Sure, but the wii's coprocessor's os was also unix/bsd based and that was nowhere near pc hardware.
Actually, a few embedded devices (cheap routers, cheap toys,.. ) use bsd (while they should run linux hehe) and are nowhere near pc architecture :p.
What makes a pc a pc is the actual hardware layout, hardware connections internally and how it boots. Im looking deep into ps4 and i can see why people call it a pc, but its a huge misnomer.
If a ps4 is a pc, a raspberry pi( or any random sbc ) is also a pc because it has a usb or sata controller, cpu and pci bus while it has no pch/fch, no pc bios (which i can accept to not be relevant) or any of the pc hardware you cant think off ( spoiler, its a lot more ).
Hell, pc's dont even have a southbridge anymore. We have the pch which is directly connected to the cpu over a bus that is nowhere near the old northbridge/southbridge design...
What makes dresden files so good is that dresden knows this, and he abuses the hell out of that. Time and time again he gets the jump of his enemies because he thinks outside of the box like that haha.And same for marcone, he knows that with the right bullets and tools, common items can hurt the supernatural. Its also what imo makes the supernatural in the series so real, they are extremely powerful, should be feared but all of them have a weakness. You just need to know it. And like dresden said so much, knowledge is power!
Youre thinking of bootrom. Embedded devices use bootroms because they dont need the flexability of a bios.
It means that on power on, the cpu is powered on and its bootrom starts running code thats burned inside the cpu.This is different from a bios, that is code separate from the cpu and tells the cpu what to execute and where in memory it is.The os has nothing to do with bios too.
Bios has to do with how the system powers up and starts the cpu, not the os and related stuff.
Ps4 and ps5 are not pc architectures though. It has a x86/x64 cpu, yes, but that doesnt make it pc architecture. Afaik the ps4/5 does not have a bios, pch, ddr ram controller etc etc
Oh thats easy, android uses ( or at least used it in the past ) these services for location.Android will first try gps to get your location. However, gps needs direct connection to a satellite and can easily be either turned off or not working correctly.It then tries to triangulate your location using cell towers and their location, which gives a rough estimate on your location.Then it scans SSID's that are near to hone down some more on your location, and its this step that needs that data.
Edit: it used to also scan, and save, SSID names with a rough estimate location to fill and update this database. I say used to, cause thats how it worked circa 2009, so idk how it works nowadays
Same here. All private cameras that record or process data from a public space need to be announced on entrance of a property. Though now that i think about it, idk how ring got passed that law to begin with in 99% of its use cases..
( if its a front door that can only view private property its fine iirc, and if it has public space like roads its a nono )
Huh, interesting. Im autistic myself and whenever i try to imagine a situation or place i kinda generate a world or scene in my head and apply what i know, or try to think of what could happen in that situation. In my day job this helps a lot to detect problems or make designs for things.
But i have never stood still to think that what you linked is what i might have, and is like a mature, overpowered version of what kids have. Thats flipping interresting
Not op that you replied to, but i find it funny to read your comments. I distinctly remember as a kid that i was playing with lego and i then realised that things like "justice" and "evil" are just in the eye of the beholder.The good guy wanted to "protect his people and slay evil" (very hero-ist of the king lol) while the bad guy wanted to "have justice for being exiled and have better living conditions". I realised they were both, essentially, the same thing. Both involved evil acts ( killing and fighting ).
So reading this chain of comments reminded me of that memory, and how true it is, at its core.When we add factors like humans and power things gets vastly more complicated, but the core is the same.Just like how current AI at its core, is interesting and super cool, but its been twisted and turned into something terrible because of humans, power and money
Gamers nexus blocks updates on every test round. When they do update their test systems they block updates and retest all hardware in their charts. The software is also the same, besides platform or driver specific software. They truly go for reproducible and as less unknown factors as possible, hence the discussion
No you dont. Lineageos supports a lot of phones that are still supported by their manufactures. Hell my fp4 is still in support too, and lineageos runs fine on it :pYoure thinking of unofficial lineageos builds and ports to non-supported-by-lineageos phones
Sure, but the wii's coprocessor's os was also unix/bsd based and that was nowhere near pc hardware. Actually, a few embedded devices (cheap routers, cheap toys,.. ) use bsd (while they should run linux hehe) and are nowhere near pc architecture :p.
What makes a pc a pc is the actual hardware layout, hardware connections internally and how it boots. Im looking deep into ps4 and i can see why people call it a pc, but its a huge misnomer. If a ps4 is a pc, a raspberry pi( or any random sbc ) is also a pc because it has a usb or sata controller, cpu and pci bus while it has no pch/fch, no pc bios (which i can accept to not be relevant) or any of the pc hardware you cant think off ( spoiler, its a lot more ).
Hell, pc's dont even have a southbridge anymore. We have the pch which is directly connected to the cpu over a bus that is nowhere near the old northbridge/southbridge design...