DerSaidin
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Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
strtomem_pad seems redundant with memcpy_and_pad, and also it requires the preprocessor:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1a3746ccbb0a97bed3c06...
I was curious: Why have it, instead of just using memcpy_and_pad?
AI's answer (paraphrased) was * Avoid possible bugs from manually write sizeof(dest) * Enforces the __nonstring Attribute * signals: "I am converting an actual C-string into a fixed-width legacy memory field." vs copy binary data & pad it.
Interesting to learn about the __nonstring attribute:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1a3746ccbb0a97bed3c06... https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Atorvalds%2Flinux+__nonstr...
Comment · 6 months ago
If the alternative is "burn more tokens on finding issues than the attackers do", formal verification starts to look comparatively feasible cost. Think of it as setting an upper bound on cost, vs just burning more and more tokens.
AI assistants would reduce effort of verification too.
Comment · 6 months ago
> Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
Imo, cybersecurity looks like formally verified systems now.
You can't spend more tokens to find vulnerabilities if there are no vulnerabilities.
Comment · 6 months ago
For me it was Sygate personal firewall back on windows xp
Comment · 9 months ago
Is it a moat if new start ups avoid competing in the space because there is inherently no moat?
Comment · 10 months ago
One difference with Mullvad is VPN traffic is ephemeral. Here, a VPS has a persistent disk attached, that could contain identifying information (if it is necessary to do useful work).
Comment · 1 year ago
+1
Personally I'm more optimistic about Servo - because originating at Mozilla, I imagine more web browser experience and expertise went into its architecture, and also because Rust.
Comment · 1 year ago
I think the "burning the boats" action is releasing very low API pricing. Once consumers see the lower price they would balk if it was raised back up enough to provide some margin on inference. So the article is saying OpenAI won't have a way to switch back to profit from inferences.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Any connection/collaboration with https://www.plasticlist.org/ ?
Comment · 1 year ago
> It did okay. I didn't do any big tests with it but it seemed to work well enough, and was super simple to configure.
What issue/experience stop you from saying "it did great"?
Comment · 1 year ago
It was initially opt in for me, then they made it mandatory.
(Sure, I could pay by check but consumer banking technology/US in the US already feels like is is lagging a decade behind other countries without voluntarily going further back. Paying by check every month would be quite inconvenient.)
I'd already decided to avoid bilt as much as possible, but reading this thread prompted me to try going a little further.
Looking through their privacy policy it talks about what California residents can do under CCPA: https://legal.biltrewards.com/policies
> Request to Know... The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you.
> You have the right to opt-out from having your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information sold to third parties. You also have the right to opt-out from having your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information shared with third parties for purposes of cross-contextual advertising
Might as well give this a go.
Comment · 1 year ago
This looks like a technical decision on where to focus investment.
Using words like "bias" and "descrimination" imply there is some wrongdoing.
From a quick read (maybe I'm missing something) this seems to me to be coming from "You didn't fund the project I care about" rather than any wrongdoing.
Comment · 1 year ago
I've also done a lot of rock climbing. As other replies said, you get comfortable with the gear and the height and loose the fear.
When Covid broke my regular climbing habit. One interesting part of going back to it after a year or so of not climbing - I felt some fear of heights again.
It was mild fear, and didn't have me to hanging on extra tight or something. I remember the odd sensation of observing this fear in myself and thinking something along the lines "Oh that's weird, fear of heights - I don't remember the last time I had this."
Like a muscle, if you start training to be comfortable again it seems to come back quicker if you had trained it well previously. I guess fears have homeostasis too.
In addition to choosing not to use needless apps, some HN users here might have the opportunity for a stronger vote: refuse to (or at very least push back on) develop an app that could be a website.