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HumblyTossed··on Pixel 11 doesn't yet meet the GrapheneOS security standards and may be skipped
> My guess is that the workaround is that Motorola sells them with Google-certified Android.

Was this ever the deal with Moto? They announced something recently, but it didn't read like Moto would be distributing devices with preinstalled GOS. Just that it would be able to run GOS.

HumblyTossed··on NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart
> Surely we can match that with our 70 years of advanced knowledge and equipment? I don't think we can, because: > ... we don't have Kelly Johnson.

or the engineers from that time who had an intuitive knowledge of how this should all be designed. You can't teach a computer intuition.

HumblyTossed··on Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
> This is a fabricated crisis

Indeed! They want the protections of our tax dollars because they have nothing else.

HumblyTossed··on Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
Let the regulatory capture begin!
HumblyTossed··on I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband
If you have reasons to want to limit how much most people drink at your venue, this would be a good way to do it.
HumblyTossed··on Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series
Me too. Not a fan of Qualcomm, though.
HumblyTossed··on 28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days
Investors maybe. Makes your company look better than it is.
HumblyTossed··on OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'
I think the word you're looking for is propaganda. They're deliberately using propaganda to make you think happy thoughts.
HumblyTossed··on Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy
when i am looking for a specific app on the App Store, I never use the app store to search. I search the web and look for a link to it on the app store. Mostly it's faster that way.
HumblyTossed··on I said no and Apple said yes
> Omarchy

Facepalm.

HumblyTossed··on I said no and Apple said yes
> Yeah I fixed it and it can’t happen again but that sort of thing only happens on Linux (and windows probably)

Definitely windows. It often forgets things.

HumblyTossed··on I said no and Apple said yes
The internet has redefined "bricked" as meaning something stopped working but is still fixable, because they loved the word "bricked" and didn't give a shit that it had a meaning already.
HumblyTossed··on I said no and Apple said yes
> ... but more and more I wonder how much are people willing to put up with such practices.

Apple has rabid fans, they will absolutely put up with this and tell you you're wrong for not wanting to.

HumblyTossed··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
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HumblyTossed··on US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four
I don't trust polling.
HumblyTossed··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
GrapheneOS scares them.
HumblyTossed··on Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
When society becomes a free-for-all of people with haves making it impossible for the people with have little to have anything at all, it begins to collapse. People have no incentive to treat anyone else with dignity and respect. They no longer take care of one another.

See you on the way down.

HumblyTossed··on Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
> It's the robbery of all of our culture to sell it back to us at a mark-up.

Considering the audience here (aspiring tech billionaires), it'll be interesting the responses to this.

HumblyTossed··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
I'm terribly sorry, but I had to post that to make sure it's not just ME!
HumblyTossed··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
In addition to this, there is a delay in the suggested word such that when you see the options above the keyboard, decide you see the word you want, stop typing and move to select it, it changes right as you land your finger.
HumblyTossed··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
Yes, it was a solved problem. Then they had to figure out how to utilize the ML features of their chips... and fucked it all up.
HumblyTossed··on Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows
News at 11: Developers write decoupled code.
HumblyTossed··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
There's a button on X that allows me to repost someone else's content.
HumblyTossed··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
Aaron Swartz died so that "AI" billionaires can live.
HumblyTossed··on Apple Watch Series 12
> ... and I believe some of the Apple Intelligence features will be backported anyways

Will it? Because they kind of made it a point, like they typically do, to say features are only possible due to the new chip.

HumblyTossed··on Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive
So... robots build shit that the wealthy who own the robots can profit from it and I need to ... what? ... go grow my own potatoes if I want to live?

Okay...

HumblyTossed··on Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive
Look around? It's rape and pillage time for corporations.
HumblyTossed··on Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?
> I think waaay more people struggle with this than HN would have you believe.

I'm sure we all know. I mean, just ask anyone to write a story and break it into small tasks that can each be accomplished completely in a day.

HumblyTossed··on Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive
> Now, software is cheaper and so people who couldn't afford to answer questions they've long wondered about can afford to answer them.

Temporarily. Token price will rise sharply when the bills finally come due.

HumblyTossed··on Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive
> there will be infinite abundance

Maybe.

> nobody will need to work anymore

If we define "nobody" as very wealthy people who partake in that abundance while everyone else ... goes away.

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