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I hardly know what to say... https://floridamedianow.com/2024/05/09/valvetech-urges-nasa-to-stop-second-starliner-launch-attempt/

Yeah I get it, it's pricey. They are built like a tank though...so you won't replace them, almost never. From the used ones that bought my employess, got a 2004 , a 2007 and a 2008. Other than minor details, they work just as fine. There's also Haworth and Steelcase brands. All 3 brands have 12 year warranty. Pretty much pays for itself. Which buying from the used market ain't a bad option either.

Well 3.17 is out, but it says 3.16+ ? Budman@I9-WIN G:\iperf3.17_64 $ iperf3.exe -v iperf 3.16+ (cJSON 1.7.15) CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 i9-win 3.5.3-1.x86_64 2024-04-03 17:25 UTC x86_64 Optional features available: CPU affinity setting, authentication, support IPv4 don't fragment, POSIX threads https://files.budman.pw/iperf3.17_64.zip CRC32: F6D8E2A8 MD5: 03E0ED0BF5E9A52CC22BDEBF9681BE81 SHA-1: 370D1B1896990CD2BA3806FD609185D2F977EDB8 SHA-256: C1AB63DE610D73779D1003753F8DCD3FAAE0B6AC5BE1EAF31BBF4A1D3D2E3356 iperf-3.17 2024-05-10 Notable user-visible changes BREAKING CHANGE: iperf3's authentication features, when used with OpenSSL prior to 3.2.0, contain a vulnerability to a side-channel timing attack. To address this flaw, a change has been made to the padding applied to encrypted strings. This change is not backwards compatible with older versions of iperf3 (before 3.17). To restore the older (vulnerable) behavior, and hence backwards-compatibility, use the --use-pkcs1-padding flag. The iperf3 team thanks Hubert Kario from RedHat for reporting this issue and providing feedback on the fix. (CVE-2024-26306)(PR#1695) iperf3 no longer changes its current working directory in --daemon mode. This results in more predictable behavior with relative paths, in particular finding key and credential files for authentication. (PR#1672) A new --json-stream option has been added to enable a streaming output format, consisting of a series of JSON objects (for the start of the test, each measurement interval, and the end of the test) separated by newlines (#444, #923, #1098). UDP tests now work correctly between different endian hosts (#1415). The --fq-rate parameter now works for --reverse tests (#1632, PR#1667). The statistics reporting interval is now available in the --json start test object (#1663). A negative time test duration is now properly flagged as an error (IS#1662 / PR#1666). Notable developer-visible changes Fixes have been made to better (unofficially) support builds on Android (#1641 / #1651) and VxWorks (#1595). iperf3 now builds correctly on architectures without native support for 64-bit atomic types, by linking with the libatomic library (#1611). $ iperf3 -c 192.168.10.10 -V iperf 3.16+ CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 i9-win 3.5.3-1.x86_64 2024-04-03 17:25 UTC x86_64 Control connection MSS 1460 Time: Fri, 10 May 2024 23:28:44 GMT Connecting to host 192.168.10.10, port 5201 Cookie: vcvit4yasx22maqwd2pghqokr3ksjagjspcx TCP MSS: 1460 (default) [ 5] local 192.168.10.9 port 43749 connected to 192.168.10.10 port 5201 Starting Test: protocol: TCP, 1 streams, 131072 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 10 second test, tos 0 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate [ 5] 0.00-1.02 sec 288 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 1.02-2.01 sec 284 MBytes 2.39 Gbits/sec [ 5] 2.01-3.01 sec 282 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 3.01-4.01 sec 284 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 4.01-5.01 sec 281 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 5.01-6.00 sec 282 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 6.00-7.01 sec 286 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 7.01-8.02 sec 283 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 8.02-9.02 sec 283 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec [ 5] 9.02-10.01 sec 281 MBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Test Complete. Summary Results: [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 2.77 GBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec sender [ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 2.76 GBytes 2.37 Gbits/sec receiver CPU Utilization: local/sender 12.1% (2.2%u/9.9%s), remote/receiver 72.8% (3.1%u/69.7%s) rcv_tcp_congestion cubic iperf Done.

How is Linux for sailing the seven seas? Does it support VLC and qBittorent for example? Well, bot vlc and qbittorrent are indeed available for linux, in debian they are even in the "store"

Going easy obscures logic. Only going impractical can activate love

There's plenty of logical evidence for those open minded and willing to look. Just start on that linked site, explore, and ask questions as you go. "There's plenty of logical evidence" No there isn't. Why can't you provide provable and testable evidence? No need to answer. We know why. I'm curious, are there any other areas of your existence where you accept 'logical evidence' over actual testable evidence?

There's plenty of logical evidence for those open minded and willing to look. Just start on that linked site, explore, and ask questions as you go.

Bummer...

Neat

Think of the mRNA stuff as an instruction manual. The possibilities are significant. This is also duper cool. Like your attitude towards this stuff. Far too many folks don’t share it.

