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Comment Re: No trust (Score 1) 113

Remind me again what was wrong with sysinit scripts?

I think the idea of systemd, like most of the runtime systems, is fine, but I take issue with the expanse of systemd and it directly incorporating things, like date/time and resolver, it doesn't need to simply manage a system and its startup. The developers seem to have a not invented here attitude about things. Also, would it kill them to have it run as PID 2 instead of 1?

Comment Re:Precisely. TPM was FUD. (Score 2) 85

the TPM requirement is for very old PCs

Noting that while the TPM was created ostensibly for security, it also supports and is used for DRM and vendor lock-in. Making it a "requirement" allows better implementation and enforcement of all those goals. There's no technical operational requirement for it and what it supports for most users. The end result is that requiring a TPM, and newer CPUs that also support some of these goals, simply forced people to discard perfectly good systems running Windows 10 and purchase new hardware for Windows 11, which requires a MS cloud account -- with that new hardware and software providing more benefit to Microsoft than the end-user.

Donning a tinfoil hat I'll add that that by default new Windows 11 systems come with Bitlocker enabled and Microsoft saves those keys in the users' (required) cloud accounts, where they can easily be turned over to law enforcement (presumably with a warrant, but who knows?).

Submission + - Scientists create programmable, autonomous robots smaller than a grain of salt (sciencedaily.com)

fahrbot-bot writes: Science Daily is reporting that researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever created. These microscopic machines can swim through liquid, sense their surroundings, respond on their own, operate for months at a time, and cost about one penny each to produce.

Each robot is barely visible without magnification, measuring roughly 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers. That makes them smaller than a grain of salt. Because they function at the same scale as many living microorganisms, the robots could one day help doctors monitor individual cells or assist engineers in assembling tiny devices used in advanced manufacturing.

Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the robots swim by manipulating electric fields rather than using moving parts. They can detect temperature changes, follow programmed paths, and even work together in groups

The work was reported in Science Robotics and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Unlike previous tiny machines, these robots do not rely on wires, magnetic fields, or external controls.

Alternate article: Penn and Michigan Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots

Comment Re:Speaking of cars (Score 1) 77

On the down side it only has 60 km range.

So, 37.28 freedom units? That's only about 7 miles more range than my e-scooter.

...and I can take my scooter on the train.

How much fun is that scooter with 3 bags of groceries and/or in the rain/snow? I had a motorcycle for a while and it sucked in all those cases. Granted, I wasn't allowed to take in on train, but it would have fit. :-)

Comment Re:Happy now? (Score 1) 41

They are so dumb and ignorant that they think being 'faithful' will somehow spare them from the same treatment.

MAGA is an ever decreasing circle of those arbitrarily deemed "MAGA enough" (mainly by Trump) and past performance is no guarantee of future/continuing acceptance. (I imagine it's the same for all the White Nationalists in that group and ICE.)

Comment Re:Happy now? (Score 3, Insightful) 41

Happy now?

Well, the new owners and the Administration probably are. Even more data in the hands of billionaire sycophants that will (probably) be enthusiastically turned over to the Feds whenever they ask. Can't wait to see how the relationship evolves if/when there's a democrat administration. Thankfully, I've never had a TikTok account and never will... And, in any case, I never put social media (or banking) apps on my phone.

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