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Cake day: January 15th, 2026

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  • a short lived USB connector type B

    Not short lived at all, it’s literally one of the three standard connectors alongside A and C. USB is an inherently directional protocol, so one side if the host device and the other is the peripheral device. The difference between Type A and B plugs helped enforce that directionality. Prior to the C connector becoming the new standard regardless of direction, all USB cables had both a Type-A and Type-B connector. (A to A cables violate the spec, and are an abomination).

    The miniUSB and microUSB connectors are both Type-B connectors, just physically smaller to accommodate smaller peripheral devices. There’s also technically a mini-A and micro-A, but they’re very uncommon since host devices are usually large enough for a full size plug, and now USB 3.0+ Type-C connections don’t require a directional cable the same way.



  • Exposing? Microsoft has made it very clear for a while that your Bitlocker keys are synced to your Microsoft account.

    Hell, they even have a support page for it. Most of their support pages are nearly useless, but this one is even readable by a normal person.

    And before someone mentions the part about Microsoft Support not having access to keys (because some smart ass always does for this stuff)… Just think for a second. Of course customer support doesn’t have access to the keys. What Support can do is not a limit for legal disclosure. A legal warrant (like used here) means they’ll give any info they have in a heartbeat.









  • This is one of those situations where the venn diagram of Trump’s handlers becomes a circle.

    You have the billionaire Oil executives that want to continue using all their existing infrastructure and wasy access to continue printing money like they do now. Meanwhile, those companies all see the writing on the wall and know it’s running out so they’re investing in or buying technologies and companies working on alternatives. They’re playing both sides because they’re not idiots.

    And then you have the manipulators like Putin (who we know Trump idolizes) with their goals of destroying American power across the board. Having America not only abandon new technologies but even propping up the old ones past when they should be phased out to focus on century-old priorities while the rest of the world continues to move on, helps that overall goal.



  • This is exactly the type of shit I’ve been trying to explain to the Linux fanboys for years and all of them dismiss outright.

    Until simple shit like this is easy for the average person, Linux will never replace Windows as a default OS option for regular users. 99% of people are scared of config files and the terminal, and they’re still just too commonly needed in every distro.

    A LOT of work has been done to minimize it, but there’s always still basic functionality that just isn’t in the GUI. That’s not an issue for most of us here… But it is for most people. Fediverse users are a small minority.


  • Assuming they’re not just talking about a bruise… How do we even know the damage was from this event?

    This is the same chuckle fuck that held onto the fucking car back in June last year and forced himself to be dragged to try and justify his bullshit.

    This fucking idiot might have just fallen down the stairs at home given his lack of mental capacity.