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by louwrentius 1y ago
In addition to this article: Just today I noticed a Cadillac SUV in a Dutch parking space (multilevel parking garage). The car didn't fit (not even close) and protruded well into the driveway. 'USA-size cars' have absolutely
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Will Ed Zitron indeed be vindicated[0]? [0]: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Based on this article, I decided to remove comments from my blog as I was using Disqus too. I liked the comments, they were infrequent and OK, but I'm not going to add an alternative, maybe in the future when I feel like it.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
The Serial Port is an awesome YT channel[0], don’t miss their second channel The Parallel port[1]. [0]: https://youtu.be/LZ259Jx8MQY?si=w4ttuV-kqoRQykmI [1]: https://youtube.com/@theparallelport?si=Go4gTh6JK
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Copaganda is indeed a good book, recommend.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
If you decide not to use a forwarder, the DNS server will be truly independent. The DNS server will contact the Root servers for the TLD namesevers of a domain, the TLD nameservers and then the actual authoritative nameserver for the part
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by louwrentius 1y ago
After reading the article I come to the conclusion that this was never really about water. There wasn't even a water shortage, only a technical issue that would be resolved. This was about some people on the waterboard not being able t
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by louwrentius 1y ago
That's the 'Lia incident' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45014583
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by louwrentius 1y ago
I read 'Nuclear Batteries' and the first thing I think about is the "Lia Radological accident", where three men were exposed and one died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident Thi
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by louwrentius 1y ago
I don't believe in the validity of the idea of 'confidential computing' on a fundamental level. Yes, there are degrees of risk and you can pretend that the risks of third-parties running hardware for you are so reduced /
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by louwrentius 1y ago
That creates a technical complexity I still don't trust. Because I don't see how you can trust that data isn't exfiltrated just because the boot image is correct. If you control the hardware, you trust them blindly.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
How can I believe the software is running on the CPU and not with a shim in between that exfiltrates data? The code running this validation itself runs on hardware I may not trust. It doesn’t make any sense to me to trust this.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
I find the article a difficult read for someone not versed in “confidential computing”. It felt written for insiders and/or people smarter than me. However, I feel that “confidential computing” is some kind of story to justify somethin
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by louwrentius 1y ago
I’m not anxious about rapid technological change. I care about the fact that technology is used to undermine democracy and destroy social cohesion.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
They got $100M from USIT, which seems to be owned by Thomas Tull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tull
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by louwrentius 1y ago
The iostat command has always been important to observe HDD/SDD latency numbers. Especially SSDs are treated like magic storage devices with infinite IOPS at Planck-scale latency. Until you discover that SSDs that can do 10GB/
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Thanks for sharing. I came to a similar conclusion: TiniMiniMicro 1L PCs are in many ways a better option than Raspberry Pis. Or any mini PC with an Intel N-series CPU.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
It's very hard. Teenagers will teach each other to circumvent any of this within seconds. It's as old as the internet. But maybe it would be healthier if you discuss this topic with your 12-year-old. The reality is that they'
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent
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by louwrentius 1y ago
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mark-zuckerbergs-met...
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by louwrentius 1y ago
AI is a temporary buoy for FAANG and the tech industry to keep the financial markets happy while they switch to their next source of growth: Military contracts. I hope people understand the irony, but to spell it out: they need to live on
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by louwrentius 1y ago
If you want immutable logs, you log to an external log server. Anything else seems security theater to me. That log server is properly firewalled/hardened so a hacked server can’t be used as a stepping stone to compromise the log serve
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by louwrentius 1y ago
> For a societal change, things have to change at fundamental level. Are you aware that below $120k - $150k it is impossible to raise two kids, mortgage, healthcare, and live in a no-drug ridden neighborhood? Your solution is to enslave
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by louwrentius 1y ago
I'm going to bet that 'behaviour evolution' doesn't diminishes women into a role as subjugated to their husband. The idea that women are their own person with their own agency and desires seems foreign to you.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
> Relative stability, focus on family, growth, men as head of household, minimal single parent families, women spending time with their kids. This reads as deeply obnoxious sexism. Man as head of the household, sounds like religious fund
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Some Women who are full time mothers report feeling isolated. Many chose to keep their job even if all the money goes to day care.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
You made that up. It’s very easy to think of circumstances where it would be very immoral because of all the suffering the children will have to endure.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
We really don’t need this kind of sexist attitude on HN in 2025.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
Because things are supposedly “normal”, or happened “for all of history” it doesn’t make it right or moral in any way. I expect better, more thoughtful replies on HN than this.
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by louwrentius 1y ago
All I read is that you are part of the 70% that has no idea what to do in life when money and power doesn't matter anymore.

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