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Comment The 95% takes some interpreting (Score 1) 193

The poplulation of the study is half Vaccinated, half Placebo. 95% of the positives were in the Placebo group 5% in the Vaccinated. The total group was told to go on and do what they ordinarily do. That means a certain percentage of the total wore masks, social distanced, etc. Since no one knew whether they had the real thing, or for that matter if the real thing was effective I imagine since many were concerned enough about Covid to take a chance on an early trial (with unknown sidef effects) this group was more careful than the general population. So what I'm getting at is there no way to think the 95% number reflects what a vaccinated persons chances are without a mask or taking careful measures. The data doesn't speak to this. This just reinforces the argument that vaccinated people should continue to take the standard measures, to protect themselves, not just the usual argument that they should do it to limit spread and set an example.

Submission + - Using Intel Management Engine for productive purposes?

iamacat writes: Not a day goes by without a story about another Intel Management Engine vulnerability. What I get is that a lot of consumer PCs can access network and run x86 code on top of UNIX-like OS such as Minix even when powered off. This sounds pretty useful for tasks such as running an occasional use Plex server. Like I can have a box that draws very little power when idle. But when an incoming connection is detected, it can power itself and the media drive on and serve the requested content. So if Intel ME is so insecure, how do I exploit it for practically useful purposes?

Comment Commercial Alternative? (Score 1) 239

While its great that they posted the plans, some of the parts list are custom, and its a bit too much hardware tinkering for me. What I would like to see is a similar commercially produced box, minus drives for a few thousand. All the big players with turnkey solutions seem to sell only with drives at ridiculous prices.

Comment Bookmarks? (Score 1) 376

Has anyone seen a flashdrive mp3 player in a pack of gum format that can do bookmarks on arbitrary mp3 files? The shuffle doesn't count since it only does bookmarks on files in special format.

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