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by chao- 5d ago
I normally dislike shameless brand crossovers, but this faux low-budget, yet-another-janky-mod vibe... they committed to the bit. I can't hate it.
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OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems(rubyhack.ai)
968 points by chao- 5d ago|607 comments
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by chao- 7d ago
At least in the US, and as of a few years ago (when last I tested), address verification can also be a bit flaky. Zipcode/postalcode is solid, but street address matches don't reliably account for the various ways people can collo
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by chao- 21d ago
More details from the presentation at Hot Chips available via STH: https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-z-and-linuxone-dual-isa-pro...
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by chao- 24d ago
I read a prediction back in 2023 about there being some epoch date, where any data after it is untrustworthy for training, as it might result in a sort of fixed point, with LLMs training on LLM-generated content rather than human-generated
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by chao- 1mo ago
>I... am bearish on non technical people building software. I can't bring myself to be bullish or bearish in such broad strokes. Over the years, I have met and worked with a number of people who were "non-technical", but
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by chao- 1mo ago
Every time I peek at the code from something by Mr. Endoh, I end up down a rabbit hole and learn something. I look forward to what this one brings. Probably looking into this Piet language: https://www.dangermouse.net/esoter
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by chao- 1mo ago
I think I also first found him from his "guerrilla gardening" work in Oakland. I think it was in a median, planting native species on a barren strip of dirt. Something of that nature. His backstory is really one-of-a-kind. If I re
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by chao- 1mo ago
A friend from my youth always had an encyclopedic knowledge of plants, could identify them effortlessly just as we were walking around. I always envied him, but despite a love of plants, gardening, et cetera, I never went beyond a surface l
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by chao- 2mo ago
Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Space Brothers, Dirty Pair, a few Gundams. You don't have to agree, of course. There is no accounting for taste.
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by chao- 2mo ago
Lots of classics here, but was also hoping to see the ZERO System from Gundam Wing (1995): https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/ZERO_System?file=W_ZERO_Syste... Later in life I would think of it as being inspired by the UK&#
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by chao- 2mo ago
I switched primarily to stainless steel seven or eight years ago, and it only took me a week to get used to frying my morning eggs without sticking.
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by chao- 2mo ago
Firefox's Multi-Account Containers changed the game for me back in 2018 or 2019, and is what got me to switch back to Firefox for 95% of my personal browser use. The "Always open {{domain}} in this container" and the ability
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by chao- 2mo ago
I started writing a sarcastic comment to "prepare for $500 Apple-branded QSFP112 DAC cables", but realized (a) that's not too much higher than some already sell for, and (b) it's close to a linear scaling from TB5 price-
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by chao- 2mo ago
It works because they are allowed to by the state, by a process specified by the state. The rules and ordinances of a county or municipality are subordinate to the laws of the state that granted them existence in the first place. There&#x27
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by chao- 2mo ago
Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun. The only thing it's missing are Neil's favorite traffic cones ;) Also glad that Neil is getting the protection he needs (and the public as well) despite the med
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by chao- 2mo ago
I go with Alka Seltzer specifically because they have an Aspirin variant instead of Acetaminophen.
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by chao- 3mo ago
After a decade of exploring various mechanical keyboards (a few form factors, but mostly exploring the switches), I settled on a Topre Realforce around 2016 and fell in love. I later learned of the Topre silent switches (often branded as &q
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Scaling Rails at Aura Frames: Splitting to 8 Primary DBs(andyatkinson.com)
2 points by chao- 3mo ago|0 comments
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by chao- 3mo ago
I am also struggling to see what clicking any of the options in the demo changes. I don't consider myself advanced in design knowledge, but I'm pretty average in visual perception. Perhaps some or all of them don't work in Fi
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by chao- 3mo ago
Played with this a while, and the metaprogramming supporting this is fun :) Once again proving that you can dream up a wild idea, and Ruby will support you in achieving your dreams. Looking at Syntropy::ModuleLoader, "modules" get
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by chao- 3mo ago
Always cool to see a fresh approach to organizing Ruby projects! Like the author, I have experimented with app structures that better suit my project needs than Rails' conventions (having spent more than half my career partially-or-mos
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by chao- 3mo ago
EDIT: Removed my comment, as I was referencing the HN article's link. It seems to incorrectly link to a separate comic that is coincidentally also about "surprise". I agree with bazoom42 in the context of the correct comic:
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by chao- 3mo ago
>Don't you think they have a legit skill issue here and should they be better off upskilling themselves? Absolutely agree! Just because I understand how they got there doesn't mean I think it's a good state of affairs
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by chao- 3mo ago
Starting a few years ago, I realized some junior and medior engineers never once considered the possibility of building a website (app, experience, etc.) in anything other than a heavy SPA framework. But they're not stupid people! If y
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by chao- 3mo ago
Yes, that would work the same way! However, I was on an HEDT system, with no iGPU and many PCIe lanes to spare.
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by chao- 3mo ago
Having gone this route in the past*, once I accepted that I needed a second GPU dedicated as owned by the VM, most issues went away. No SR-IOV battles, just the simplicity of "Linux owns GPU A, Windows VM owns GPU B". If I am reme
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Notepad++ v8.9.6.4 Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration(notepad-plus-plus.org)
65 points by chao- 4mo ago|22 comments
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by chao- 4mo ago
Context: Notepad++ was compromised last year by a PRC state-sponsored group: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-up... This is not purely a cosmetic release, as it does contain a few fixes.
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by chao- 4mo ago
There's also much more to Shopify than just Ruby feature work. I've heard tales of their infrastructure and it seems like it would be very exciting for the right kind of person. Never worked there, probably never will, but they ha

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