I have a 2014 vintage HP laptop which runs SuSE Leap 15.0 Linux. I discovered recently that it has a webcam and a microphone, so it enables me to take part in Zoom sessions with my old American school, Thomas Jefferson School, St.Louis, MO, USA. But it has a PDF manual, which I had not read, not applying the command Read the f..... Manual. I am used to learn by trial and error.
Tullio

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Cloudflare wants to kill the CAPTCHA
On Thursday, Cloudflare research engineer Thibault Meunier said in a blog post that the company was "launching an experiment to end this madness" and get rid of CAPTCHAs completely.

The means to do so? Using security keys as a way to prove we are human.

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22 years at SETI as of yesterday May 23. :-D

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

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Grant
Darwin NT

Hi Grant,

I fail to understand the significance of that photo. Did the guy have a RTX GPU installed in his gut? What? :\

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Me too. Can only come up with maybe he had to sell his kidney to purchase the video card??

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

Me too. Can only come up with maybe he had to sell his kidney to purchase the video card??

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Seti@Home classic workunits: 29,492 CPU time: 134,419 hours

Me too. Can only come up with maybe he had to sell his kidney to purchase the video card??

Hi Keith,

Hmmm... Never thought of that one. Thanks! :-)

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Yep.
Prices have come down as it was an arm & a leg & kidney required only a few months ago.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Drug bust turns in to power theft bust

When UK police conducted a raid of a suspected cannabis farm last week, they were surprised to find no marijuana. They found a farm, mind you, it was just of the digital variety. Crypto mining isn't illegal in the region, but stealing the electricity to power the operation is.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Chip shortage will lead to higher PC prices as Dell, HP, and Lenovo pass on higher costs

So far, Lenovo, Dell and HP are seeing no slowdown in PC demand.

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Related article:
Global chip shortage: Where to buy used laptops and other office tech online

New tech gadgets are in high demand and limited supply as consumers and companies alike vie for a slice of the silicone pie. These 5 sites can help fill the gap.

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Grant
Darwin NT

As for any legitimate banks, credit card companies and web sites that want that personal info to "help secure my accounts" have never received the real answers to those types of questions and never will.

I use a secure random password generator to fill them in for the www sites that want that info, thus each site gets different junk.

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I am curious to know whether or not there is an active video rendering/rendering project either using boinc or another platform that need resources to assist them? On Windows

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There was BURP, (Big and Ugly Rendering Project) that ran on BOINC back in the day. Abandoned since 2004.
It looks like Renderfarm.fi took over using BURP's engine with a different front end.
But it looks like it can't be reached now.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

Thanks Keith. I thought that was the case. I contributed to renderfarm.fi when it was active this was years ago I enjoyed helping out with the rendering as I did with Burp. I am hopeful one day it will be up and running again.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Here's a bit of SATIRE courtesy of The Babylon Bee!
Bill Gates Announces He Too Will Go To Space Once His Rocket Is Finished Installing Updates
Highlights:

.. Experts expressed concern over the planned launch, as early reports indicated Gate's rocket was unstable, with over 50% of the test flights crashing inexplicably.

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. . Hey there Grant,

. . I was afraid there would be nothin but cobwebs here.... :)

Stephen

:)

Thanks Keith. I thought that was the case. I contributed to renderfarm.fi when it was active this was years ago I enjoyed helping out with the rendering as I did with Burp. I am hopeful one day it will be up and running again.

. . Speedy!

. . Nice to see there is corps of dedicated groupies still hanging around the S@H stage door ... :)

. . I feel like a deserter having been away for so long ...

Stephen