sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

https://s.sneak.berlin/@sneak/105308331614375138

this also means that a country that blocks all access to the reactivation server can kill all macs in the country from being wiped/reinstalled. (again, this is already the case with iphone/ipad, and has been for all time.)

T2 and ARM macs are thus entirely unsuitable for e.g. the antarctic research stations, as if one is infected with a virus/malware and needs to be proper wiped/reinstalled, doing a full disk wipe when you have no internet means you *cannot* get the machine back in a working state, even with offline USB reinstall media, because the T2/M1 needs an online reactivation. no internet = computer is a brick. (iphones and ipads already work this way.)

maybe my favorite thing about activitypub/mastodon: see a cool video? THERE'S A DOWNLOAD LINK RIGHT THERE

Ahh, so T2 and M1 macs come activated from the factory. If you do a full disk wipe, they *cannot* be reinstalled until they talk to the mothership via the internet.

i wonder if google puts play.google.com in the google.com login flow so that people can't block it without breaking google login on the web

if you're doing financial work (such as cryptocurrency) relative dates such as "2 days ago" are fine... IF AND ONLY IF YOU ALSO SHOW THE FULL DATE/TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE

i wonder if i can take drivers from catalina for my current-gen intel rMBP and drop them into high sierra. was the touch bar out then?

thinking of going back to high sierra because i can make them with autodmg. probably won't support my rMBP with good keyboard, though. :(

you can't donate cryptocurrency to wikimedia without IDing yourself.

what does it say about our world when the best laptop that can run unsigned OSes is made by dell

(yes i know the M1's boot security can be disabled, but there are no unsigned OSes that will run on it today. don't @ me.)

is there any authoritative confirmation that the M1 is made by tsmc? obviously they make a lot (all now?) of the Ax chips and I think they're the only ones doing 5nm (which is what the M1 is) - but has either Apple or TSMC actually said this is true, or has any teardown or other public information confirmed that the M1 is from TSMC?

the geopolitical effort to get nations to permit ICBMs to approach their ports without automatic nuclear response will be a significant fraction of the effort and money and time as it is to build starship itself

i like this blog post a lot.

https://apenwarr.ca/log/20201121

for an app handling billions of dollars, the uniswap app sure does pull in a lot of 3p javascript hosted on other domains.

the latest iOS enables automatic updates for you even if you've previously opted out. it tells you this during setup, but has no opt out. it's on you to remember at the end of setup that you have to go into settings and disable Apple's remote code execution vulnerability they've placed on your device.

in my continuing quest to be more normal, i am fasting this thanksgiving

look at how good this cat is

just look at her