I have quite a different experience, can’t tell if it is placebo or not, but my vr experience is slightly smoother in Arch Linux compared to my Windows 10.

i play VR via Proton using ALVR (steamvr) or Wivrn

But i havent tried playing Alyx on linux yet

This is how I remembered it. I always see Elop as a trojan horse from Microsoft

FLOP abuses the LVP in a way that allows the attacker to run functions with the wrong argument—for instance, a memory pointer rather than an integer.

is this a vulnerability in the software? So patching this won’t require disabling speculative execution?

Some browsers such as cromite disable JIT compilation and WebAssembly by default. Allowing you to opt-in to enable these features on a site by site bases.

JIT and WebAssembly have been the source of many high profile CVE in browser recently including the one mentioned in the post (well, this one is on Safari’s Chrome).

relevant research

• https://microsoftedge.github.io/edgevr/posts/Super-Duper-Secure-Mode/
• https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/v8-jit-javascript-wasm-engine-can-be-disabled-configured-on-a-per-site-basis-in-chromium-122/17126

\ here you dropped an arm
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Oh wow, I have always thought the y stands for “yes to any questions” turns out it has a --noconfirm

Should have read the man page…

-y, --refresh
           Download a fresh copy of the master package databases (repo.db) from the server(s)
           defined in pacman.conf(5). This should typically be used each time you use
           --sysupgrade or -u. Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all
           package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date.

Noob here what is the difference?

also why would an extra but the same character y make a difference? Is that common in the arch linux ecosystem?

To make web development a more consistent experience?

To make it easier for developers to build a more accessible web for users with certain impairment? Without needing to re-invent the wheel with thousands of lines of JavaScript or write Web Assembly (i am not even sure how to build an accessible input element with canvas that work with screen reader, keybroad focus etc, this is crazy)?

DNS translates a domain name “example.com” to an ip address pointing to the server. It tells your browser how to reach the server. It is unlikely the reason.

the common way to detect your location is by checking your ip address. Usually there is a database (i.e. maxmind) that keeps a record of which ip address subnet belongs to which location.

you can do a check with a reverse ip geolocation lookup tool to verify this.

so either:

• the company haven’t updated their database yet
• your IP range was recently bought or rotated by your isp

But I also have no idea what all is possible with that kind of information in the aggregate

so does your mom and the general public. This idea and its impact is far too remote to people’s day to day life.

• “Yes, they can collect all they want, why should I care?”
• “My data is too insignificant to be meaningful for anyone, LMAO, do you think I am some kind of a CEO?”

it may help to try coming out with a story or incident that they can relate to. then again most of the time these stories will sound like a conspiracy theory,