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bhhaskin··on New York’s bill banning One-Person Train Operation
Exactly. How can we have self driving cars before we have self driving trains?
bhhaskin··on Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosure
Then the data would support that no?
bhhaskin··on Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive
Exactly. If there was a way to give directly to Firefox development and only Firefox development I would in a heartbeat.
bhhaskin··on You might not need WebSockets
This. You can't just throw it into a folder and have to stream. The web server has to support it and then there is encoding and formats.
bhhaskin··on Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Like Home Assistant voice?

https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

bhhaskin··on Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On
This is just a way for Google to go "See! They aren't using the add-on. They are giving us consent to sell their data!"
bhhaskin··on Meta keeps 'block' lists of ex-employees – and even a VP can't get you off them
You would have to prove that it was deliberate and not just a correlation.
bhhaskin··on Alexa+
The big issue with LLM is how can you trust the information it gives you? It could be flat out making all or some of it up.
bhhaskin··on Tumblr to join the Fediverse after WordPress migration completes
I don't believe there is anything stopping someone from starting a managed Mastodon service.
bhhaskin··on Amazon blew Alexa's shot to dominate AI, according to employees (2024)
The trick is a local first solution like Home Assistant and then use automations. No need to ask to turn on the lights; it just does it.
bhhaskin··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
They already do and it has been that way since "opening" up their markets.
bhhaskin··on Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect
Because authenticated commands removes the liability issue. Hacking the device vs we knowingly let anything send g-code.

This is basically the equivalent to having passwords on a MySQL database or redis server.

Why on earth would they add a subscription? That makes absolutely no sense business wise. No one would buy their printers, and they don't have a captured market to strong arm anyone.

bhhaskin··on Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect
I disagree. These devices can easily burn down people's homes if given bad G-code. Then they would be sued into the dirt for a security whole a mile wide. Looking at the changes this is about liability.
bhhaskin··on Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect
I think people are making a big nothing burger out of this.

Bambu is patching a security issue. Personally I don't want any device or application to send any old G-code to my printer. Like say command the printer to basically destroy itself.

Could this lead to completely locking it down in the future? Yes. But they could do that anyways.

I think this is a way to stop getting their pants sued off.

If they really wanted to lock it down they could just make it so everything has to go through their servers and require files to be signed before being read from SD cards.

But instead we really have a half ass attempt.

bhhaskin··on TikTok users posting cat videos do not threaten UK national security, minister
It's crazy how people forget they already have censored activists during China's takeover over of Hong Kong.
bhhaskin··on BambuLab new firmware to cut access to third-party API and tools
What's concerning with the current firmware?
bhhaskin··on Ships must practice celestial navigation
At that point though you are using a sextant and a fancy calculator =P
bhhaskin··on Ships must practice celestial navigation
Those likely aren't anywhere near accurate enough. And accuracy matters when being off by a few degrees can mean hundreds of miles.
bhhaskin··on 41% of Employers Worldwide Say They'll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI
I have found it does a ok job of writing simple bash utility scripts.

Stuff like "I need a bash script that saves my current git branch into a temp file, then another script to create a new git branch based off the value in the file"

bhhaskin··on 41% of Employers Worldwide Say They'll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI
It's just not that good beyond basic tasks.
bhhaskin··on Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow
I have a sneaking suspicion that foreign agents are pushing the hero narrative pretty hard. Trying to encourage copycats causing chaos.
bhhaskin··on Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles
It's all of these edge cases that makes self driving cars impractical outside of optimal conditions.
bhhaskin··on 3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright violation
Completely agree. It should be on YouTube to do that and not a 3rd party.
bhhaskin··on 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
3d printers have changed significantly. They used to be very finicky and hard to get a decent print. Lots of tweaking and it was different for every printer.

They have evolved into true click and forget machines.

bhhaskin··on Google's Results Are Infested, Open AI Is Using Their Playbook from the 2000s
That's the biggest issue with LLM searching. I cannot trust the answers. Search engines aren't much better, but at least I can check different sources. And to be fair search engines where never meant to be answer machines.
bhhaskin··on Show HN: Super Snowflake Maker
That was really neat. Thank you!
bhhaskin··on My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red
A ton of blog content is still "marketing" content. Even if it doesn't directly display ads. It's "SEO".
bhhaskin··on Show HN: Autonomous AI agents that monitor the stock market for you
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck....
bhhaskin··on Sci-Fi Inspired Antenna Adjusts to Signal Needs
The US military has been doing stuff like this for a long time. I remember reading about a dish that would be filed with mercury and then spon. Allowing for adjusting the shape and focal point on the fly.
bhhaskin··on Russia and China rigged Romanian Elections using 10M fake TikTok accounts
Election rigging isn't the right term. It should be election interference.
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