dmm

12 ms·

151.
by dmm 3y ago
IP cameras in general are little, proprietary computers that you shouldn't trust with internet access. Put them on an isolated network and access them through a more trusted(FOSS) NVR.
152.
by dmm 3y ago
Open Source is a term invented in 1998 a direct alternative to Free Software which is the term used by RMS/FSF. Bringing up RMS is irrelevant. If you want to promote licenses which don't meet the definition of FOSS, that's fi
153.
by dmm 3y ago
> The trouble is that attempting to learn from the lessons of past licenses tends to draw a lot of dogmatic outrage because said licenses either don't conform to the open source definition or four freedoms - or at least, not in the
154.
by dmm 3y ago
Opiates have existed since ancient times so fentanyl is not a problem. Potency and availability matter. I've heard of multiple cases of kids soiling themselves rather than stop playing a game. I never heard of that growing up surrounde
155.
by dmm 3y ago
Shoes carry large amounts of fecal bateria into homes, including E. coli: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shoes-carry-poop-b... > should apply equally to the workplace as in the home, no? Probably. You sho
156.
by dmm 3y ago
> GPS updates I load free OSM maps on my GPS.
157.
XEmacs 21.5.35 “kohlrabi” is released(xemacs.org)
79 points by dmm 3y ago|21 comments
158.
by dmm 3y ago
Roblox also broke Linux/Proton support recently, supposedly for anti-cheat reasons.
159.
Uber warns drivers against avoiding ‘disadvantaged’ areas(ft.com)
4 points by dmm 3y ago|1 comments
160.
by dmm 3y ago
> just personal discipline and habits Obesity can universally be resolved by eating less, a matter of discipline and habits. And yet it has increased everywhere! Have people become less disciplined or has the world become better at under
161.
by dmm 3y ago
> are also supportive of government surveillance cameras in homes How about a compromise? If you want to do crime you can turn the cameras off for an hour a day. /s Homes are already filled with cameras and mics that they don'
162.
by dmm 3y ago
Someone much more insightful than me pointed out that most of the safety advantages of Rust are really a cultural phenomenon, rather than a strictly technical one. You could write unsafe unsafe Rust that derefs invalid pointers all day but
163.
by dmm 3y ago
We've built a world where taking someones license is the equivalent of home confinement. The result is that tons of people are driving that shouldn't be.
164.
by dmm 3y ago
I agree if this trend continues even inferior local models are going to have value just because the public apis are so limited. > Conspiracy shenanigans aside, I've decided to cancel my "premium" membership and am explorin
165.
by dmm 3y ago
Here's a new one in Rust: https://github.com/algesten/str0m
166.
by dmm 3y ago
FFmpeg is an amazing project that everybody uses for good reasons but it's not written with the extreme focus on security that writing secure C demands. If you're using it in an adversarial environment or with untrusted data you s
167.
by dmm 3y ago
It's mostly a crazy idea to try and shift discussions away from the things that we know won't work. If we continue to squeeze young people they are going to continue making the same decisions. You can only eat the seed grain for s
168.
by dmm 3y ago
The supreme court disagrees with you and the only way to change that is to change the ratio of justices. Why do we even bother with a legislative body at this point?
169.
by dmm 3y ago
A monetary union without a fiscal union doesn't really make sense, imo. The US (mostly) works because states run balanced budgets(if you ignore underfunded pensions) and the federal govt corrects trade imbalances by taking money from s
170.
by dmm 3y ago
The main problem with a falling birthrate is not a shrinking population but instead an aging one. No matter the details of the implementation (pensions vs savings) the working support the non-working, retired people. A falling birthrate mea
171.
by dmm 3y ago
> there are already millions who are struggling to get by with existing energy bills Most carbon-tax proposals I've seen are revenue-neutral, meaning the carbon taxes collected are returned to people, everyone getting the same amoun
172.
by dmm 3y ago
Whether or not ChatGPT can replace you is less immediately important than whether decision makers /believe/ it can replace you. Organizations adopt non-productive practices for many different reasons and the consequences are often
173.
by dmm 3y ago
> The best we can say is that the limits it brings provides meaning to life. There is no way that Stalin could still be the ruler of the Soviet Union today because he would be 144yo and people don't live that long. I think mortality
174.
by dmm 3y ago
> Software is protected under the First Amendment And if it's dangerous enough, the Second.
175.
by dmm 3y ago
reinforcement learning from human fatalities
176.
by dmm 3y ago
Many of the proprietary extensions have license terms that forbid use with anything other than the official vs code binaries. For example from the c# extension: > INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. You may only use the C# Extension for Visual
177.
by dmm 3y ago
Thanks. I misunderstood that.
178.
by dmm 3y ago
> Possibly also why the map showed the boys location. If it means even a slight chance of attracting unfounded vigilantism, mandatory participation in a poorly understood surveillance network seems like a pretty big downside associated w
179.
by dmm 3y ago
Perhaps we can finally know what the dead salmon is thinking? https://archive.is/1WTnq
180.
by dmm 3y ago
New cars don't even need license plates to be tracked. They transmit telemetry over 5G. The car companies sell this data to whoever they want, including law enforcement. Right now you can probably disable the cell radio by disconnectin

More ›