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Re:AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I'v... on Thursday August 21, 2025 @10:46AM (#44973458)
That we talk about "building" software doesn't help.

Ask HN: What is the state of support for mutable torrents?

Posted by absurdistan on Thursday July 17, 2025 @11:29AM
from the ask-hn dept.

BEP 46 was published years ago. Since then, plenty of articles have talked about what a great thing mutable torrents would be; and people have indicated that libtorrent supports them. When I look around, though, I can't find any mention of them in the documentation for major Bittorrent clients; and the proofs of concept, at least five years old, will require a bit of detective work to satisfy...

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Re:Techniques for Limiting Manipulation of URLs (PDF, Patent) on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @04:27PM (#44586470)
Yes, along with incorporating into the checksum any other session data the server desires. Basically, DRM for links.