Steps to completely disable the Windows Hypervisor and Virtualization Based Security (VBS) features on Windows 11.
Disabling the hypervisor can improve performance on gaming-focused machines and is often necessary when using low-level system tools or alternative virtualization software that conflicts with Hyper-V.
I got my hands on a new YubiKey 5 over the weekend. For those unaware, this is a pretty well-known security key which provides options for hardware authentication using a variety of different protocols (e.g. FIDO2, OpenPGP etc.). I was keen to try this out for authenticating with GitHub and also handling SSH credentials when accessing servers I'm running on my local network.
The problem however, is that I'm a pretty heavy WSL (Ubuntu) user and needed something which plays well in that environment. I didn't think about it too much when I initially ordered the YubiKey, but worked out over the weekend that getting a USB device (particularly a security key) to play nicely with WSL, isn't exactly straight forward. So, I did a write-up of the steps I ended up taking for others (or myself) to refer back to.
Guide on how to update the firmware and BIOS of a Lenovo ThinkSystem 430-x SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.
My very opinionated view of how to build a Windows 11 machine (from completely fresh OS install), with a focus on privacy and reduced bloat.
I normally rebuild my Windows machines a couple times a year. I've learnt various things along the way and would like to have something laid out that I can consistently follow. So, I'm going to use this guide for my own reference but also share it for anyone interested.
| import numpy as np | |
| import sklearn.base | |
| from sklearn import metrics | |
| class transform_predict(sklearn.base.BaseEstimator, sklearn.base.TransformerMixin): | |
| def __init__(self, clf: sklearn.base.BaseEstimator): | |
| self.clf = clf |
