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katbyte··on MicroZig to Adopt Strict No LLM / No AI Policy
I think normal people would, couple projects I needed features added/bugs fixed and checked first if there were ai rules, there was, so instead of opening a pr just forked fixed and use my fork now. Not a big deal.
katbyte··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
Wait for real.. for real! https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/28/illuminated-logo-return...

I was gonna get it for the oled (also don’t care about touch screen) but now it’s also for the glowing logo!

katbyte··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
I had one a decade or so ago and I did use it because it was there, sometimes. But it’s not a feature I would ever go out of my way to get or pay extra for - the only thing I was looking forward to here is the oled so guess I’ll find out if I will use it.
katbyte··on Two high-speed trains collide near Toledo, Spain
I am aware, iirc the rate doubled after covid with most being self harm which is why the platform door discussion has started again. Primarily to prevent suicides and the resulting system shutdowns as the number of unintentional major injuries or deaths has been pretty low over its 40 years of no drivers or attendants and being the 4th busiest in canada/usa. The two new lines currently under construction right now will also not have platform doors.

So despite being fully automated is comparable with most other major metros/train systems that have a driver/attendant with the only metro's performing significantly better being the ones with platform doors - hence my comment of asking "why is an attendant needed for automation?" when it doesn't significantly improve safety in the same way doors would.

in the end we still may not end up with platform doors even thou the study can proceed now as the cost will be astronomical and always with safety systems there might not be the appetite for it.

katbyte··on Valve Responds to Developers Fearing AI Slop and Clones
Apparently arc silos players based on aggression so if you don’t engage in pvp it puts you with other players who don’t and if you do with those who do

https://arcraiders.com/news/notes-on-the-matchmaking-system

Some people really like it, some do not (I don’t play just have some friends who enjoy it)

katbyte··on New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
SSDs are a more common failure point, as is theft or loss or damage.

The point is it shouldn’t matter if the cpu or ssd dies because you have backed up everything already and are prepared for anything to fail or happen to the device rather then “oh the ssd is removable so in these select few situations I can recover my data”

katbyte··on New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
Hard drives failing is a far more common problem in my experience. As is theft and loss - one should always treat a laptop as if it will fail at any moment and keep good backups.

If your looking for arguments against soldered storage the facts ssds are wear items and will eventually need replacement is a much better one.

katbyte··on Two high-speed trains collide near Toledo, Spain
> They still need a person on board to be sure that nobody is stuck in the doors or wedged between the train and platform before the train starts moving.

Why do they need someone?

Skytain in Vancouver is fully automated and driverless with no attendant on board. Grade separated, doors automatically close, and there are sensors that trigger if someone enters the guideway.

katbyte··on Two high-speed trains collide near Toledo, Spain
The railroads in the USA were trying to push back and delay improvements to automated safety systems until the 2015 Amtrak 188 crash https://youtu.be/-mzaavmtT9M

Only was finally fully rolled out in I think 2020 5 years after the accident.

Delaying/avoiding spending money on safety seems to be common around the world.

katbyte··on The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand
Most of the ones (for cnc and sheet metal at least) I’ve used do an estimate while you poke around and select options and then you send it for a final validation and quote.
katbyte··on New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
you should be backing up all devices with removable storage or not, SSDs can also die without warning.
katbyte··on One Must Fall 2097 Remastered
I know we got a lot of demo discs that were the start of games. Brother and I played episode one of doom so many times know it by heart don’t remember the rest of the game. Same for duke 3d
katbyte··on Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
No but if you have specific asks like “make this resizable” “I should be able to drag and drop to combine” or “add a button on the top right to close” it’s quite good at directed changes
katbyte··on The August 17 outage, and the work ahead
I use jetbrains editors, but mostly goland which might be more stable then others

I recently tried zed but it ddos’d my nas over an smb share lol

katbyte··on Devtools must be open source
Opportunity for gh

“Here is my pr I attach x$ payable when it is merged” and allow me to add $ to other prs.

I have been waiting year + for multiple feature in some projects that have open prs and for one I would easily bid 100-200$

katbyte··on Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
mRNA vaccines and testing of them have been around far longer then 2020
katbyte··on Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
I’m pretty sure it was lost via billions spent on a sustained propaganda campaign no country was willing to stand up to.
katbyte··on Google Hits 50% IPv6
Home networks are usually, nearly always, not run by anyone who is capable of “paying attention to the rest of their security controls”
katbyte··on Google Hits 50% IPv6
I wouldn’t want a public ip for all the devices and computers on my home network either. Seems like a huge security risk.
katbyte··on Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes
You do realize there are many people, especially younger folk, who will never have played or seen the media listed? And if they did not even noticed the symbol?

I’m older and have and I didn’t even know there was a special Nazi skull symbol while I do know about many of their other symbols.

katbyte··on Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau
Maybe an example that isn’t almost 100 years old ?
katbyte··on IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
Yep local police partnered with them causing local SAR to go “don’t use it”

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/whistler-search...

https://globalnews.ca/news/8258671/north-shore-rescue-what3w...

Basically the company wants to make money off it so are pushing it and it’s problematic due to it being less easy to use then standard gps cords, words sound the same, and most people have no idea what it is (and nor should they learn lat long)

katbyte··on IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
The company pushes it hard and some fall for the marketing

But locally here most SAR teams are against it

https://globalnews.ca/news/8258671/north-shore-rescue-what3w...

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/whistler-search...

katbyte··on IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember
what3words Is terrible and search and rescue teams are actively against people using it.
katbyte··on VSCode rebrands as "The open source AI code editor"
Notepad++?

It’s been a while since I used it, but it’s one of the few things I miss on osx

katbyte··on Meow.camera
No just that factory farming animals maybe shouldn’t be allowed. I have no problem with eating free range animals that live outside and are humanly treated and slaughtered even if the price goes up. I do have a problem with animal abuse which factory farming is.
katbyte··on Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society
Also it could do with some regulation banning people who win to much shouldn’t be allowed
katbyte··on Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society
Seems like an easy solution is just to ban them from banning winners.

Regulate them

katbyte··on AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions
It’s like the difference between someone who can search the internet or codebase well bs someone who can’t

Using search engines is a skill

katbyte··on The story behind Caesar salad
There are different kinds - the one I make is primarily oil raw egg lemon
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