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Apple published an article about the design of those servers in 2024. Custom hw with a custom OS.

https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

Why do they need an excuse to award shares? The fund he is part of has apparently invested over $500m in Polymarket.

If you are referring to Polymarket, it's an advisory board, not a board of directors. Big difference.

The OP was asking about providers that have banned Gen AI. Fastly is definitely not that provider.

Fastmail uses AI extensively for support and announced an MCP server earlier this year. Their CTO has also posted about using Claude for patches.

https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/16278789555215-A...

https://www.fastmail.com/blog/an-mcp-server-for-fastmail/

Interested to learn more about the Missileer device listed on the site...

How would we know such a society is possible? There's zero proof of that to date. Errors and inevitable catastrophes are part of the cost of a highly complex technically advanced society run by humans.

Apple skirt around the issue now, but what is the one of primary scenarios for "lost luggage, keys, bicycles, bags" if not theft?

They have also done videos like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJwdhWM9d0Y where they show Find My as a tool for theft prevention, although in that case it's a Macbook not an Airtag.

dawnproject.com is a well known Tesla critic with commercial ties to Mobileye, a Tesla competitor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/11/tesla-s...

Yes, within about 30 minutes. They are basically useless for theft prevention as a result. Apple nerfed the functionality after someone used it for stalking. You'll notice there is no mention of theft prevention in the marketing materials anymore.

Apple even provide a handy Android app for locating them.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac...

Brave outperforms Firefox on the EFF fingerprinting test at https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Using Brave EFF reports that I have a randomized fingerprint.

Using Firefox or Edge EFF reports I have a unique fingerprint

Yes, I read this report and came to the same conclusion. What did they expect when they opened Youtube for example? Also, there was no implication that the ATA transmitted was any different than what you'd see in a regular browser e.g. the automotive companies aren't sending additional data when you open Youtube in your car.

They are serviceable in the sense that you simply replace them when they fail. Given that they cost so little now and have a service life of decades, it's more cost effective than a traditional fixture. Older fixtures with LEDs jammed into them were always an interim solution, and more prone to failure simply because of the design.

I spent the weekend trying Deepseek 4 Pro on a Linux porting project and it led me down a complete rabbit hole where Linux wouldn't even boot by the end of the weekend. Waste of $120. Switched back to GPT 6 on Monday and Linux is booting again and I'm making progress.

The only thing I've found Deepseek and Kimi good for are security tasks that GPT refuses to do.

This is a summary of what Deepseek did and got wrong:

Lost the proven baseline: changed kernel source, configuration, compiler, RAM geometry, MMC width, and peripherals together. Matching an upstream commit did not preserve local boot fixes, making failures difficult to isolate. Misidentified an image: a file labelled “r18-known-good” actually contained the r23 parent bootloader. Filename-based reasoning replaced verification of the artifact’s identity and provenance. Shipped inconsistent boot contracts: flash-16b’s loader read too few kernel blocks. Fresh2 changed the device tree without updating the loader’s expected length and CRC, creating deterministic rejection before normal Linux handoff. Patched binaries without maintaining reproducible source: loader constants diverged from source, a separately compiled cache-flush length remained stale, and assembly used an oversized stage-two slot. Their causal contribution to hangs was not established. Overstated diagnosis: claimed failures were definitively in U-Boot, blamed compiler or IPU changes without controlled isolation, converted noisy observations into confirmed hangs, and neglected persistent journals as an alternative explanation. Mistook compilation for integration: framebuffer registration was incomplete, timing success handling was inverted, BT.656 selection was unreachable, encoder overrides were missing, and audio lacked software clock configuration. Misread hardware evidence: asserted interrupt-free PMIC operation, assigned RF to the wrong SPI controller, confused regulator identifiers with register addresses, and described repeated encoder writes as unique registers. Overclaimed results: treated kernel/probe indications as userspace success, presented earlier discoveries as new progress, and omitted failed flashing attempts from the final narrative.

I enjoyed this article because I've lived this story before and it's bemusing to be on the wrong side of a vendors distribution strategy.

But it was the "Steve from Dell" revelation at the end that absolutely killed me!

You are incorrect about this law being "simple". For a start it requires three years of mandatory recordkeeping with an automatic presumption of violation for inadequate records. Forget to save a copy of that ad you ran on Facebook three years ago for your rental? Tough luck, you owe the tenant $4000 plus their attorney fees.

The city also added a private right of action so this law will be weaponized by attorneys with a profit motive, the same way the ADA has been.

Seattle is free to pass whatever laws they wish but they can't do so and then complain about a lack of homes for rent in the city. This hits families who want to rent a home much harder than single people or couples who tend to rent apartments.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/where-seattle...

Seattle's push to add additional regulation, compliance, fees and inspections has resulted in an exodus of small landlords, which are down anywhere from 19% to 22% in four years depending on how you slice it, and an explosion in large landlords which are up 77% in the same period.

The city has basically consolidated the rental market so it works best for large corporations. Was that the intent?

An incredible show and such a creative vision of a future that alas never came to pass.

The conspiratorial angles and the continued mystery around the aliens were engrossing. Add terrifying episodes like "A Question of Priorities" and UFO probably scarred a generation of kids for life.

The Andersons created it as a show for adult audiences which explains the dark storylines and sexy outfits, but somehow it ended up being slotted in children's viewing hours!

Why doesn't Chromium let me turn this 'feature' off?

Blocking bank account numbers from being pasted is considered an error prevention measure. By forcing people to enter it manually at least once, you stop them from blindly pasting the wrong number twice.

There's no real regulation requiring blocking paste but it has become an annoying informal standard of sorts.

Cool project! I set up an e-ink frame with this recently as a gift and it's been so much fun creating themed collections.

https://github.com/defl/hokku_epaper

When given the choice between privacy and convenience, the great majority of consumers choose convenience over and over again.

I'm not sure what the solution is, but it's not going to be market based if you look at any recent trends. Interest in privacy is unfortunately a niche concern outside of places like HN.

Anyone who has tried to market a privacy oriented product knows what I am talking about.

FWIW, LG will connect to a public DNS and use encryption so a basic PiHole list doesn't help unless you combine it with firewall rules. See the caveats section of that Github link.

Testing that on ten phones is hardly evidence. I am skeptical that the approach described would be very useful for reliable fingerprinting.

IIRC Apple also specifically prohibits exporting device signals like boot time and available disk space, so that SDK would be in violation of their rules if the description is accurate.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/ap...

Great album and backstory. You can't really go wrong with anything he composed. Rest in peace Johann.

Disabling "advertising ID" on iOS makes it extremely difficult to reliably fingerprint phones. Apple doesn't allow SDKs which attempt to bypass this, so the app would have to have a first party auth of some type.

This is awesome! I just asked Hermes to deploy it for me at home and it's already listing some interesting birds.

Grayanotoxin is a neurotoxin with a lot of unpleasant side effects. It would make a terrible drug for high blood pressure.

I don't think all of the economic benefit stays in NYC even when you take a yellow cab. A significant share of NYC taxi medallions are owned by entities based outside the city. Marblegate Capital in Connecticut owns about 2,146 medallions—nearly 16% of all NYC taxi medallions. They make more profit off the medallion financing business than actually operating the taxis which is basically break-even AFAIK.

I installed Omarchy on an old laptop yesterday and was impressed with the smooth installation. The UI is definitely a different approach, I can see any developer who prefers the keyboard to the mouse would love it.

Good to see some innovation. Desktop Linux feels like it has been stalled for years and needs new ideas.

Also, having an AI to pre-flight compatibility issues and help with UEFI and BIOS configs makes life so much more pleasant.