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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy

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well done, Register

"EU tells Meta" ... hurrah ... the Register is able to write "EU" in title when "EU" is meant.

Well done. Keep it up.

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Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app

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Re: Finally Euorpe united

So now writers comply with that and enforce the confusion?

"EU" is even shorter than "Europe", so I don't get it. Is it ignorance or laziness or a joke ... ?

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Finally Euorpe united

including England, GB, UK, and Belarus .. one Europe

At least that is what the title suggests "Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain"

But seriously: how hard is it to write "EU gives TikTok 24 hours to explain"

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Loongson CPU that performs like 2020 Core i3 makes its way to Chinese mini PCs

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"the Morefine M700S isn't a great deal overall. " ... indeed

... why 400 USD for a box which costs 130 USD with a Celeron N100?

Is the M700S that expensive to produce?

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Tiny Corp launches Nvidia-powered AI computer because 'it just works'

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Unless it's indeed an AI beast, and solves all your business problems.

15 kUSD is not that much for a business that needs it.

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TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version

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I know Linux is the devil to *BSD users, but apart from that: what is bad about the move to Linux? Will people miss features?

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250 million-plus reserved IPv4 addresses could be released – but the internet isn’t built to use them

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Re: Future use??

"The (poor) quality of the RFC’s compared to the OSI specifications, was one of the issues identified back in the 1980s."

Does X.400 count as an OSI spec? If so:

As an intern, around 1990/1991, I implemented an X.400 system (of course over X.25) at a government. What a horror, because of all those specs.

I used SMTP at the university, but expected X.400 would be much better, because of all those great features and specs. Not so. That was quite a lesson for me: KISS.

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IPv4 address rentals to mint millions of dollars for AWS

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"Anyone desiring a new public IPv4 address since then has had to rely on address ranges being recovered from organizations shutting down or surrendering them as they migrate to IPv6."

1) migrating to IPv6 is a not solution for IPv4 shortage. Unless you introduce NAT64. But then ... :

2) organizations like ISPs are introducing NAT444 aka CGNAT for eligible customers. And then selling those freed-up IPv4 addresses to ... AWS and startup ISPs.

About NAT444 aka CGNAT: Works for 95% of consumer customers aka eligible customers: normal mom and pop customers, like my neighbours and my sister. Of course not for us very special hacker customers with servers at home that must reachable from IPv4 Internet.

Let the downvotes come in!

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Re: Holdout

You can start docker in non-NAT mode, and then you have IPv6 in your docker (if your LAN has it, of course)

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Re: Stuffed Turkey

"using 6to4 gateways for a seamless transition"

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"avoids the need for expensive and tricky carrier-grade NAT"

... because 6to4 NAT is seamless and cheap, and 4to4 CGNAT is expensive and tricky?

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Qualcomm signals its PC push will coincide with back to school sales and be tied to a Windows launch

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Re: Windows-on-ARM ... *Yawn*

I can: cheap and fast enough. So Core i3 performance, but then a bit cheaper.

If more expensive than an i3 laptop, I'm not a customer.

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Windows on ARM with Snapdragon X Elite SoC ... for School-kids, and for AI?

... so what is the focus?

School-kids: must work with school stuff, no support should be needed, must be cheap, and solid,

AI ... nice gadget ... for 1% gadget freaks?

So what is it going to be, dear productmanagers? If it is again "1000+ euro per laptop, but ... great battery life and always online", like the previous try, I think it's not going to be a big success.

What is the proposition for the potential customer? Which customer's problem is it going to solve? So far I haven't heard other people saying "I want Windows on ARM on my laptop to make my life better"

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Zen Internet warns customers of an impending IP address change

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Stop complaining, start suing

... if you think Zen is breaching the contract (and you can't get a better deal elsewhere)

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Re: Multiple IPs

"Because!!1!"

IP addresses are like ... cylinders in a car engine? More is better?

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Web devs fear Apple's iOS shakeup for Europe will be a nightmare for support

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Europe in title?

... so it's also for ... Belarus and UK?

Or does the author mean EU?

Or are we expecting the Brussels Effect: "The Brussels effect is the process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union de facto externalising its laws outside its borders", so indeed for Belarus and UK?

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Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal

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More Windows on ARM is good

More Windows on ARM is good as it will lead to more programs compiled for Windows on ARM.

And we all know ARM is the future. At least, until RISC-V achieves world domination.

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Debian preps ground to drop 32-bit x86 as separate edition

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Same as what Ubuntu did some time ago?

... "Ubuntu 20.04 does not support 32-bit. You will need a 64-bit computer to run Ubuntu 20.04. It supports running 32-bit apps on 64-bit system"

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Amazon's game-streamer Twitch to quit South Korea, citing savage network costs

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is this better for SK Broadband?

I wonder how happy SK Broadband is with this?

- less traffic, less traffic cost, so ... great

- less income, but some other paying content party will take the place

- less income, "hmmm, that was not our goal!! That is so nasty of Twitch!"

- Twitch watchers need less bandwidth, get a cheaper plan, so less income for SK Broadband

- ...

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Microsoft's code name for 64-bit Windows was also a dig at rival Sun

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a tech giant killed off Sun? I would say Linux did that.

