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aembleton

3,683 karma · joined March 26, 2014

Website at https://blerg.net/

Email: arthur at the url above

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Socials: - github.com/aembleton

Interests: Climate Tech, Cycling, Hiking, Outdoor Activities, Programming, Remote Work, Running, Technology, UI/UX Design

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aembleton··on I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID
If the backend doesn't check the credentials then it doesn't matter if its JWT or encrypted cookies or anything else.
aembleton··on I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID
How do you know that you can even write to any of those fields? You didn't try it, so maybe there is a JWT role check in the backend on POST and PUT.
aembleton··on I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer
Yes, whats wrong with it?
aembleton··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
If its happening often, create some uBO rules to block the worst of it
aembleton··on Digital Sovereignty Becomes an Imperative as the US Reads Dutch Emails
> Now which mobile platform are you going to use that doesn't give one of two US companies root on your population's phones?

HarmonyOS

aembleton··on APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs
I suppose its better than it being made of rust like so many other projects like to advertise.
aembleton··on Changing how we develop Ladybird
> "everything" is open-source and developed in the bazaar style

A lot of stuff isn't. It may be open source, but the number of contributors is small and many large projects are cathedrals with people volunteering to lay some stones. The large projects often have core teams who organise and manage it, but then accept some contributions. It's closer to the organised Cathedral, than the chaotic Bazaar.

aembleton··on Cars collect a startling amount of data about you
Setting the climate control remotely is handy, and it needs its own modem to do that.
aembleton··on Where does next-token prediction leave us?
> The moment you start working on something, someone else is already automating the exact thing you are doing now.

Good. If a machine can do my job then I can work on something more interesting. Perhaps a more interesting problem to fix is having the people working on something getting told about the automation.

aembleton··on Last.fm is now independent
I still use it. I use the Pulsar music player on Android which has an Audioscrobbler built in. I have my entire mp3/flac collection extra compressed into opus files, so that my 120GB of music is only taking up 43GB on my phone. When I'm listening in the car or on the train I really can't tell the drop in quality.
aembleton··on DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
If you use Firefox, then you can add chatgpt as a search engine with keyword gpt. Then you can type "gpt how to centre a div" into your address bar and get the same thing without routing it through Kagi, or needing Kagi.
aembleton··on Where does next-token prediction leave us?
Might help to find the right video though
aembleton··on Where does next-token prediction leave us?
> Now I feel something has been taken away and has no value.

Did you feel similar when Wikipedia was created or Google or when you first got access to the internet?

All of these tools have made digging into subjects and learning easier. I find the same with AI. I love it when a random thought pops into my head and I can explore it with an AI such as Gemini. Then ask it for the sources it used so that I can read further.

AI is just a tool, much like StackOverflow. It doesn't prevent creativity, it just makes it easier and more accessible.

aembleton··on Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results
I haven't even subscribed yet
aembleton··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
If you're researching which fridge to buy on Gemini, then an ad might be helpful. So long as they've got the data to answer your questions such as how wide it is.
aembleton··on Qwen3.7-Max: The Agent Frontier
> Today we introduce Qwen3.7-Max, our latest proprietary model

This is not an open model

aembleton··on Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
Looks like they have a browser extension! https://www.capsolver.com/products/browser-extension
aembleton··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
> 8. Ryanair says you can check-in on their website: https://help.ryanair.com/hc/en-us/articles/12888891271953-Ho...

Last year I could check in on their website, but needed the app for the boarding card. They might have changed that, but that article doesn't make it clear.

aembleton··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
> I'd say as many as ever and new ones are being built.

That's an amazing difference compared to the UK. My local town had 5 bank branches ten years ago, now there are none. Until 2 weeks ago we didn't even have a cash machine; fortunately there is one now. It is something that has rapidly changed in the last 15 years.

aembleton··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
When you go on holiday, do you have to find an Internet café to print off your boarding pass for the flight home? Or do you select destinations covered by airlines that allow you to get a boarding pass more than 48 hours in advance?
aembleton··on EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids
How often can the librarian update the curated list of books? Once a day? Once per minutes? Once per ms?
aembleton··on Poland is now among the 20 largest economies
We could have issued visa to countries outside the EU before Brexit. There was no need to leave the EU to push wages down.
aembleton··on Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
The dacia sandero has the buttons AND the touchscreen.

https://www.topgear.com/sites/default/files/cars-car/carouse...

aembleton··on Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
Somehow, the Dacia Sandero has physical controls for climate control and physical buttons on the steering wheel. It manages to do that whilst being one of the cheapest cars you can buy.
aembleton··on Grok 4.3
No, I've not tried Claude.
aembleton··on Grok 4.3
> Grok will absolutely do the same thing another time you try it.

True; it's just not happened yet. It will at some point though. With the Sunnypilot example it right out told me that it is not possible on that fork which I appreciated. The others all seem to hallucinate some setting.

aembleton··on Grok 4.3
> You’re literally just using three different slot machines and claiming one is hot.

It's a fair point. I haven't tested many queries across them all and checked their answers, but if I want to ask one of them a question - right now its Grok just because I trust its answers more.

aembleton··on Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
If I disable the modem, does that disable the SOS feature? Do I need to tell my insurance company?
aembleton··on Grok 4.3
I've tried Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT. There have been 2 times now where Gemini and ChatGPT confidently gave me an incorrect answer whereas Grok was correct. I'm now paying for Grok Lite or whatever it is $10 plan.

The first question was around setting up timers for a Fox ESS battery in Home Assistant and disconnecting Fox ESS from the cloud. The second was around cornering speed in Sunnypilot and Frogpilot.

Somewhat niche but if an AI is confidently telling you something wrong it's hard to work with.

aembleton··on Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?
How do you disable telemetry in a new car. I have a 2022 Kona. It's the first car I've had with telemetry. No idea how to disable it.
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