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by Liftyee 1y ago
Not criticising the article or the decision to buy a new washing machine (20 years is a long time), but just noting that the old machine was likely fixable. If spare parts are even still available, that is. Whether it's deemed worth fi
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Sounds like a neat setup - can you self host the smart plug control (Home Assistant?), or do they connect to third party servers?
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by Liftyee 1y ago
The last coal power plant was shut down in late 2024. I remember checking the grid power stats before then and often seeing 0 MW of coal generated power. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o
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by Liftyee 1y ago
> they were big on the opium, as I recall That's what happens when you get systematically manipulated by the biggest empire in the world smuggling in illegal drugs...
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by Liftyee 1y ago
My initial thought was that the title was referring to web archive services like the Wayback Machine or archive.is , but the actual topic was equally relevant. I think time travel should work as long as all content is archived / checke
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by Liftyee 1y ago
> Why not build your own hardware Haven't looked at this in depth, but designing and manufacturing a phone with a similar miniaturization level and performance to commercial models is a huge electronics/firmware/design eng
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by Liftyee 1y ago
As you said, this might be a complex one to figure out. I am biased because I tend not to use customer support services (with more of a "figure it out" approach) and am confident I could replace parts myself, though the latter mig
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Regardless of whether we expect manufacturers to let us run any code on the device, we should not restrict people from attempting to bypass the manufacturers limitations. That gives the manufacturer freedom to try and lock the device down b
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by Liftyee 1y ago
As other comments have pointed out, this statement (one I 100% support, BTW) is a little naive. I can see how it might be unreasonable to expect companies to publish documentation, build infrastructure, etc. to support running your own code
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Point taken. What's your review of those batteries with a USB C port? I've always avoided them because of the reduced capacity, price (5 or so years ago) and that I assumed they would have a constant voltage output making it impos
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Agree that reality is always more nuanced than the simple views pushed by news and the (mainstream) internet. Unfortunately oversimplified, pre-digested informational slop is easy to convey and satisfying to ingest. Nuanced viewpoints take
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I remember always needing obfuscation enabled in Mullvad, but it would work in the end (as you said, after trying a few endpoints).
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I have a cognitive dissonance between valuing freedom and privacy and China's level of development (because of/in spite of limited freedom). My hopes for China fall into 2 main camps: - Measured increases in personal freedom. Rest
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Interesting detail I didn't know about, and different to my initial interpretation too. It doesn't seem too unreasonable to call the program counter, memory registers, etc. "special registers" since they have specific fu
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by Liftyee 1y ago
> is there any good smooth scrolling PDF viewer (for windows at least) Seems like the asker is looking for Windows software in this case. Either way, "Get a Mac (...)" sounds a little unreasonable as a solution for "need a
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Not sure about online mouse communities, but it intrigued me that you prefer replaceable AA batteries to built-in rechargeables. I realise now that because of my dislike (leaning towards hatred) of single-use alkaline batteries I unwittingl
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I use this exact MX Ergo mouse daily and already have some experience in electronics. This ingenious mod is now at the top of my project list!
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by Liftyee 1y ago
This perfectly embodies the kind of hacker spirit that I love. Reminds me of the LoLRa project from cnlohr that transmits LoRa without a radio transceiver.
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I was initially confused: the article didn't seem to explain how the prompt injection was actually done... was it manipulating hex data of the image into ASCII or some sort of unwanted side effect? Then I realised it's literally
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Let's hope the inane DMCA laws don't get them for decrypting the Bosch battery-motor communication. If HN had profile pictures, mine would be a Clippy.
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by Liftyee 1y ago
The difference is that glue can withstand tension which changes a lot. Even infinite friction still requires a non-negative contact force (i.e. the surfaces are not being pulled apart).
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Social media apps don't have the same level of permission to detect scrolling even when they aren't being used. This app does have that higher level of control (accessibility service) and so should be subject to more scrutiny.
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Interesting tool, but I haven't yet seen the point of typing "x ping ..." over just "ping ..." can someone enlighten me? Is it just to save the effort of manually installing all the other open source tools, or to ge
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Finally, something that properly articulates my unease when encountering so-called "rationalists" (especially the ones that talk about being "agentic", etc.). For some reason, even though I like logical reasoning, they a
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I agree with this. As someone who's not an expert in assembly and CPU architecture the "simplified" estimates in a condensed log-chart format was much more insightful. The exact data for specific architectures would be useful
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Sidenote: On the second page, the 2nd and 4th paragraphs seem duplicated?
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Nice work. I'm honestly surprised that the head unit didn't complain about the missing modem. Although it's far from returning to a simpler less software heavy car, removing the cellular connectivity is a promising start that
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by Liftyee 1y ago
I always have to remind myself of the bank transfer situation in the US whenever I read an article complaining about it. Here in the UK, bank transfers are quick and simple (the money appears to move virtually instantly). Feel free to enlig
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by Liftyee 1y ago
Pedantry warning: I'm not convinced that some of these methods qualify as a second factor of authentication, based on the "something you know, something you have, something you are" model. They're both "something yo

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