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by bsaul 2y ago
Any idea if compiling for android ( at least the data part) will now be supported ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
i guess it depends if the authorization process reaches the other participants in some way or another ( such as a key derivation mechanism that can be verified by everyone) or if it's just a security feature to strengthen the login pro
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by bsaul 2y ago
Maybe the phone transfers a secret to the webclient, and that secret is then used by the other participant to certify it is indeed an "authorized" device, but i was under the impression that you had to rely on the server to correc
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by bsaul 2y ago
not a participant. Whatsapp is multi device ( a single user can have multiple devices, such as a web client, an iphone and a mac app). They can simply register another device as belonging to one of the participant, and everything should be
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by bsaul 2y ago
i suspect this particular security hole in the signal protocol is the single reason why whatsapp hasn't been banned yet. They can eavedrop by simply adding a device to a conversation and nobody will notice. Your device will gladly send
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by bsaul 2y ago
except sqrt(2) x sqrt(2) is even ( i know we're talking about numbers in Z in this case, and sqrt(2) definitely isn't in Z, but still) Which made me wonder if the original sentence isn't already assuming something about sqrt(
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by bsaul 2y ago
of course, i do test. But let's be honest, if the person writing the tests is the same as the one writing the code, chances are the tests won't discover flaws in the model of the original design.
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by bsaul 2y ago
I'm so glad the industry starts adopting formal proofs more and more... After 20 years in the industry i still feel like a caveman, coding as best as i can, hoping nothing bad will happen (and then sighing at the sight of the 100ks lin
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by bsaul 2y ago
I’ve always thought android phones had similar battery capabilities than iphones.. How worse are they ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
« It’s too sweet » falls into the same measurable phenomenon, and yet remains highly subjective
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by bsaul 2y ago
I like the analogy. What would the equivalent of « adding safety margins » to a piece of critical code ? Building three of them with different technologies and making sure all return the same results ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
5’4 on a dating app excludes you from 99.9% of the women selection. You won’t even appear on their app.
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by bsaul 2y ago
I thought us had no public pension funds, only private ones ? Same goes for healthcare, etc. I agree with your point when talking about europe, but i had the feeling US was much less dependant on population age to maintain its budget in che
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by bsaul 2y ago
i wonder how far from the edge a company driven by business people can go before they start to put the focus back on good engineering. Probably much too late in general. Business bonus are yearly, and good/bad engineering practices tak
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by bsaul 2y ago
Depends on where you're working on the stack. Humans processes ( accounting, HR, etc) are complex by having evolved in world of murky definitions, but they work because people generally understand things and fill the gap. When trying t
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by bsaul 2y ago
After 25y of dev xp, my only focus now is on simplicity (as in, making code obvious). However this is by far the most difficult thing to accomplish.
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by bsaul 2y ago
i like the pattern, but message passing where the message is actually just a pointer to a mutable struct ( as allowed in go) kind of defeat the purpose, doesn't it ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
This is surprisingly something that really starts to weight on me after having spent 15 years in the apple ecosystem. Being dependant on the goodwill of one company to disclose how things work and allow you to do things or not arbitrarily s
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by bsaul 2y ago
React native. the code of the app is in javascript, and so updates can be downloaded dynamically by the app itself, without the need to submit another version to the app store
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by bsaul 2y ago
Except they only have very limited use. Smartphones are now ubiquitous.
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by bsaul 2y ago
« Save an hour » means there isn’t a lot more interesting to see about that video than your two sentences.
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by bsaul 2y ago
I was very surprised to see him make similar arguments about the limits of LLMs regarding "true understanding" in that video i mentioned, just a few weeks ago.
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by bsaul 2y ago
Recently saw an interview of yann lecun that really dismissed the idea of using llm for building « true » intelligence. He even encouraged phds to NOT do their research on that tech but rather on what’s coming after. How should one reconcil
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by bsaul 2y ago
At least you don't have the sensation of fighting against the owner of the platform you're developing on. Undocumented behaviors or system limits of closed-source systems is the worst. Then after a while you realize that : - apple
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by bsaul 2y ago
« Use kafka as a basic message queue ». Since i’m guilty of that (i use kafka as the backbone for pretty much any service 2 service communication, under a « job » api) i wonder why you think that’s wrong.
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by bsaul 2y ago
I don’t think password managers are ad-supported. One thing for sure, apple is going to leverage ios to make sure it’s better integrated to the OS, and it’s also going to make it harder for you to move to a competitor (android or windows).
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by bsaul 2y ago
After 15 years of ios development, i must say i’m quite relieved that my next project is going to be web first.
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by bsaul 2y ago
Side question: what’s the status of android compilation target with swift 6 ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
Is it an impression , or are computer people overly represented amongst trans people ? Maybe working with computers provides a better environment for people with social-related issues ?
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by bsaul 2y ago
That would be great indeed. I’ve sayed this a few times, but i believe swift’s only chance to become mainstream is now, and only by growing outside of apple.

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