and gilds their resume. It's the ultimate win for the modern academician.

Comment Re:Two things both true (Score 1) 205

Ok, you doubled down... but you didn't actually say anything.

Why are you saying it is a "lie" that Sanger was violating the canvassing rule? Everybody agrees he was, and he doesn't deny it. He simply makes procedural arguments for why he shouldn't be called out for it.

You're a typical right-winger. The only time you shout "lie" is when you're telling them.

Comment Re:Proactive rather than reactive (Score 1) 42

I am quite familiar with the "promise" of many eyes.

Not only do you not understand it, but even when you're informed that you misunderstood you still don't go and refresh your memory.

That personality flaw means you're going to be a complete idiot on every single topic, you'll always be wrong about everything because you think you have a perfect memory. But you actually have a human memory, which means it's not reliable enough to lean on.

Comment Re:No good options here (Score 3, Insightful) 91

That's not how linux works. Distros having extra stuff isn't bloat unless you install it all.

You're stuck with windoze because you can't stop yourself from switching an installer to an advanced mode and clicking every single checkbox?!

That's getting into "maybe you don't need a desktop computer" territory.

Anyways, I thought Wayland was supposed to fix the problem of X11 having too many features?! Of course, my response was "I can afford a few megs of storage for X."

Plus, even if you do install "everything" on Linux, the whole thing fits on the cheapest HDs on the market using only a tiny fraction of the space. So what's the "bloat," even at the extreme of installing junk? Just too much stuff in the menu, and you don't know which of the 10 applications for Foo to click on?

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