aaron_m04

Err, last word is "analogy"

This could've been a much better article without the strained Tower of Babel article.

I had to enable "exploit protection compatibility mode" to use my credit union's app.

[...] until I noticed Google had force bundled a 'Wicked For Good' movie promo theme with the latest security update.

This is how users learn to not update anything.

How could anyone answer that with any level of certainty?

Yes, but do these enthusiasts care at all if it meets some need for the users? I suspect that they do.

And how can they find out how well it meets that need other than receiving (respectful!) feedback?

it's a non-profit (well, a for-profit owned by a non-profit) that needs to make a big profit in a short amount of time.

Can you please elaborate on this need to make a big profit? Where does the need come from?

Why do you say it's almost certainly untrue? Capital is well known for trying to suppress wages.

Depends on the business.

I could've sworn I saw something in the last month or two about BITBLT or DirectX changes on Windows.

Google is a step ahead of that, with their device attestation technology. Now apps can make sure they are only running in an approved environment.

This article feels a little suspect. They beat the AI drum a bit hard. So I go to https://workweave.dev and of course their business model is tied up with LLMs.

IME people an incredibly warped view of just how subtle and easy it is to introduce a memory safety bug.

Agreed, and I think part of the reason is because they take it personally when someone claims programmers (in general) can't consistently write memory safe C/C++.

Who specifically is saying this?

50 miles is a very long way to commute daily!

#1 does suck very much.

My solution for #2 is an sshd I start up in Termux when I need to backup. I just rsync the file onto my computer.

With foreign key constraints, you have to delete all related records when a parent record is deleted.

I've also seen good advice that you should never delete anything from your DB, but rather put rows in a different soft-deleted state...

This link doesn't really tell me anything.

I feel so good about never connecting the previous owners' Nest to my WiFi.

Projects using it is 404.

Ok, how would you ensure this is right in the law without creating a loophole?

It's true that there could be other more impactful actions. I'd love to hear your thoughts on what else can be done.

This sounds a bit like bailing out the ocean.

If it's one individual doing this, sure. I am posting this in the hopes that others follow suit.

Yes, and it's even worse: if you think LLMs may possibly make the world a worse place, you should not use any LLMs you aren't self-hosting, because your usage information is being used by the creators to make LLMs better.

That is what I meant, yes.

We should be concerned about all billionaires and the outsize influence on media and government.

That said, I do think fear is unproductive.

If you have an EV and you care about health and the environment, use regenerative braking as much as humanly possible.

Hint: driving fast or tailgating both increase the odds you'll have to use the friction brakes.

How could anyone possibly think it'd be OK to impersonate real humans?

Annexation is not a joke?

I run a personal mail server on OpenBSD and I love it.

The one big problem I've run into is sending emails to mail servers running the Proof Point blocklist. They have my IP blocked, and there seems to be no way whatsoever to get it unblocked.

Maybe you need to have an enterprise account with them for them to even listen to you.