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Same. I write cheats for CS2 for my own amusement and it's 100% detectable by replay analysis.

If I'm reacting to information that I shouldn't have at a rate much much greater than the general population, then I'm not psychic, I'm just cheating.

This is also true for aiming, spray control, etc. All current cs2 cheaters are producing a very large and detectable audit trail of very suspicious plays in game, even if they think they're being sneaky. The resolution of the data looks like keeping track of your location and where you're aiming about every 15ms.

Here's some recent research that's related: https://arxiv.org/html/2508.06348v1

I can hide from a kernel module, but I can't hide from my own data trail.

There's only really two paths:

* We do kernel anti-cheat in trusted execution environments, which is bad for all the reasons in the article. When I break through this, you'll get the full "having a cheater" experience in your game.

* We do AI/ML heuristic-based detection to the point where cheaters are forced to behave exactly like non-cheating teammates or risk detection, cheating maybe only 10-20% above their previously established skill patterns. When I break through this, you'll have a normal game and I'll be kind of bored and nobody will be having the "cheaters in my game" experience even though I'm actually cheating.

In either case, I'm still going to try and beat the system for fun. Because video games.

You guys have done such a good job that I've thought about buying one even though I don't need one at all just to support the project.

You've surely launched a generation of perhaps-someday-responsible hackers into the world.

The real question is, if I buy 80% of a 3d printer to be finished on my own, does it need a Prop 65 sticker?

(The answer is actually "yes, several".)

Having often thought this is how I would attempt to monetize if I built a developer tool, I'm glad to hear that it's working.

It makes good sense because companies actually have an absurd amount of liability to you if they violate your agreement.

Likely both.

Google Wallet also doesn't work on Graphene OS.

I just looked into this and in the US there's basically no technical answer that I'd expect to be reliable.

You've got a few choices:

* magsafe wallet (~$10) without nfc shield with a physical card

* "purewrist" prepaid debit card (would be good for a kid maybe)

* garmin smartwatch that gets linked properly like Google Pay would

If you're in the EU there are a ton more options, specifically "Curve Pay" and possibly "Amex UK".

Very annoying.

I think all reasonable citizens could agree that a simple licensure for fridge ownership is for the best.

Besides, we can use the extra license taxes from people with multiple fridges to raise funds for the schools.

You don't hate the children, do you?

That was just the vibe.

It was mandatory watching by the state education program. It had product placement and a clear message.

I mean, I feel like it would take more education to not see it as propaganda.

I didn't like The Magic Schoolbus either though. Same reason.

Oh, and Scholastic everything.

It really felt like propaganda as a kid.

Made me think reading was probably a scam.

I bought kit that can do this off AliExpress.

Here's the repo: https://github.com/joelsernamoreno/EvilCrowRF-V2

Some context for anyone unfamiliar with the linux desktop space:

Hyprland is a "wayland compositor" (roughly analogous to an X Window Manager) that is under active community development: https://hypr.land

Wayland is considered the future of the linux desktop and is what projects like Valve's SteamDeck are using: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope

It's known that Hyprland Premium is going to include a bunch of pre-made dotfiles including a Quickshell bar config, if you want to see the current top-tier rice: https://quickshell.outfoxxed.me/

Are clones available for research purposes?

The world is already human shaped. It's essentially backwards compatibility for existing physical interfaces.

If you want the certificate, it must be issued by the certificate authority.

If you want to make your own certificates, good luck getting them on the trusted list.

Yes, it happens all the time, especially as the devices age.

L1 devices remotely downgrade to become L3 devices. This has different effects depending on content provided from "totally unavailable" to "lower resolution".

It's both DRM and planned-obsolescence in one.

The qualifier: https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-...

The list: https://android.googleapis.com/attestation/status

The dev docs: https://github.com/doridori/Android-Security-Reference/blob/...

I'm not sure if it's confirmed, but it's believed Level 1 video output contains a watermarking scheme that ties the key to the media, so if it's leaked they can disable the key that leaked the content.

