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Re:ai;dr on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:38PM (#46996859)
I respect Oxide a lot. And here, too, with their non adoption of the marketing term (AI) for LLMs, ML.
Re:Discord Just Killed Anonymity on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:33PM (#46996814)
This. We've gotten really bad at headline bangin.
Re:Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:27PM (#45930981)
Like Briar?
Re:Hardware Token Encryption on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @02:28PM (#43106341)
Ran into these guys with this cute way of encrypting data. It basically uses a steel bar with random notches machined onto them as the key.
I'd love this on-prem.
Race pace is tougher than training pace, too, though. I can run a comfortable few miles, but racing those same miles will cause me soreness the next few days.
Re:Polyinstantiation in DBMS on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @08:00AM (#39288000)
I have great interest in this as a way to solve security compartmentalization at scale without excessive administrative overhead.
The Sega Genesis system had a rather interesting game. X-Men (1993) was based on the popular cartoon version of the comic book series. But it had what was still one of the most unique (and unintuitive) mechanisms I've ever heard of...
Interesting. It's a Chinese product, so I'd be concerned deploying this in a professional setting.
Re:Networking in the Cloud on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:21AM (#36723618)
Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) is an open-source network operating system (NOS) based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. SONiC offers a full suite of network functionality, like BGP and RDMA, that has been production-hardened in the data centers of some of the largest cloud service providers. It offers teams the flexibility to create the network solutions they need while leveraging the collective strength of a large ecosystem and community.
I was about to ask this exact thing.
Update (Wednesday, June 14): we've updated this article with news about a leaked memo from Reddit's CEO, which could prolong the blackout.
Re:The Hedge on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:35AM (#36311788)
Russ White offers one of the best podcasts covering network engineering and security.
Re:Forums are dead, long live forums on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:20AM (#36311543)
Back before social media, we had discussion forums. No shit. One of my faves was XKCD's (RIP). In searching for Giant Robot's forums (another old fave), I discovered Giant in the Playground. It looks quite buzzin. The topics are pretty narrow, but looks like a good time.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:49PM (#36296560)
It's really up to your interests, but I'll say /news/ because that's what I used Reddit for mostly. Here's a handy list: https://wiki.bibanon.org/4chan_Boards
Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:28PM (#36296180)
4chan? It doesn't touch the scale and breadth of Reddit and I was always a little uncomfortable the handful of times I visited. Maybe because of no-rules /b/ but there are definitely some wholesome boards out there.
Re:Building a Programming Language in Twenty-Four Hours on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:42PM (#36201043)
- Me
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:06AM (#36084335)
I think so. You just reminded me that orcas are dolphins, but I'm more curious about the potentially devastating effect of a blue whale exhibiting this sort of "aggression".
Re:Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain on Friday May 26, 2023 @08:40AM (#36083273)
What's communication like between orcas and dolphins, and even... whales? Could this behavior be learned by, say, blue whales?

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