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forestry··on Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees
Oath. Fantastic.
forestry··on Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?
This is where myself and a colleague have settled. We design for longevity but it can still type, search, and debug faster than we can.
forestry··on Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream
This is fantastic. Not being able to share my gameplay with friends on Discord is one of my biggest gripes.
forestry··on US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
It’s a good question, and it’s not well defined. I am hoping that it allows us to customise feeds more. If I have problems with body image, don’t show me topless photos. Same goes with alcohol and gambling, which some platforms do have. The answer must not be either be subjected to content you don’t want to see or don’t use social media at all.

I think the line for algorithms is anything machine learning or neural network based, not simple ordering.

Side note: When iterating on male avatars, ChatGPT incrementally increases muscular features without being prompted to do so. There are biases in these machine-learned algorithms.

forestry··on T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F
This is what I told my chemistry teacher in high school when he marked me down for not including units, too.
forestry··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
I thought the US courts decided that APIs aren’t copyrightable, and the rest of it is not their content.
forestry··on LG says we're fake news [video]
What’s stopping you from disconnecting it from wifi mow?
forestry··on Starcraft website "glitching" foreshadows announcement
I want to be excited but the company’s lost its mojo.
forestry··on Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face
Dupe.
forestry··on Claude Session URL appended to commit messages and PR descriptions by default
That’s just your opinion on your own characterisation.
forestry··on Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
I don’t know the full history but before CarPlay it was used to read and respond to messages using entertainment systems.
forestry··on Chinese Implants in the Supply Chain
Its be nice to see some repercussions for selling backdoored devices. Yes, that includes Amazon corporate for listing it.
forestry··on U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications
Ironic.
forestry··on Walgit – a Git server that is one binary in front of an object store
Someone has to pay for it, one way or another.
forestry··on The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
Printing hundreds of billions of dollars is also inflationary. Governments change but the impact of all this takes a very long time to flow through the economy.
forestry··on The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
Most spending is legislated and can’t be cut without congressional approval.
forestry··on The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
You can’t be serious.
forestry··on Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
It’s all well and good until the person who has that discretion comes after you personally.
forestry··on Stwipe Acquires OpenWouter
They registered it like any other, I imagine.
forestry··on AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint
So Apple will remove them from the App Store. Thats their whole argument for their closed system - they’ll protect users from malicious apps. Right?
forestry··on US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures
This. It’s to protect themselves against any potential future investigations.
forestry··on Flock impersonates journalist in order to cancel his hotel reservations
Not really. A block is just a group discount.
forestry··on Incident with Github.com
Do you have some information that it’s Azure related that isn’t public?
forestry··on AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira
Peer review of changes is still important.
forestry··on Coin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737
You also aren’t given a choice. If you decline, “don’t drive it”. Well, I want the car, not the connection. I could probably pull the sim I suppose.
forestry··on RSI Simulator
I was wondering how they’d simulate carpel tunnel. That acronym is indeed taken.
forestry··on 1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed
How have I not heard about this. I am both impressed and horrified.
forestry··on TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years
There’s bad, and then there’s egregious.
forestry··on Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal
Love it.
forestry··on PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)
Ultimately it’s the same thing. If it can be taken away, you didn’t buy it.
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