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USB storage bridges may expose ATA commands via SCSI/ATA Translation (SAT), but ATA Security behavior varies by bridge and firmware. Without an explicit vendor guarantee, reported capabilities do not confirm end-to-end command support. After zeroing a 4TB WD My Passport USB HDD via dd, ATA Security support was queried: hdparm -I /dev/sdX /dev/sdX: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD40NMZW-11GX6S1 ... Security: Master password revision code = 48059 supported enabled not…

8 months ago, u/Routine_Eye3806 announced Easy Disk Checker for Windows on r/datarecoverysoftware: [Dev] I created Easy Disk Checker - a free Windows utility to check HDD\SSD health and detect fake USB drives with some data recovery options (No Ads) and it has been receiving regular updates since: [Dev] I updated Easy Disk Checker – my no ads free for use tool for HDD/SSD. Now with VHDX image support, easy Partition Recovery, and a built-in multi OS File Explorer [Dev] New version of Easy Disk…

Download Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC eval (ARM64 | x64) and utm-guest-tools-latest.iso. Create the VM with "Install drivers and SPICE tools" unchecked (otherwise, clicking "I don't have a product key" during setup will fail with "Setup has failed to validate the product key"). Disconnect from the network to prevent premature trial activation, then install Windows. Install UTM Guest Tools: Virtual Machine → Drives → CD/DVD…iso → Change → select utm-guest-tools-latest.iso → run…

After years of happy Rectangle and Spectacle use, had missed that native window tiling was added in macOS Sequoia: Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts… → Windows. Default keyboard shortcuts: Shortcut Action Fn+Ctrl+← tile left half Fn+Ctrl+→ tile right half Fn+Ctrl+↑ tile top half Fn+Ctrl+↓ tile bottom half Fn+Ctrl+F fill (classic full screen) Cmd+Ctrl+F full screen

These out-of-box experiences (OOBE) offer no obvious shutdown option, but each can still be powered off gracefully: Windows: Shift+F10 → shutdown /s /t 0 macOS: Cmd+Q → Shut Down Linux Mint (first boot after an OEM install): Ctrl+Alt+F2 → quickly press and release the power button once the text console appears to shut down safely. GRUB may appear on the next boot; one complete startup clears recordfail and re-hides the menu.

Recover files from a failing drive without cloning posted to the docs section.

"In one particular the civilized man still is brother to the savage: His thoughts seldom rise above the dust of which he is made." —Robert Quillen, "When Guests Saw Only the Parlor, There Was Trash in the Closets", The State, October 22, 1929, p. 4.

Verify OpenAI-generated content: "Check for signals that it was generated with OpenAI tools." Verify AI-generated images, videos and audio: Gemini checks for SynthID or Content Credentials markers. Inspect Content Credentials: "Content Credentials are still rolling out, so the content you choose to inspect may not have information to view." SynthID Detector: "Detect invisible AI watermarks from ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Imagen. Works on text, images, and audio — results in under 3 seconds."…

App Archive size Language reddit GrandPerspective 3.7.2 4.4MB Objective-C r/macapps Neodisk 2.71.0 4.5MB Swift /r/MacOSApps/ OpenDisk 1.0.1 4.1MB Swift r/macapps Radix 1.7.0 7.3MB Swift r/macapps

Gareth Heyes, CSS: the bomb inside your inbox: "It's quite common for webmail clients to render untrusted CSS in a trusted UI. They attempt to make this safe using CSS sanitization. In this paper I'm going to show you how to break out of trust boundaries, exfiltrate tokens, compromise 3rd party websites and even steal passwords." Previously: 2001: Why HTML in E-Mail is a Bad Idea 2002: 7 reasons why HTML e-mail is EVIL 2004: HTML email considered harmful | use plain text email 2006: Force Apple…

