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Month: January 2022

Explainer: Logging out and in

Is logging out and back in again a good way to deal with problems? Although it can be, it might not do what you think it does any more.

January 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

In memoriam Antoine Coypel 2

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A series of motifs telling stories from classical mythology was completed with a breathtaking ceiling in the Sun King’s Royal Chapel at Versailles.

January 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

How macOS controls performance: QoS on Intel and M1 processors

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Running processes at different Quality of Service affects their performance differently on Intel and M1 Macs. This explains what happens.

January 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

In memoriam Antoine Coypel 1

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For the 200th anniversary of his death, a look back at paintings by this artist, a favourite of the Sun King. Here are mainly religious images.

January 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Booting an M1 Mac from hardware to kexts: 3 XNU, the kernel

Once the kernel takes over from iBoot, there’s a lot of hardware to get running before the SSV can be properly validation, and kernel extensions loaded.

January 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

Art and Science: 3 Enlightenment

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A few artists made science and technology significant themes in their paintings. Joseph Wright of Derby was among them, thanks to his friend Peter Burdett.

January 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Booting an M1 Mac from hardware to kexts: 2 LLB and iBoot

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Sometimes known as iBoot1 and iBoot2, they start work with the LocalPolicy for the intended boot volume, validating its vital components.

January 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Landscape Composition: 0 Artists and contents

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Table of contents and a full index to all the artists whose paintings are discussed in this series.

January 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Booting an M1 Mac from hardware to kexts: 1 Hardware

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Understanding each of the four stages in the Secure Booting of an M1 Mac. These are summarised in diagram available here.

January 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 40: The bearded duennas

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The Dolorous Duenna tells the story of how she and her accompanying duennas sprouted beards as the result of the marriage of a knight and princess.

January 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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