lxgr

16 ms·

421.
by lxgr 5mo ago
We are however constrained by the complexity of any purported solution. That's the bitter lesson, in a nutshell. At the very least, we know that sleep and dreaming do exist in biological brains. (Doesn't mean any of it is applicab
422.
by lxgr 5mo ago
If it works, it's called bionics, not anthropomorphization ;)
423.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Great concise description of the problem. As for the solution, it seems to explicitly not address recovery of lost keys/identities, which is however exactly the part that makes this hard for regular users. That, and general name confus
424.
by lxgr 5mo ago
What alternative is there, today, that would allow securely doing this without an app store dependency? Only a few EU countries have rolled out NFC-based eID functionality (as only physical ICAO-based ID verification via NFC is a mandatory
425.
by lxgr 5mo ago
For me it's the opposite: I usually misremember 192.0.0.0/8 as being entirely private, so for 192.0.2.0/32, I usually assume that the example given is supposed to be a private v4 address/network.
426.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Good point, and quite on topic given that this thing will have a SIM slot, so we're at at least three OSes and CPUs and counting :) The Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chipsets usually have their own CPU as well.
427.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> Could just let the device get turned off like literally any other device on earth, and not have to build a whole new fucking OS to get it running. This is actually quite common in embedded devices and even elsewhere. Every Apple device
428.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> 2 "main" processors running independently... On the other hand, this has been working pretty well for the first few Raspberry Pis! (Although they had the benefit of leveraging an existing smart TV based platform for that.)
429.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Today, I think so too, but I think they're onto something with the idea of a PTT-like local LLM interface. With 2-3 orders of magnitude more local inference power, I could really see this work out! "Hey Flipper, log onto Wi-Fi SSI
430.
by lxgr 5mo ago
This was my first impression too, but it's actually quite simple: It's everything all at once. It's an incredibly ambitious plan, but buy would I be in the market (unironically!) for an offline, LLM-powered, voice-controlled,
431.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> [...] the merchant has access to the information to take money from my account. But that information can leak and someone else can take money from my account. Not in the implementation where any new merchant (or even new mandate refere
432.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Nowadays Plaid uses OAuth for many banks, but the real problem is and always has been that they get full access to your transaction data and pass it on to their users.
433.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> [...] the merchant can send an invoice for a payment. Either the customer manually pushes the payment, or delegates to the bank that each invoice from merchant X should immediately result in a payment push [1]. This already very close
434.
by lxgr 5mo ago
The US essentially uses neither 3DS nor PINs.
435.
by lxgr 5mo ago
I want many payments to be pull-based (at least I'd go crazy having to positively sign off every utility bill and subscription), but the ideal user interface for pull payments shows who exactly is pulling what, with a few days notice,
436.
by lxgr 5mo ago
They are everywhere. Default liability for online payments is and has always been with the merchant; only 3DS and some wallets can shift it to the issuer.
437.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Of course not, since you can just install the Android app on your free software aftermarket OS. Surely banks wouldn't require hardware attestation or monitor your device for being rooted, would they? /s Irony aside, yeah, this is
438.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Banks can settle with Visa and Mastercard in their currency of choice, so I don't see why the dollar matters for any of that. And regarding Visa and Mastercard being US payment networks: This is now undoubtedly the case, but for much o
439.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> So this is basically the EU version of Zelle? Yes, but more importantly, it's essentially the EU version of Alipay (which can be used for merchant payments as well as P2P transactions). P2P payments, specifically SEPA Instant bank
440.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Not really, since in modern 3DS implementations, the redirect pretty much only shows a modal saying "check your phone for a notification and confirm this payment there". Worst case, you'll be entering a one-time code received
441.
by lxgr 5mo ago
If 3DS and chip + PIN card usage were ubiquitous, the value of a stolen card number and even card would be zero, and this entire problem would go away. Unfortunately, legacy deployments have just proven too pervasive to effect real change,
442.
by lxgr 5mo ago
That's a pretty optimistic take. I'm a bit more cautious myself: The motivation is obviously higher than ever, but it's hardly a done deal. There are still many obstacles ahead: Contactless payments (Apple does not provide an
443.
by lxgr 5mo ago
What bearing does the dollar have on any of this exactly?
444.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Really depends on the country. Discover acceptance is actually relatively good globally, as they have interconnections to Diners Club, JCB and China UnionPay.
445.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Debit cards have scheme fees and interchange rates just like credit cards. Interchange rates for credit and debit cards in the EU are actually very comparable and both very low, which is very different from many other parts of the world (e.
446.
by lxgr 5mo ago
QR codes for now, unfortunately.
447.
by lxgr 5mo ago
It's never been a thing on iOS, unfortunately.
448.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Exactly: Perfectly capable in hardware, almost perfectly locked down in software.
449.
by lxgr 5mo ago
Are we looking at different screenshots? How is adding an AI button next to the regular old search button "being forced into a UI"?
450.
by lxgr 5mo ago
> I get much better results from the LLMs I pay for than the free ones with Google or DuckDuckGo, which seem to be way way way more prone to just make crap up based on your search Same here. The free version probably gets orders of magni

More ›