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Re:Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:55PM (#49948567)
Just to add, some can identify Bluetooth signals, and I wouldn’t be surprised if identification via direct TPMS (tire pressure) is added eventually.
Re:When did Google get so f-ing weird? on Monday September 28, 2026 @02:59AM (#49874511)
I've had similar issues, but found the situation in some niche topics improved after I used Add Feedback -> AI-generated a bunch.
May Chris Cornell rest in peace. He should have seen this.
any details? considering this.
Re:Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux on Saturday May 16, 2026 @06:49PM (#48164455)
I remember using 98SE on a 256MB PII laptop for a good while. ME was less stable and 2000 was a bit difficult for some games or at least h
The accepted term is "source available".

Restrictions on usage type are not commonly accepted as open source by any community that I'm aware of.

Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:08AM (#46260898)
Good thing there’s headscale.
Re:The Anatomy of a macOS App on Sunday December 07, 2025 @10:17PM (#46187912)
Millions of Windows power users are accustomed to bypassing SmartScreen.

A macOS app distributed without a trusted signature will reach a far smaller audience, even of the proportionately smaller macOS user base, and that's largely due to deliberate design decisions by Apple in recent releases.

Re:Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z on Sunday November 30, 2025 @07:40PM (#46102078)
Only the root of the root filesystem is /

The point is that any filesystem can be chosen as the OS’s root.

The root of all other filesystems - there could be multiple per drive - is where you tell the filesystem to be mounted, or in your automounter’s special directory, usually /run/media, where it makes a unique serial or device path.

* clarity

Re:Claude Sonnet Will Ship in Xcode on Thursday August 28, 2025 @11:08PM (#45059698)
It's a nice sentiment. The companies with the integrations are the ones that could take it back, but they don't have the incentive to break legal agreements and share with the world.

Meanwhile the creative output of humanity is distilled into black boxes to benefit those who can scrape it the most and burn the most power, but this impact is distributed amongst everyone, so again there's little incentive among those who could create (likely legal) change.

Re:Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems on Thursday August 21, 2025 @10:17PM (#44980395)
DPO = Direct Preference Optimization, for anyone else.
Re:Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot on Sunday November 17, 2024 @11:20PM (#42169685)
this also clears out deeper OS rootkits if they could not achieve reboot persistence, which is not uncommon.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @11:37PM (#42073460)
You seem focused on the labor theory of value, and sidestep completely the entire idea of investors, or the entrepreneurial function they serve.

Advocate for higher taxes if you wish, but acknowledge that economics are not a zero-sum game and propose an alternative to savvy investment, unless you simply want to foment division or to upend modern capitalism entirely.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:51PM (#42073200)
This raises the lowest rung on the ladder, reduces the set of contracts that adults may consider or consent to, and can eliminate entire jobs and threaten entire sectors such as the old apprentice mechanic / gas station attendant and now fast food.
Re:GitHub cuts AI deals with Google, Anthropic on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @02:21PM (#41987735)
Liberians seem quite useful, then! I’ve never been to Africa myself.
What’s going to last longer than a mid-00s / early-10s Honda or Toyota?
The sweet spot has been 1996-2007 ish for a while.

OBD-II, electronic port fuel injection, decent crash structures and side airbags, often better suspension design, no DI carbon fouling, decent mileage. Cheap parts and nearly no remaining depreciation.

On some cars you can pull a fuse that goes to the cellular modem, like many Fords at least up to around ‘21-‘23.

On others you may need to physically remove the modem if the fuse is going to more components.

Not sure about GPS but yes, some cars lose features when you do this. Can’t believe automakers dropped remote start from the fob just to push people to pay for a monthly subscription.

Between this and vaxry’s ouster from freedesktop because his project’s Discord allowed crude and tasteless speech years ago, I’m wondering how many more projects will fracture or make some of their discussion channels private. I believe Free Software will survive social media, but it’s deeply troubling how quickly people insist that they can’t possibly work with someone who has differing politics or worldview in general, or how many actually go and seek out a hill to die on for their tribe. It seems the best policy It reminds me of the old Emo Phillips joke about the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council. You’ll find a reason to spurn anyone if you look closely enough, and it seems to fill a religion-shaped hole for some culture warriors. https://youtu.be/l3fAcxcxoZ8
My understanding is this was the official Discord for years until they distanced themselves from it last year. However, I don’t think there’s an official one, or at least not one that anybody uses.

The community manager blocking everyone on GitHub and X for quoting their founder’s words about not lumping people into groups or staying out of politik is not the same person as the Discord mod “xananax” who was dropping slurs in 2016.

Edit: 0x_rs summarizes events better than me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41701768

Had me until the end. I haven’t seen the friction? Let’s Encrypt and web 1.0 still work and domains are cheap. OpenBSD’s httpd is great for this job. You’ll exclude less people if you don’t require any features. You can still give your site out on big platforms or use a QR code. Users of open social networks can directly transfer value now, with KYC at the on and off-ramps. Telegram was closest to implementing it into a very large and permissive network with open clients, albeit centralized and closed servers, though we’ll see how Durov’s French situation develops now.
Re:Intel lost the Sony Playstation business to AMD on Monday September 16, 2024 @10:37PM (#41563481)
Great answer. Denuvo and other heavy anti-piracy tools are also sometimes used for releases on PCs which can seriously impact performance.
Re:Defend against vampires with 10 gbps network encryption on Friday September 13, 2024 @05:15PM (#41535204)
BusKill was created for this, USB with a magnetic attachment to a keyring that can be configured to take action on disconnect.
Cool - no worries. Pardon if that sounded like an accusation.
If we are to dehumanize career criminals, there are countless thugs, gangs, despots, governments, and militaries with far fewer scruples and a far worse legacy than the Hell’s Angels.

but the point is, dehumanization is anathema to civilized society.

Modern information access seems to have led to the sinking ship feeling, across many of the most prosperous countries, and so effectively that world wars, deadlier pandemics, and thermonuclear brinkmanship can scarcely compare.
Yep. Could be a big hit to GrapheneOS users. I wonder how Aurora Store will manage.
Scare quotes on people? I know I’m a bit sensitive to dehumanization, but really?
Don’t forget a physical handle to pull open the door.

I’d take a steam sensor as well.

Thanks to Technology Connections, great channel. Convinced me to read all the fine print until I found a Breville that had it. https://youtu.be/UiS27feX8o0

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