That’s a tough nut to crack. Even as a video game platform, they don’t write most of the software that they sell today. They would need to find some way to convince developers to write software for something that’s not the platform nearly all users are running.

I’m not sure that Microsoft ever did halt going down that path. My wife recently bought a PC that came locked down by default and required some fiddling to allow running unsigned apps. This was Windows 10, not sure about 11.

I think it could be more that broad compatibility with everything is their main selling point, and by doing so they were undermining their own ecosystem.

However, this is mere speculation on my part.

Valve is a Titan doing incredible work for the open source community and making money while doing so.

Successful open source software business model at work. Way to go.

Priority inversion sounds frighteningly subtle. You might not notice you’re under the effects of the spell because it manipulates priorities rather than bends will directly.

It still feels like your intent, but you’ve been rendered massively ineffective and it may take ages for someone to suspect magical involvement.

Titles like this make me angry. Sometimes it feels like an insult to my intelligence. Just tell me what it’s about and stop making stuff up.

I make a point of not clicking on such articles, or really anything with click bait titles if I can avoid it.

Loads of complex code exposed to an assumed trusted network is the model of printers. They’re going to be full of security issues.

This stuff should be sandboxed and then never, ever exposed to the Internet.

Entirely personal recommendation, take it or leave it: I’ve seen and attacked enough of this codebase to remove any CUPS service, binary and library from any of my systems and never again use a UNIX system to print. I’m also removing every zeroconf / avahi / bonjour listener. You might consider doing the same.

Great advice. It would appear these developers don’t take security seriously.

The most reliable way I know is to seek documentation for the board. It’s up there with PCI lanes in that the board designer will know what has been configured to work with that physical connector. This kind of info is definitely part of your motherboard documentation.

I’m not familiar with dmidecode so unfortunately I cannot comment on that.

Looks like one to me. Remember that M.2 is a form factor. You can have an M.2 slot that does not support SSD storage for example. I have one that is only intended to work with wifi adapters.

Based on the wifi designation on the board I’ll bet it only works with wifi cards.

M.2 is a form-factor. It talks about the shape only, it says nothing about what the device you are using can do. Many boards have restrictions on supported devices for the physical slot.

We need an official SI reference banana.

Given the low quality professors my wife has had, they’d change the assignments throughout the course.

Didn’t transfer? Did the service provider pull the grades due to non-payment or something of that nature?

I appreciate the positive and constructive outlook and for that I value your contribution. Your wife seems like she’s being the change we want to see in less-than-stellar HR departments, but I think to consider the benefits of HR from the employee POV just isn’t safe unless you’re absolutely certain where the priorities lie for your local HR team.

The phrase “cops of the company” is an even more accurate term in the sense that while some cops may actually believe in serving their community, many perhaps most do not, and trusting one is hazardous to your health. A good HR department does care about employees and the company, but how does an employee know that they have one of the good ones? I feel like this is something you don’t really know until you lean upon it such as when disagreements occur, and then either the rickety post will hold or you fall flat on your face. Me? I’m not leaning on that rickey post any more than I would willingly speak to a “friendly” neighborhood police officer. Your job isn’t a place for trust. It’s business. That HR person could be your wife, or they could be the kind to shoot first and ask questions later.

I don’t have a problem with my local PD nor do I have any issues with my HR, but I definitely don’t want a visit from either.

That headache must be brutal.

Oh come now. Everyone needs money somehow. This is one of the more honest ways to get it.

My wife has a different style by them and it has served her very well for two years.

Okay dental cleanings there, though my dentist prefers the word inexperienced for complex work.

I cannot be vaccinated in this way because it causes a severe reaction. I think there are many unsolved problems that preclude introducing these kinds of substances so broadly.

I don’t believe it works by ingestion.

Indeed. It’s a problem for any online platform, but the hope is that it’s a self-limiting problem here because of the natural segmentation of the network and given than admins aren’t trying to sell advertisement views.

Handy