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AzzyHN··on GrapheneOS has fixed the Android 17 QPR1 kernel performance regression
I knew something was up!
AzzyHN··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
In California, around 9,000 a year according to the article
AzzyHN··on 10-year Treasury yield climbs above 5.3% to a level not seen in 24 years
Ah yes, let's make our poorest citizens even more poor. Means testing doesn't work, read a book.
AzzyHN··on America.gov
Okay, but most AI agents are so keen to get you an answer that they will give a bad one rather than saying "I'm not sure", which means giving links to malware or untrustworthy software.
AzzyHN··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
"Given how the WH operates these days" I've got bad news for you...
AzzyHN··on Half-Life 2 in a Browser
It works on chromium-based browsers at least
AzzyHN··on Half-Life 2 in a Browser
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AzzyHN··on Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused
And firefox stores them unencrypted by default
AzzyHN··on Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number
As a rule: don't bother with trying to "opt out" of data collection. Reject the collection entirely either by forcefully blocking it (ublock Origin for instance) or straight up not using the service.
AzzyHN··on Apple's "notarisation" – blocking software freedom of developers and users
If I try and run an unsigned program, the UAC window will be yellow, but I can run it with zero issue.

I cannot do the same thing on MacOS with the same ease, and that's the issue.

AzzyHN··on Michael Burry a.k.a. "Big Short",discloses $1.1B bet against Nvidia&Palantir
A bet against Nvidia is smart. A bet against Palantir is not. Palantir has become deeply integrated into the surveillance states of America, and won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
AzzyHN··on Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Where does "most moral" come from?
AzzyHN··on PureVPN IPv6 Leak
Trustworthy enough to shitpost behind? Sure.

Trustworthy to break some actual laws behind? Absolutely not.

AzzyHN··on Show HN: Sosumi.ai – Convert Apple Developer docs to AI-readable Markdown
This is really cool, but also totally something you'd think existing AI agents should have zero issues with. _Especially_ if they're supposed to be for coding, I'd expect loads of documentation to be baked-in, so to speak
AzzyHN··on AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC's US plant costing 5%-20% more
On the consumer side...

Smart people know to choose AMD. OEMs heavily favor Intel for the brand recognition. It's the same on the workstation side, though AMD's market share has been rising quite fast (it's apparently at a 36.5% share) so I'm unsure if system integrators will keep pushing their Intel SKUs so heavily.

So they're not cooked, but they're certainly not doing well and barring a massive jump in performance or efficiency, they're not going to be making a recovery any time soon.

AzzyHN··on How Anthropic teams use Claude Code
Not to mention, if an employee could usually write pretty good code but maybe 30% of the time they wrote something so non-functional it had to be entirely scrapped, they'd be fired.
AzzyHN··on Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M from Defense Department
Lobbying, probably
AzzyHN··on Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M from Defense Department
Considering the DoD's budget, $200M is chump change
AzzyHN··on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
What's the commercial use of having this data though? Or even law enforcement use? We all have our phones on us most of the time anyways, knowing where in my house I'm at doesn't really... change anything...
AzzyHN··on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
People really like the Arris S33 and the motorola... god I think it's the SB8200? something like that.
AzzyHN··on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
If you want to remove the 1.2TB data cap, you can either pay $25/mo and get Xfinity's gateway router "included" OR pay $30/mo to use your own modem/router.
AzzyHN··on Touching the back wall of the Apple store
I mean, yeah, an Apple store in the heart of downtown full of tourists is bound to be pretty busy
AzzyHN··on AMD's Freshly-Baked MI350: An Interview with the Chief Architect
On the consumer side, almost certainly not. Nvidia is a HUGE brand name, it doesn't matter how good and cheap AMD makes their consumer GPUs, people will buy Nvidia GPUs for the brand and prebuilts will stick with Nvidia for the name.

For AI chips... also probably not, unless AMD can compete with CUDA (or CUDA becomes irrelevant)

AzzyHN··on Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA
Yes, but for most people (I'd guess 99% or more), they would never know to use the above, and I'm those who did find a guide might have issues using adb on their likely Windows or MacOS machine.
AzzyHN··on Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature
Who needs unit tests? Push it to prod!
AzzyHN··on Estrogen: A Trip Report
I'm pretty sure you're being transphobic, but for the life of me I can't understand what this statement is supposed to mean.
AzzyHN··on Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3M peers
Think about how many other programs are written in not-rust. You're worrying over nothing (or, alternatively, you should be worried about just about everything)
AzzyHN··on Anker is recalling over 1.1M power banks due to fire and burn risks
It's unlikely, but not impossible. What's more likely is that they'll start to expand
AzzyHN··on Insurers launch cover for losses caused by AI chatbot errors
I wonder who makes more errors, underpaid & undertrained employees, or AI chatbots.
AzzyHN··on Trump's NIH axed research grants even after a judge blocked the cuts
Pretty much.
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