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ranguna··on Make some art with your phone sensors
Everything works expect the drums
ranguna··on Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Only for windows, and maybe mac
ranguna··on Make some art with your phone sensors
Same, also on a pixel
ranguna··on GrapheneOS: The Linux kernel is a fundamentally anti-security project
Wow that's a hard take if I've read one
ranguna··on An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
Yeah I wasn't clear with "the author is right", I think they are right to be frustrated, but that doesn't clear their own fault in the matter It's just that it wasn't their fault alone.

This is not a polarizing issue, it's not just the authors fault, or cursors fault, or society's fault. It's everyone's, and we all got something to learn from this.

ranguna··on An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
Impossible?

You just have to add a human in the loop for destructive calls. Add an additional TOTP parameter to destructive calls that's generated from the agent UI that requires a human to click a button, which generates a code that's sent to the model and used in the call.

Why do you think this is impossible?

ranguna··on BYD Seal 08 debuts with Blade Battery 2.0: 1,000km range, 5-min charging, 684hp
How much will it cost in Europe and how did they manage to fit so much energy into their battery pack?
ranguna··on An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
I get what your saying, but this is resonating with me and making me feel for the author:

Cursor: we have top notch safeguards for destructive operations, you have our guarantee, we are the best

Author: uses their tools expecting their guarantees to be true (I would expect them to have a confirmation before destructive operation outside their prompt, as a coded system guardrail)

Cursor AI: Does destructive operation without asking

Author: feels betrayed.

So yeah, I think the author is right because they trusted Cursor to have better system guardrails, they didn't (agents shouldn't be able to delete a volume without having a meta-guardrail outside the prompt). Now the author knows and so do we: even if companies say they have good guardrails, never trust them. If it's not your code, you have no guarantees.

ranguna··on Sauna effect on heart rate
Strong conclusion that the hardware is precisely imperfect?
ranguna··on DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
Single Board Computer
ranguna··on Kona EV Hacking
In Europe, sometimes it's just kWh, other times it's kWh and time. After charging is done, it's just time.
ranguna··on Daily Driving GrapheneOS
Sure, if you are ok walking around with a card. I've been "walletless" for the past 6 years or so, and I don't want to go back.

Leaving and coming back home and only have to mentally track one object that I can't forget is great. If it breaks, I'll temporarily use cards or physical money until I get a new phone and install everything again.

"Use a card" is not really a good alternative for those that prefer not to use them. Sure it works for you, but not everyone has your preferences of walking around with a wallet.

ranguna··on Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage
Extended battery life?
ranguna··on Daily Driving GrapheneOS
You can pay with a card on your phone? I mean, sure, if you are buying something online. Not with contactless I think
ranguna··on Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative
Will it have USB C with DisplayPort alt mode?
ranguna··on Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage
Strange comparison. If you just call, text and check on bank apps, then the market is not for you. Just buy a used phone from 10 years ago.

It's like saying why should you get a new gaming laptop to replace your 6 year old current gaming laptop, when all you do is office work. If all you do is office work, why buy a gaming laptop at all? Just use a standard okish smartphone or tablet.

ranguna··on Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents
Already on open router, prices seem quite nice.

https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.5-plus-02-15

ranguna··on EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
Source?

Also, you probably meant to say "developed" countries and not "first world".

ranguna··on EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
If this was the US, yeah I'd agree with you, but it's not. EU values the spirit of the law, which changes things drastically. Before anyone comments otherwise, please search online what spirit of the law is and how it's different from the US (I want to avoid fast answers here, enable your "thinking" functionality before answering).
ranguna··on I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
K2.5 said I should walk, then I asked it where my car was:

Ha! Good catch — you definitely got me there.

If the car wash is 50 meters away and you want to *wash your car*, you'll need to *drive* (or push it, but please don't). You can't wash the car if you walk there without it!

So to correct my previous advice: *Drive the 50 meters.* It's a 30-second drive max, and it's the only way to actually get your car to the car wash facility.

Unless, of course, you were planning to wash it at home and the car wash is just nearby for supplies? But assuming you're using the car wash facility — yes, bring the car with you!

ranguna··on Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10M
Good for them, I hope the vote will reflect everyone's wishes.
ranguna··on The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
You're right!

But we're still short on 26%

ranguna··on The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
That last sentence is actually a good take imo.
ranguna··on The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
I still feel like I'll get more benefit in reselling canned beans.
ranguna··on EU finds the AI assistant in WhatsApp violating anti trust
Awesome, thank you very much!
ranguna··on Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
Is it really not?

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/faqs/html/ecb.fa...

It says they'll have offline transactions, if they have that, then you can probably make those "offline" transactions from Kms away from the receiver. We'll see how things evolve, I'm still not convinced that wero will have any use once the digital euro arrives.

ranguna··on The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline
I live to be happy, but you do you.
ranguna··on Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
Why would anyone use wero when the digital euro gets released?

The article briefly touches this point but dismisses it saying wero and the digital euro complement each other, but doesn't go into detail on how. I see no point in a privately run digital currency when we can have a public one. I guess whichever has good privacy, reliability, ease of use and speed will win.

ranguna··on EU finds the AI assistant in WhatsApp violating anti trust
Actual link: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...

@dang can we replace this again?

ranguna··on The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
So you mean I should buy EU"s 2% gross bonds?

That will be worth nothing when food increases by 10%. I'd rather lose the 1 point something net percent than do the song and dance of buying bonds.

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