drivepiler

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway' in c/news@lemmy.world
YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately not

Signed up for Equifax to freeze my credit, password can not be longer than 20 characters in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hashing takes longer the longer the string is, so it technically could impact performance if many people with very long passwords log in simultaneously. 20 characters is ridiculous though, you could probably cap it at hundreds and still be completely fine.

Is there a program that I can run on my laptop to tell me what Linux distro supports the hardware out of the box? Also whether the hardware is supported at all? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Seems like a pretty slick way to drop some malware payloads, may I ask if this was recently?

UK: Far-right rioters storm hotel housing migrants in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I agree, but you know that mob doesn't

UK: Far-right rioters storm hotel housing migrants in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They were not just hurt, they were killed. The children were all locals as far as I know, the assailant was born in England to immigrant parents.

Shower thoughts are wasting water. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Bergen, Norway. But we have stong competition from the British isles :)

Shower thoughts are wasting water. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Shower thoughts are wasting water. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I'm blessed in this regard by living in the rainiest city in Europe. It has it's downsides, but hey... free water.

Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by eating berries in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Bet he watched a lot of videos about it on YouTube though

The master race condition in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
TIL that in 12th grade Steve Wozniak made a fake bomb, laughed at the principal that disarmed it then electrocuted the guards at juvenile detention with 120v electricity. in c/til@lemmy.ca
[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

He's awesome, but he's not a billionaire. Not that he cares about that. Your point still stands though.

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