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Comment · 9 days ago
Mmmh so you will be trying to supplant the destination server with your own, with this emudhra leaked cert, to see what's being sent? Or how are you planning to do that? Just curious :)
Comment · 13 days ago
It's quite common in Spain, in my family we eat that ~6 times a year. Honestly delicious, but I understand why people won't eat it.
Comment · 29 days ago
Why? Imagine that you are a competing, close source product/project. Just bombard your competition with AI reports, and let them drown in misery. Problem solved! (/s)

This just goes to show that yes, if security researchers were to do that, it would great, but they are not the only actors here...

Comment · 1 month ago
That’s crazy to me: they already have to go through certification for the 2.4GHz stuff, why not include a lower wifi standard in there (for the 2.4GHz band)…
Comment · 1 month ago
I’d say as well, that a huge difference is a microcontroller has direct access memory (I.e. without translation), and a bigger computers CPU/SoC has an MMU (memory management unit) that does address translation. This is a key hardware difference for isolation of multiple processes, which you don’t typically have in a microcontroller (you _could_ have an MPU to give you some partitioning, but that’s further down the road).
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Comment · 1 month ago
Speedometers being under is a European thing. All manufacturers are required to show more speed speed than you are doing, up to an error depending on the current speed.
Comment · 2 months ago
Wait until you discover gradians: centesimal system applied to angles. A turn is 400 gradians, right angles are 100 gradians.

Same advantages as here but multiplied times 400...

Comment · 2 months ago
The thing is, right now it is exploding because we are at the beginning of it. At some point, it will plateau at a specific level, and not that much quality will be gained. There is however leaps to make for efficiency.

The same can be said about the CISC computer: yes, new processors introduce new instructions that do something slightly faster, you could still crunch that with an older processor. The real benefit comes in clock cycles (that's why Arm with a reduced set can compete with x86).

Also: there are myriads of models, for myriads of tasks. Not all have the same development gains as we see for general purpose AI. If you etch those, you reduce your bill by factors down.

It also democratises models: Instead of running them on a cloud server by some company, you can run them at home, for coding tasks, without the need of internet connection, etc.

Comment · 3 months ago
I'll note this one down. I was under the impression that yes, retyping helps learning something about a language and architecture, but I found myself forgetting it after a while...

Trying it first sounds slower, but definitely better for cognitive training :)

Comment · 3 months ago
I use a VPN to have access to my HomeAssistant instance at home, where I can control every aspect of the house. Without this, I would have to pay for a domain name, manage the certificates, and exposing myself to external attacks. So, for me, a VPN reduces massively the attack surface.

There is this law, where if you don't see the purpose of something, is probably because you never needed it. Which is fine, but don't gatekeep others wanting to use them.

Edit: OP forgot to format text, so my anger should be directed to however said the quote...

Comment · 3 months ago
It is a sort of LAN network over the Internet. That way, you can connect to devices as if you were in the local network, but having them exposed to the internet.

Traffic is encrypted so there is noone knowing what you are sending, they can still trace that is coming to/from a specific node.

Comment · 3 months ago
This will also come in handy, when ISPs in Spain turn off VPNs when football plays on the screen:

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/la-ligas-...

I guess accessing a streaming service without permission is considered a copyright violation, but blanket-blocking them based on copyright infringement will be legally difficult now...

Comment · 3 months ago
The article frames a GPU cluster as if it was rocket science. If you swap a GPU cluster with, say, a power plant, the question doesn't change a bit. Also high complexity, multiple variables, you don't know the current output power, scheduled maintenance, skilled labor needed etc.

In the end, they will either figure it out, or contract a company that can figure it out. Truth is, there will be many companies wanting to do the rental of those clusters for AI...

Comment · 4 months ago
This is what I hate about AI. Not that people use it, it's great to accelerate specific workflows, make less mistakes etc. It's just blindly trusting it and just saying "Make a post about a CV library release, make no mistakes" and calling it a day.

Where is the human creativity in writing release notes gone?

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