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kritr··on Nadella tells a court that Bing is worse than Google – and Apple could fix it
Having switched to both Bing and DuckDuckGo as defaults and then developing the subtle habit of searching via Google.com rather than my browser’s search bar, I think I’d have to disagree.

For whatever new niche of programming concepts I’m looking into, google generally outperforms Bing at finding relevant pages.

kritr··on Remote work requires communicating more, but less frequently
I think if you have a good mentor or guide in a space where there might be a proprietary system, it’s a lot easier to start being able to do those deep dives. I found that when people were able to explain the larger context for the question I was asking, I would be able to move along faster and deep dive, but with brief answers that didn’t really go beyond my surface level questions, I ended up having to ask a lot more questions, sometimes finding certain information was never documented.
kritr··on We replaced Firecracker with QEMU
I believe we do this on Windows for Windows Sandbox. It works well but you will take a hit on performance to do the block resolution compared to always paging into physical memory.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati...

kritr··on With plugins, GPT-4 posts GitHub issue without being instructed to
Can’t wait till the expedia plugin ”accidentally” books my flights. But on a more serious note, does anyone know if the chatgpt plugin model forces it to confirm with the user before it hits a certain endpoint?
kritr··on TSMC Expected to Charge $25,000 per 2nm Wafer
Isn’t that already available on Windows?
kritr··on Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset is finally here
Looks like they’re using magnetically attached prescription lenses.
kritr··on The QR-code menu is being shown the door
While less than ideal, you could always re-encode the tags right?
kritr··on The QR-code menu is being shown the door
I wish more restaurants used an NFC tag encoded with an image / svg, instead of downloading it over the web. This was I wouldn’t have the initial issue of haphazardly attempting to scan the QR code, and no delays having to wait for spotty LTE to resolve itself. Not sure about the logistics here as far as how much data NFC tags hold.
kritr··on Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news
I actually liked this a lot more than I thought I would. I would say I’m pretty averse to clicking on sensational titles, but that definitely leads me to not click on articles that may have contained useful information. This actually makes me comfortable reading about politics and issues that are otherwise overdramaticized and gives me the opportunity to objectively filter what I want to read.
kritr··on Inmates in a Brazil prison shorten their sentences by writing book reviews
Looks like around 8.4% of prisons were private in the US in 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison

kritr··on Windows Sandbox
Developer on Sandbox here, if you were still interested in using sandbox for this, I’d love to hear more about the scenario you were working on and what roadblocks you hit.

Feel free to reach out (krithikrao at microsoft dot com).

kritr··on Windows Sandbox
That would be correct! If you need a full windows os to test updates with, I’d recommend a standard vm.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
You can configure this behavior via wsb configuration files as mentioned in other comments on this thread.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
You are correct that this is one of the limitations of Sandbox today, and we are aware of the feedback on this. I believe you should be able to install other anti virus software, but at least today unfortunately Defender isn’t part of Sandbox.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
At least on Windows, Hyper-V isolated containers are also a supported feature, which should also ensure kernel isolation. I assume Kata containers or any other virtualization backed solution would give you similar guarantees.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
Docker does support launching Windows containers both local and Hyper-V backed. Windows has a feature called Silos which allows linux style isolation.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
It is a Hyper-V backed VA backed VM. It shared memory with the host in the same fashion that WSL does, as opposed to carving out physical memory. We have some additional optimizations to make it snappier than running a full vm.
kritr··on Windows Sandbox
It’s enough to install software that needs restarts, but not for use cases where you need the sandbox across host reboots.
kritr··on Launch HN: Baseplate (YC W23) – Back end-as-a-service for LLM apps
https://dopplerai.com/ is what I think the OP was referring to, if anyone else tried clicking.
kritr··on Launch HN: Vocode (YC W23) – Library for voice conversation with LLMs
I can’t actually seem to find this with the search term “Vocode”.
kritr··on Ask HN: What Stack/language/technology should one learn for employment?
On the contrary, I interviewed for multiple companies for C++ roles in Python, so your mileage may vary.
kritr··on Autonomous tech boom darling Embark goes belly-up, lays off hundreds
At least from my recollection, commercial rail has an incredibly high amount of regulation and union involvement. Which means a minimum 2 person onboard requirement. I can’t imagine it being an easy market to break into, despite all the technology being there. Wabtec, the locomotive giant, today has TripOptimizer which is smart cruise control, which might be all you really need for most situations. Barring release of sand and operation in the rail yard.
kritr··on Sloth – A Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, etc.
Sysinternal’s Process Explorer might be what you’re looking for. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pro...
kritr··on Tamagui 1.0 – Cross-platform React apps in less time, with better performance
It might be good to explicitly disclose in your post that you are affiliated with Capacitor/Ionic.
kritr··on Tamagui 1.0 – Cross-platform React apps in less time, with better performance
I played around with all the UI components and they’re pretty nice, my only issue is the slider is pretty unresponsive on iOS 16.1 Safari (iPhone 13 Pro).
kritr··on Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?
Things that I would like if I was moving out and getting setup. Not particularly CS degree / job focused, but I would hope either interesting or useful.

- A nice ubiquiti access point (wifi router).

- Smart lightbulbs (nanoleaf) / other cool home automation.

- A nice mouse/keyboard (but this is very much personal preference)

- A good waterbottle / fun coffee mug (can never be too hydrated)

- Basic home fitness equipment (yoga mat/exercise wheel/etc) if they work from home

- Balance board if they use a standing desk

I would personally not do something learning related. Companies usually sponsor pluralsight / oreilly memberships.

kritr··on Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
If I’ve interpreted this correctly and this isn’t sarcasm, there is a Setting under Settings>General>Keyboard named [”.” shortcut”], that should disable this behavior.
kritr··on Kanban Board for the Command Line
I use taskell just for the vim keybindings :) Simple and renders to markdown lists.
kritr··on macOS Subsystem for Linux
To add to this a little bit. There is deeper host side integration for these applications and the VM’s are virtual address backed (the guest vm’s memory is represented as a process on the host), which adds more opportunities to free up physical memory. The windows sandbox architecture page covers some of this.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pr...

Also WSL2, if I recall correctly, has a relatively minimal base OS with a custom init binary.

I would say if you’re looking to use Host Compute Service, your best option would be to look at the way https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim initializes containers.

kritr··on Delayed Messages on iOS
This is a really fun feature. I used this to make automatic birthday messages based on the birthday’s calendar.

Since the contacts app syncs with the birthday calendar, it’s easy enough to map names to phone numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXL1S4MnyE

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