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by g-b-r 1y ago
For those who worked there recently, how much does the comment at [1] reflect the current state of things? [1] https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/10/20/aws_outa...
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Can we not promote this AI-generated "article" on that banners-ridden site? Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640772 https
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by g-b-r 1y ago
When you'd first get a 3d accelerator you'd enter in a completely new world, the graphics and speed you'd get were on a different planet with what your computer could do without them. I think that the boxes initially reflecte
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by g-b-r 1y ago
I think it's for many more things than suppression of protests
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Indeed, the LLM is not going to add (real) information; I'd say, publish both what you wrote and what the LLM spat, if you think someone would prefer the latter
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Next time maybe just post the base write up and the prompt? What value does the llm transformation add, other than wasting every reader's time (while saving yours)?
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'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat(politico.com)
9 points by g-b-r 1y ago|0 comments
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FSF announces Librephone project(fsf.org)
1586 points by g-b-r 1y ago|631 comments
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by g-b-r 1y ago
This guy is insane
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Why not only letting them track you when you're going to pick them up, or better when they ask you to?
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by g-b-r 1y ago
True, the user I was replying to only mentioned backups. For those there's sure no problem
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by g-b-r 1y ago
And which organization has every file, from each of their applications using the cloud, encrypted *before* it is sent to the cloud?
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by g-b-r 1y ago
It was Steve who decided to make the iphones like this.
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by g-b-r 1y ago
I guess that iphones will be alright when no government in the world will have that power anymore, then
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Their action is supporting and promoting the model to other people, if they do that
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Besides making compiling apps yourself very difficult (you'd have to register and change the app's name), it's extremely likely that they won't just accept anyone and any app; at least things like NewPipe and Aurora St
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> It probably doesn't require a network connection for basic checking, as the signed key can be cryptographically checked even when offline as long as Google preloads their public keys to the phones But of course it does nonetheless
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by g-b-r 1y ago
It's been added to the last Android 16 build ( https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/android-16... ). No idea if they'll also decide to enforce it with the Play Services at some point.
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Being able to use a random anonymous account is not a minimal privacy benefit, by the way
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Uhm actually almost none let you unlock the bootloader anymore
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by g-b-r 1y ago
As well as malware, and millions of apps that will syphon every data they possibly can, on the Play Store
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> Backing up an Android phone without a Google account (...) is challenging Off topic, but I think it's impossible, rather than challenging? Unless, maybe, if you clone the phone to another physical phone?
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> some phones reportedly spoke the announcement rather than just beep loudly. Reportedly, some phones have a setting to toggle TTS for emergency alerts...
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Everyone's free to do what he wants, of course, but I'm arguing that there are strong advantages in making good commits. Ok, good is subjective, I guess, so let's say commits with good descriptions, all the information that c
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Uhm you might want to look up git clone
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> yeah for sure you want to squash-merge every PR to main, right? Oh god you're serious? > git is just a tool, and commits are just a means to an end To more ends than you realize, probably, if you put some care in making them
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by g-b-r 1y ago
Personally responsible for the review? For sure if you can say LGTM without even looking at anything it doesn't make much sense
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> Intermediate commits can have meaningful commit messages if the author chooses, but they could also just be labeled "wip" and still be useful to the author. > It's really easy for a note someone writes to themselves t
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by g-b-r 1y ago
> Intermediate commits are for the author's benefit, not the reviewer's. I don't even know how could commits only benefit the author; if they're poor they won't help him either, if not as a log of how much work h
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by g-b-r 1y ago
I mean, the reviewer is not supposed to know everything, right? Uhm he kind of is, if you want a proper review...

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