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einichi··on What’s getting pwned right now
$299 for access to a private discord of some random vibe coder

yeah no thanks lmao

einichi··on Tesla Roadster
It says nothing about fatalities
einichi··on When did Google get so weird?
I don't think anybody is arguing that LLMs do math better than a traditional processor
einichi··on One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed
Shinto is a big one
einichi··on Claude Sonnet 5
This is something for educators to deal with, not a 50+ senior IC, but yes your point is extremely important.
einichi··on Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux
oh god please don't create more demand for GPUs
einichi··on Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school
People respond differently to different things. One bully who gets punched back will stop, while another will escalate. Trying to fix bullying requires a solution tailored to each individual bully.
einichi··on UK Officials could face US entry ban over Twitter policy
Time for some heat pump subsidies I guess! Haha
einichi··on UK Officials could face US entry ban over Twitter policy
That does not make the distinction between pipeline gas and LNG, but I do not know if that is a distinction worth making
einichi··on UK Officials could face US entry ban over Twitter policy
Pipeline-based providers are still a significantly greater percentage of the UK's overall gas consumption

Could the UK not rebalance its imports from LNG to more pipeline-based gas? It seems like the UK has managed to cut out Russian LNG imports completely already.

einichi··on Tailscale Peer Relays
Just set the relay up as an exit node too
einichi··on Retiring Test-Ipv6.com
It is everywhere in Japan
einichi··on The British Nationality Act as a Prolog Program (1986) [pdf]
the BNA is even more complex today after some additional changes

as a British person living abroad who gave birth to a child abroad, it took me a lot of time and mental energy to determine

- what type of British nationality I am (yes, really)

- how that affects my child as she was born abroad

- how that affects any children she has in the future

varying circumstance around birth of all the people listed above change whether they are British citizens automatically, by application or simply not eligible at all

the legislation feels very messy to me

einichi··on Starlink Direct to Cell
How can you determine a conflict of interest if you don’t know what he’s been appointed to do?
einichi··on Oncall shift should be Tuesday to Tuesday
No pay for being on call by itself is still poor, particularly when it comes to swapping rotations between team members to provide flexibility amongst each other.

You’re making yourself available 24/7. That has a non trivial lifestyle impact which I’ve always thought deserves more than is typically rewarded.

einichi··on The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
Bilingual in Japan, also studying Mandarin.

Proficient English is just a “plus-alpha”, as they say.

You don’t need it, but it might open up a few more doors.

Then there’s certain topics, like science/medicine where English to some extent is absolutely necessary to keep up with research. Even then, I find some of these people still struggle with speaking and listening, but reading and writing can be pretty solid.

einichi··on Being Raised by the Internet
> These are the things you're supposed to do on the evenings and weekends.

I truly cannot tell if this is sarcasm.

einichi··on Krazam: High Agency Individual Contributor [video]
Positive Affirmations for Site Reliability Engineers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8Q51ouA_s&pp=ygUGa3JhemFt

this hit so close to home I didn't know whether to laugh or cry

einichi··on Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust
I actually swapped over from 1P to Bitwarden because the experience on Mac just got worse and worse over time, bloated and buggy.

Bitwarden isn't rapid, but at the time it was, to my surprise, a better experience than 1P, at least on MacOS.

einichi··on Ask HN: Would you send a photo holding your drivers license to rent a VPS?
Hosting providers get an obscene amount of fraudulent sign-up attempts, including attempts where they try to assume the identity of the person they have acquired the passport scan/photo of.

I don't like it, but it's very understandable.

einichi··on Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year
They’re Dango, not Takoyaki
einichi··on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
If it's between the dynamic island and high quality sensors, I will happily accept them keeping a notch. It makes sense they'd try to make it a selling point, as it is somewhat unique to iPhone in how they've really leaned into making the most of it.
einichi··on Throw away your first draft of your code
What do you think is being evaluated on each iteration of a loop?
einichi··on Why is DNS still hard to learn?
Simple is not always easy. Too simple can be difficult to grasp and sometimes adding a little complexity can actually make something more intuitive and easier.

DNS is simple, but it is not necessarily easy to understand.

einichi··on Managers, stop distracting employees
That not holding meetings without an agenda is something that apparently needs to actually be said is cause for despair.
einichi··on Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
I used Gandi's email service as just an SMTP service to send notifications from various scripts and apps.

Any alternatives I can use? Ideally actual SMTP and not some API, some apps I use only support the SMTP protocol.

einichi··on Post-processing is ruining iPhone photos
I always prefer shooting in highest bitrate and/or lossless, but I'd love to have the option to easily compress the files in-place later in Photos, without having to do some weird export and re-import dance.
einichi··on JSON Hero: Enhanced JSON structure visualization
You’re probably thinking of the tool made by GCHQ, CyberChef

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

einichi··on JSON Hero: Enhanced JSON structure visualization
My number one requirement for a tool like this is that the JSON content never leaves the machine it's on.

I can only imagine the kind of personal information or proprietary internal data that has been unwittingly transmitted due to tools like this.

If my objective was to gain the secrets of various worldwide entities, one of the first things I would do is set up seemingly innocent Pastebins, JSON checkers, online file format convertors and permanently retain all submitted data.

einichi··on SSHGuard
For keys used in authentication, I feel like rotation largely just protects against keys being leaked. If you can enforce keys to exist only on a secure element then to me I feel like rotation is no longer needed in this particular scenario. With the exception of the key strength no longer being enough or something similar.

Perhaps I'm overlooking something?

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