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New comment by archvile in "The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored"

archvile — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:22:15 +0000

https://archive.is/4sOoH

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

archvile — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:22:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/taiwan-china-chips-silicon-valley-tsmc.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136815

Points: 17

# Comments: 9

New comment by archvile in "Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android"

archvile — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:38:59 +0000

So... installing software?

>Specifically it means installing from a non-first party source.

Just like 99% of software running on computers in the world today? How is it different from "installing software"?

New comment by archvile in "Framework Laptop 16"

archvile — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:48:11 +0000

Do you have a way to test the temps? It could just need a simple repaste.

New comment by archvile in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

archvile — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:28:30 +0000

Less and less of AOSP is being updated also, as Google rolls most of its new features and updates behind the Play Services system. Install Graphene and you will see what I am talking about - the SMS app for example hasn't been updated in probably a decade and looks and functions like it did back in Android 4 (KitKat). Same with the other built-in apps. While I used Graphene myself for a solid 6 months, the features you have to give up on using or find some obtuse workaround for aren't appealing to the "normies" who just want their phone to do what they want, no matter the unseen ethical cost (in this case, sacrificing the ability to freely install 3rd party apps). Someone on another forum said it very well - people like "us" were Google's foot in the door, now along with Apple they have such a stranglehold on the mobile OS space that a 3rd viable and comparable contestant becomes less and less likely by the day. Throw in how Google starting with Android 16 is not releasing updated drivers with AOSP and Graphene probably doesn't have much life left in it, either.

New comment by archvile in "Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup"

archvile — Thu, 01 May 2025 11:13:22 +0000

Regarding 3. Battery life - I’ve had a ThinkPad Nano for several years that, on Windows 11 would get roughly 4-6 hours battery, and this was optimized (very few running apps, no junk on startup, power saving settings on, etc). I switched it to Ubuntu (I was surprised that everything worked out of the box too, all of the hot keys and everything), and it will get about 8-10 hours doing the same tasks (primarily Chrome). So there is something to be said about Linux in general just being so much more “light weight” so to speak vs windows, which has become such a bloated mess. But the main issue I had was your point 4, since the thinkpads screen is 2K, everything was either too small (with no scaling) or too big (with scaling on).

New comment by archvile in "General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior with Data Brokers"

archvile — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:13:14 +0000

"The only winning move is not to play."

New comment by archvile in "Android Phones Can Be Hacked Remotely by Viewing Malicious PNG Image"

archvile — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:38:17 +0000

AND carriers. Don't forget the carriers.

New comment by archvile in "If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t It Secure?"

archvile — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:45:42 +0000

Honeypot?

Secure Boot in the Era of the T2

archvile — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:05:46 +0000

Article URL: https://duo.com/labs/research/secure-boot-in-the-era-of-the-t2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18502728

Points: 106

# Comments: 96

New comment by archvile in "Windows Calculator invalid input with 10^x function"

archvile — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:57:25 +0000

What’s even more bizarre is how often they update the Win10 calculator app from the Windows store. Never had any idea that a calculator would need bi-weekly updates, but shrug

New comment by archvile in "We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill"

archvile — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:35:48 +0000

Exactly. Three letter agency abilities were expanded hugely under Obama. Why people can’t grasp this, I’ll never know.

New comment by archvile in "Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode whitespace: 1M downloads"

archvile — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:02:10 +0000

Google has no incentive to police the store or protect it’s user’s devices. They only care about getting more people on the Android platform so they can increase their search and advertising revenue. They could give 2 shits about the Play Store.

New comment by archvile in "Live: Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13th at 13h"

archvile — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:07:58 +0000

Did their souls make it too?

New comment by archvile in "Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your device without a passcode"

archvile — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:52:45 +0000

The mention that is varies by provider is notable. Apple encrypts End-to-end all iMessage chats, as well as FaceTime (VoIP) calls. None of the other providers on that list do that, so at least there's that.

Also, people here act like Apple jumped willingly onboard the PRISM program. You can bet your ass their arm was twisted by the government or they were taken into the program unknowingly (datacenter ISP taps, etc).

New comment by archvile in "When it comes to internet privacy, be afraid, analyst suggests"

archvile — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:42:02 +0000

"Snowden’s revelations made people aware of what was happening, but little changed as a result."

Actually I'd be willing to bet the level of spying the alphabet agencies are doing now is 10 times worse than it was when Snowden stole those documents.

Hacker Releases Firmware Decryption Key for Apple's Secure Enclave

archvile — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:25:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/18/hacker-releases-decryption-key-secure-enclave/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15045852

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by archvile in "Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties"

archvile — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:02:18 +0000

Verizon has an exclusive Android wear watch that has cellular connectivity and it is (only?) $5 extra/mo.

New comment by archvile in "Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year"

archvile — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:11:39 +0000

AW does this if you don't stand up within an hour, it pokes you to stand up and move around. It also sends you progress updates throughout the day of how much you've walked/moved/etc.

New comment by archvile in "Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year"

archvile — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:10:03 +0000

I've got perfect months the last 2 months and now I stress if a day gets close to not hitting the completion mark (I.e. It's raining or such to inhibit an outdoor walk/run).