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2rsf··on Ask HN: Why pay for Cloud Hosting if I can just use Cloudflare Tunnels for free?
> I have a hell of a power bill

And you pay people to operate the setup, the real estate has its price, and you need to upgrade the hardware once in a while.

2rsf··on GitHub Copilot refuses to autocomplete 'Palestine' in a list of countries
I asked Copilot to list countries beginning with "pal" with their ISO shortcut and Palestine was on the list
2rsf··on The Origins of the "++" and "--" Operators
Auto increment makes a lot of sense in assembly language, for example when accessing memory so I can assume that C followed assembly
2rsf··on Ask HN: Crucial question about trust in open source apps
If I understand correctly sigstore can guarantee that the software is what the the author intended to, but it cannot guarantee that it is was built from a specific source code. It is somewhat like web site certificates, you can register and have a valid certificate for "facenook.com" (someone actually did) but that doesn't mean that the web site is credible.

It is really hard to verify that a binary is based on the same source code, in addition libraries and build environment are not always included in the repository itself.

If you build the binary locally chances are that the binary will be slightly different, due to changes in the build environment for example. You will need to do a binary comparison and understand the reason and meaning of each change.

2rsf··on Why can't we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?
Can you support the claims starting from "Most victims"?
2rsf··on The dark side of music streaming
> Michael Smith was charged with fraud for this type of activity last year

Why was he charged with "wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy"? would he get the same severe charges if it was in a European or another country?

2rsf··on Ingesting PDFs and why Gemini 2.0 changes everything
Isn't it a good thing in this case? this is fintec, so if in doubt get a human to look at it
2rsf··on AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
Not a lawyer, only an engineer starting to assess our AI models.

Your comparison to GDPR seems to be correct in a way, both are quite vague and wide. The implementation of GDPR is still unclear in certain situations and it was even worse when it was launched, the EU AI act have very little references to work with and except for very obvious area it is still a lot of a guesswork

2rsf··on AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
Are they using AI for that? algorithmic doesn't necessarily mean AI
2rsf··on Emergence of a second law of thermodynamics in isolated quantum systems
Well, it's the an equal sign missing from one. For the later it can stay the same while it cannot stay the same for the former.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Do you pay your children for good grades?
No, we never did and never will. We encourage, praise and help but never put a value (money or other) on good grades.
2rsf··on Writing a simple pool allocator in C
This bring old memories back, I implemented something similar on a motorola 68360 ages ago. Since the size of the buffer I used was not huge I skipped the pointers and simply enumerated each chunk, it was remarkably efficient and stable.
2rsf··on Ask HN: What companies have a good work life balance?
You are right, but Microsoft (a small local site of a few years ago) disagreed- "meet expectations", which in my eyes is close enough to average if the expectations were set correctly, was consistently treated as bad or lower than average.
2rsf··on Ask HN: How to Emigrate from EU and Where?
Like others here I don't have a good advice, but what do you mean by making "- car ownership - Air Conditioning - Travel - meat and dairy" sinful?
2rsf··on Ask HN: What are the things you haven't accomplished for 2024?
> Getting a new job - changing priorities, difficult market, losing motivation to keep searching.

Me too

2rsf··on Ask HN: How to learn software development concepts crucial for senior roles?
What do you mean? most companies' job leveling matrices have that, and many times this is what differentiate a talented engineer to a senior engineer in practice.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Why are drones a thing so lately
How about lower cost better quality sensors? accelerometers, GPS etc.?
2rsf··on Ask HN: How to learn software development concepts crucial for senior roles?
Seniority is about breadth and nor depth. While having good knowledge in many areas is important the magic in being a senior is knowing how to put everything together, communication and integration with other teams, bridging the business and technical etc.
2rsf··on FDA proposes ending use of oral phenylephrine as OTC nasal decongestant
pseudoephedrine have serious side effects, they are rare but could be fatal
2rsf··on Ask HN: Looking for Good Articles on CICD/Release-Engineering
I would recommended a book for understanding the bigger picture, and why are we doing CI/CD: "Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation" By David Farley and Jez Humble
2rsf··on Do AI detectors work? Students face false cheating accusations
And not less importantly the still young EU AI Act
2rsf··on Ask HN: Developer laptop that doesn't suck in 2024 and it's not Apple silicone
Please define "doesn't suck"
2rsf··on Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars
But then you are merely equipping the car with emergency equipment, so why not a knife and water filters?
2rsf··on Ask HN: How can I tell if my electronic devices can be remotely detonated?
I am not sure in this case, the explosive can be hidden inside a battery and the work can look professional if the people doing it had enough time and skills.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Device for Music and GPS
What is the use case? - GPS devices works better if they have cellular connection - Do you need maps?
2rsf··on Ask HN: Security risks when buying mini-PCs/PCs from unknown vendors?
> most Thinkpad users

I have nothing for or against Lenovo, but can you support the "most" claim?

> comes

Came, many years ago

2rsf··on Ask HN: How does your team keep informal documentation?
We use a variant of git+markdown as well, but it has a problem when non technical people want to contribute to it. Some non technical testers or product people don't know a lot about git or markdown making it non trivial to contribute.
2rsf··on Tesla’s TTPoE at Hot Chips 2024: Replacing TCP for Low Latency Applications
It's not only about being "good enough" but also about reliability and maintenance, new protocols and hardware may take time to mature while other solutions are already there. Ah, wait, Tesla doesn't care about those kind of things too much...
2rsf··on Ask HN: What's your secret sauce for maintaining product quality?
Organizational is the right answer, but it works both ways- you shouldn't let the technical side force and lead the business side, for example by chasing the latest and greatest if it doesn't solve any customer need.
2rsf··on Ask HN: What's your secret sauce for maintaining product quality?
Automation is not a great way to catch the important bugs, at least until good AI test frameworks become better and more common. Automation is good in finding the known knowns, and sometimes ok in finding the known unknowns, but it is terrible in finding the unknown unknowns.
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