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high_byte··on Alternate clock designs and time systems
24 hours is better imo than am-pm.

I made an app widget to measure time in percentages instead of 24 hours

https://www.reddit.com/r/Time/comments/1ujj9py/comment/ov6qo...

high_byte··on Tenda firmware (multiple versions) contains hidden authentication backdoor
this is definitely a backdoor, not necessarily that they use it to infiltrate users but definitely they put them at risk.

reminds me of a bug I found in some tplink router it compared passwords of 3 different users but that table was empty so basically 15 NULL bytes would log you in as admin lol

high_byte··on Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt
what if it contained a zero day for tesseract and the script you thought you got is just a throwaway
high_byte··on New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview
those spikes in march and june? war with iran. interesting...
high_byte··on Claude-real-video - any LLM can watch a video
my experience with ffmpeg scene detection is that it's flaky. it works, sometimes, but not reliable by any means
high_byte··on Show HN: I made a heatmap of 3400 VCs who are open to cold emails
would be nice to be able to simply get the list instead of having an ominous heatmap
high_byte··on Words Are a Byproduct of Consciousness. For LLMs, It's Backwards
this was absolutely fascinating to read
high_byte··on Ask HN: Why don't LLM harnesses enable/expose custom middleware hooks?
that's sort of what skills are.

create a skill that transformed the json then "/<skill> <prompt>"

high_byte··on Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?
code is like assembly now.

in the olden days (pre-LLMs) we would write high-level code.

the entire layer was high-level code and rarely would we ever need to peak into the assembly:

writing, debugging, architecting, reviewing, testing - all were done in the high-level language layer.

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welcome to present day:

since we don't write code - we write intents, we also shouldn't review code either - we should review intents.

I don't review my code anymore. I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

I also ask it to write test and evaluate by whether the tests passed or not. I don't need to peak into the tests code - I can also ask plain english, pseudocode, control flow graph, whatever it is I want.

I can ask it to find errors or missing tests and improve that too!

code is like assembly now.

rare are the cases you would need to peak into that level.

high_byte··on Show HN: Snowscroll – I removed addictive feeds from social media
this is amazing exactly what I always wanted

how did this even get approved by app store? that's actually surprising

high_byte··on TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP
interesting attack vector

shame it's not a real device so the surface is limited to bash only

I wonder what software might be vulnerable to this attack surface

high_byte··on The five pillars of the post-AI interview
rick rubin says otherwise
high_byte··on The five pillars of the post-AI interview
of course
high_byte··on I don't review my code anymore
classic HN
high_byte··on The five pillars of the post-AI interview
I am the founder and ceo
high_byte··on The five pillars of the post-AI interview
"the code review: if you can’t review code, you can’t direct AI tools. You cannot lead a team. You cannot even trust your own work."

I would revise that a bit

since we don't write code, we write intents - we shouldn't review code either, we should review intents.

I don't review my code anymore. I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

I also ask it to write test and evaluate by whether the tests passed or not. I don't need to peak into the tests code - I can also ask plain english, pseudocode, control flow graph, whatever it is I want.

I can ask it to find errors or missing tests and improve that too!

so yea - code is like assembly now. rare are the cases you need to peak into that level.

high_byte··on Open source AI must win
even if the most powerful ai is open source and let's even assume runs on consumer hardware - in the end data is the real moat.

if it can access private data it will necessarily have more power.

high_byte··on Why Zig When There is C++, D, and Rust?
honestly I don't think I've ever seen D codebases??
high_byte··on Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
on the other hand steve jobs would've called Qt human-slop

guess it's a matter of taste

high_byte··on Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive
I am using cursor on auto and I got the exact same experience.

installed quartz, used accessibility and screen recording api, all that.

initially it managed to do it on another desktop space somehow, opening safari in the background without me even noticing. but then it actually started using my own mouse while I was using it lol

high_byte··on Moving beyond fork() + exec()
all this for 2%
high_byte··on Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
you vill use ze ai und you vill love it
high_byte··on I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left
similar thing happened to me. I'm not a heavy aws user but wanted to setup some s3 buckets few days ago but my account was suspended for the same reason

but unlike OP I just accepted this fate and moved away from aws :)

high_byte··on Ask HN: How do I get freelance developer jobs?
you could start by writing more about yourself than just the title
high_byte··on Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women: study
alternative title: 1/3 gambling ads now target women, massive increase
high_byte··on An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story
this is exactly the kind of vibe coding horror stories I asked for just few days ago :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707681

high_byte··on Tor Browser on Android leaks IP in desktop mode
did you report this?
high_byte··on Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
"The correct answer: not currently vulnerable, but the code is fragile and one refactor away from being exploitable."

absolutely. I see this pattern all the time when doing security audits - code that is nearly-vulnerable. I would mark these things as informational and recommend to harden them anyway, and any model would do a good job to do the same.

high_byte··on Ask HN: What is the best way to see what files are being read in Windows?
specifically procmon will probably be what you want
high_byte··on Ask HN: What is the best way to see what files are being read in Windows?
sysinternals
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