Limonene

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[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

In incognito or private browsing mode, you are way more likely to be blocked or forced to fill out a captcha, because the site won't see any tracking cookies you would otherwise have.

To Google, preserving your privacy looks the same as being a bot. Using a VPN, clearing cookies, using private browsing, being signed out of a Google account, are all things that improve your privacy but look like bot activity. Google can use the excuse of blocking bots when their actual goal is tracking.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

OP isn't trying to post, just trying to view. There is no justification for a captcha there.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Could this be used to develop homebrew microcode? Could we finally disable the PSP with this?

 

Ubuntu's current LTS version (24.04) contains ffmpeg version 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5 which has this buffer overflow vulnerability:

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10952

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32230

On my only Ubuntu computer, my update widget says that I need to upgrade to ffmpeg version 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2 but can only only do so with Ubuntu Pro. I'm not eligible for Ubuntu Pro.

Ubuntu claims that 24.04 is currently fully supported, and should have complete security updates. However, they seem to have paywalled this security update.

What should I do?

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 178 points 1 week ago (6 children)

In case anyone was thinking this applies only to inkjet printers: no, it ONLY seems to apply to laser printers -- the thing that Brother used to be known for. Where the article says "ink", they mean "toner". There is no ink in a laser printer.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

One woman told me that she identifies as bisexual, even though she is attracted to all genders including non-binary, because she has two "modes" of dating. When dating women, she prefers to be the pursuer. When dating men, she prefers to be the pursued. I'm not sure which way she usually went with enbies.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There are no useful quantum computers. If you disagree, provide a citation.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The quantum computers that exist can't solve anything that can't be done better and faster by a normal computer.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I think quantum computers may be impossible. But if they are possible, they will be a USB/PCIe accessory that works alongside an ordinary processor running an ordinary operating system.

I expect Linux will have a driver for quantum computers before Windows.