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It depends. The most common reason is bitrate - the non-Netflix could have been ripped from another source (BD), or even from another service that has rights to the show in a different market (with higher bitrate).

The other trick some groups use is so-called hybrid releases. This involves combining video and audio from multiple sources to achieve the best possible quality. These are usually explicitly tagged as HYBRID, and afaik mostly applies to 4K remuxes.

I honestly have no clue! This is just a tidbit I randomly learned about haha.

For Netflix specifically; it’s because the groups that rip 4K content from Netflix burn a device (i.e. a Widevine L1 key). This is why they typically release 4K Netflix shows in batches.

Here is a good thread on the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/17ez7mi/how_come_it...

Similar journey, different distro! I wanted a Linux gaming machine, but given my recent admission into the cult of NixOS, I went with Jovian.

Jovian is a NixOS module that sets up a SteamOS-like experience on top of your existing NixOS config. I was able to build & tweak the config before even building my PC. It booted first try and has since been working without hiccups. Now I am setting up emulators, which is relatively straightforward with nixpkgs :)

Yes, but imo only if it’s done strategically and at a cost: if you want a bailout, you cede an ownership stake in return.

What I mean by the former is we shouldn’t, for example, be bailing out cruise lines.

I have made my points; you have made yours. And like I said, do not start complaining when your cause is put on the suppression list.

And since I am an LLM, I cannot engage any further here :)

It’s January. My bad for not being as infallible as you are.

That’s not what Romney said. His - and the wider establishment’s - concern is that unsanctioned content is allowed to be treated the same as any other content.

Anyone knows that TikTok simply tailors your feed to your interests & interactions. But even this is not acceptable when it comes to topics the establishment doesn’t want disseminated.

And if they had undeniable proof that TikTok was boosting/manipulating such content, why haven’t they revealed it now that TikTok US is under US control?

But it’s okay to not be concerned. Just don’t come crying when the book burning starts.

The CCP angle is the PR version. From last year: https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senato...

Note that there have been multiple instances over the past two years of high level ex/current officials repeating the same general point.

Thanks for clarifying. HN is ~generally more software centric, so this context is helpful.

So SPICE is a low-level circuit sim, and PLECS is a bit higher level as it ignores non-linearities at the device level. Does PLECS simulate at a level similar to that of the popular EDA tools like Cadence?

I know what SPICE is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPICE

And apparently, this is PLECS: https://www.plexim.com/products/plecs

Sure, but who is going to ship a DPDK application to end users? And how exactly would that work for existing user applications that are not DPDK aware?

I think kernel networking is the only option for Tailscale (or any similar mesh VPN solution). Given this key constraint, the best you can do is do more work in kernel space and reduce context switches.

Well, according to this[1] bench, you can get ~10 Gbps with kernel WG.

I'm interested in this because I'm working on a small hobby project to learn eBPF. The idea is to implement a "Tailscale-lite" that eliminates context switches by keeping both Wireguard and L3 and L4 policy handling in kernel space. To me, the bulk of Tailscale's overhead comes from the fact that the dataplane is running between user and kernel space.

[1]: https://github.com/cyyself/wg-bench

> Noting Tailscale, since it has been mentioned, has comparatively extremely slow performance.

Isn't this mainly because Tailscale relies on userspace WG (wireguard-go)? I'd imagine the perf ceiling is much higher for kernel WG, which I believe is what Netbird uses.

First, Oct 7th was not the start, but it can seem like that to those that regard Palestinians as subhumans who do not deserve liberation and instead are destined to live under the shackles of apartheid, blockade, and occupation.

Secondly, there are various reasons why there is no protesting in this case. Maybe it’s because Israel is the child of US foreign policy? Or perhaps it’s because US veto protection is what has allowed Israel to get away with so much across its history? Or heck, maybe it’s because our taxpayer dollars fund the Israeli gov to the tune of billions of dollars annually (and don’t come with the “it is just weapons” bullshit; money is fungible).

On the other hand, what exactly would be accomplished by protesting against Iranian government repression on US soil or on US campuses?

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Thanks for sharing, that project indeed looks useful.

> My BART rides have never been this entertaining before!

Not clear if this is snark, but if vibe coding on a train ride is actually energizing, then good for you haha.

> I don't think many developers have the combined taste and knowledge necessary to spin up Denobox or django-transactions.

Perhaps, but that’s just for now. What do you do when your “taste” no longer makes a difference? In other words, looking at the bigger picture, do you like where the field is going?

> I suggest anyone who wants to learn more about JavaScript interpreters or WASM runtimes try something similar in the language of choice as a learning exercise.

Agreed, but depending on learning style, vibe coding such a project might not teach you anything new at all :)

We clearly disagree on Gaza, but you brought it up.

But my point with the comparison is that the protests in their current form are not worthy of this level of coordinated international coverage. The fact that this ramp up in coverage coincides with rhetoric from multiple governments signaling that regime change is a short term goal raises suspicion.

Also, nowhere did I say that the Mossad is somehow pulling the strings behind the scenes. They are definitely one factor behind these protests, along with the pro-Shah contingent inside and outside the country, as well as serious anti-regime elements inside the country. The latter is a minority thanks to the 12 day war, which comes back to my initial point.

1. Give me a call when the repression of local protests escalates into a 2 year long Western backed campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide against a blockaded population.

2. Agree that it’s hard to tell for certain.

3. The truth is somewhere in between. My reading is that Mossad is definitely operating on the ground in some capacity.

1. If you look closely, Western media is operating a coordinated campaign that is more interested than usual in what’s happening in Iran.

