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Zenul_Abidin··on Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB Officially Released
This thing will sell out within a month
Zenul_Abidin··on US designates helium as a critical material
You can literally find it in the air.
Zenul_Abidin··on France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms
Hahahaha

Good luck France.

You'd think a 1st world country would know about VPNs but not this one

Zenul_Abidin··on Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology
Europe should start by reducing the amount of legal paperwork required in running a business, because that is the main reason why founders flee to places such as the US
Zenul_Abidin··on Elon Musk Acquires $1B Stake in CNN's Parent Company
There seems to be a lot of dishonesty in mainstream media in general, so personally I wouldn't mind a different perspective but the entire industry needs a reform.
Zenul_Abidin··on Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking, Escapes Penalties in France
Good. France has no business interfering with the world's DNS resolvers in the name of piracy i.e. making media companies richer and ironically shooting them in the foot by crippling the CDNs they rely on
Zenul_Abidin··on OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites
Ban incoming...
Zenul_Abidin··on Two-tier encryption in the UK
Apple doesn't KYC in Russia though

We are quickly heading to a world where governments want us to KYC everything, and we saw with the Revolut breach what happens when very, very bad people gain access to our private data.

Zenul_Abidin··on Two-tier encryption in the UK
Just call them backdoors.
Zenul_Abidin··on War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
The correct answer.
Zenul_Abidin··on AI Protest in Montreal
It's wild that there are people out there who hate a technology that can literally work for them.
Zenul_Abidin··on AI Protest in Montreal
Where were all of these protests for social media?
Zenul_Abidin··on Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity
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Zenul_Abidin··on Iranian banks' SSL certificates are being revoked due to OFAC sanctions
Hence why E2EE is so important, and where feasible, only accessible by you and not the other party
Zenul_Abidin··on Iranian banks' SSL certificates are being revoked due to OFAC sanctions
SSl certificates for websites probably should be out of scope for sanctions
Zenul_Abidin··on David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models
Basically, continuously building out compute is costing these labs enormous amounts of money, which VCs and other companies have been bankrolling in order for them to develop powerful models.

So if the new models they can develop right now are less frontier, it could be a net loss on their balance sheets.

Zenul_Abidin··on David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models
Will someone please think about Dario?
Zenul_Abidin··on Show HN: Syq – copy files between machines fast (better than rsync)
Wow, interesting! How is the performance compared to rclone though?
Zenul_Abidin··on US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
Who on earth is bringing smart glasses inside prison buildings?
Zenul_Abidin··on US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
Exactly
Zenul_Abidin··on US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
So when the government doesn't want to be tracked, suddenly it's dangerous
Zenul_Abidin··on VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
Still won't help them get out of a relegation fight.
Zenul_Abidin··on Proposal to prohibit vibe coded projects from being hosted on Sourcehut
This is silly. It would destroy traffic to their site significantly
Zenul_Abidin··on Brazilian election filter in X For You timeline
To make reality comply with a specific government's jurisdiction is such an absurd proposition, that people would've laughed at someone 100 years ago if they suggested this as a practical option.
Zenul_Abidin··on Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
Similar bug to the one that plagued Codex until 3 months ago.
Zenul_Abidin··on Learn OpenGL, extensive tutorial resource for learning Modern OpenGL
Many years ago, I used Learn OpenGL to learn about graphics. It's good to see that it's getting some love now.
Zenul_Abidin··on Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI
This is why Dario has always wanted more regulation on AI. So that Anthropic would benefit from it.
Zenul_Abidin··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
They probably use Apple Intelligence and Siri inside their iPhones, which are now powered by ChatGPT as well.

So that's pretty much everyone

Zenul_Abidin··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
Were they arrested? This definitely sounds illegal.
Zenul_Abidin··on LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft
I unsubscribed from LinkedIn emails but they still send me emails of people I should connect with.

Now debating whether I should delete it altogether.

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