"It would be another tech giant that would kill off Sun once and for all"?

I would say Linux did that; In 2000 I worked at a telco, and telco's loved Sun. However, already in 2000, Linux with mySQL on a Dell was better performing than SUN with Oracle, for only a small part of the price. So we switched the AAA systems for ADSL from SUN to Linux.

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40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs

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Re: University 1987

Oh ... Bjarne's book ... I found that horrible. I could program in C, but C++ ... too difficult for me.

I must say, when I now see modern C++ programs, I do understand the code. Is modern C++ easier to understand?

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Re: University 1987

PDP11? Which year was that?

Somewhere in 1989 I did PSPICE on a VAX or mini-VAX. So that's newer than PDP11, right?

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University 1987

Yes! Turbo Pascal! First year at university ... programming in Turbo Pascal ... a big room with 40 PCs (XT? 286?) in 1987. Turbo Pascal was superfast. No need to think long if a line was correct, just compile and see what Turbo Pascal said. It made you a lazy programmer. Great.

Later on, I tried Turbo C ... wow, that was slow. Luckily, in 1989 I did C on a SUN pizzabox. Multi-tasking. I still use Linux for the non-office stuff.

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What do Apple, Meta, TikTok have in common? Fighting off Europe's stiff antitrust rules

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Re: Doing the Lords's wrok

EU: you're big, so we have some extra rules for you

USA: you're big, so apparently you offer what people want. Go ahead!

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Bad eIDAS: Europe ready to intercept, spy on your encrypted HTTPS connections

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Re: At last! A Brexit bonus!

Well, the article says "Lawmakers in Europe", and the UK is in Europe.

If the EU was meant, the write should say ... "Lawmakers in the EU".

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Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware'

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from the linked computerhistory article:

"Over the next years Word was continually improved. The first version for Microsoft Windows was released in late 1989 at a single-user price of $495."

$495?!! In 1989? About the price of secondhand car?

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Correct. The closing remark is about Word for Windows, not Word (for DOS). The articled left "for Windows" out. I found it confusing too.

"Word for Windows version 1.1a as it was on January 10, 1991"

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Intel stock stumbles on report Nvidia is building an Arm CPU for PC market

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If/when AMD produces an ARM PC CPU, it's easy for them to include an x86 for legacy programs. So then no need for x86-emulation, I think.

BTW: Windows on ARM ... Ive got it running ... on a Raspi 4. Installing was easy.

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First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe

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Precedent voor other VLOP's?

Very interesting precedent if X pulls from the EU because of DSA: do other VLOPs consider the same? Or do they need the money, unlike His Holy Musk?

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If/when no more X in the EU ... how should Thierry Breton ... "tweet" / communicate?

If/when no more X in the EU ... how should Thierry Breton ... "tweet" / communicate? He has 131.4K Followers

Reddit? Facebook? Can we have a vote / suggestions on this?

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After injecting pop-up ads for Bing into Windows, Microsoft now bends to Europe on links

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How about the UK?

"Microsoft did not reply to a request for comment about why its new EEA policy does not extend to the US."

And how about the UK?

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Big chip players join forces to form another RISC-V venture

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Re: A threat to ARM

And with GB not in the EU anymore, and "The European Chips Act (ECA), also known as simply the Chips Act, is a legislative proposal by the European Commission to encourage semiconductor production in the European Union.", this is a logical step.

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Lacros rescues Chromebooks by extending their lifespans

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Re: The real solution...

"The real solution is not to buy tech with an artificially shortened best before date in the first place".

First step would be: before buying, check the best-before-date of the Chromebook.

Google hit: "Google is also working on extending these dates and, as of November 2020, it announced new models would have longer lives, which roughly translates to anywhere from seven to eight years or more."

Eight years seems OK to me; after 8 years the typical Chromebook hardware (CPU and MEM and disk) itself is outdated? Is that "artificially shortened best before date"? I would say No.

Having said that: an i5/i7 can still be OK after 8 years (after upgrading memory to current needs, if possible). But I wouldn't buy a Chromebook with an i5.

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Yes, https://chromeready.com/11197/lacros-browser-for-chromebooks/#:~:text=How%20to%20get%20the%20LaCrOs%20browser%20on%20ChromeOS seems to tell it's easy: set three Chrome flags ... and Lacros will get onto your Chromebook?

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AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay

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Re: IPv4 I'm selling mine

/24, so 256 public IP addresses? With a price of about 40 euro a piece, that would be 10kEuro.

I'm watching prices as we're in the process of selling public IP space too.

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Re: Without comment

"You're better off with just v6 than with just v4.":

Most people are on v4-only. Source: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

According to your statement, turning off v4 and move to v6 would make them better off?

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Re: IPv6-mostly?

If true ... theregister could interview theregister why theregister doesn't do that.

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Re: IPv6-mostly?

Here in the Netherlands, as of 31 december 2021, IPv6 is compulsory for government websites and mailservers. See https://www.logius.nl/actueel/vanaf-31-december-moeten-websites-en-e-mails-van-overheidsinstellingen-bereikbaar-zijn-ipv6

So I checked my local government's website ... yup, IPv6 enabled.

