Snipping Tool used to have this "feature" whereby any drawing performed on a screenshot would be animated as an overlay (this was only visible in the UWP Photos app at the time). Funnily enough, that's the first thing that came to mind when I heard of Acropalypse.
Funnily enough, I actually had issues with Coinbase today as well. All of a sudden they wanted to block me from using cards (no idea why, I've been a customer for at least two years).
I got told the change was due to security and irreversible, unless I delete and register a new account. I did that, and short story it worked for a few hours. After that I started failing ID checks (using the same information I registered for Binance).
Soon enough, I couldn't top up either by card or bank. They sent me an email telling me to use "alternative methods" when they literally are none - except directly transferring crypto over which kind of defeats the point.
I filed a complaint (different to a support ticket), so we'll see how that goes...
PS: Binance has been giving me issues as well. They owe me 5 USDT, and they told me to keep the chat open for approximately eight hours. Not as bad as Coinbase, but definitely not without issues.
What I never end up understanding about such topics is what is truly meant by "understanding" [that we have finite lives]. Don't we all know that anyways? Are we being asked to calm down and accept that? If so, isn't such futile for those that couldn't initially (as I don't see how reading a book would change their psyche) and placebo for those that could (as they've just never considered life in that way)?
Just a thought, but what if all citizens over the age of 18 could use TOTP [with a randomly-assigned secret] to verify their age. If they don't have a mobile device, they could purchase one of those "calculator-like" TOTP devices.
Sure, you could give yours to a friend but you could also scan a friend's face with the biometric suggestion or their ID with that suggestion. At least the TOTP suggestion would be quicker to verify, [can be] more privacy-friendly, and can be offloaded onto any devices (you already have one if you're going to need to verify yourself).
I'd give the MSI Creator Z16 a look. Albeit, battery life is not amazing on [most] x86 platforms (compared to ARM platforms) though it should last notably longer on Linux.
Whilst I agree people should at least have a ".com" backup domain (at least for email use), many services are supporting the less common TLDs nowadays. In particular, ".dev" seems to be supported well in my experience (where Experian has been the only problematic service).
As for the spam filters, whilst the domain definitely does play a part in some cases - there's more to it than that. Having the correct security configuration (DKIM, etc.) and a "trusted" mail server (good luck asking M$ for their list, though) goes a long way.
That reminds me, I recently registered to Experian only to find out ".dev" emails are considered invalid. I had to register an email on one of my ".com" domains then forward over to even register with them. I called up support and they found it confusing as well, but hey ho - I can't even raise a ticket.
This isn't going to be just Lenovo. Microsoft requires that the certificate in question is not part of the Secure Boot database for any device meeting/utilising the "Device Guard" functionality.
And as others have said, as long as you can enroll your own keys this isn't really a bad thing. It improves security by default for the default OS shipped with the device. You have to go away from the defaults to use Linux anyways, so one more toggle isn't going to kill anyone.
I never got round to PR'ing this (maybe I still will) but it would be great if Howdy had a feature where it could be "skipped" until the user is logged in.
That would allow people using systemd-homed's encryption to unlock their home directories, which they otherwise cannot have done [as it requires the passphrase].
You should be able to disable the dGPU if you have no need for it, within the BIOS, to improve battery life.
As for why I recommend it?
1) It has a thin, MacBook-esque aluminium chassis.
2) A choice of two biometrics - Fingerprint and Facial (the latter works with Howdy on Linux).
3) The processor is a 11th (Z16) or 12th Gen. (Z16P) Intel Core i9. The former uses 3200MHz DDR4 AND the latter uses DDR5.
4) They both sport a RTX 30 Series dGPU for creative work or gaming.
5) MSI has decent Linux support historically, for their laptops at least.
6) MSI laptops feature a "hidden BIOS" which exposes hundreds of options and toggles (from undervolting and over locking, to tuning PCIe slot power limits). This is quite helpful at times.
7) It has a panel that pretty much ticks all the boxes except HDR: a good resolution of QHD, high colour accuracy (∆E < 2), a high refresh rate (either 120Hz or 165Hz), as well as touch support.
8) It sports RGB keyboard backlighting, if that's your thing.
9) It has a great selection of ports, with one (Z16P) or two (Z16) Thunderbolt 4 ports and two USB [Type-A] 10GBps ports.
10) MSI laptops of this size usually sport two NVMe slots, for expansion. You could even use one slot for a Google Coral. Furthermore, the included NVMes from MSI that I've had have been "top-tier" in terms of throughput.
Technologies: C#, Python, System Administration, Linux System Administration, JS, VM Management, Cloudflare Workers, whilst eager to learn other technologies.
I'm Diab Neiroukh. I'm a student who has taken a year out and is looking for work (part or full-time) during such; I'm also happy to continue on with any full-time work as part-time through into my studies [provided the hours are reasonable]. I study a joint major of Computing Science and Physics (as a BSc).
I've had at least three years of experience managing Linux servers, and once set up a Windows network for a local, private school. I know C#, JS, and Python [the latter more so] but am adaptable to other languages (see my work in C on Android/Linux kernels, and brief Java usage on other Android projects) and would be open to work as a Junior Developer/Software Engineer. I also maintain a fork of NGINX aiming to improve performance [and security] of the web server called Zestginx [1].
I've also dabbled in many different areas outside of the above (from audio signal processing to compilers and assembly to graphics design) a few of which are visible on my GitHub [2] and GitHub Gists [3]. This allows me to often give a unique view on topics using knowledge from other "departments".
I wonder if this was really "Anonymous" (with regards to who runs the Twitter page) or a collective effort with non-affiliated individuals. Ukraine has listed websites they asked "friends of Ukraine" to try DDos including such that have been down [1]. Anonymous (again, those who run the Twitter page) seemingly lied [2] earlier about a Ministry of Defense leak which they swiftly took down the tweet of [3].
I should've been a little clearer; by "enterprise systems" I was referring to RAID controllers and the like. Though yes, I believe enterprise SSDs/NVMes likely have a capacitor or, as one friend put it, an "overkill battery" to use for flushing data.
To be fair though, I sidetracked from the discussion at hand. The issue Marcan described was regarding the OS -> Disk rather than a "power loss situation". The latter does play in with the former, but solving the latter doesn't necessarily solve the former.