aaron_m04

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by aaron_m04 12d ago
I don't think it'll become impossible or even illegal, but better safe than sorry.
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by aaron_m04 13d ago
Yes. Grab those open-weight models while you still can.
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by aaron_m04 13d ago
I've learned so much awk from Claude!
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by aaron_m04 21d ago
> And to clarify, this means encrypt it before it gets to the VPS. Just having full-disk encryption is not enough because cloud providers can dump RAM. There are tools that easily extract encryption keys from RAM. True, but at the very l
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by aaron_m04 26d ago
If you carefully re-read what GP wrote, you'll see there's no reference to Earth's orbit or 1 AU in there. GP wrote about the solar wind scattering cosmic rays when it reached some point in its outward travel.
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by aaron_m04 1mo ago
Or we could fly less.
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by aaron_m04 1mo ago
I wouldn't assume that. I would wish to see numbers on that first.
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by aaron_m04 2mo ago
> Imo the future lies in a solid core programs with powerful plugin frameworks that expect all plugins to be code that was never read. What makes you think that?
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by aaron_m04 2mo ago
Err, last word is "analogy"
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by aaron_m04 2mo ago
This could've been a much better article without the strained Tower of Babel article.
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by aaron_m04 3mo ago
I had to enable "exploit protection compatibility mode" to use my credit union's app.
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by aaron_m04 3mo ago
> [...] until I noticed Google had force bundled a 'Wicked For Good' movie promo theme with the latest security update. This is how users learn to not update anything.
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by aaron_m04 4mo ago
How could anyone answer that with any level of certainty?
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by aaron_m04 7mo ago
Yes, but do these enthusiasts care at all if it meets some need for the users? I suspect that they do. And how can they find out how well it meets that need other than receiving (respectful!) feedback?
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by aaron_m04 9mo ago
> it's a non-profit (well, a for-profit owned by a non-profit) that needs to make a big profit in a short amount of time. Can you please elaborate on this need to make a big profit? Where does the need come from?
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by aaron_m04 9mo ago
Why do you say it's almost certainly untrue? Capital is well known for trying to suppress wages.
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by aaron_m04 10mo ago
Depends on the business.
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by aaron_m04 10mo ago
I could've sworn I saw something in the last month or two about BITBLT or DirectX changes on Windows.
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by aaron_m04 11mo ago
Google is a step ahead of that, with their device attestation technology. Now apps can make sure they are only running in an approved environment.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
This article feels a little suspect. They beat the AI drum a bit hard. So I go to https://workweave.dev and of course their business model is tied up with LLMs.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
> IME people an incredibly warped view of just how subtle and easy it is to introduce a memory safety bug. Agreed, and I think part of the reason is because they take it personally when someone claims programmers (in general) can't
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
Who specifically is saying this?
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
50 miles is a very long way to commute daily!
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
#1 does suck very much. My solution for #2 is an sshd I start up in Termux when I need to backup. I just rsync the file onto my computer.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
> With foreign key constraints, you have to delete all related records when a parent record is deleted. I've also seen good advice that you should never delete anything from your DB, but rather put rows in a different soft-deleted s
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
This link doesn't really tell me anything.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
I feel so good about never connecting the previous owners' Nest to my WiFi.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
Projects using it is 404.
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
Ok, how would you ensure this is right in the law without creating a loophole?
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by aaron_m04 1y ago
It's true that there could be other more impactful actions. I'd love to hear your thoughts on what else can be done.

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