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Re:Dav2d on Sunday May 31, 2026 @05:14PM (#48349817)
Data caps make that hard. While everyone likes to claim unlimited data, I'm not aware of any providers that don't have a heavy data user clause where they'll deprioritize your data if you're a top ~5% data user (usually somewhere over ~1TB/month).

You also will need _some_ sort of encoding locally before uploading, even if it's minimal, which could lead to issues when encoded again (although there are codecs available to minimize this).

The claim was "It is cheaper", not "It will be cheaper". Until it actually _is_ cheaper, it doesn't make much sense to purchase $10k+ in hardware to run local models that are still worse than the frontier offerings.
Re:Don't YOLO your file system on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:12AM (#47551841)
The purpose of the sandbox is to reduce permission fatigue. If it fails to run a command in the sandbox and retries it outside the sandbox, the regular permission rules apply. You'll still be prompted for any non-sandboxed tool calls that you haven't allowed or denied via permission rules.
Re:My fan worked fine, so I gave it WiFi on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:30PM (#45906133)
ESPHome is owned by the same group as Home Assistant, not Espressif. So Espressif getting greedy would just mean higher prices for their chips (or they could lock down development on their chips, but that seems very unlikely).
Re:Guideline has been acquired by Gusto on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @01:01PM (#45813937)
Do you have a concrete example of when their definition was different from IRS guidance?
Re:We replaced passwords with something worse on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:02PM (#44826268)
2FA keys are easily stolen from a desktop with a password manager running in the background when running a malicious executable, vs. 2FA keys on a 2FA app on a phone and running a malicious app.
Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something? on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @06:38PM (#44805368)
> I cannot write software that competes with my company

That can be difficult when you work for a company that has it's fingers in almost everything.

> according to the statement, which said that foul play was not suspected.

From the 2nd paragraph of the article.

It's very common in the US for DSL and also some fiber providers.
Re:Rewrite the VP9 codec library in Rust on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:03AM (#39539728)
That sounds trivial enough that the compiler would remove the bounds checks, assuming I'm understanding correctly that you have a condition that validates the number of fields at some point before an invalid access would occur.

But if it's possible for someone to muck with the file contents and lie about the number of fields which would cause a bounds error, that's exactly what bounds checking is supposed to avoid. So either bounds checks will be removed, or they're necessary.

Re:Warning: $14k BigQuery charge in 2 hours on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:10PM (#39447668)
Doesn't stop them from trying to collect after the transaction is declined. It's not a prepaid service, you're agreeing to pay the charges _after_ you've used the service.

Will they pursue? Do they have enough info to purse? Who knows, but they can if they want to.

Maybe don't demand 100%, but instead responsibility for incorrect information.
Re:The Golden Age of Cordless Power Tools on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:49AM (#39371258)
Cordless tools tend to be more convenient. While a corded tool might technically be more powerful, for a quick cut it's annoying to unravel the cord, possibly grab an extension cord and unravel that, make the cut, then wind up the cables again. Vs. grab a cordless tool and maybe throw a battery in.

Cable management can also be annoying sometimes when moving around.

Re:Godot 4.3 Game Engine to Feature Native Wayland Support on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @11:14AM (#39205525)
Are you noticing breakage on minor and patch releases, or only major versions? Since you said frequently, it sounds like at least minor versions but possibly patch versions as well?
> He said America, not United States of America. America refers to the combined area of North, South, and Central America. Of which Canada is a part, and, as it happens, Canada is where this took place. Healthcare is not tied to employment in Canada.

Sorry, what? The user they're replying to said American, and also referenced a case in court with a Marshal which IIRC don't exist in Canada. They were clearly referring to the US. Which 99% of users who aren't needlessly obtuse would understand with the word American which in English typically refers to someone from the US and not North/South/Central America.

Obviously the article is talking about Canada, but many people in this comment section don't appear to have noticed that and think it happened in the US.

> Under the Amended Compact, the RMI and the United States agreed that the United States has full authority and responsibility for defense and security matters in and relating to the RMI

https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-marshall-islands/

There's an argument that flagged vessels might not qualify here in some circumstances, but RMI isn't just some random country.

Re:I built an offline smart home, and why you should too on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:38PM (#38962943)
> Some of these can be grounds for being denied insurance coverage

Is there a reason you think insurance wouldn’t pay out because you used a non-listed device? This is something I frequently see people asserting without any basis in reality, and I’m curious where it comes from. People do stupid things that insurance covers all the time. I do agree that you should only use listed devices whenever possible.

Re:2023 was the year that GPUs stood still on Friday December 29, 2023 @01:23PM (#38808353)
And nvidia is killing it right now because they predicted the need _before_ the incentives were there.
Any specific reason to avoid Lidar? Cost?
Re:Evaluating New Software Forges on Sunday December 17, 2023 @09:24AM (#38673034)
But is it a _complicated_ YAML file?
I've been using https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/grim for ~5 years now.
Each zigbee device _that is mains powered_ extends your reach. In theory you could make a battery powered repeater, but there aren't any on the market AFAIK.
Most places can fit a drain pan of some sort (I use some sort of rubber mat with an edge under sinks inside cabinets for example, and of course water heaters should have one) but some places like behind toilets, next to the dishwasher, underneath the fridge, etc. don't have great options.
If they're breaking a law, arrest them. If they aren't, what do you expect anyone to do?
Re:Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:28PM (#38312188)
> IPv6 also required hardware in the wild to be replaced

I understand that, but it was (is) able to do that in a mostly backwards compatible manner.

My question is: how is that possible with different MTU sizes? Have ISPs support 9000 byte frames and fragment to 1500 bytes for compatibility with the wider internet? Then something like PMTUD can be used to bypass this fragmentation when supported?

To be clear, I would love to have larger MTU sizes. I just don't see a straightforward way to transition everything over. I'm not a network engineer though, maybe there just isn't enough a strong enough impetus for anyone to dedicate the resources to this.

Re:Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:08PM (#38311921)
Ethernet != Internet.

I have a few SFP+ 10 GbE connections internally that are useful for large file transfers.

Re:Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:39AM (#38305042)
What's the backwards compatibility story here? Send out dual 1500/9000 packets? I don't see how that would work for the billions of devices in the wild without replacing everything but maybe there's a better solution that doesn't take 30 years.
Yeah, "autonomia" (autonomy) is used to describe a cars range in Portuguese where we would normally use "range".
Fake meat has a higher chance IMO because appear to be starting to approach regular meat levels. I fairly frequently see beyond/impossible meat on sale for $3-4/lb which is roughly the price of 85% ground beef around me.

It would be great if fake meat would be able to drop demand for real meat, leading to less need for factory farming. But if that happens, it's very far in the future.

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