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by blendergeek 1y ago
It's why I don't understand why people believe in "open source". Why would I contribute free dev work to a billion dollar corporation? I do believe in "Free Software" which is contributing free dev work to my
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by blendergeek 1y ago
No. That does not allow faster than light communication (which is impossible)
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by blendergeek 1y ago
or even worse, the page itself is just an AI summary of the topic
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by blendergeek 1y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44613840
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by blendergeek 1y ago
> How often are you trying to install custom drivers on a smartphone, console or car? Why would you have secure boot issues on those? The only reason there isn't a thriving community of third party OS's on most smartphones is b
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by blendergeek 1y ago
> Privacy.com prioritizes security through firewalls, encryption, and PCI DSS compliance. That line of cyber security mumbo jumbo does not inspire confidence
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by blendergeek 1y ago
this can definitely be mapped in OSM. as far as a high barrier to entry, I'd say that there is a low barrier to mere entry. StreetComplete provides extremely easy OSM editing. Unfortunately, dong something complicated like mapping th
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by blendergeek 1y ago
but the industrial work still has to be done. Whether it's done in the USA (with OSHA and the EPA to keep people safe) or in another "cheaper" country where they lack the safety regulations we take for granted is the question
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by blendergeek 1y ago
> Does the Passkey-enabled account support multiple passkeys? There in lies the issue. With passwords, it doesn't matter if the account supports multiple passwords. I can share the one I have > Presuambly the same logic applies f
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by blendergeek 1y ago
The specific issue at hand is sharing. With passwords, I can easily share my passwords. Is it easy to share passkeys? And could doing so be prevented by Microsoft?
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by blendergeek 1y ago
If I use Microsoft Authenticator, they do control the passkeys. It doesn't matter who "owns" them if they control them.
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by blendergeek 1y ago
I want to be able to share access without permission from Microsoft
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by blendergeek 1y ago
One of my hopes is that we can use our environmental and safety regime to do the industrial stuff in a more humane manner. Outsourcing everything to "somewhere else" only moved the externalities to another country. But people stil
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Public Signal Backups Testing(community.signalusers.org)
78 points by blendergeek 1y ago|39 comments
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by blendergeek 1y ago
I "hope" that will happen as well. It is a naïve hope indeed. Almost all current AI systems and all future ones I foresee, are made by large corporations that are looking to turn a profit. Enabling, ordinary "people ... to bu
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by blendergeek 1y ago
Cab drivers dramatically boosted profits while decreasing driver pay? This goes way beyond increasing prices. Uber both increased prices and decreased driver pay at the same time. I used to driver Uber to make extra cash. They usually took
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by blendergeek 1y ago
I've been doing this for a few years now. It usually works but occasionally rewrite the posts or forgets what it is doing. Really frustrating in my opinion
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by blendergeek 1y ago
This article fails to address that most true believers would not see any point to betting on the yes. If Christ returns this year, the world is done and there is no upside to having bet that he would. Temporal things (like prediction market
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by blendergeek 1y ago
California Code, Vehicle Code - VEH § 25251.5 (a) Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with a system in which an amber light is center mounted on the rear of a vehicle to communicate a component of deceleration of the vehicle, and which l
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by blendergeek 1y ago
I believe the HN title mangler does that. It frequently changes the meaning of HN titles
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by blendergeek 1y ago
No. The LLM in the story found the necessary links. In this case the LLM was a better search engine.
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by blendergeek 1y ago
Its been a few years but I ran HURD in a VM and it ran a nice X Windowing system. Its been a few years though so I don't know what HURD is capable of today
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by blendergeek 1y ago
> Ge0rg3’s code is “open source,” in that anyone can copy it and reuse it non-commercially. That isn't what "open source" means.
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by blendergeek 2y ago
How is this similar to and different from OpenFoodFacts?
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by blendergeek 2y ago
The article is about blocking ads that contain malware (which are surprisingly common). Preventing tracking is a whole different ballgame that isn't covered by the article
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by blendergeek 2y ago
Rather than "political" vs "practical", I prefer to say, "social" vs "economic". Free Software is about helping your neighbor. Open Source is about cheaply producing a good. Either one can produce hig
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by blendergeek 2y ago
https://archive.is/oGLO7
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by blendergeek 2y ago
> F-Droid insists on building the APKs for the apps. You could say that OpenAPK blindly redistributes whatever APK upstream is peddling whereas F-Droid builds from source. I see the merits of both systems but prefer reproducible builds
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by blendergeek 2y ago
> I've driven one with an indicator stalk. Yes. Teslas used to have a proper indicator stick.
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by blendergeek 2y ago
> Your use of Firefox must follow Mozilla’s Acceptable Use Policy The fact that Firefox isn't a "Mozilla Service" seems irrelevant.

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