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by dotBen 11d ago
In related news, the Spanish soccer league LaLiga successfully won an injunction against Cloudflare so that during Spanish soccer matches ISPs have to prevent access for their users to the entire Cloudflare CDN network. The reason is that t
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by dotBen 13d ago
I would politely and respectfully point out that you are being as performative as the administration is being performative on this issue. In other words, you know exactly why they restricted Anthropic and as (presumably) liberal and thought
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by dotBen 22d ago
Which makes me think the market for these is diet-focused folk. Get the FDA to clear it on medical grounds for a specific usecase then sell it more broadly. This already happens with CGMs. The bulk of the sales is with people who want the
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by dotBen 26d ago
Your setup doesn't really work. At the border you have the same right to refuse to provide the pin/password on boot of your otherwise encrypted phone as you do to refuse to provide the key for an encrypted USB. (That right differs
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by dotBen 1mo ago
Stagecraft is just one implementation but you don't think that the Unreal 3D worlds that are used behind it are beginning to be generated with AI? You're right that my relative probably isn't going to be at the top of the lis
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by dotBen 2mo ago
An interesting read but also feels like the rearranging of the deckchairs on the Titanic given the forthcoming disruption from generative AI in this industry. I spent some time last month with a relative in the industry (camera operator and
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by dotBen 3mo ago
"Old people don't have that because they didn't grow up with computers." You know, it's time to stop this trope. People who are 60 today were born in 1966, they probably entered the workforce in the mid 80's.
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by dotBen 4mo ago
I'm familiar with the beef he has with CF, but why put up the fake cloudflare interstitial to me the end user who is just trying to use his service. I remain confused...
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by dotBen 5mo ago
It's funny how developer time is considered free, but tokens are not. In other words when it comes to FOSS contribution, developer time can be donated but tokens can't - so as we move into agentic code era all FOSS development car
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Ask HN: Are startup job titles evolving in the agentic era?
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by dotBen 5mo ago
Airmule. (There may have been others). From my recollection the issues were that it is against the terms and conditions of many carriers to bring packages for other people. What was being shipped was also dubious - sure it wasn't drugs
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by dotBen 6mo ago
I wouldn't want a touchscreen MBP even if it was free, anyone else feel similar? I don't get the draw - we already optimize for keyboard commands to avoid living our fingers over to a touchpad. Why would I want to start clicking
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by dotBen 6mo ago
Up until v recently cars were not remotely accessible and part of a command-and-control network which Teslas are (perhaps other modern cars are too, I only know Tesla because I have one) . I know that the car reports practically all user e
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by dotBen 6mo ago
People are painting this as a mutually exclusive ideological decision. Yet two things can be true: 1) The act of archive.today archiving stories (and thus circumventing paywalls) is arguably v low level illegal (computer miss-use/unau
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by dotBen 7mo ago
Just use Android (Google stock not Samsung). Come over, the water is great. Yeah he's right - my Pixel 10 is not as sexy as an iPhone but not only is the keyboard great but the AI integration is first class citizen. iOS will never have
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by dotBen 8mo ago
It makes particular sense for vertically integrated conglomerates like Amazon-Whole Foods which owns Zoox. I buy Whole Foods French fries shipped to the store via Amazon logistics and purchase those at Amazon owned Whole Foods, at a discoun
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by dotBen 8mo ago
Well, given that it is an equity sale, split still feels like it is the prorated amount so that alphabet continues to own its percentage - not more not less. Obviously you're entitled to your view, but I don't think it's that
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by dotBen 8mo ago
I guess that's semantics. If you opt in then yes I guess they could do anything. I think the point was that enshitification would occur if they forced you to do that. You could opt in to have blood or plasma taken on every ride if yo
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by dotBen 8mo ago
/cries into my Uber shares and the deletion of the Uber ATG repos when the parts were sold to Aurora.
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by dotBen 8mo ago
What I'm talking about is that is still considered an external capital raise for the purpose of the markets and where those assets sit on the balance sheet. Also, keep in mind the Alphabet doesn't fully own Waymo. I don't kno
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by dotBen 8mo ago
Sure and my time is limited. The last I heard was that the Google rev-share agreement was on the skids and they stopped developing projects like Thunderbird and Fake Spotter because they were capital constrained. If you know otherwise then
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by dotBen 8mo ago
They already will be selling your ride data and there is no way they could monitor conversations in the car for commercial purposes (at least in Western countries). Ads in cars, partnerships with alternative destinations, etc. definitely wo
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by dotBen 8mo ago
It's a very capital intensive operation given the amount of vehicles that need to be carried on the balance sheet. There are many reasons why a conglomerate like Alphabet doesn't want to hold all of that directly on the balance sh
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by dotBen 8mo ago
The concern, I think, is that their spare cash is dwindling and thus financial prudence might be beneficial - especially for those who rely on the core Mozilla propositions like Firefox.
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by dotBen 8mo ago
If your comment is referring to the bending spoons business model, it's worth pointing out they are not VC, they are private equity. If your comment is referring to the software company's exiting to provide a return to shareholder
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by dotBen 8mo ago
One of the frustrating things about international roaming in the UK is typically your plan does not include coverage on this neutral network on the underground
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by dotBen 1y ago
Give the government your name, postal address, email address and citizenship information to store on a government database in order to protest against the government having your name, postal address, email address and citizenship informatio
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by dotBen 1y ago
The best way to get rid of junk is not to put it outside your house with “free” on it. It’s to put “$10” on it. Someone will steal it.
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by dotBen 1y ago
Remember Snowden outlined the Google<>US government interface: The US agency would type in the gmail address of the subject (ie the primary key/identifier) and somewhere between the agency and Google a decision would be automatic
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by dotBen 1y ago
wow you have a much better memory than I do, I don't even remember anything about the event (tbf for several years I used to attend a WordCamp somewhere practically every other week!)

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