Author Archives: NickW

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/02/23/2251233/ask-slashdot-is-it-time-to-replace-file-systems

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most-influential-minicomputer-of-all-time/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/when-a-seismic-network-failed-citizen-science-stepped-in/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/why-russias-disconnection-from-the-internet-isnt-amounting-to-much/

This makes me really upset: As daily life gets more expensive, workers are having a harder time making ends meet. From a report:While wage growth is high by historical standards, it isn’t keeping up with the increased cost of living, which is growing at the fastest annual pace in about four decades. “Wages are up 5.1% …

Continue reading “As Inflation Heats Up, 64% of Americans Are Now Living Paycheck To Paycheck “

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/linux-has-been-bitten-by-its-most-high-severity-vulnerability-in-years/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967132/apple-mac-studio-vs-mini-pro-comparison-upgrade

Kind of a critical issue, as Windows 11 requires TPM (or you can hack the Windows registry to get around that requirement) https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/9/22968703/amd-issues-workaround-tpm-bug-windows-10-11-performance-issues-stuttering