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givehimagun··on LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
What about Docker Desktop with GPU passthrough to a container running the LLM? That way you can be explicit on which files you share through volume mapping and the LLM is contained in the container otherwise.
givehimagun··on Jane Goodall has died
I just saw her two weeks ago taping her interview for Overheard with Evan Smith. She was in top notch form and had the audience at the edge of our seats and in tears at moments. I am glad I got to go -- but I am sad the world lost Jane.

https://video.austinpbs.org/video/jane-goodall-knw3gq/

givehimagun··on ICQ will stop working from June 26
Hey neighbor! 1375028

I learned to type on a keyboard by logging into ICQ and sharing that number with people I wanted to connect with. It felt like my internet address.

givehimagun··on Hacking into an insurance company by exploiting their premium calculator
No - employers are required to pay out paychecks as soon as employment is terminated and if they fail to honor that, they are heavy fines. Days worked is money earned.
givehimagun··on Netflix Plans to Raise Subscription Prices After Actors Strike Ends
When I read this article, I logged into my Netflix account and realized that the value proposition is gone for me. I barely use Netflix, it's always sending me emails reminding me about shows I may/not be interested in, and the features keep getting degraded. Netflix is in the throes of enshittification. If the price goes up, I'll cancel my subscription.
givehimagun··on Tell HN: Wyze cam forcing upgrade to keep storing recordings locally
This is it. You gotta contain it and can't trust it on an open network.
givehimagun··on 23-year-old Texans made $4M last year mining BTC off flare gas from oil drilling
"The green focus appears to be helping Crusoe, which recently raised $128 million to help expand its flare capture technology to more than 100 units, from around 40 currently. Investors included Valor Equity Partners, Bain Capital, and the Agnelli family's Exor." https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-...
givehimagun··on Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2020)
Isn't this Domain Driven Design? I think you understated how easy it is to test in your example. Tests can move from CD to CI because of your architecture. I would love to see more discussions about the tension between scale and test-ability.
givehimagun··on Pgmigrate: Write migrations using plain SQL
We do exactly that at work - Liquibase with SQL for about 7 years now. It's wonderful and you don't have to learn anything on top of your SQL dialect. Also, it makes database-first a breeze since you can export your changes to SQL from any IDE these days and drop it right into a migration.

https://docs.liquibase.com/workflows/liquibase-community/mig...

givehimagun··on The Couple Who Shagged in an MRI Machine for Science
Right - I just assumed they were more comfortable with people watching than the others.
givehimagun··on It’s time to stop using SMS for security
My bank (USAA) decided to switch their 2FA away from SMS a while ago. They only do email or the USAA app auth code. I love it and I feel much safer with them because of it. Let's do start to move away - yes!
givehimagun··on Griddy Is Shutting Down
I can't get the FAQ to dropdown any answers...on Firefox or Chrome. Does yours work?
givehimagun··on $8,162 Power Bill? Texas’ Winter Storm Hell Only Gets Worse
Yeah - explain deregulation to my 70 year old neighbor who didn't know how to light her fireplace and asks me questions about how Netflix works.

You're right - every single Texan wants freedom and doesn't want help.

As an aside, have you ever been to Texas or met many Texans?

givehimagun··on G.M. Will Only Sell Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035
"Charging times will vary depending on charging type and vehicle specs. There are three levels of charging:

    AC Level 1 charging can deliver 2 to 4 miles of range per hour (at home use)
    AC Level 2 charging can deliver 7 to 40 miles of range per hour (at home use / at work)
        Range per hour varies depending upon the type of charger used (3kW to 19kW)
    DC fast charging can deliver 60-100 miles of range in 10 minutes (public use)
        Range per hour varies depending upon the type of charger used (24kW to 350kW)"
https://www.gmc.com/electric-truck/hummer-ev/faq

I work for General Motors but this is from the gmc.com website for the Hummer EV coming out.

givehimagun··on Cloudflare Pages: the best way to build JAMstack websites
I think generally people are using the term in reference to https://jamstack.org/

I consider it pre-rendering javascript on the server and serving sites that are mostly html with javascript coming in on the browser to take over interactivity.

givehimagun··on More Americans are shoplifting food
People steal food because they have to survive*

Fixed that for you.

givehimagun··on More Americans are shoplifting food
I don't understand your position. Are you upset at politicians or the community that was okay with letting people starve?
givehimagun··on More Americans are shoplifting food
As an American, I'm furious that we (American people) failed these people. I want to help - I've been blessed with a great job and I want find a way to help these people. The food bank in my region is distributing 2x the food they did last year. The director of the site mentioned how important it is to find ways to reach those who are food insecure in dignified ways.

Find me more groups that want to/are helping with this problem - let's go help our fellow Americans.

givehimagun··on Improving breast reconstruction surgery with a web-based survey
Firefox v82 here and mine worked...except there were long wait times between images.
givehimagun··on Database Version Control with Liquibase
I'm not a fan of those DSLs either. We use liquibase with plain old SQL...we write in the dialect of the database. No rollbacks either - always forward.

One thing that is nice from liquibase is that you get a nice cli that let's you do some fun stuff like update the database directly and then auto-generate a diff (your example above). See https://docs.liquibase.com/commands/home.html

givehimagun··on Postal Service loses $2.2B in 3 months as virus woes persist
I checked the reference but I don't see the numbers.

For the 9 months ending in August 2020, $62 billion in operating expenses. Of which $3.495 billion is allocated to retiree health benefits. Overall net loss is $(7.374 billion)...even without the pre-funding requirements, we have a problemo?

givehimagun··on US online grocery sales hit record $7.2B in June
Some of my friends who use the delivery service are immune-compromised. Feels like a win/win for them even if it costs more.
givehimagun··on Average adult will spend 34 years of their life staring at screens
I think there is a nuance in reducing screen time versus increasing natural light exposure.
givehimagun··on Average adult will spend 34 years of their life staring at screens
Can you provide evidence of where screens cause damage to eyes? My ophthalmologist shared with me that there is general irritation but we haven't been able to prove that screen times degrade eye sight over time.
givehimagun··on Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018)
I agree - as someone without kids in a neighborhood full of kids. In my decade of living in the burbs, I have not seen 2 children playing/going somewhere/interacting without an adult around once. I think most parents don't leave their children unsupervised AND there is a very easy alternative (videogames, internet, netflix, etc - as you mentioned).
givehimagun··on Should I build something fun or build something that solves a problem?
I would spend time working with a group of talented engineers. You will gain so much perspective on their working patterns, design discussions, and learn to work on a team. Very rarely is software written by just one developer regardless of the tech.
givehimagun··on A $7 Credit Limit: Jack Ma’s Ant Lures Hundreds of Millions of Borrowers
Agreed - how would anyone buy a car without financing?
givehimagun··on Juul Shipped At Least 1M Contaminated Pods, New Lawsuit Says
I read the whole article hoping to get more detail...NOT ONE DETAIL! Reads like a rumor report.
givehimagun··on Monorepo or Multirepo? Role-Based Repositories
I've shifted to focusing on repo == team. If your organizational structure is to have many little teams that are independent from each other, then you build your source code management to reflect that.

I built my engineering staff to focus on any of the initiatives that my boss hands to me (changes week/week) - so we went monorepo so we could move between those projects/apps/programs quickly.

We knew that we didn't want to pay the maintenance cost just because microservices/multirepo was a buzzword AND we wanted future ventures to get faster (example: we solved identity for authn/authz once and now every app that needs it after can leverage it and we can upgrade identity and all of its consumers in one pull request).

givehimagun··on Nebraska Furniture Mart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwS3R20IoMk
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