scrion

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[–] scrion@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yes, that is absolutely correct.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I do in fact use unrefined, brown cane sugar, although I have not tried panela specifically.

The one I use pretty much looks like this:

It's an organic fair trade brand, but I'd have to look up where it is imported from.

As I said, I can't imagine making it with any other kind of sugar any more. Sorghum seems like an interesting idea, might have to experiment with that.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The key to amazing banana bread is to make it with soft, brown sugar. The stuff that is clumpy, glistening with moisture, reminiscent of molasses. It adds so much to the flavor. And actual nuts, of course.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'll post some links, but it's a pretty busy week for me already, so give me some time.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

An interrupt is an input that can be triggered to interrupt normal execution. It is used for e. g. hardware devices to signal the processor something has happened that requires timely processing, so that real-time behavior can be achieved (for variable definitions of real-time). Interrupts can also be triggered by software, and this explanation is a gross oversimplification, but that information is what is most likely relevant and interesting for your case at this point.

The commands you posted will sort the interrupts and output the one with the highest count (via head -1), thereby determining the interrupt that gets triggered the most. It will then disable that interrupt via the user-space interface to the ACPI interrupts.

One of the goals of ACPI is to provide a kind of general hardware abstraction without knowing the particular details about each and every hardware device. This is facilitated by offering (among other things), general purpose interrupts - GPEs. One of these GPEs is being triggered a lot, and the processing of that interrupt is what causes your CPU spikes.

The changes you made will not persist after a reboot.

Since this is handled by kworker, you could try and investigate further via the workqueue tools: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/tools/workqueue

In general, Linux will detect if excessive GPEs are generated (look for the term "GPE storm" in your kernel log) and stop handling the interrupts by switching to polling. If that happens, or if the interrupts are manually disabled, the system might not react to certain events in a timely manner. What that means for each particular case depends on what the interrupts are being responsible for - hard to tell without additional details.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

It's not like Bluetooth started demanding location permissions, the conceptual model of the permission was revised: having access Bluetooth means an app could determine your location via a form of lateration.

In earlier versions of smartphone operating systems, this was not transparent to users lacking the technical background, so Bluetooth also requiring location access is actually an attempt at making users aware of that. I'm not an iOS developer, so I can't comment on iPhones, but on Android versions prior to 11, having access to Bluetooth meant an app would be able to determine your location.

Today, you can require the permission ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, which expresses that your app might use Bluetooth to obtain location information on Android. Also, if you're just scanning for nearby devices to connect your app to, but don't want users to be confused why your smart fridge app needs to know your precise location, you can declare a permission flag (neverForLocation) and Android will strip beacon information from the scan results, better asserting your intentions.

So, overall: no, there is nothing nefarious going on, it was always possible to determine your location via Bluetooth, and the update to the permission model was an honest improvement that actually benefits you as user.

Now, there are still plenty of shady apps around, and apps that are poorly written - don't use those.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I shudder to think OP's post was written by an actual person...

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's a good way to financially support artists directly, without involving shady corporations, and without resorting to piracy?

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is, probably. But I did a check before I posted and it did display content from Lemmy. Just pointing out alternatives here.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] scrion@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I share all those opinions, so your rant saved me some potential typing in the future.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On the 8 Pro, the bump is recessed relative to the Otterbox case (given the "tough" Otterbox model for the 8 Pro, no idea what it's called)

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