Comment This has been around for a long time. (Score 1) 163
There have been 535 brainless clones in Washington, D.C. for a long time.
Comment Re:old news... (Score 4, Informative) 96
What you describe is called indirect TPMS. It works by measuring the differences in speed between wheels through the ABS wheel speed sensors, and triggers if it detects an outlier. It doesn't require an additional sensor inside each wheel, instead using existing sensors and some arithmetic, so it costs less, but cannot indicate the pressure for each individual wheel, plus it requires the reset procedure that you referenced when new tires are installed or after you've corrected whatever caused it to trigger. My 2004 BMW has that, and so did Mazdas into the current decade.
Comment Pay Per play (Score 1) 69
A friend told me that pay-per-play is where the money is, as opposed to buying.
Software has been moving towards subscription-based models because they generate more profit. Just like PC Lint (after Jim Gimbel retired and sold it to Vector Informatik -- I'm still using version 9.0), which has turned into a subscription service. People who do C/C++ programming on a non-regular basis and do not need the newest version, why upgrade? The same thing for Boundchecker or Timeslips. Timeslips is fully SaaS, as opposed to just a subscription that presumably dials home to check whether it has been paid for.
But with full SaaS, where your information is on someone else's servers, you run into security and privacy issues. Which are not the same as the security and IT issues when running on your own servers. Full Saas does offer convenience, but at a price.
Comment News at 11. (Score 1) 95
Proprietary service drops support for proprietary protocol..
Submission + - Python Software Foundation refuses $1.5 million grant with anti DEI provision. (blogspot.com) 1
"We became concerned, however, when we were presented with the terms and conditions we would be required to agree to if we accepted the grant. These terms included affirming the statement that we “do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws.”
Comment For the last 30 years (Score 1) 108
They keep saying that XXX will eliminate the need for people to code. Code generates, Dan Brikline demo to convert demos to code, Microsoft Visual C, now AI.
In 1982, I was working for someone who insisted on flow charts, which practically was code-level. But even then, you had coders also doing programming and system design. You can have systems pump out code from designs, but the code would be essential template-level code. But you still need the system to be designed, the code needs to be checked, and designs need to be checked.
Comment Re:That library file limit (Score 1) 7
Nope. That's why I changed all my players to BlueOS.
Comment Just like Seth Brundle (Score 1) 86
He didn't really build a teleporter, he just put together the pieces.
Comment You had toggle switches? (Score 1) 192
We had to melt sand using a magnifying glass to make our own chips
Comment In 1978 (Score 1) 192
My high school partnered with MIT in the late 70s because of busing in Boston.
As a result, we had 16 LA 36 decwriters,, 1 VT52, and a 2 Tektronix terminals hooked up to a PDP 11/34 running RSTS/e with 128k of ram. They also had a SOL 20.
Comment PIBKAC (Score 1) 55
The problem is not the facial recognition software. The problem is between the keyboard and the chair.
I think the police should use facial recognition software, if needed, as STEP 1 OF MANY!
Then, compare photos and physical characteristics. Then do something called detective work.
Comment Re:F-Sonos (Score 1) 38
I replaced all my SONOS connects with BlueSound node Nano devices. A pricey replacement, but worth it.
As a bonus I was now able to turn off SMB1 on my home Samba server !
Comment Re:Why Samba? (Score 1) 33
> Every large NAS vendor (Synology, QNAP, etc) has their own SMB server they wrote themserlves
That's untrue. Both Synology and QNAP use Samba. QNAP contributes code and bugfixes back to samba.org (Hi Jones !).
Submission + - Samba gets funding from the German Sovereign Tech Fund.
Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to advance the project. The investment was
successfully applied for by SerNet. Over the next 18 months, Samba developers
from SerNet will tackle 17 key development subprojects aimed at enhancing
Samba’s security, scalability, and functionality.
The Sovereign Tech Fund is a German federal government funding program that
supports the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital
infrastructure. Their goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source
ecosystem.
The project's focus is on areas like SMB3 Transparent Failover, SMB3 UNIX
extensions, SMB-Direct, Performance and modern security protocols such as SMB
over QUIC. These improvements are designed to ensure that Samba remains a
robust and secure solution for organizations that rely on a sovereign IT
infrastructure. Development work began as early as September the 1st and is
expected to be completed by the end of February 2026 for all sub-projects.
All development will be done in the open following the existing Samba
development process. First gitlab CI pipelines have already been running [4]
and gitlab MRs will appear soon!
https://samba.plus/blog/detail...
https://www.sovereigntechfund....