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Re:NixOS is making me less afraid on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:39PM (#50169035)
I really don't understand how "need to pay for an LLM subscription to be usable" isn't a large indictment of the tool.
Sadly I'm not. Either way, how LLMs work mean that traditional software analysis tools are every bit as important as they were in the before times. This is why we see a lot of hype around LLMs and formal verification.
I probably would have made the same mistake. It is negligent to write GitHub Actions without using static analysis.

Use zizmor in CI https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor

    error[template-injection]: code injection via template expansion
      --> .github/workflows/jira_issue.yml:24:29
       |
    22 |         run: |
       |         --- this run block
    23 |           # Escape special characters in title and body
    24 |           TITLE=$(echo '${{ github.event.issue.title }}' | sed 's/"/\\"/g' | sed "s/'/\\\'/g")
       |                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ may expand into attacker-controllable code
       |
       = note: audit confidence → High
       = note: this finding has an auto-fix
I don't understand his point either. I used to work off of Diehl Road not too far from the CyrusOne DC[1] and it is anything but a prairie. It has greenery, but it's just the usual fake landscaping that all the industrial parks in Aurora, Bolingbrook, Warrenville, etc. do.

And there's counterexamples to the desolate office space... the Ace Hardware corporate office[2] I think is remarkably pleasant.

[1]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rFgzVfWNBaGxpBNg7

[2]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5EiQy5YUPengwDE18

> That Pookie can show a video from a flock camera showing him somewhere else is a massive boost to his civil liberties. Same with whatever poor sap gets beat by the cops.

Not even remotely. The US is already at the stage where citizens can be brutally murdered, have said murder filmed at multiple angles, and have the officers involved get away with it.

Your civil liberties are irrelevant when we can just redefine and expand what it means to endanger a police officer. Or have the officers bypass the judicial system entirely.

Camera footage will only be used against you, not for you.

If you hold police accountable, they respond by refusing to work. That's a problem that, at this time, has no solution.
Re:Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:12PM (#48143733)
Tesla https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-firmware-prevent-autos...

Ford https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70513450/ford-4-million-v...

GM https://www.themanual.com/auto/gm-brake-fluid-warning-recall...

I think Chrysler does it too, but I only find mention of the time they bricked a bunch of Wranglers with a bad OTA update.

Broadly I don't think it's hard to imagine a software update being safety critical if the software is used in a safety critical system.

Re:Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid on Thursday May 14, 2026 @03:38PM (#48140181)
Has anyone experienced a case where they needed an over-the-air safety update/recall performed, but weren't able to because they removed the cellular modem?

I'd like to think failure to apply an OTA safety update would trigger a mail-out notification requesting you bring the vehicle into the dealer. But that's probably optimistic...

Re:WolfGuard: WireGuard with FIPS 140-3 cryptography on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @12:59PM (#47505765)
The ciphers used by WireGuard are not FIPS 140-3 certified. So you have to also change the ciphers, as is done in this project.
Re:Better to Skip a Year for Hardware Upgrades? on Thursday February 26, 2026 @12:33PM (#47169223)
On the contrary, GP's warning saved my time and attention. For that I thank them.
Re:DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:31PM (#47067336)
You should persist certs somewhere. Otherwise your availability is heavily tied to LE’s uptime.
Re:Wolves Became Dogs on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:19PM (#46556238)
Mostly, if not entirely due to intentionally poor breeding practices. Who betrayed who?
Re:How Does Microwaving Grapes Create Plumes of Plasma? on Thursday November 27, 2025 @01:18PM (#46071812)
Watching this classic channel may be safer https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU4IMu04MIlJgB6Aaj07q-5iX...
Re:I Want You to Understand Chicago on Saturday November 08, 2025 @10:28PM (#45862659)
Sure, I don't mean this to arouse anger. I point it out for the Democratic primaries in March. https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_gubernatorial_and_lieutenan...
Re:I Want You to Understand Chicago on Saturday November 08, 2025 @06:10PM (#45860898)
If he doesn't, he needs to be forthright about it in his speeches and podcasts. "The ISP is disobeying my direct orders."

Until then, he bears responsibility for their actions.