Besides Why, in my day..., the other Slashdot meme from yesteryear that never failed to amuse is "If only there was|were some kind of..." However, Google, Kagi, and even Slashdot's own site search were all coming up empty. To satisfy nostalgia, cobbled together these stylized versions with Claude Opus 4.6: If only there were some kind of enormous, interconnected network of computers, perhaps spanning the entire globe, upon which someone had built a system for indexing and retrieving information…

Site search on tinyapps.org has been powered by a number of services and scripts over the decades: Atomz KSearch Google Bing Swiftype DuckDuckGo Algolia for Netlify Algolia DocSearch Pagefind is where the search finally ended. For the first time, everything is indexed and searchable. The JavaScript dependency is unfortunate (Algolia DocSearch required it too), but the tradeoff is worth it: the index is now self-hosted and complete, and the JavaScript only loads on the

Knockoff "filters the trademark-squat pseudo-brands (the SZHLUXes and HORUSDYs) out of your search results, so what's left is brands with a reputation to lose." Firefox extension Chrome extension GitHub repo Hacker News thread

with USBODE (USB Optical Drive Emulator): "Ever wanted a GoTek for CDs? If you have a Raspberry Pi Zero W or 2 W, USBODE turns it into a virtual optical drive. It allows you to store many disk images on a MicroSD card and mount them through a web interface." Demo: Finally a cheap CD-ROM emulator for DOS and Windows 98! See also Boot any and all ISO images from USB drive.

DiskImageMounter.app silently fails to mount Linux ISOs in macOS and hdiutil attach linux.iso returns "attach failed - Resource temporarily unavailable". However, the built-in tar (bsdtar 3.5.3 in Tahoe) command can list contents: tar tf /path/to/linux.iso and extract files: tar xf /path/to/linux.iso -C ~/extracted/ See also anylinuxfs ("mount any linux-supported filesystem read/write using NFS and a microVM") mentioned earlier this year.

Symptom cat displays text, but grep can't find it: % cat foo.txt The world is overcome--aye! even here! By such as fix their faith on Unity. % grep fix foo.txt % Cause The file is UTF-16, not UTF-8/ASCII. For example, in UTF-16LE, fix is encoded as: 66 00 69 00 78 00 not as the contiguous ASCII bytes, which are also the UTF-8 bytes for fix: 66 69 78 So grep fix does not match. cat may still look readable because NUL bytes are often not visibly rendered. Detect encoding % file foo.txt foo.txt:…

Issue Some JPGs in iCloud Photos display with the correct orientation on Macs, iPhones, and iPads, but appear rotated or sideways on Apple TV: Photos displayed sideways Apple TV: Photo landscape instead of portret (sic) Photos from iPhone are wrong orientation on Apple TV using Airplay tv4k sideways Apple TV rotates screen saver photos Orientation of Photos-Apple TV (jsnod replied in part, "This is a known issue, and Apple has a fix posted here…

kage, recently discussed on HN, "shadow[s] any website for offline viewing, with the JavaScript stripped out". Set up in a new Ubuntu 26.04 ARM64 VM: Install Chromium via App Center Install a compatible Go version wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.26.4.linux-arm64.tar.gz sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.26.4.linux-arm64.tar.gz echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc Install kage go install github.com/tamnd/kage/cmd/kage@latest Clone the desired site kage…

Booted a Dell OptiPlex 7090 Micro from Windows 10 and 11 ISOs via an iodd Mini PRO without issue. Changed SATA Operation from RAID / Intel RST to AHCI* to expose the internal NVMe SSD; external boot still worked. Copied data off the internal drive, then wiped it with diskpart's clean command. Post-wipe, external boot attempts failed: selecting the device in the Dell boot menu and pressing a key at the "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..." prompt led to a Dell SupportAssist "No bootable…

Damien Charlotin maintains a searchable, actively updated database (1,545 legal cases so far) tracking instances where generative AI produced hallucinated content in court filings worldwide. The full database is freely available in CSV format. Damien also offers Pelaikan, an automated reference checker designed to catch hallucinations before they hit a docket (free tier includes 3 documents per month; paid plans available but pricing link is currently broken).