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by niel 4mo ago
This reminds me of Ise Shrine in Japan, which is completely dismantled then rebuilt every 20 years. This is top of mind because I recently read Breakneck by Dan Wang. He makes the case that this practice of rebuilding the shrine preserves
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by niel 7mo ago
I believe GP is referencing this classic comment from 2007 on Drew's original Show HN post for Dropbox: > For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally
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by niel 1y ago
The same for South Africa, and according to user reports some other countries too: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/hacker-news US VPN works, though. edit: Seems to be resolved.
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by niel 1y ago
> In a year from now You can get a taste of this already. While they still call it a prototype/beta, Sentry's MCP server [0] is a model for others to follow when it comes to convenience and usefulness. Remote-first with OAuth.
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by niel 1y ago
This is the most likely explanation. I mean, sure, these characters could be used to help estimate the likelihood text was generated (because human writers might be less likely to add proper non-breaking spaces), but I doubt these are water
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by niel 1y ago
Real-time text output à la Apple Dictation with the accuracy of Whisper is something I've been looking for recently - I'll definitely give Aqua a spin. MacWhisper [0] (the app I settled on) is conspicuously missing from your bench
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Manually granting calendar permissions to Claude for MCP servers on macOS(lenticular.zone)
1 points by niel 1y ago|0 comments
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Build and Deploy Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers to Cloudflare(blog.cloudflare.com)
1 points by niel 1y ago|0 comments
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by niel 2y ago
Thanks for writing this up! > Filtering with vector search may be harder than you expect. I've only ever used it for a small proof of concept, but Qdrant is great at categorical filtering with HNSW. https://qdrant.tech&
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by niel 2y ago
Henri Prestes https://henriprestesp.com/ Elsa Bleda https://www.collater.al/en/elsa-bleda-photography/ But does it float used to feature generative art sometimes https://butdoesitfloat.
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JSONPath Plus Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability(github.com)
2 points by niel 2y ago|1 comments
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by niel 2y ago
JSONPath-Plus is a widely used [0] JavaScript package to query JSON objects with the JSONPath query language. Recent versions allow trivial RCE. [1] [0] 800+ direct dependants https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonpath-plus
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by niel 2y ago
I've never heard of combining metformin with the other two drugs. The naltrexone/bupropion combination is sold under the brand name Contrave. As with any weight loss drug, I recommend a healthy amount of scepticism. Contrave'
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Launch of Social Web Foundation(socialwebfoundation.org)
13 points by niel 2y ago|1 comments
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Internet Problems in South Africa(mybroadband.co.za)
2 points by niel 3y ago|0 comments
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by niel 3y ago
I'm trying to understand why the odds would be different if Monty opened empty doors by chance versus on purpose. Does it really change anything?
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by niel 3y ago
Fixed in Mastodon v4.2.5 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.5
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CVE-2024-23832 Mastodon Vulnerability: Remote user impersonation and takeover(github.com)
21 points by niel 3y ago|3 comments
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by niel 3y ago
Fair enough. I can imagine how South Africa looks from the outside, but our experience does not match all the doom and gloom. I'd encourage anyone to visit - there is absolutely no risk of getting fried by someone's car flamethrow
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by niel 3y ago
South Africa's inequality and resultant crime can't be blamed on a one-state solution. The peaceful transition from Apartheid to an inclusive democracy absolutely was a success story in terms of overall wellbeing. The remaining in
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by niel 3y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38158554
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by niel 3y ago
Previous discussion about the blog post announcement, including speculation about timelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37571919
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by niel 3y ago
Speculation on my part, but I believe us non-native English speakers write more formally and with less natural flow. I also wonder which proportion of English writing (in general) is written by non-native speakers, and whether we might be d
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by niel 4y ago
Thanks! I'm not directly affiliated. I see someone at Sourcegraph has been tracking this issue at https://github.com/sourcegraph/handbook/issues/3666
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by niel 4y ago
> I hope it's useful! It is, thanks! Are you taking submissions? Sourcegraph hires anywhere. All-remote: https://handbook.sourcegraph.com/company-info-and-process/re... Team bios with locations: https:/&#
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by niel 4y ago
I can also recommend William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops . https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/the-disintegratio... The combination of noise, repetition, and minimal melody really helps me focus.
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by niel 4y ago
Cloudflare and Yubico are in partnership to provide YubiKeys at a discount: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/phishing-resi... Related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3302
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by niel 4y ago
Signal on Android advertises reproducible builds: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/reprod... (I haven't tested this myself.) Edit: You can also build the client yourself and use
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by niel 4y ago
> ...events like this make me wonder all the more if Signal is really being run from Fort Meade. Which events are you referring to here?
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by niel 4y ago
The `edits` endpoint using the `text-davinci-edit-001` model already does this, and does not seem to allow prompt injection through the input text. API docs: https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/edits/cr

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