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progbits··on OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
Agreed it's not really good signal (many sampling biases) but user count is not relevant, most money is from heavy API users. 900M users with free or cheap subscription are nothing compared to even 10k heavy API users.

On the other hand, big users don't use openrouter. At $work we have our own routing logic.

progbits··on Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
Revocation lists can be distributed.
progbits··on Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
Ok sorry I guess I read too much into it.
progbits··on Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model
For corporate art it is. Nobody draws memphis out of passion.
progbits··on Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model
I'm seeing more and more AI video memes and they are getting really good. Still just bunch of short clips, long shots are not working well enough, but typical Hollywood movies have few second cuts anyway so this is almost good enough to make a marvel fanfic.
progbits··on Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
I don't like this way of putting it, it's good the github API makes this easy as that makes it an useful. Should not try to imply this should be restricted just because of some bad actors. It's just going to annoy legit users and the bad ones will scrape anyway.
progbits··on Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution
OK so make the warning more annoying. Have a security quiz. Cooldown period of one day to enable. Require unlock via adb connected to laptop.

There are alternative solutions if the true goal is maintaining user freedom while protecting dumb users. But that is not the true goal of the upcoming changes.

progbits··on Samsung Upcycle Promise
Batteries will be in bad shape.

Can we do 2010s phones with 2020s battery tech and modems please?

progbits··on I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer
He didn't add a clause, he replaced their entire declaration with a single clause of his choice. At least that is how I read it.
progbits··on Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf]
I can highly recommend buying these printed in the "bible style" binding with finger cutouts, ribbon bookmark and everything.

https://nostarch.com/gtfo3

progbits··on Show HN: Formally verified FPGA watchdog for AM broadcast in unmanned tunnels
> because automatically restarting a transmitter in an unmanned tunnel is not an acceptable failure mode

Why?

Also, surely they don't mean unmanned, who is listening to the AM emergency broadcast then?

progbits··on Show HN: CEL by Example
Yup, it's really a good fit for simple constraints eg in IAM systems. Give user X permission to do Y, but subject to some CEL expression like date comparison (auto-expiring grants), resource path prefix or similar.
progbits··on DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved
ISP DNS servers really ought to be banned, they are always so bad. I've seen traffic days later on a record with 1 hour TTL. In general I see like 50% traffic move after the initial 1-2x TTL interval, another 40-45% over next several hours up to one day, and then the last 5-1% can take forever.

For round-robin, I've actually had it work reasonably well for API usage. Of course it's not ideal, but when I wanted to roll out new things slowly over several days and could not use a load balancer or reverse proxy, it kind of worked. I think most API users are just running with a reasonable resolver and not residential ISP ones.

progbits··on Disrupting the largest residential proxy network
I'm surprised by the negative takes...

Yes, proxies are good. Ones which you pay for and which are running legitimately, with the knowledge (and compensation) of those who run them.

Malware in random apps running on your device without your knowledge is bad.

progbits··on Malicious skills targeting Claude Code and Moltbot users
Bad news is there are such morons in your company.

Good news is this is why we have IAM and why such people in my org don't get any production access.

progbits··on Malicious skills targeting Claude Code and Moltbot users
People say the reason nigerian prince scammers use such ridiculous story, or bank phishing has so many typos, is to pre-filter dumb and gullible people so the scammers don't waste time on targets that won't get scammed in the end.

All these AI "hacks" seem to be based on the same principle.

progbits··on Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after speaking out against ICE
Agreed.

Given the consistency and speed of flags though, I don't think #2 is just "organic" flagging.

progbits··on Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after speaking out against ICE
Cue the usual dang copypasta how there is no evidence of flag brigading, and how they "moderate less", and so on.
progbits··on Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water
The CO2 cycle is problematic because of timelines. We are releasing millions of years of CO2 accumulation.

Rain is more of a location problem. The evaporated water returns as rain quickly, but maybe somewhere else, such as over ocean. And the aquifer compresses and loses water retention ability.

progbits··on ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data
As a fellow non-american who also hates politics (us, home or other), pretending this doesn't affect you or the tech world is hopelessly naive.

I hate seeing these posts on HN. I hate not seeing them / getting flagged more.

progbits··on Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet
Usually yes, but it depends: https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2016-11-01-gpon-ftth-networ...

Also the authentication might rely on weak secrets. I know my ISP provided FTTH router has a six letter password and a guessable username (derived from my last name), and I can't change either.

Though the research is quite old now. Couldn't find anything recent specifically for DT.

progbits··on Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet
They most likely use GPON so the optic is going to see return traffic for your neighbors. So they make it hard (but not impossible) to bring your own optic or media converter.
progbits··on European Alternatives
What does that have to do with registrar?

You are talking about DNS zone hosting which can be separate. And I always prefer to keep it that way.

progbits··on There is no comfortable reading position
I just wish to enjoy my favorite hobby without making my constant back pain even worse :(
progbits··on There is no comfortable reading position
What page turner do you use?
progbits··on There is no comfortable reading position
Kindle makes this easier. I read lying in bed, on my side, same as if I was sleeping, and prop the kindle against a second pillow.

This doesn't work with a paper book as you would have to flip between sides and keep holding it open.

The only thing I would like to improve is to have some small remote to flip pages, so my hands could be in more comfortable position and not have to touch the kindle.

progbits··on Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup
I know but it's not as convenient if you have to keep scrolling through revisions.
progbits··on Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup
The Sanderson wiki [1] has a time-travel feature where you read a snapshot just before a publication of a book, ensuring no spoilers.

I would like a similar pre-LLM Wikipedia snapshot. Sometimes I would prefer potentially stale or incomplete info rather than have to wade through slop.

1: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Welcome

progbits··on 6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
I mean if it's not routable how do you want to prove ownership in a way nobody else can? Just make a domain name.
progbits··on Apple is fighting for TSMC capacity as Nvidia takes center stage
Not to use them excessively. Good human writing has variety and style. AI articles are the same boring template, doesn't matter if it's emdash or not.
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