I’m an electrical engineer living in Los Angeles, CA.
Does that require admin access? It wasn’t their machine, it was one the school provided for the auditorium.
This wasn’t their machine, it was one the school provided for the auditorium.
I saw that happen once in a big presentation.
There was a team of students presenting their work to ~200 people. Right in the middle, a pop-up says updates are finished and the computer needs to restart. It has a helpful 60-second countdown, but “cancel” is grayed out, so all they can do is watch.
I was only in the audience and I still have nightmares.
Doesn’t the ESP32 module this project is using require the same thing?
It works for now on x86-64, yes. For now. As always, we are one “think of the children” crisis away from lobbyists taking that option away.
It’s not for you, it’s for them. Secure boot means it only runs their operating system, not yours. Trusted enclave means it secures their DRM-ware from tampering by the user who owns the PC.
This is the mental equivalent of Saitama’s workout from One Punch Man: 100 sit-ups, 100 pushups, 100 squats, and a 10-km run. (Repeat daily until your hair falls out.)
I always thought it’s because vacuums crave the souls of cats and dogs. TIL.
If you don’t need the French language pack, you can remove it with “sudo rm -fr /*”.
I saw that happen once in a big presentation.
There was a team of students presenting their work to ~200 people. Right in the middle, a pop-up says updates are finished and the computer needs to restart. It has a helpful 60-second countdown, but “cancel” is grayed out, so all they can do is watch.
I was only in the audience and I still have nightmares.
This isn’t funny, this is just the sad state of software these days.
Simple solution: Don’t connect it to the Internet. Hackers hate this one weird trick.
Now explain PartialEq, and why it’s mandatory.