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They're on the die. efuses existed on the ps3 and 360 too. The 360 used them to prevent downgrades, but the ps3 used all of theirs to store bluray drive keys.


They already removed it from slim models when they launched.

Only the original ones ever supported the feature.


Geohot isn't allowed to own any sony products as part of a legal settlement with them.


IIRC, apple has a patent from years ago for keeping a camera module in a semi-active mode when the phone isn't entirely idle to make starting it faster.


Does not registering for selective service impact your ability to get a ham licence? I know it impacts some things.


All you'll need to do is show up with a photo ID and take a written exam, but you will likely have trouble getting a photo ID without registering for selective service (if you're a male 18-25). That's how they got me, I refused to register because I believed the draft was unjust, but was pressured into getting a driver's license and had to sign my draft card to get it.


Could you get a driver's license in another country?


To be honest we've reached the end of my expertise but I think that would work. This thread from 2007 says it will work as long as you don't represent a foreign government.

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/ham-license-for-no...

Looking at the current form 605 it still doesn't seem to list any citizenship requirement, only that you do not represent a foreign government.

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/VEs/NCVEC_Form_605_July_2022...

I think the deciding factor would be whether you can convince the examiner the ID is legitimate.


Currently requires a login, did that change since you posted it? Credit limits too.

I was attempting to generate an image of an OSHA violation and got an error.


It'd be nice to see the 'terahertz gap' closed finally.

Not for a practical reason, but it's been on my mind since I randomly found a wikipedia article about it.


Interestingly reading the terahertz radiation wikipedia article they mention peeling adhesive tape generates 2THz and 18THz peaks


That was after they had new releases for a while.


Do you have some special setup?

Chromium is in the hundred and something MB range on mine last I looked. Might expand to more on install.


I just checked Google Chrome Framework on my Mac, it was a little over 400 MB. Although now that I think about it it's probably a universal binary so you can cut that in half?


Yea looks like Chrome ships a universal binary with both x86_64 and arm64.


makes sense, chromium on my Fedora system takes up 234MB.


A few ps3 games I've seen had 4GB or more binaries.

This was a problem because code signing meant it needed to be completely replaced by updates.


> A few ps3 games I've seen had 4GB or more binaries.

Is this because they are embedding assets into the binary? I find it hard to believe anyone was carrying around enough code to fill 4GB in the PS3 era...


I assume so, there were rarely any other files on the disc in this case.

It varied between games, one of the battlefields (3 or bad company 2) was what I was thinking of. It generally improved with later releases.

The 4GB file size was significant, since it meant I couldn't run them from a backup on a fat32 usb drive. There are workarounds for many games nowadays.


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