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ductsurprise··on S&P Global has lowered Oracle’s creditworthiness from BBB to BBB-
Should(or When) said 'bubble' 'pop', AI isn't going away or expected to lose relevance.

If you were around about the time of the Dot-Com bubble, you can better make sense of the saying.

The web never stopped being useful, it was the ridiculous and speculative valuations of companies, and outlandish claims that couldn't sustain themselves and eventually 'popped'.

ductsurprise··on Claude Code is steganographically marking requests
Is it just a minified localization(l10n) function maybe?
ductsurprise··on RISC-V single-board computer for less than 40 euros
Friendly FYI: Some M.2 slots offer up to 4 PCIe lanes.

Though, it looks like on the lite version mentioned here, there is but one PCIe lave available on the slot.

Edit: Adding the size is likely the reason and full regular PCIe is not there. The PCIe card would likely be as big as the board it self. :)

ductsurprise··on We identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job
> My favorite interview question, because we've interviewed quite a few of these folks, is something to the effect of 'How fat is Kim Jong Un?' They terminate the call instantly

I'm sure there were a lot of false positives with that question.

If I was not reading HN and a few other sources I would likely hang up the phone too.

Thinking that it couldn't be a real job,... some phishing scam or hoax, asking ridiculous questions like that.

Depending on the job, it is quite likely the real talent would not be able to take the interview seriously after hearing suck a question.

Seriously weird times...

ductsurprise··on Nginx: try_files Is Evil Too (2024)
See Varnish Cache others... Or use a third party CDN that offers feature.

Lots of ways to configure them with route based behavior-in/validation.

ductsurprise··on How de-Googled is Lineage OS?
Maemo really was impressive, and to think how far it could be with more than a decade development and refinements had Nokia managed keep that team on it.

Sailfish OS still seems to be going, and latest and installable on Sony Xperia 10 V. Though that is based on Meego which was what replaced Maemo and ended up on the Nokia N9 and was no longer Debian based IIRC.

Tizen OS was the other offshoot of Meego and Samsung was working with it, but they appear be abandoning it.

I never had the chance to pick up a compatible device try them out.

ductsurprise··on California bill to ban food dyes in schools may have nationwide impact
When corporate 'profit-is-the-product' becomes the business, I tend to agree.

But mass production is the only feasible way to feed large cites.

Just work on make sure it's being done reasonably.

ductsurprise··on Leaked Docs Show Nvidia Scraping a Human Lifetime of Videos per Day to Train AI
It's a weird problem.

It seems to me, it would REQUIRE Megacorps datasets to store the information you don't want them to store in order for them to confirm to such a request.

ductsurprise··on Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout
Take off, climb and circles before landng time use considerably more fuel than that of cruising time, so that needs to be considered. Also, as short haul fights generally don't climb as high, they lose the benefits of high altitude cruising.
ductsurprise··on What the damaged Svalbard cable looked like
Reminds me of the early dialup to DSL communication over standard telephone lines evolution.
ductsurprise··on New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco
... and the lost MicroSD cards grandma has been holding onto for you.

We will leave next to nothing.

ductsurprise··on Don't pass structs bigger than 16 bytes on AMD64
0o...
ductsurprise··on HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint
- ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II Bluetooth ?

It's pretty close to full size, but very slim and light weight.

ductsurprise··on Meta begins charging for ad free access in EU
Agree... That's what really rubs me the wrong way about it.

I also feel like, 'opt in' probably opens a user up to even more 'creepy stuff' than is already happening.

ductsurprise··on Meta begins charging for ad free access in EU
You need to make a choice to continue using Facebook

Laws are changing in your region, so we’re introducing a new choice about how we use your info for ads. You’ll learn more about what each option means for you before you confirm your choice.

Your choice will apply to the "accounts in this Accounts Center" [1].

Subscribe to use without ads: Subscribe to use your Facebook and Instagram accounts without ads, starting at €9.99/month (inclusive of applicable taxes). Your info won’t be used for ads.

Use for free with ads: Discover products and brands through personalized ads, while using your Facebook and Instagram accounts for free. Your info will be used for ads. Your current experience

"Compare your choices" [2] and how they affect your experience.

"Subscribe" or "Use for free"

1. https://accountscenter.facebook.com/accounts/ 2. https://www.facebook.com/help/631125599118423

Edit: Mobile seems unaffected for me, desktop site is dead end without answer. (also page text seems to be updating rapidly)

ductsurprise··on We Can't Compete with AI Girlfriends
Not specifically about women, but...

I have met several women who regularly query ChatGPT for relationship advice.

Accepting the response as authoritative.

ductsurprise··on United Auto Workers launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers
Can Youtube/Twitch/etc manage to fulfill this product gap too?

Seriously though, yes... Support The Unions! Stay strong!

ductsurprise··on United Auto Workers launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers
Tea Party Trifecta?
ductsurprise··on The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
"For most people here, workplace is 15 minutes walk/public transit away,..."

Curiously, how many cars need charging(at night even) in this area? Maybe I missed the intent behind your comment.

But it doesn't sound like there is much daily driving.

Perhaps "...hands wet on the wheel..." like in the Golden Earring song often? )))

ductsurprise··on Universal Blue is a new paradigm for the Linux desktop and it's brilliant
There is no reason they cannot be installed beside each other.

GDM, etc have made this easy for years. On installation 'simpler' distros let you choose as many desktop environments as you wanted from the install. (Gnome/KDE/XFCE/Flux/...)

And you still had /home/[user] common between desktop environments by default.

If someone has been using Linux since 1996 and is surprised by this "rebase"...

Benefit of doubt, maybe a poorly chosen analogy?

Edit: also, with no malice. that justification sounds like rebuilding the wheel. Package management system == Wheel ...

ductsurprise··on GPT 4 coming next week
In Chrome(and the likes):

- open developer tools (CTRL-SHIFT-I, or F12)

- make sure you are on Elements tab

- click on '<body class=...' tag line

- then in the right hand panel switch to Event Listeners tab

- remove anything you like(contextmenu, cut, copy, paste in this case)

I'm sure there is a similar way in Firefox...

ductsurprise··on Unredacter: Never use pixelation as a redaction technique
No doubt...

Now, pair that with a Prosopagnosia disorder... Right back where you started?

ductsurprise··on OpenAI
Agreed. Maybe... Short sighted vs. far sighted vs. ignorance is bliss?
ductsurprise··on I've locked myself out of my digital life
How many times this happened to you?
ductsurprise··on Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Possibly a little off for HN, but does deal with Office/Home/Colleague balance a bit.

Girl Drink Drunk (Politically correct... ?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU

ductsurprise··on YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos
Could be a good and sneaky way to obfuscate encrypted message transmissions?
ductsurprise··on YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos
True... But guessing YouTubeDrive 'decoder' needs whole video to get you back anything close to what you put in.

Otherwise each frame would have to have a ridiculous amount of encoded overhead.

Ahh, NM cant even see that working.

edit: Maybe a file table at built from from specified first N frames, that delivers frameset/file map ...

Still nothing like skipping spots in a video. That relies on key frames and time signatures.

Cool stuff nonetheless...

ductsurprise··on Multiple Atlassian services suffering outages
I would have expected uproar on HN by by now.

Mine and many other clients locked out from all services since Tuesday.