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hulitu··on Write your own Wayland compositor: Rendering windows
> A note on the version, we’re using number 6 even when the latest version is number 7 because wlroots-0.19 does not come with support for number 7. At the time of writing, wlroots-0.20 is already available with support for the latest version. I have not checked it out, it may work out of the box but you may have to do some investigation on your own to see if anything has changed in the code we’re using here.

No comment.

hulitu··on Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam
Microsoft really needs help to fix bugs in Win 11. /s
hulitu··on First known cyberattack on Swiss food refrigeration system
> several weeks

So few time. Approval processes can take a lot of time.

hulitu··on Ask HN: What are forgotten topics in computing that deserve a new revisit?
GUIs, quality, digital garbage: every version of a program is incompatible with the one before and require a new toochain to build and run, bloat
hulitu··on MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
They didn't get the right roundness from the first time. /s
hulitu··on MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Did you noticed the round buttons lately ?
hulitu··on MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Every program which has telemetry can. And web browsers.
hulitu··on WiCi: Connecting GPUs over WiFi
Nah. They are working on GPUs connected over RS-232
hulitu··on Apple opens the door to a nightmare world of always-listening tech
> I interpreted as Apple doesn’t have the incentive to spy on you as other companies do

Just read the TOS.

hulitu··on Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
> without any tangible benefit...

Maybe for you. Regards, the < insert your favourite 3 letter agency here > /s

hulitu··on Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
Ever seen a Microsoft product that doesn't suck ? They are still working on the Microsoft ™ Vacuum Cleaner. /s
hulitu··on Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
> $500,000 is barely a blip on your budget sheet

Famous last words.

hulitu··on WTF Ubuntu?
Increased safety with Rust utilities. /s
hulitu··on What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on
In the Rust compiler, yes. In reality, no. /s
hulitu··on What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on
They are too busy killing themselves and extracting every dollar from their fellow "human beings".
hulitu··on Altman says 'quite terrible' for your PCs to have RAM
> Altman says 'quite terrible' for your PCs to have RAM

Intelligence runs after him, but he is faster. /s

hulitu··on Why big tech stopped building useful stuff
> Big tech built AI which is probably the most important technology since internet

It is only important for 3 letter agencies because they also get your frustrations and they can give you answers.

hulitu··on Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite legacy code
> Yeah - code rewrites are generally a thing to be avoided

Ha, Ha. Tell that to Gnome or KDE teams.

hulitu··on Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite legacy code
Because Rust is better than C. /s
hulitu··on Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite legacy code
This is only because people disable telemetry and online accounts.
hulitu··on Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'
> I don't understand how OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft ... get to do this

They wrote the law to serve them. They will modify the law to serve them. It is funny how some people are more equal than others.

hulitu··on Casio Watches of the 1980s
The chinese clones were more interesting. You had 7 songs to choose from.
hulitu··on French digital tax may kill VideoLan non-profit
> A GTA 6 download is estimated to be 210 GB. Under this law the publisher or storefront will have to pay an extra 11.5 EUR per copy in tax.

Maybe this would teach the publisher some "computer science". /s

hulitu··on 'Elite North Korean hackers' blamed for $6.3B Binance hack
They teach that in schools. /s
hulitu··on Trump and aides helped Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil amid criminal investigations
> Trump and aides

I mean CIA has nothing, i mean nothing to do with it. /s

hulitu··on Websites Should Be Printable
> If a browser can show it on a screen, in fact screens of many sizes, it should be able to render to a printer. With perfect fidelity. It frustrates me to no end this isn't the case.

Software is hard. Rounding corners is easier.

hulitu··on NATO Defeated Serbia in a 78-Day Air War
Truly an achievent. /s

NATO also partitioned Yugoslavia and then "anexed" some of it in a 10-15 years war.

hulitu··on Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth
> downloads that Just Work without patching

Then why do you need Automatic Updates ? If it works, don't fix it. /s

hulitu··on Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
> It's interesting that the current AI revolution began with transformers that came out of Google who was trying to apply AI to search, and now that seems to be the an unpopular use for it.

It is because it is crap. When i search for "Wombat" i want the animal or the program. Not a page containing the word. Not a squirrel that looks like a wombat.

hulitu··on Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible
> and now it never does.

For you. Sometimes one needs to restart the zombie Windows. (Graphics problems, file access problems)

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