You can search around and find tons of angry consumers shouting into the void about widevine errors on older consumer devices.

There is 1 provider for ATSC3 DRM (which is already rolling out in major markets): Google Widevine.

There is 1 operating system for ATSC3 DRM: Android.

There are several SoCs that can be used for "Level 1 Widevine".

When a SoC is compromised and the key is leaked from the TEE, all models of that device with the key are now untrusted for Level 1.

I think people should just be aware of the state of play.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/04/picnic-before...

Either side? Tell me which "side" does that sound like?

Up until you got to the "Roman" salutes, it sounded like both sides in the US.

Or rather, it will sound like whichever side you aren't. That's the point.

But using "Then they came for the Jews" when you're discussing deportation of these particular people is perhaps a new level of absurdity in the discourse.

It's not unreasonable to see the situation as "Then they came for the Jews, and the administration finally deported the people who were coming for the Jews".

The president's literal argument for doing it is that the activist groups are coming for all of American life.

I'm not a big fan of either side's rhetoric, but clearly the horseshoe has become a ring.

I've never seen The Holdovers, but I'm a stunned fan of Bob's Burgers, if we're doing a "surprised by fish odor syndrome in well-known media" thread.

I learned that most diesel cars and trucks are still dependent on electronics for fuel injection and also have a higher minimum-quality of diesel.

The prepper nerds seem to advocate for Cummins 12-valve engines from the 1990s or the Toyota 1HZ.

There's a whole lot of old diesel LandCruisers out there. I'm guessing that's the sweet spot for it still being a normal car that mechanics can maintain while still being comfy and looking cool.

I'm also a software engineer and recently got new LG washer and dryer.

I have not yet figured out how to manually change the settings, as the buttons don't do anything when you press them.

I leave it on "normal" and it seems fine, and surely there is a way to activate those buttons, but I haven't found it.

I could probably install the app on my android device and use it to connect them to wifi, where I could presumably configure them.

Instead, however, I am looking at electronics-free diesel trucks.

You're both right. It was an issue before. It's an issue now too.

It might even be less of an issue now, practically, because of budget cuts.

But it will be perceived as a bigger issue than whatever the reality is because of the rhetoric.

Incidentally, when the ICE deportations started, the heated rhetoric was an explicit part of the strategy to spook people into "self-deporting".

I have no idea if this worked or not, but I believe the reason was due to not having enough budget or staff to do the scale of deportations that the administration wanted to do.

We think of LLMs as not math-proficient (because they aren't yet) but what about those multimodal models?

I wonder if anyone has tried getting them to "imagine" math in a way to "visually compute".

Valid and cheeky is squarely where I'm aiming, so thank you ;)

But does it include binaries?

This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqoMrCLl14E

Feels kind of reductive.

If I played too many video games so now I don't get to have my meds, I'm going to be pretty sad.

Yes, I have such a diagnosis and can confirm this, but it was many years ago. I assume it's still the same.

I got a short quiz to see what symptoms I was complaining about and then I got asked about my drug usage and why I was seeing them.

I told them that I tried a friend's adderall once and I felt so much better immediately.

They told me drinking 2 pots of coffee a day, doing tasks out of order, "just in time laundry", and being "excitable" is actually ADHD and that I'd be better off if I took these pills every day and cut way back on the caffeine.

It took about 15 minutes.

What other questions would you have? Do you think you'd need to give me the long-form test? Lol.

I followed the advice btw. It's going well many years later and I hope RFK doesn't take the stimulants away.

How do you actually find people to prospect?

I've been trying to help a friend get started freelance coding who has super technical skills but not a lot of formal experience and education.

It's really a challenge when everything is AI and everyone assumes everything is a scam.

This was actually a great post and made me aware of your product for the first time.

I eventually landed here: https://getlago.com/docs/guide/self-hosted/

It would be nice if there was a feature matrix for self hosted premium vs open features, since that's the first thing self-hosted people are going to be looking for.

Also, I'm looking at your Lever page, but no SWE roles are listed. Maybe if this post really does numbers, that'll be changing soon!