Dustin L. Howett
@dhowett.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Key-Value Observer; Leads a small team at Microsoft, doesn't toot about it much; Conjures up software from the wretched plane of constant screaming; Framework Laptop […]
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I have recently learned that yes, the sensor degrades over a span of about seven years. I am less upset knowing that!
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I have recently learned that yes, the sensor degrades over a span of about seven years. I am less upset knowing that!
@feoh honestly I’m of two minds on GitLab CI. I don’t have to trust random task packages (or repos), I don’t need to install them to my instance (like Azure DevOps) and I don’t need to suddenly migrate when the checkout task gets compromised (like GitHub) or they deprecate the NodeJS version […]
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mas.to
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@feoh honestly I’m of two minds on GitLab CI. I don’t have to trust random task packages (or repos), I don’t need to install them to my instance (like Azure DevOps) and I don’t need to suddenly migrate when the checkout task gets compromised (like GitHub) or they deprecate the NodeJS version […]
@feoh (as for the “almost”: I have one machine I treat as an appliance, but I designed the secure firmware update system it uses and I use my own CA as a root of trust for UEFI as well. It’s as low-risk as my other machines, I just thought it would be fun to do it this way!)
October 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@feoh (as for the “almost”: I have one machine I treat as an appliance, but I designed the secure firmware update system it uses and I use my own CA as a root of trust for UEFI as well. It’s as low-risk as my other machines, I just thought it would be fun to do it this way!)
@feoh anecdotally, I leave Secure Boot off on almost all of my machines. I do not benefit from the guarantees it provides, and I also believe that if somebody has convinced me to install some persistent boot-time threat to that they have already likely done me much worse.
It also helps that […]
It also helps that […]
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mas.to
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@feoh anecdotally, I leave Secure Boot off on almost all of my machines. I do not benefit from the guarantees it provides, and I also believe that if somebody has convinced me to install some persistent boot-time threat to that they have already likely done me much worse.
It also helps that […]
It also helps that […]
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One company explicitly told me they won't pay as long as the support for it is still there in the public for free version.
September 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
One company explicitly told me they won't pay as long as the support for it is still there in the public for free version.