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karthikshan··on 16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world Rust compile
They're already selling a 13" MBP with this chip and a fan to reduce throttling
karthikshan··on Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
Does this mean they don't get paid out for the remainder of their contract? These streamers took a massive brand hit by leaving twitch for so long...
karthikshan··on Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle HEIC images
If they didn't have to retake the test they would have 0 stress because they'd be done, so you can't really claim there's less stress. Also many students likely already crammed enough knowledge into their heads for when they took the original test, and are now forced to retain all of this for multiple weeks, i.e they have to put in a lot more effort studying for little to no improvement in score (yes students cram for tests and don't retain information, that's just how testing works)
karthikshan··on Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Manning

tl;dr she was a whistleblower facing the wrath of the people she outed

karthikshan··on Indian startups have raised a record $11.3B this year
If you adjust the funding for PPP you have to adjust GDP too :P
karthikshan··on How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript
Often the reason is as simple as "This file I'm adding to is in coffeescript and I don't want to convert it right now"
karthikshan··on MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan
A Certificate Authority is an entity that verifies the identity of websites for your browser. There are only a few CA's in the world and their integrity is crucial because of how your browser trusts them. By making users install a government-issued CA, and also controlling their internet provider, the Kazakh government can pretend to be any website and therefore see all HTTPS traffic from the affected users.
karthikshan··on Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Yes because the government would want Facebook to store user passwords. But only some of them, specifically facebook lite users, you know, the users that can't even afford a modern phone and reasonable internet. And they would want to use the passwords directly, instead of having some other backdoor for getting data from these accounts, so that way the users they spy on can see that they're being spied on because of the suspicious logins using their password. You've cracked the case =)
karthikshan··on Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
The article doesn't claim that passwords from 2012 are viewable today, just that they have been storing them in plaintext since 2012.
karthikshan··on Public protest against Amazon
yes
karthikshan··on Public protest against Amazon
How is making negative generalizations about people from a specific country not racist?
karthikshan··on Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
I think triplebyte's commission is 25% of first year salary, but that doesn't mean the people behind triplebyte are solely motivated by larger commissions.
karthikshan··on Non-Consensual Intimate Image Pilot
That's an interesting idea, but might break whatever hashing method is used?
karthikshan··on Non-Consensual Intimate Image Pilot
It's probably infeasible to run that type of filter in-path during uploads without adding too much latency to posting, wheras the hashing approach is much less expensive. AI filters likely take down images after they've already been posted