2. The scale of the protests is very likely overblown.

3. Iran’s purging of Mossad assets since the 12 day war has not yet wrapped up. The CIA is rumored to also have assets participating in these riots.

Disagree with almost everything you said; too lazy to have an extended back and forth.

Let’s follow up in a few months and see who was right.

In the sense that an offensive war - especially one that intentionally targets civilians and their families - rallies people around the flag and provides a boost of support to whoever is in power.

The regime was organically declining in popularity. Israel’s war simply rejuvenated the regime’s supporter base without any meaningful gains on the ground. There was minimal impact to the enrichment campaign. And the fact that negotiation was used as a ruse by the Americans is definitely a motivation to pursue enrichment even further.

Not to mention that regional powers are now wary of Israel’s expansionist nature and see nuclear power as the only true deterrent. Think about it: does anyone ever mess around with Pakistan or NK?

This offensive directly led to the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact, with Turkey probably joining soon. I would also wager that both KSA and Turkey are starting or are considering starting their own nuclear weapons programs.

This is not going to happen.

It might have been a possibility if Israel didn’t decide to start a war and assassination campaign against Iran.

I am not at all an AI sceptic, but probably less impressed by what LLMs are capable of.

Looking at these projects, I have a few questions:

1. These seem to be fairly self-contained and well specified problems, which is the best case scenario for “vibe coding”. Do you have any examples of projects where the solution was somewhat vague and open-ended? If not, how do you think Claude Code or similar would perform?

2. Did you feel excited or energized by having an LLM implement these projects end-to-end? Personally, I find LLMs useful as a closely guided assistant, particularly to interactively explore the space of solutions. I also don’t feel energized at all by having it implement anything non-trivial end to end, outside of writing tests (and even then, not all types of tests!).

3. Do you think others would find these projects useful? In particular, if you vibe coded them, why couldn’t someone else do the same thing? And once these projects are picked up by future model training runs, they’ll probably be even easier to one shot, reducing the value even further.

Let me provide an example of what I mean by (2), at least in the context of hobbyist dev. I could have Claude Code vibe code a Gameboy emulator and it would probably do a fine job given that it’s a well specified problem that is likely well represented in its training data. But the process would neither be exciting nor energizing. I would rather spend hours gradually getting more and more working and experience the fruits of my labor (I did this already btw).

At $DAYJOB, I simply do not have confidence in an LLM doing anything non-trivial end to end. Besides, the complexity remains in defining the requirements and constraints, designing the solution, gaining consensus, and devising a plan for implementation. The goal would be for the LLM to pick up discrete, well defined chunks of work.

I was referring to working with systemd specifically on NixOS. But yes, the Nix ecosystem is not easy to learn, but once it clicks there is no going back.

It’s a bit more than sugar.

1. 1-command (or step) to have a new device join your network. Wireguard configs and interfaces managed on your behalf.

2. ACLs that allow you to have fine grained control over connectivity. For example, server A should never be able to talk to server B.

3. NAT is handled completely transparently.

4. SSO and other niceties.

For me, (1) and (2) in particular make it a huge value add over managing Wireguard setup, configs, and firewall rules manually.

How is it not a light abstraction? If you're familiar with systemd, you can easily understand what the snippet below is doing even if you know nothing about Nix.

    systemd.services.rclone-photos-sync = {
      serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
      path = [ pkgs.rclone ];
      script = ''
        rclone \
          --config ${config.sops.secrets."rclone.conf".path} \
          --bwlimit 20M --transfers 16 \
          sync /mnt/photos/originals/ photos:
      '';
      unitConfig = {
        RequiresMountsFor = "/mnt/photos";
      };
    };
    systemd.timers.rclone-photos-sync = {
      timerConfig = {
        # Every 2 hours.
        OnCalendar = "00/2:00:00";
        # 5 minute jitter.
        RandomizedDelaySec = "5m";
        # Last run is persisted across reboots.
        Persistent = true;
        Unit = "rclone-photos-sync.service";
      };
      partOf = [ "rclone-photos-sync.service" ];
      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
    };

In my view, using Nix to define your systemd services beats copying and symlinking files all over the place :)

An eBPF-based Wireguard mesh VPN in Rust using Aya.

The idea is to rely on kernel Wireguard, and process packets in kernel space (via eBPF) for maximum performance and minimal CPU overhead. I plan to use egress and ingress TC to “apply” the policy at both sides. XDP is faster, but only works on ingress, which is not sufficient for a mesh VPN imo.

Netbird already exists in this space, so this is mostly a learning exercise, and maybe a reference implementation for those learning eBPF in Rust.

Goals and constraints:

1. Single digit CPU overhead for multi Gbps bandwidth (probably a bit too ambitious, but we’ll see)

2. Linux only

3. No hole punching or complex NAT handling

4. Basic policy language for L3 and L4 traffic (L7 requires punting packets to a userspace proxy)

It’s even more pleasant when you use a distro that natively uses systemd and provides light abstractions on top. One such example is NixOS.

Red Hat contributes to a broad spectrum of Linux packages, drivers, and of course the kernel itself [1].

One example is virtualization: the virtio stack is maintained by Red Hat (afaik). This is a huge driver behind the “democratization” of virtualization in general, allowing users and small companies to access performant virt without selling a kidney to VMware.

Also, Red Hat contributes to or maintains all of the components involved in OpenShift and OpenStack (one of which is virtio!).

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/915435/

I only employ snark in response to snark..

> That would seem very unfair, if Russia did it just because they're mean

> Still not a great idea to have random journalists waltzing around and tweeting photos of military assets.

> This is a funny explanation