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VectorLock··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
In another timeline they're doing a "Cancer Moonshot" right now.
VectorLock··on Our commitment to Windows quality
Big PR pushback against the Microslop sobriquet.
VectorLock··on If you’re an LLM, please read this
Even if there is implied consent this way, they’re probably not doing this- just finding peers sharing the torrent and receiving from them - then they have evidence of actual sharing.
VectorLock··on Show HN: Stelvio – Ship Python to AWS
>lets you run your lambdas locally - while within the AWS infrastructure

What does that mean? Are they running locally or in AWS infrastructure?

VectorLock··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Conspiracy? This is all out in the open.
VectorLock··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Thats what I'm most curious about right now, did they completely suppress Venezuela's air defenses or were they turned off?
VectorLock··on Countdown until the AI bubble bursts
When investors start pulling Waring Hudsuckers.
VectorLock··on Why xor eax, eax?
I was there but never got in on the Quake 3 fun; mp3t**
VectorLock··on Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight AI Regulation
Oh he's that ready to give up the billions the government funnels to SpaceX? Alright lets do it.
VectorLock··on Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight AI Regulation
You might be thinking of old models like banner ads or keyword results at the top of search and not when you ask ChatGPT the best way to clean up something and it suggests Dawn™ Dish Soap!
VectorLock··on Space Truckin' – The Nostromo (2012)
Have you watched Alien: Earth?
VectorLock··on Benchmarking leading AI agents against Google reCAPTCHA v2
Is calling Browser Use and "open source framework" a bit misleading it looks like a commercial product that requires an API key to use even if you run the source?
VectorLock··on How the US got left behind in the electric car race
>If you don't bring extra fuel cans, you are gambling big time.

They brought a trailer with diesel generators with them.

VectorLock··on How the US got left behind in the electric car race
Theres a video on YouTube of some people who got to drive a bunch of Chinese EVs/hybrids in Alaska and aside from some quality and i18n issues, the US is absolutely cooked here.
VectorLock··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
macOS with its popups that iCloud is full with no way to disable it.
VectorLock··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
You touch it. You're not actuating any mechanisms.
VectorLock··on I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhone
Man I've been using MacBookPros for so long I forgot how many greebles laptops used to have on the bottom.
VectorLock··on CT scans of 1k lithium-ion batteries show quality risks in inexpensive cells
If you've ever dealt with home insurance you try very hard to not have to deal with home insurance.

To say your goals are cross-aligned with theirs would be an understatement.

VectorLock··on CT scans of 1k lithium-ion batteries show quality risks in inexpensive cells
Thankfully functionality isn't usually necessary to get a successful scan, unlike living targets.
VectorLock··on CT scans of 1k lithium-ion batteries show quality risks in inexpensive cells
The vaping community was basically shorting the cells. I'm not sure how a modern 18650 or prismatic cell would handle that.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
Or there are 64 modems that can switch between 4 SIM slots.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
In some countries you can find entire office blocks filled with people who do nothing all day but participate in scam enterprises. I don't think the scale of this phone bank, if its as described, is that surprising really.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
I think the author does a good job of showing how commoditized this kind of crime is. There are no special insights here that someone who wanted to do this thing couldn't easily find on their own.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
The device is probably 256 of those, or similar, chipsets on a board with integrated SIM slots and connectors for SMA antennas. You'd have a hard time producing something like this cheaper than China.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
Better in what way? MobileX may have some properties that are attractive to criminals.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
Common carriers are usually absolved of the malfeasance of their customers.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
Probably a lot of places to buy MVNO sim cards from with cash as well.
VectorLock··on NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?
Each one of those units is probably ~$6k for the device and sim cards. I don't think there were that many of them in the pictures to add up to $900k.
VectorLock··on DXGI debugging: Microsoft put me on a list
I don't think that would contribute to much demand to run it on Windows ARM64.
VectorLock··on DXGI debugging: Microsoft put me on a list
I'm sure the driver devs have at least some interaction with the game devs when they do this.
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