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Re:Capabilities of GPT-4 on Medical Challenge Problems on Sunday March 26, 2023 @08:00PM (#35321106)
It's sad but true. Go look at any medical subreddit about ChatGPT, you all a sudden have 100s of AI experts trivializing GPT and suggesting it's nothing more than autocorrect.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:08PM (#34947145)
PostmarketOS is the mainline Linux kernel and doesn't have all the features that are needed for a proper Android phone. There are a lot of Android userspace drivers that may break with another kernel.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:07PM (#34947136)
Custom kernels are not upgraded kernels. They usually just back port a few fixes. No custom kernel running Android has a full kernel upgrade because it breaks the KMI and kernel drivers aren't usually updated.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:06PM (#34947126)
Can you provide a phone with an updated kernel? I have yet to see one on XDA and am really curious
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone on Saturday February 25, 2023 @07:08PM (#34941778)
Android manufacturers pick a LTS kernel when developing their phone. By the time it is on the market, that kernel version only has 3-4 years left of security updates. Custom roms never upgrade the kernel so you are still vulnerable to bugs that were never backported to your kernel
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone on Saturday February 25, 2023 @07:05PM (#34941758)
The problem is after 3-4 years, the only batteries you can find are from aliexpress or drop-shippers on Amazon. How does one trust these batteries from exploding in the middle of night especially if you fall asleep with your phone next to you.

Ask HN: How to know if laptop enrolled in Intel Management Engine?

I am looking to purchase a old laptop from what seems to be a reseller of decommissioned laptops.I read about Intel Management Engine and how it is a backdoor at the CPU level and does is not installed at the operating system level.I tried googling this but how would I know if the laptop is still enrolled into some network? I would hate if some sysadmin could remotely do stuff to my PC.

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Wechat is the government

Ask HN: Can you trust a Chinese phone after replacing the OS?

Xiamoi makes some amazing phones at an affordable price point. They also tend to use flagship Snapdragon processors and release the device tree and kernel source making third party ROM support much easier.I would like to buy one of these phones with the intent of installing ASOP or lineageOS. I don't mind maintaining the kernel branch myself and backporting fixes. I understand that there are...

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Re:How to be excited to work again? on Friday August 05, 2022 @06:15PM (#32362593)
You need goals to be driven in life. You need to sit down and see where you want to be in i.e. 5 years from now. This could be work related or not. Some people find passion in field within computer science, i.e. security and dedicate their time to pursue that passion to be the best they can.
Re:Snapchat Stock Down by 38% on Sunday July 24, 2022 @12:12PM (#32214803)
I didn't say emails, I said "text messages"
Re:Snapchat Stock Down by 38% on Friday July 22, 2022 @12:53PM (#32194217)
A week ago I logged out of snapchat and I started getting actual text messages within hours saying my friends have uploaded a new story and to log back in.

I instantly knew they weren't hitting their numbers

Re:Lofi.co – Relax and Focus on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:26PM (#31471795)
if you use chrome, you can "install" it and it will look like an application then. i do this with spotify

Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days

I've used ThinkPads all the way from the IBM days and those good old solid Dell computers too.Recently, I decided it was time for an update. I use Linux on the often so it was important for me to purchase a laptop that was compatible.I bought 2 laptops, all of which I had to return in the last 2 months.1. Dell XPS: I spent over 20+ hours with their support going back and forth. I also had a...

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Re:Asahi Linux alpha release on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:13PM (#30729863)
It's mostly for applications which hosts their binaries on third party servers
maybe no password?
Re:Ask HN: Vultr lost customer data. How is EC2? on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:18AM (#29119609)
EC2 is good but AWS also offers many managed DB services as well. Regardless of what you pick, you need to have redundancies. This could mean you have a replica in another region.