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pl4nty··on I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it
in my country, copying source code is definitely theft and is contractually enforced. but reproducing similar concepts/architectures from memory happens often
pl4nty··on OpenTelemetry in 2023
How does this compare to the OTel Operator feature-wise? I'm loving auto-instrumentation with Grafana Cloud, but operator config is painful and I've hit (and helped fix) a lot of bugs
pl4nty··on ChatGPT Enterprise
the name was confusing, it'll be back soon under a different name
pl4nty··on Slack’s migration to a cellular architecture
> This is unique compared to Microsoft

Azure doesn't guarantee distance between zones, but they aim for 483km. So they can provide better isolation at the cost of higher inter-AZ latency. Depends on the region - you'd need an internal contact (and/or NDA?) to get approx numbers

pl4nty··on Slack’s migration to a cellular architecture
Azure's zones are "physically separate", but it's unclear whether zones could be in the same building. Especially since they don't guarantee distance between zones - they just aim for 300mi (483km)
pl4nty··on PhotoPrism: AI-powered photos app for the decentralized web
Immich is very much alpha, that's why there are warning banners all over their docs. But at least it's in development - the single PhotoPrism dev rarely accepts PRs, so it hasn't had significant new features in ages
pl4nty··on Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
I play ToTK on an emulator at 60fps ultrawide, and the experience is night and day vs the Switch. Definitely an incredible game but I think the Switch is its biggest flaw
pl4nty··on Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
Sure graphics gives diminishing returns, but I've played ToTK @ 60fps on an emulator. It's significantly better than a Switch @ 30fps, and personally I think the Switch's hardware is ToTK's biggest flaw
pl4nty··on Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices
David Weston was very involved in the TPM decision, and spoke about it here: https://youtu.be/8T6ClX-y2AE

After msft's experiences with Win10, they decided Windows wouldn't become more secure unless they enabled features by default. And the majority of high-impact features depend on a TPM.

I'd argue that home users do need these features in the current security environment. TPMs have been required in new devices since 2016, so people are more likely to have thrown out incompatible devices already (CPU/RAM if not disk)

pl4nty··on Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?
As much as I love OIDC, it still doesn't handle out-of-band client registration
pl4nty··on Windows on Btrfs
The defacto website for downloading bundles (rg-adguard) is closed-source and hosted alongside questionable content, so I run an OSS version here: https://msft-store.tplant.com.au/
pl4nty··on Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowledge?
In the real world, this may not hold for niche knowledge streams (eg theoretical CS). 21-year-olds growing up in the 21st century can optimise far better than 31-year-olds, with far better availability of specialist knowledge from a much earlier age
pl4nty··on First in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot
Remote Attestation (DHA) is enabled by default with Microsoft's mobile device management product (Intune), so it's likely rolled out to a good number of enterprise customers. Not sure how many use DHA for access control though, and Intune doesn't support servers.
pl4nty··on Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?
Windows struggles with feature adoption though. Win11 helped with the TPM requirement and features on by default, but MSIX apps are still underrepresented so userspace sandboxing is weaker. Windows virtualization-based security is great though, imo it's a significant advantage over Android
pl4nty··on Interviews with makers of high-end mechanical keyboards
Enjoy! I use https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ and https://old.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/ for example layouts/designs, but be warned - it's quite a rabbit hole
pl4nty··on Interviews with makers of high-end mechanical keyboards
Not necessarily - I could say the same about regular keyboards not supporting layers/chords...
pl4nty··on Interviews with makers of high-end mechanical keyboards
Both exist! Macros are a really common intro to custom mechs, since they're much easier than a full board, but off-the-shelf bluetooth is limited to the nice!nano currently.

This board with movable keys isn't particularly expensive relative to other boards, but I haven't heard of any custom designs: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32955084832.html

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