Bungie's first Marathon game has been released for free on Steam with the others to follow by John Callaham The first video game developed and released by Bungie was the sci-fi first-person shooter Marathon for Apple Macintosh computers in 1994 and later for Windows. Today, that first game is available to download and play for free via Valve's Steam service. Today, we're thrilled to announce that the Aleph One community is bringing the original 1994-1996 Marathon Trilogy to Steam starting with Marathon 1. Thank you to the Marathon community for your support over the years. We couldn't do it without you. 💾 https://t.co/pDtf6VWqwY pic.twitter.com/Z2f0b3hnww — Bungie (@Bungie) May 10, 2024 Bungie announced the release of the game today on its X (formerly Twitter) account. This version of Marathon uses the open-source engine Aleph One, which was developed after Bungie released the game's source code in 1999. The game's art assets were released by Bungie as freeware in 2005. For its Steam launch, Aleph One lets gamers play Marathon with the original data file. However, they can also play with some more modern options, including " widescreen HUD support, 3D filtering/perspective, positional audio, and 60+ fps interpolation". This version also has 12 Steam achievements to unlock. Steam also lists Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity as "coming soon." After the Marathon game trilogy, Bungie went on to create and release the first several games in the Halo sci-fi shooter series for Microsoft. It then moved on to yet another sci-fi shooter series in Destiny and Destiny 2. A new expansion pack for Destiny 2, The Final Shape, is due in just a few weeks on June 4. In May 2023, Bungie announced it would release a reboot of sorts to the Marathon series. This game will be a "sci-fi PvP extraction shooter" for the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. No release date for the Marathon reboot has been announced.

Debian. For me it was very easy to install, and setuo steam within minutes. Advantages vs windows? You just dp not worry about the os breaking stuff and is way snappier, thanks to no telemetry. How is Linux for sailing the seven seas? Does it support VLC and qBittorent for example?

I'm using Linux, but just came here to stay, it's gotten a lot better / easier. I've personally been using Arch for the past 10 or so years, but helped several people, including gamers switch over to Linux. Either PopOS or Mint are two great distros to get started or even when you are a Linux veteran. if you need any help, just lmk I may very well be looking at Linux come late next year if MS cease supporting W10. Personally, there is no way MS will kill support for an OS with hundreds of million users. I appreciated the offer and will keep it in mind. The forums here also have a Linux thread,

I'd like to hear how letting go 10,000 QA engineers has had no negative impact on quality of their security. Maybe multiple intrusions into Azure will be sold as a feature.

This world is just a test, don't think those who commit such atrocities will be going scott free, nor those who do good deeds will be going unnoticed. It's all being accounted for and everyone will rip what they've sown... I'm sure that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside but there is no evidence any of that is true.

That's what I'm waiting for also. The first was great on PC

Fresh rumor claims iPhone 16 Pro will get a 20% brighter display by Aditya Tiwari Image: iPhone 15 Pro One of the improvements coming to the iPhone 16 Pro later this year could be in the display department. A new rumor coming out of China, courtesy of Weibo leaker Instant Digital, claims that the iPhone 16 Pro will have a brighter display than the current flagships. As per the Weibo leaker, the iPhone 16 Pro will have a typical SDR brightness of 1,200 nits, delivering a 20% increase compared to the current flagships. For reference, the iPhone 15 Pro models have a typical max brightness of 1,000 nits for SDR content. The rumor adds that there will be no change to the peak HDR brightness, which is 1,600 nits for the current iPhone models. Moreover, the iPhone 15 Pro models can deliver a peak brightness of 2,000 nits in outdoor conditions. When writing device specifications on its website, Apple provides separate numbers for HDR and non-HDR brightness limits to give users a better idea of how the device will perform when HDR content is displayed on the screen. With that said, this adds to the series of rumors for the iPhone 16 series, which is expected to be released sometime in the second half of this year. Multiple sources have hinted that iPhone 16 Pro models might arrive with the biggest display sizes ever, and some models of the iPhone 16 series could even feature bigger batteries. Apple is also expected to fit an upgraded microphone setup in the iPhone 16 series to deliver an improved Siri experience. Speaking of which, fresh iOS 18 leaks suggest AI-powered features are coming to Siri, Safari, and other core apps, along with AI transcription and summarising. Specifically for the flagship models, Apple is expected to introduce two titanium color options and a new coating technology to reduce camera lens flare. New CAD renders surfaced earlier this year revealed a new Capture Button that might make its way to the iPhone 16 Pro. Via 9to5Mac

Sir explain to me what this internets thing is? So you're telling me INFORMATION just TRAVELS through pipes?

Especially when you consider who runs Congress. The Republican Congress in 2023 passed just twenty three bills into law which is the lowest in decades. They're too busy fighting among themselves instead of actually performing their duties.

It would be great if I could believe it. But I don't.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shoots down rumors of a search engine reveal on May 13 by John Callaham Rumors and unconfirmed reports by other news outlets that OpenAI would reveal an AI-based search engine soon were dismissed by the company's CEO and co-founder Sam Altman today. Both Reuters and Bloomberg reported earlier this week that OpenAI was working on such a search engine. Reuters went further, stating the reveal would be made on Monday, May 13, starting at 10 am Pacific time (1 pm Eastern time) Today, OpenAI did announce it will be streaming some announcements on May 13 related to ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates. However, Altman later posted a message on his own X (formerly Twitter) account that stated a search engine would not be among those announcements, nor would it be something related to GPT-5. He did say that OpenAI has "been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love!" and he repeated the date and time for the reveal. not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love! feels like magic to me. monday 10am PT. https://t.co/nqftf6lRL1 — Sam Altman (@sama) May 10, 2024 The company, which has Microsoft as a large minority financial partner, has already been busy with a number of announcements so far in 2024. Its biggest announcement was the reveal of Sora, which can create animated videos just by typing in text prompts. OpenAI has been testing Sora with a private group of creators, but it has already stated it plans to launch the text-to-video tool to the general public sometime later in the year. This week, during the Bloomberg Tech Conference, OpenAI's chief operating officer Brad Lightcap was asked by Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary if Sora got its training by using video from Google's YouTube service. However, Lightcap dodged that specific question with a word salad answer.

Oh yea, because if anyone is going to be able to ask the relevant, intelligent questions on IT security it's going to be the folks serving in the US House of Representatives. 🤨