I don't think the software hacking side of Wrangler mods is barren. e.g. https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/jeep-hacking-..., which IIUC has been commercialized into https://www.zautomotive.com/products/z_tzr_jlm.

I don't know that anyone has broken the head unit firmware though.

Re:Not all browsers perform revocation checking on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:45AM (#45261479)
For those (i.e. me) who were concerned that the cert wasn't actually revoked, it is.

https://crt.sh/?id=20924740030

    $ curl -s http://r13.c.lencr.org/105.crl | openssl crl -noout -text | grep -A1 899DE8
        Serial Number: 055B8B1F23D5BCF09DD8E9CAF8798F899DE8
            Revocation Date: Sep 10 16:00:16 2025 GMT
Re:Budget Car Buyers Want Automakers to K.I.S.S on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:45PM (#44826826)
2023 Jeep: I was able to remove the cellular modem from the head unit. Disconnecting the antenna was not effective (just reduces the range).

See e.g. https://sandsprite.com/blogs/index.php?uid=7&pid=462&year=20...

Colorado, at least, provides several resources for minimizing and compensating wolf depredation.

https://cpw.widencollective.com/assets/share/asset/pzqhipzb1... (see Funding)

Cursory search shows that not just Colorado does this.

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts on Monday June 02, 2025 @10:21PM (#44165621)
It's rather shocking for a company to admit to flaunting software licensing in public communications.

But this is not new https://fly.io/blog/wrong-about-gpu/

> At one point, we hex-edited the [NVIDIA] closed-source drivers to trick them into thinking our hypervisor was QEMU.

Re:You do not need NixOS on the desktop on Saturday May 17, 2025 @10:14AM (#44014482)
What's been driving me batshit is when nixos-rebuild decides it wants to build from source. I just burned an hour the other day trying to update, and getting stuck because Nix decided my little old laptop needed to compile node.js from source. Had to trial-and-error remove packages to figure out which one was transitively pulling in node.js.

It turned out to be ansible... which is a pure python tool. Beats me.

There's also some cases where it wants to build Android Studio from source. I've just removed it and now run it in a VM.

I'm sure I'm doing it wrong, and I'm sure nixos-rebuild has a reason to build things from source, and maybe I'm not RTFMing hard enough. But good god, I just need my system to update.

Darn, with removable doors and top, I thought this could be a Jeep killer. But no 4WD makes that a non-starter.
Something about first two links gives me Breencast vibes.

e.g. https://youtu.be/1gKcGrxZbFA

https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Breencast

I've flopped a few dating opportunities because I insisted on using Signal or iMessage before sharing pictures...
Re:The Practical Limitations of End-to-End Encryption on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @02:03PM (#43474095)
Signal on Android is reproducible https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/main/reprod..., so _theoretically_ the play store version could be monitored to detect tampering by Google (or whoever).

That is, if the reproducible build didn't constantly break https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/13565.

It also ignores the fact that the vendor could send updates targeted to specific devices.

> train

Hah, there's my only lament about Chicago: no pet-friendly public transit if you have a large dog. I don't really have the stomach for the loopholes either: service dog lies or carrying her in a duffel bag NYC subway-style.

Thanks for the tips!
> You can find pretty much anything there, the only thing I struggled with is I like the outdoors and there isn't good hiking (but Chicago actually has really good birdwatching in the city).

Lincoln Park north is not what I would call "good hiking", but I think it's nice for those who like the outdoors. Good for daytime walks, large beaches, dog beach, bird sanctuary, some small natural areas, lakefront trail (paved).

For good hiking, yes you'll have to drive out of the city.

Re:Jeep Owners Fed Up with In-Car Pop-Up Ads on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @05:41PM (#43273741)
I brutally ripped the cellular modem out of my Jeep and have not had this problem since then.

See https://sandsprite.com/blogs/index.php?uid=7&pid=462&year=20....

It has the drawback of breaking the GPS and compass. Also I imagine any recalls that are fixed via over-the-air updates won't apply. Hopefully that never happens, because I don't want to have to try to explain to the dealer that I need them to apply the update locally.

Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp on Thursday February 27, 2025 @08:10PM (#43200489)
IBM switched off Notes to Microsoft 365, maybe two years ago or so.

I only correct you because it's an even bigger indictment of Notes that IBM switched off of it.

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