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batch12··on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you
I took an old HP all in one, installed a linux distro, put kodi on it with some custom applications and now I have a smart TV that I control.
batch12··on OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation
Just leaving this here...

https://gwern.net/fiction/clippy

batch12··on Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI
Interesting concept. I've been playing with using agents to modernize finish the ~200 projects I started. Next will be the idea pile...
batch12··on China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes
More impactful than prison? Nah. Why not both?
batch12··on Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says
The article talks about European colonies, so would these have been European values then since America did not yet exist?
batch12··on Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to ALPRs
Do they already gather TPMS data too?
batch12··on Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S.
Agreed, there's not a lot of substance here. I read the article more than once and still don't know if "overarming" means too many individuals own guns or too many guns per individual. I assume the former based on context. Also interesting is that they focus on the US but two out of three groups studied are not in the US.
batch12··on Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA
It didn't happen
batch12··on Why I collect DLES
Well thanks for the kind words
batch12··on Why I collect DLES
Here you go-

The point of the game is to find as many words as possible with the least number of swaps and leftover letters. There's always a solution that takes no swaps and uses all letters.

https://wordgame.o565.com/

batch12··on Why I collect DLES
I put a word game together, it was a fun exercise. Nobody plays it except my wife and her family. It's really not even finished or even that good. Since it's one of the few things she likes that I made, it's still up with a user base of 3.
batch12··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
Is there an Uber for process servers? Eventually someone would get through...
batch12··on Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify money spent on tokenmaxxing
You can measure attendance by hours spent at a desk
batch12··on In-person examinations at Princeton will be proctored starting July 1
Is it though if the value of the degree for the overall group is collectively diminished?
batch12··on What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting
You'd probably need a very large balloon to overcome the weight of the string
batch12··on I'm scared about biological computing
> using live animals as the computational substrate. Use the visual cortex of one as the input, send the neural spikes to a second animals frontal lobe for computation and finally send those signals to a third animals motor cortex to physically press buttons.

That sounds terrifying.

batch12··on Nuclear receptor 4A1 linked to health effects of coffee: study
Works for me, thank you
batch12··on Nuclear receptor 4A1 linked to health effects of coffee: study
I'm always up for learning more about everything. Point me in the right direction?
batch12··on Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans
I have been needing to cut back on my subscription services, too. I also canceled.
batch12··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
Planted a few fruit trees, some strawberries, and vegetables. Every time I water them, I think about automated irrigation.
batch12··on Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem
Is it a specific picture of the face or any picture of it?
batch12··on HP trialed mandatory 15-minute support call wait times (2025)
This one is a call center metric. Similar to after call work or first call resolution. This one, I believe, is average handle time.
batch12··on UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence
Sincerely, TH FART
batch12··on Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
Someone should tell that to the people who publish the gas station mugshot magazines.
batch12··on A 30B Qwen model walks into a Raspberry Pi and runs in real time
Could they have added some swap?
batch12··on When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts
Sounds like something that could be weaponized. Order a bunch of 'gifts' to be shipped to a target via UPS/FedEx or whichever vendor helpfully pays the tarrifs for you. Then your victim has to fight collections or pay up.
batch12··on Alive internet theory
Its a cool idea, just beware. Saw some dead kids and some NSFW among the otherwise interesting content.
batch12··on Show HN: Why write code if the LLM can just do the thing? (web app experiment)
Lighten up. People spend their time doing lots of things they enjoy regardless of the value others place on their efforts. Instead of projecting embarrassment, go save the world if that makes you happy.
batch12··on AI scrapers request commented scripts
Googlebot has no problem identifying itself because Google knows that you want it to index your site if you want visitors. It doesn't identify itself to give you the option to block it. It identifies itself so you don't.
batch12··on AI scrapers request commented scripts
Yes, the client wanted the server to deliver content it had intended for a different client, regardless of what the service operator wanted, so it lied using its user agent. Exact same thing we are talking about. The difference is that people don't want companies to profit off of their content. That's fair. In this case, they should maybe consider some form of real authentication, or if the bot is abusive, some kind of rate limiting control.
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