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raspberry pi 5 is STILL unsupported in mainline
Re:AI Can Now Design Functional Viruses. Should We Worry? on Saturday August 15, 2026 @12:44PM (#49312070)
I think you would get a kick out of reading this paper on this exact topic, called the Vulnerable World Hypothesis https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf

However I think the result is disappointing, it concludes the only solution is a massive preventative surveillance state and global governance.

agreed, zero-trust solution with proper endpoint security and PKI is superior to transport encryption and insecure protocols
Significant parts of my tech school (1B4X1) were under NDA back in 2015.
Re:Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @09:25AM (#49083510)
yes, this has been my preferred approach as well. Too much risk of very deep local maxima otherwise.
I've heard it being described as an iterated prisoner's dilemma and very many people are very publicly defecting.
my neighborhood here (excelsior district) is more or less like a more packed in version of where i grew up (south oak park). Comparing living anywhere in SF to living in Lanwdale or Englewood is absolutely wild, outside of some very isolated neighborhoods.
Re:Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:11PM (#47006491)
this is hilariously, almost unbelievably bad
I've lived in Chicago and San Francisco, both places also victims of this type of narrative.
Re:Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:33PM (#46878978)
it's not "just to get that data", it's to confirm level of access, check for potential other exploiters or security software, identify the machine you have access to, identify what the machine has network connectivity to, etc. The attacker then maintains the c2 channel and can then perform their actual objective with the help of the data they have obtained.
Re:Not all Chess960 positions are equally complex on Monday January 26, 2026 @02:46PM (#46770551)
interesting that the most balanced one is extremely similar to the default, which is not so:

> \#198 (\texttt{QNBRKBNR})is the most balanced, with both evaluation and asymmetry near zero... Remarkably, the classical starting position-despite centuries of cultural selection-lies far from the most balanced configuration.

Re:Adding medieval script to a modern website on Monday January 05, 2026 @09:56PM (#46508215)
really enjoyed reading this and learning about <ruby>.
Re:Denx (a.k.a. U-Boot) Retires on Thursday November 13, 2025 @07:09PM (#45922357)
i thought it was the symbol for gradient?

edit: ah, the name of the symbol for the gradient operator is nabla

Re:The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @12:50AM (#45664994)
I went to a similar museum in Japan, in Arima Onsen. It was a fun, hidden gem.
Re:Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions (2024) on Sunday June 22, 2025 @09:19PM (#44351684)
it looks like you can order the cube one on amazon right now.
Re:Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions (2024) on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:46AM (#44338000)
This is incorrect, I am currently using both nanoKVM USB and PCI models today
Re:Abundance Starts with Mobility on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:46AM (#43985917)
Completely agree- the coverage of MUNI + BART is actually pretty good (with some notable exceptions) and in my experience (ymmv obviously) less stressful than driving and seeking parking.
Re:A Common Lisp jq replacement on Saturday May 03, 2025 @01:50AM (#43877114)
Agreed. My personal hot take is that powershell is a great way to deal with json.
they are likely referring to autonomous vehicles, not public transit
Re:Why is my CPU usage always 100%? on Monday January 13, 2025 @11:05AM (#42684937)
Your reticence to accept the term gaslighting clearly indicates you've never had to interact with MSFT support.
Re:My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red on Friday December 20, 2024 @11:33AM (#42472506)
> I have similar pain with {} and []

in grade school I believe we were told those were "braces" and "brackets" respectively

Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers on Monday December 02, 2024 @05:34PM (#42301092)
I'd put it in the zero-trust category if the server (or owner of the server, etc) is the issuer of the client certificate and the client uses that certificate to authenticate itself, but I'll admit this is a pedantic point that adds nothing of substance. The idea being that you trust your issuance of the certificate and the various things that can be asserted based on how it was issued (stored in TPM, etc), rather than any parameter that could be controlled by the remote party.
Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers on Monday December 02, 2024 @05:04PM (#42300902)
a more modern, zero-trust solution like mTLS authentication
Automotive infotainment displays are almost entirely Wayland now
Re:WebStorm and Rider Are Now Free for Non-Commercial Use on Thursday October 24, 2024 @01:09PM (#41937451)
Re:JetBrains Rider is now free for non-commercial use on Thursday October 24, 2024 @12:45PM (#41937242)
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/po...

Not just that, they will do some yucky things to exfiltrate data from your network to enforce this.

Buproprion inhibits cypd2, which means drugs like DXM have much stronger serotonin effects. I combine these 2 drugs for treatment of major depressive disorder (the latter is easily available on Amazon, the former is prescribed to me)
Agreed. It's interesting how much analysis is given to the outcomes of these less cruel positions, at the same time that one hears calls for "more policing" as if that is not literally advocating for greater rates of incarceration and authoritarian violence without further consideration.
Re:Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment on Sunday March 31, 2024 @08:04PM (#39889473)
I like the Aeotec one, works well with home assistant. I also have their zwave dongle which similarly works well.

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