Links Aug 2022Links Aug 2022
Armor is an interesting technology from Manchester University for stopping rowhammer attacks on DRAM [1]. Unfortunately “armor” is a term used for DRAM that looks fancy for ricers so finding[...]
TSIG Error From SSSDTSIG Error From SSSD
A common error when using the sssd daemon to authenticate via Active Directory on Linux seems to be: sssd[$PID]: ; TSIG error with server: tsig verify failure This is from[...]
Links July 2022Links July 2022
Darren Hayes wrote an interesting article about his battle with depression and his journey to accepting being gay [1]. Savage Garden had some great songs, Affirmation is relevant to this[...]
Workstations With ECC RAMWorkstations With ECC RAM
The last new PC I bought was a Dell PowerEdge T110II in 2013. That model had been out for a while and I got it for under $2000. Since then[...]
DDC as a KVM SwitchDDC as a KVM Switch
With the recent resurgence in Covid19 I’ve been working from home a lot and using both my work laptop and personal PC on the same monitor. HDMI KVM switches start[...]
Links June 2022Links June 2022
Google did some interesting research on the impact of discrimination on code reviers [1]. It turns out that this is a bigger problem than most white men would have ever[...]
Philips 438P1 43″ 4K MonitorPhilips 438P1 43″ 4K Monitor
I have just returned a Philips 438P1 43″ 4K Monitor [1] and gone back to my Samsung 28″ 4K monitor model LU28E590DS/XY AKA UE590. The main listed differences are the[...]
Links May 2022Links May 2022
dontkillmyapp.com is a web site about Android phone vendors who make their phones kill your apps when you don’t want them to [1]. One of the many reasons why Pine[...]
Elon and Free SpeechElon and Free Speech
Elon Musk has made the news for spending billions to buy a share of Twitter for the alleged purpose of providing free speech. The problem with this claim is that[...]
PIN for LoginPIN for Login
Windows 10 added a new “PIN” login method, which is an optional login method instead of an Internet based password through Microsoft or a Domain password through Active Directory. Here[...]