Note: that does not mean they must use IPv6 on their LANs. But it is a first nice step.

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Re: IPv6-mostly?

"NAT44 means they have to give your device both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address." ... why?

My mobile operator has my phone on an RFC1918 address, so behind NAT (NAT44). But I have no IPv6 address from them. And yes, I cannot reach ipv6.google.com.

If operators were obliged to give IPv6 to customers (hello government!), the NAT64 could be become interesting. Until then: IPv6 is so scary!

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"IPv6-only" VPS

I saw an advertisement for "IPv6-only" VPS for cheap. I was very interested how that was working, so I ordered such a VPS ... and I was disappointed: IPv6 working, but IPv4 too ... behind NAT. So IPv4 after all.

The AWS announcement "pay for public IPv4 address" is therefore more correct: Still IPv4 connectivy to the outside world, via NAT. And pay a little something if you want to be reachable via IPv4 / public IPv4 address

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Re: Without comment

$ host www.theregister.com

www.theregister.com has address 104.18.5.22

www.theregister.com has address 104.18.4.22

And 104.18.5.22 is cloudflare, which offers IPv6, so I wonder why theregister has turned that off? Why, why, oh why? Turning it on for www.theregister.com should not be complicated. For forums.theregister.com there might be things with anti-spamming.

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Re: IPv6-mostly?

"TL;DR: with modern Android/iOS/macOS devices it works quite well. " ... it could work well ... indeed with NAT64 and DNS-conversion etc ... provided by your mobile operator ... which is work for the mobile operator.

Which is doable, but it can be easier for mobile operator to put you behind CGNAT ... which do they. So, everybody, check it now: on your Android, turn off Wifi (so that you're only connected to mobile), and find your IP-address in your Android -> Settings. Mine is 10.149.142.255. So non-public, so my phone is behind NAT of my mobile operator. Easy for them.

Now with wifi back on: RFC1918 LAN address, plus ... IPv6 by my fixed ISP.

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Wait ... there is more

"those wanting a new public IPv4 address have had to rely on address ranges being recovered, either from from organizations that close down or those that return addresses they no longer require as they migrate to IPv6."

There's another source: existing ISP's that move most of their consumer customers to CGNAT and sell a part of their IPv4 addresses. And, this will be cursing in the church, CGNAT works quite nicely for regular customers like your neighbour and your sister. Not for us techy people, of course!

More cursing in the church: giving IPv6 to customers does not take away the need for their IPv4 connectivity: more than half of the webservers don't do IPv6 at all. We'll need dual stack for the next decade(s). With plain IPv4, or CGNAT-IPv4. And yes, I know there is IPv4-over-IPv6 etc ... but good luck introducing that to your 100.000+ customers and their installed base of routers.

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Linux lover consumed a quarter of the network

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"something like a dozen CD-ROMs."?

Really? 'Debian installation required "something like a dozen CD-ROMs." "something like a dozen CD-ROMs."'?

On https://youtu.be/tQQCcvFUzrg?t=206 you can see Debian on just one CD.

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Intel pulls plug on mini-PC NUCs

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Pity. But to be honest: I have two NUCs at home, at both are not Intel: a Gigabyte and a GK3.

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Obscure internet boutique Amazon sues EU for calling it a Very Large Online Platform

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https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act-package says "The rules specified in the DSA primarily concern online intermediaries and platforms. For example, online marketplaces,"

So Amazon is saying it's not an online marketplace? Or is it saying the EU is wrong about what the DSA is?

And what would be the real reason? Too much work? Or keep it a secret? Or they know they are things that are illegal under EU law?

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UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting

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What a strange letter:

"In light of the serious threat to European citizens’ rights, the European Commission ... "

The EC is about the EU, and thus EU citizens. Not about "European" citizens, like UK and Belarus.

A letter to EC should just say: "If the UK continues with this, please revoke the equivalance, to protect EU citizens".

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The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111

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Re: How about 112 and Advanced Mobile Location?

Yes, but ... by far the most VoIP-users use it from their home ... as provided by their ISP, on their modem.

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Re: How about 112 and Advanced Mobile Location?

"Will that remain with VoIP?" Yes, but different:

Here in the Netherlands, ISPs are legally obliged to pre-inform the government about the physical address of a VoIP-customer. So ISPs periodically (daily?) send a list of VoIP-numbers (probably also POTS numbers) plus their address (and customer name) to the government.

So at the moment you call from your VoIP-connection, the government knows your address, based on the prefilled database.

Same is true for IP address: daily list towards the government.

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How about 112 and Advanced Mobile Location?

Here in the Netherlands, when you call 112 with your mobile, the operator will receive your location based on the antenna location, plus exact location based on Advanced Mobile Location

Government info: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/alarmnummer-112/vraag-en-antwoord/plaats-nummer-bekend-bij-112-bellen

112 is an EU standard, used in a lot more countries, even the UK. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#/media/File:Emergency_telephone_numbers_in_the_world.svg

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Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024

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Re: So there is only one Snap store...

Also: who's watching the Ubuntu repo's?

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