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easytiger··on Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone
Well the governments and supranational bodies who want to read your messages would be aghast at you having root on your phone.

Like we did on HTC G1s in 2008

easytiger··on When Claude CLI asks for feedback, responding authorizes conversation capture
It asks you to allow it to share the chat log. What's the issue?
easytiger··on Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python
> What is the point of this comment?

To defend the principle that it is unproductive to make irrational criticism of 2 week old open source projects because they don't fulfill the use cases of some random with nothing to add.

I thought it quite self evident

easytiger··on Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python
What is the point of this comment?

To paraphrase you: "no one should release new open source software libraries because it is not enterprise ready on day one with thousands of deployments and every feature imaginable".

If you don't want to use it, don't use it

easytiger··on Mistral raises €3B
Do you think that's a good thing?
easytiger··on How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
> Secondly because it validates insidious populist views that the EU institution is useless and incompetent at a fundamental level.

- resentment that bad policy damages the institution’s reputation - annoyed it proves people i hate like correct

easytiger··on 'Ted Lasso' Was Finished. Then Jason Sudeikis Had an Epiphany
The last series was absolutely appalling. Let it die
easytiger··on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (Potential) Unravelling
> LLM generated code is not copyrightable, so even if they do "steal" it - I don't think there's legal grounds to do anything about it.

> It can't be stolen. You don't really own it.

At least in the UK computer generated code has been copyright-able for decades [1]

> (3)In the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer-generated, the author shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.

And the ToS of the major/minor AI providers as far as i can tell have no opinion on what you do with the code in terms of ownership.

[1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/9

easytiger··on Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence
Yea i got about 900k - they have since added a "Gift usage" section under settings/ My Quota

The kimi.com interface also seems to indicate they can be used there (the badge to say its using gift quota is there for me).

However under Usage Details/Gift Quota it seems to indicate that it is consuming it via kimi code and sure enough my usage is reflected there from kimi cli. Odd and a tad vague

easytiger··on Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance
Incredibly in one comment you've managed to do all of

1. It's not happening

2. It's a good thing

3. Peddle false information

Impressive

easytiger··on Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance
Wait until you find out what the EU want/have asked the GAM trio of big tech corps to do to your phone and private messaging platforms. (Coincidentally they suddenly don't think so big an anti competition problem exists anymore).
easytiger··on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures (1986)
That is indeed how University learning used to work, for about 1000 years
easytiger··on The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party
Lol. Not all communists are Marxists on immigration
easytiger··on The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party
Far right? It's run by a literal marxist communist.
easytiger··on Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
What a grown up, healthy attitude
easytiger··on Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
easytiger··on Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
Why not make personal responsibility illegal whilst we are at it. It is egregious that an individual can be held accountable for their own behaviours.
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
So you don't want to answer the question?
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
How is Greenland a vital interest to France? Especially in the context of initiating a nuclear war with a friendly nation?
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
So your supposition is strategic national defense game theory should be based on hoping for a mutiny from the opposite side? Is rationality dead? What are you lot talking about.
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
You have ignored any questions put to you in this thread. You are speaking in some kind of fervour I can't decrypt.
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
You think there's a game theory scenario in the book where France launches a nuclear weapon at mainland USA over a land dispute between them and Denmark?
easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
I'm sorry but you are not interacting with the rational suppositions of posters in various threads here. No one is arguing for a war except you. People are explaining to you the strategic reality and you are espousing rhetoric that I honestly can't decipher.

1. Denmark cannot win militarily

2. You are suggesting Denmark would not capitulate and indeed enter into a state of war

What do you think happens in this situation?

easytiger··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
This is absurd in the extreme. In actual war there is absolutely no possibility of success for Denmark, even with the help of allies. Failure to capitulate results in nothing but death and destruction with no hope of strategic gain to begin with. What you are likely experiencing is a modern belief that screaming and shouting will bring popular diplomatic pressure to bear on the opponent, thus arresting their actions.

There was similar tough talk in 1940 and Denmark lasted 6 hours. Without capitulation the country would have been razed. But surrender saw it able to keep some level of control and thus extricate the Jewish population in relative safety which would not otherwise have been possible.

easytiger··on You can't use a code editor when you're under 18 now?
They sent a clarifying email today

> Our email yesterday was imprecise relative to our actual new Terms. To be specific:

> You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service (Zed’s AI-enabled software-as-a-service offering, including features like account creation/sign in, Zed Free and Zed Pro, and collaboration). See https://zed.dev/terms#21-eligibility. We set the threshold at 18 due to children's data privacy obligations under COPPA, equivalent international frameworks, and an increasing number of state and regional laws that extend protections to anyone under 18. Those regulations require parental consent verification, age-gated data handling, and separate retention policies for minors. Building and maintaining that infrastructure is a real cost for a small team, and getting it wrong carries regulatory risk. Setting the line at 18 lets us maintain a single privacy framework for all account holders without carve-outs.

> Zed's Software (open source code editing software) is governed by our open source licenses. In cases where the open source license can govern, it will over the Terms. See https://zed.dev/terms#24-restrictions.

easytiger··on Show HN: UK Taxation Calculator
A simple single page indicative UK tax calculator with some novel metrics and calculations. Accepts other forms of income to give a more complete overview. Rationale: I disliked most of the existing ones and they are full of adverts and such. Should handle the complexities around income bands and child benefit tax traps. Also handles Scottish tax bands and shows Cost To Employer incorporating employment taxes.

nextjs/react/tailwind/chadcn - hosted on vercel

easytiger··on 'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately
That's not what the parent comment posits.
easytiger··on 'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately
So if I write a piece of software that does the job I designed it for, and you decide you want it to do something else, you should be handed the source code and right to redistribute it? Simple like that?
easytiger··on Ask HN: Effective way to deal with mosquitoes?
I researched that before and I think it's considered generally safe. Toxicity required huge doses.

Though the instructions recommend ventilating the room a little after letting it settle, and I don't use it every night. Also I like to cover pillows before spraying.

It's very similar to the WHO recommended stuff used before and during flights - https://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc243.pdf

easytiger··on Ask HN: Effective way to deal with mosquitoes?
For rooms with closed windows this stuff has in my experience a 100% success rate. (they always manage to get in somehow). Spray the room an hour before bedtime and it eradicates them. Guess it's similar to that stuff they spray on airlines.

It is not a repellent but seems to actively kill them/render them unable to fly [Metofluthrin (Pyrethroid)]

https://www.peacefulsleepsa.co.za/products/in-room-solutions...

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