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Re:Jailbreaking the Switch 2 on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:53PM (#50203959)
Is it possible to dump game binaries using this hack?
Re:Ukraine claims first drone evacuation of wounded soldier on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:01AM (#50164999)
How would that be different from a regular helicopter based airborne assault?
Re:Ask HN: Why can't Ukraine use LoRA instead of Starshield? on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:05PM (#50157358)
Why is it easy to jam? Multiple selectable bands, robust protocol with high sensitivity. I am guessing it would be very difficult to jam.
There is a DOS version of the original Lion King, you could have picked a more exclusive title to recompile :)
Re: on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:03AM (#50101974)
And how do you find the e-mail address of that CEO?
Re:Ask HN: What's a good title for a software engineer now? on Thursday October 01, 2026 @07:12AM (#49920217)
Enabler
Getting the same problem, I wrote about 2 lines.
Emulated Voodoo 3? Does that mean I can run games using Glide?
Nobody has made much money from AI yet unless you count the shovel sellers (Nvidia). Not sure closed models would make any money ever and eventually the benefits should flow to everyone.
I feel like the entire world needs to take a plunge towards LibreOffice for the good of all.
Well your countrymen used advanced engineering knowledge to make the empire look weak and its leader a fool, did you really think there would be no consequences? :)
Re:The Qantas A380 engine disintegration in 2010 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @02:26AM (#49546555)
There have been two uncontained engine failures on the A380. The other one was in 2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_066
Re:Native Apps Why? on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:26AM (#49509521)
Native apps are not needed unless you want want performance and need to extract all the juice your hardware offers. Only AAA video games come to mind.
Off-topic but is there any independent study that has documented impact of AI on contractual work for software devs?
Re:Israeli PR wants to answer your ChatGPT questions on Saturday August 15, 2026 @05:37PM (#49314565)
Wow, just a few minutes ago this made it to the frontpage, and look at the freshly created accounts trying to discredit it. Evil requires constant effort to mask it.
Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:51AM (#49155108)
More and more companies are signing up with OpenAI and Anthropic at near exponential growth to automate everyday tasks. If anything, these two should manage to IPO just fine. The rest of the downstream startups probably won't make it.
Go for the job, you can pick up the equivalent Cambridge courses online in your free time. Tech jobs are a bit tight right now and the situation may become worse 1-2 years down the road when you graduate.

Unless you are a rich AF nepo baby with multiple trust funds. Then definitely go for Cambridge and have fun.

No, this was a far superior sequel to Dune 2000.
This was one of the best RTS of the era. Still holds up today. The music was also very good.
Re:Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend? on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:46AM (#48656988)
An old HP P2055dn with Chinese toner
But you definitely have bought an item you have seen in a paid ad LATER.
Google search was way better than yahoo or altavista
Your self hosted option only works for up to 5 employees and prices for more are not listed.
Swaillop
Most human medicines would be dangerous to dogs, what is your point?
Re:Ask HN: What Would Make Stack Overflow Great Again? on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:55AM (#47860002)
Its data was already used to train AI, maybe they could have sold it to the big AI companies? I am guessing its too late for that. All they have is their previous name and user fondness.

But now with the usage fallen, maybe they could train their own coding models to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, sort of like a hybrid of their previous forum + AI. AI solutions that work will get locked as "Accepted" by stack overflow like before via user vote.

Re:Advice for tracking down a listening device? on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:11AM (#47832281)
I would suspect her phone first before looking for a physical device. An android phone is particularly vulnerable to being backdoored by cyber criminals that you can hire. Also any other computer or laptop in the house can similarly be compromised.

After that, the wifi thing is easy to check as you mentioned, but a dedicated listening device can also have a build in LTE radio with a SIM card. There is no upper limit on sophistication, even a completely passive device without external power is possible if the hostile actor has the money.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) Stuff like this was possible in the 1940's imagine what is possible now.

Without a usable model trained on lots of data, it would be hard to give a demo.
Re:Ask HN: How are LLMs supposed to be used for warfare? on Friday March 06, 2026 @04:43AM (#47272916)
To add to that, you can always make your drone/bot loiter for a while before getting a fix.

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