spaqin

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by spaqin 3d ago
So you're still not brainy enough to do it, but the LLM can. I mean. Sort of? The LLM won't go into checking random USB-C connections with an oscilloscope - it doesn't have hands, for one.
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by spaqin 5d ago
nice rephrase of the story; the extradition bill was written in a very convenient way that somehow included completely unrelated to the case PRC that normal people would have rightful doubts about sounds like the whole op was a setup from t
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by spaqin 16d ago
Nah. One step at a time. That's the end goal, but by throwing everything all at once it's too easy to tell yourself it can't be done; so start with the worst offenders.
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by spaqin 17d ago
Isn't that the actual endgame, what we're doing? All tasks done, all software written, everything automated, housing and food for everyone, humanity free to enjoy whatever? So yeah, enjoy whatever makes you happy. Take a break, fi
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by spaqin 21d ago
I do find it somewhat ironic that it's implemented in Pixels first, considering the amount of AI processing phone cameras do to get a pleasant image.
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by spaqin 21d ago
You can even do it wholly in an analogue process, do a darkroom print, and it could be seen as fake as well - darkroom techniques are quite flexible as well. And a negative itself? That could be a copy of a prepared printed slide.
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by spaqin 24d ago
We were already there. For most people, we are still there. For most devices (especially popular ones, with enough manufacturing volume) there's just enough hardening, downgrade prevention, encrypted or signed firmware blobs, on top of
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by spaqin 26d ago
The problem isn't in preloading, it's in how much data needs to be sent while quite probably most of the data could be either fetched on startup in an efficient format and rendered natively, or is completely unnecessary in the fir
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by spaqin 28d ago
Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by appending .json to any post! It's to drive engagement... for the advert
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by spaqin 28d ago
Man, all of these little steps Google is taking to take the control away from the users, not to take over the world or anything else, but to force on you more accurate advertisements. What are we even doing?
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by spaqin 29d ago
Calling our friends, maybe? No idea; I've tried desktop Linux on phones years prior and besides maybe being a potential portable cyber security rig it was only a cool oddity.
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by spaqin 1mo ago
It's all "security" and all until your banking app has a bug that breaks exporting bank statements and the only way to get it out is to take screenshots - which are blocked as well. Oh, and you need to submit it by today. At
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by spaqin 1mo ago
App pinning is a thing on Android already, although I don't know how well it's supported in all the devices.
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by spaqin 1mo ago
I'll grab onto the very first thing you've said as it seems to be a basis for the rest - taxation isn't fun, but low taxes don't guarantee anything. Look at Hong Kong - one of the lowest tax rates in the world, but it do
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by spaqin 1mo ago
I never found a competent metaphor for LLMs taking over. Any tool brought up before still required skill and thought, and deep knowledge of its intricacies.
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by spaqin 1mo ago
Why can't we be just... done? Why is software development a never ending treadmill? App does what it's supposed to, the developer earns something (or doesn't), and they can I dunno, abandon it if it wasn't successful eno
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by spaqin 1mo ago
That's a bit amusing - not that I have the hardware to run it, but officially it's not available in Hong Kong. Not that getting it would be much of a problem with a help of a VPN either, but I'll assume mainland China is also
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by spaqin 1mo ago
That's the main reason why most embedded devices and Android phone hackers (or more recently, ROM developers) are from Russia, Brazil or India. It's more of trying to squeeze more performance from a cheaper option... and having th
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by spaqin 1mo ago
Ehhh there's a lot of knowledge on the websites, freely available, for anyone who wants to read. Sometimes it might seem conflicting though. But there's a community who's used to responding to the same questions over and over
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by spaqin 1mo ago
Sure; it was one of many posts in xda for a cheapo mid-level Chinese device. I haven't gone through it too deeply to understand and optimize further, works fine as-is to me. https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-16-official-
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by spaqin 1mo ago
I'd say that sending your photo to a someone online is even weirder. If you're friends based on hobbies, interests, then their appearance (assuming decent hygiene ofc) shouldn't matter that much. From numerous times I've
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by spaqin 1mo ago
My LineageOS setup used to do that; until I found that someone found a script that would adjust the memory allocation and OOM killer to more sensible values. I just have that run on boot. No side effects. Unfortunately, that's not an o
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by spaqin 2mo ago
I'm pretty sure that just a year or two ago, software engineers were saying that coding was only a small part of the job; the rest is meetings, dealing with requirements, design, testing, maintenance. So, how can we expect a 10x boost
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by spaqin 2mo ago
We had a world without the endless scroll just a decade ago. You don't need a totalitarian surveillance state to regain control over that, nor do you need perfect enforcement - just like illegal betting sites are a problem, but a margi
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by spaqin 2mo ago
No one's really stopping you from owning nothing and being happy.
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by spaqin 2mo ago
In this case, the OS security restrictions should be questioned in the first place as excessive if a "backdoor" is necessary for normal function.
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by spaqin 2mo ago
Even if I have my Yubikey passkey that's with my house keys, it's annoying to go grab it and connect every time I need to access something. Enabling it on GitHub was a mistake...
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by spaqin 2mo ago
At least with an SMS 2FA, you can get the SIM card out and put it in another device. If you happen lose the SIM card, your phone operator will probably get you another with the same number once you identify yourself. With authenticator apps
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by spaqin 2mo ago
Hopefully your e-mail is not tied to the passkey that you just lost.
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by spaqin 2mo ago
Ladder-pulling at its best. It's also easier to swallow the fine once you've launched a successful product after pirating the books.

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