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Re:iPhone Cameras Are Good on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @02:49AM (#44731482)
In 2021, Samsung introduced a feature called Moon Mode that, without the user's knowledge, substituted an artificial intelligence image of the moon for a moon photo.

Moon-gate: Samsung fans are mad about AI-processed photos of the moon : https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/samsung-says-it-adds...)

Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:55AM (#39154164)
They are reserved for Testing, & Documentation Examples.

You should not used them in production.

Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:18AM (#38301252)
> Signal spends around $2.8 million dollars per year on bandwidth to support sending messages and files (such as photos, videos, voice notes, documents, etc.) [...] At current traffic levels, the amount of outbound bandwidth that is required to support Signal voice and video calls is around 20 petabytes per year (that’s 20 million gigabytes) which costs around $1.7 million dollars per year in bandwidth fees just for calling, and that figure doesn’t include the development costs associated with hiring experienced engineers to maintain our calling software, or the cost of the necessary server infrastructure to support those calls.

20 petabytes per year is around 5000 Mbps only for audio and video calling. So 5000 HD video calls all year round.

Signal is known for the large bandwidth needed for calling but that sounds too much and not really scalable in the future.

Re:Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:54PM (#37784760)
Really nice idea and superb website, thank you. I wish we could submit without register though.