fintler
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Comment · 16 days ago
Back in 2016, an update bricked my Withings scale. I don't think I've considered them again since.
Comment · 25 days ago
> So I'm not sure what anyone is trying to imply by sharing this with this title
It feels like this submission might be a violation of HN guidelines for editorialization.
I’m also in the camp of people who don’t want frequent updates to my terminal. Every 6 months is more than enough for me. :)
Comment · 1 month ago
> Hitler had been subject to gas attacks as a foot soldier in WW1 and forbade the use of chemical weapons as inhumane.
He didn’t seem to have a problem using them against civilian targets.
Comment · 5 months ago
Don't forget about the (awesome) cluster scheduler, Flux.
Comment · 5 months ago
Yes!
I started going down the path of building a ripple carry adder already (which seems to work fine). Then I was going to try for a full on ALU, then some sort of ISA that sits on top of it all.
I have no idea what the end result will look like if it all comes together. Hopefully I'll find some weird primitives along the way. :D
It's very hand-wavy, but I'm kinda hoping I can somehow have a machine manually constructed out of neurons that can naturally interact with one built with looser hebbian learning rules.
Comment · 5 months ago
I had fun reading this. Thanks for sharing.
With dendritic compartments, this seems like a waste of a perfectly good neuron that we could productively use elsewhere. ;)
Note that a SINGLE neuron can compute nonlinear functions like XOR.
Shameless plug: If anyone is interested, I did a post a while back on how neurons can act as logic gates:
https://blog.typeobject.com/posts/2025-neural-logic-gates/
This article builds on the first and creates a half adder out of neurons:
Comment · 5 months ago
Although vcpkg is probably the most popular, I’m a fan of https://conan.io/center
Comment · 5 months ago
Need to pee? Take the a-trap to Shell.
Comment · 6 months ago
Its an eternal september moment.
Comment · 9 months ago
Don't get me wrong, both are pretty terrible. I'm not going to defend Tesla.
But BYD is on a whole different level with that stuff (e.g. human trafficking, suicides and the factory that collapsed and killed a bunch of people).
There's no way that being able to cut costs to that level doesn't help their bottom line.
Comment · 9 months ago
BYD uses slave labor.
"In the dormitories of the Jinjiang Group, the company hired by BYD to carry out the work, there were no mattresses on the beds, and the few toilets served hundreds of workers in extremely unhygienic conditions. The workers also had food stored without refrigeration.
The Brazilian Labor Prosecutor's Office (MTP) also accused the companies of withholding the workers' passports and keeping 60% of their wages; the remaining 40% would be paid in Chinese currency."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_Brazil_working_conditions_...
It's hard for any company to compete with that (I hope they don't).
Comment · 1 year ago
Speaking from past experience with the DoE (I'm happy I don't need to deal with security like this anymore), there were constant and randomized checks to make sure fiber cables (they were all fiber to make it harder to tamper with and to avoid accidental RF) were fully visible (e.g. not hidden under a desk or something) and not tampered with. Also, lots of locks and doors, both electrical and mechanical. The guy at the front desk with a big gun probably helped too.
Comment · 1 year ago
They have multiple networks. One of them is definitely airgapped (red for RD). The medium security one is protected by annoyingly strict network ACLs (yellow for ITAR). Then there's a low security one for stuff like sharepoint (green).
This article is full of nonsense and speculation.