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Nothing, but making it harder (i.e. blocking bots) reduces the likelihood of it being abused.
Re:We Won't "Just Hang Out" on Saturday October 31, 2026 @06:44PM (#50320978)
What happens when you're done with pressure washing everything?
Bizarre to me as well, but it's obviously a use case difference.. I wonder what they are doing? I have found it to be excellent for my tasks (reverse engineering 6809, SH-2, FPGAs, etc).
Lets be realistic.. components meaning 0805 capacitors and resistors, small digital ICs. I can almost guarantee those aren't made in the US... and are WAY cheaper on a site like LCSC.
For PCB quotes yes, but this kind of thing can be gamed by competitors. I think this is why there isn't great price info for many brick and mortar and online shops now..
Re:No More Icons in Every Menu by Default on Thursday October 22, 2026 @11:31AM (#50196813)
I think it is a great example of developer bias.. I agree with you.
Re:What shall I teach my son? on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @05:01PM (#50172611)
Teach them to be preppers!
Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:02AM (#50167488)
https://earnedintuition.substack.com/p/involution-without-ex...

Kind of says that internal China competition is more intense than from America. I think there is both, but I would say it isn't like the "whole state" is backed against "us" in AI.

Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:56AM (#50167386)
Over maybe not. However, it does increase competition possibilities, right? Both of them have a pretty good head start though!
Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:50AM (#50167297)
How much does a fryer cost? How much does the fryer cost to run? How much would it cost to get the fries into the customers hand (i.e. food truck, rent)?
could you poison the model? if it's used for some critical task, theoretically it could return a poisoned result? not saying it is, just curious
This is very close to how I feel about it...
Re:Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:51PM (#50111941)
Microsoft BOB!
makes me wonder maybe if NFC/RFID strips were cheap enough you could have all the items tagged in the house and your phone could tell you what you have.. but probably causes e-waste though
That makes the most sense to me. Although, I don't know if .org is subject to US law specifically? Is it?
Re:An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation on Thursday August 27, 2026 @03:33PM (#49470061)
I think it's reached commodity status instead of community... 3D printing I mean. At that point only thing that matters is ease of use, price, and quality of the result. People who are not _in_ the community but use the tool.
Maybe this is the purpose of it? To keep us working like cattle.
weird dejavu because this exact comment was on the last one of these job lost updates i saw
Re:Spying on kids to save kids from spying is stupid on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:26AM (#48646590)
Perfect is the enemy of the good, right? I mean a page header or some other simple means to identify "adult" vs not is good for most cases? Just thinking about it.. obviously it can be bypassed but is there a good enough?
Re:Show HN: Capacitor Alarm Clock on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:27AM (#48570253)
that's a bomb dude.. lmao.. don't take that anywhere!
If it provides similar utility as a car, what's the big deal about that price? It would be the same type of purchase, right?
FreeBSD does not have a desktop installer yet.. the powerpoint alludes to that being a coming feature though.. I think people here should chill out about her not using FreeBSD as the daily driver.. I use FreeBSD daily in my work, but no, I don't on desktop...
I wonder if they will come to their senses and revert the decision? It does seem a bit boneheaded to drop Linux support on the Basic tier... What actual reason would they need to do that?
Re:Is This Why Science Advances One Funeral at a Time? on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @12:52PM (#48124409)
Interesting analogy but there are many old people in Casinos...
It's not about that, it's about the incentive...
So you decrypt each time you need it? What is the difference in the attack surface?
Intel at one time did 6 month sabbatical if you worked 10 years.
Is it not the fact that Win32 is not the dominant platform anymore? It would be mobile phones now, right?
Re:SpaceX Files to Go Public on Thursday April 02, 2026 @11:31AM (#47615825)
Getting goods and people over there, I guess..
We ban other drugs though? Just saying that we DO ban things already...

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