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commandersakion The Last Technical Interview

Everyone is annoyed when Google or whatever has a gruelling high bar to get in, but nobody bats a lid when say Jane Street does it. Both wildly successful.

commandersakion It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12

Imagined issues.

commandersakion It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12

Funny it’s the opposite for me. What if I want to switch between desktops of multiple users; easy with fast user switching, not really a thing in Linux (yeah I’m sure it can be hacked up, but bleh).

commandersakion Bttf is a command line datetime Swiss army knife

Looks great but I just can't see myself using a specialised tool and language for this. I think it's just easier to use ChatGPT or whatever for those one-offs, especially converting timestamps from a log.

commandersakion Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says

I think others are saying you just need to apply outside the country but you can return while the process is ongoing. So it seems to be some kind of clerical thing.

commandersakion Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says

I'm dumb, can someone give me an objective take as to why leaving the country is a good thing for applying a green card? In Australia usually you apply when you already have an existing visa, and if that's going to expire you usually apply for what is known as a bridging visa while your PR application is being processed.

commandersakion We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

Google loves cashing on malvertising. Google loves posting up ads that surface on top of the mac homebrew website containing a facade with their own malicious own curl | sh malware.

Ads are so helpful!

commandersakion Apple unveils new accessibility features

Apple accessibility is the #1 reason why I'm in the Apple ecosystem. It does have its shortcomings, but it seems miles ahead of everything else in tech after having tried other ecosystems. It is hard to place a price on these features, but I imagine it is worth significantly more than the base cost of hardware.

commandersakion Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now

Is there a resilient market for people using NeXTStep in the 21st century?

commandersakion Googlebook

Goalposts? I don't think you know what they even are.

Someone asks what purpose is a $900 chromebook. You say: Managed corporate machines.

Prepend writes: I’ve never encountered a company that used ChromeOS...

You respond: I don't think the world cares much about things you personally encountered... You're welcome to look up actual facts online about adoption though.

Then I simply ask which companies and enterprises do infact issue Chromebooks. Nobody is moving the goalposts, the context being discussed was Chromebooks in company/enterprise; not once were schools mentioned. Your response seems to give the air that you have personal knowledge of these being used in corporate, hence why I asked which companies are issuing Chromebooks.

Nice try deflecting though. I'm guessing by your non-response, nobody actually does, except possibly Google themselves. Which makes sense, since nobody wants to use them.

commandersakion Googlebook

I didn't realise schools are now considered companies or enterprises.

commandersakion Googlebook

So what companies are issuing chromebooks? Want to know so I can avoid.

When I search Chromebook in the enterprise, I only find people wondering if it should be done, and everyone saying please don’t.

commandersakion Myths about /dev/urandom (2014)

I remember Jason Donenfeld tried to get rid of the boot time entropy hole in urandom by using cpu jitter to get fast entropy (what he calls Linus Jitter dance) but had to roll back because it broke things when run on an Amiga.

commandersakion Myths about /dev/urandom (2014)

I think Apple uses a NIST compliant DRBG now, but their manuals are wrong.

commandersakion First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5

I should've added /s.

commandersakion First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5

I bought the M5 specifically cause of MIE. Now I feel dumb.

commandersakion MacBook Neo Review: The Laptop for the Rest of Us

And a lot above it.

commandersakion Googlebook

I support a lot of old folk on laptops that are less technically inclined. All they want is Windows because familiarity, despite Microsoft making things unfamiliar every release.

commandersakion Googlebook

Meh stuff this, no left most fn key, don't even know if there's half height inverted-t arrangement, bleh.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

Well her detention didn't happen immediately, it likely happened because she didn't respond to an email while they were investigating asking for more information, which she even admits.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

* All this story does it makes me want to avoid traveling to Japan. I don't fancy getting picked up for jay walking and tortured.*

Sure if you naively believe the hyperbole then don't go. Been 3 times, you'll know when you're in trouble, and you will have a chance to correct it before it goes further.

Infact according to her video she did have a chance, and she didn't bother.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

Suppose it was CSAM in the mail, do you think a delicate touch is still warranted? The context matters.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

You're getting downvoted to hell, but extraordinary claims deserves extraordinary evidence.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

Before that timestamp she says there was an email that was asking for more information about the matter but she didn't have the information at hand or couldn't give it so she disregarded the email. That appears to be the impetus for deeming her a flight risk. I'm indifferent to whether or not that makes sense.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

According to her video it appears she was deemed a flight risk because she didn't respond to an email requesting information on the matter being investigated while she was overseas. She didn't have the information on hand or at the time or at all and instead of saying that she didn't respond to the email. When she returned from her trip they deemed her a flight risk.

In the US if you're a flight risk you wouldn't get bail either.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

I think there is a happy path though and she stuffed it up by not responding for a request for information while she went overseas as they were investigating the matter. When she returned they put her in detention as they deemed her a flight risk. I don't know what information they asked, but it would seem prudent to provide it or say you don't have it or you are overseas and cannot get it at the moment, rather than simply ignore it.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

Nor do I intend to.

I watched a little bit. She went overseas and the police asked for some information and she didn't respond. When she returned they deemed her a flight risk because she hadn't responded to the things they were asking.

commandersakion Getting arrested in Japan

Something as small as getting into a heated argument in public, accidentally taking an item you didn’t pay for, overstaying a visa, or even grabbing someone else’s umbrella or bike thinking it was yours can escalate further than you could imagine and have you arrested before you’ve even had a chance to explain.

Is this actually true or just fearmongering? I mean really, no chance to explain? Sounds as dumb as being forced into a psychiatric ward for wearing a pink shirt.

commandersakion Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school

I wonder how severe a caning in an educational institute compares to one administered by state justice.

commandersakion People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia

A philosophy course on logic should be sufficient.