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brokenmachine··on The iPhone's Last Stand?
You haven't listed the competing company that does not make one feel "some kinda stockholm syndrome".
brokenmachine··on Ukraine targets specialized components to keep Russian refineries shut longer
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else, and nobody was going to bomb them."

- Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris

brokenmachine··on The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix
It's fairly trivial, but still significantly harder than computing a single CRC.

From stackoverflow:

Because a 32-bit CRC yields only 2³² (approx. 4.29 billion) possible outputs, the Birthday Paradox dictates a 50% chance of an accidental collision after processing just ~77,000 unique inputs.

I've done it for shits and giggles and from memory it took my desktop PC maybe 10 minutes to generate a collision.

You're missing the point though.

Noise is not the only thing they should be protecting against.

The point is that AMD is executing code based on checking using an algorithm that has barely any protection from malicious inputs, which is stupid, and not fixing it just compounds that stupidity.

A cryptographic signature protects against both noise and malicious inputs.

brokenmachine··on Cheap Iranian drone downed $25M US Army helicopter–maybe by chance
OP used the wrong "lose" in two separate comments in the same discussion. That's why no, I don't think the 13 years was enough time. But there's no shame in that, nobody knows everything.

I'm not aware of how long anyone has been on HN, bar a very small number of users. Who can be bothered to check histories for everyone you comment to?

Fair point about not being able to edit.

>If you're realy that upsit

Thank you for using the correct "you're". :)

brokenmachine··on Thermodynamics rules future orbital data centers
>their data centers are immune to the anger of the commoners who are being surveilled

If the commoners are attacking infrastructure, there's still always going to be ground stations that can be attacked.

brokenmachine··on Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery
Look up fission vs fusion.
brokenmachine··on Cheap Iranian drone downed $25M US Army helicopter–maybe by chance
Weren't they targeting US bases in those countries?
brokenmachine··on Cheap Iranian drone downed $25M US Army helicopter–maybe by chance
Please look up the difference between losing and loosing.

Call me pedantic but it just makes it unpleasant to read.

brokenmachine··on Cheap Iranian drone downed $25M US Army helicopter–maybe by chance
So obvious! Why didn't they think of that?
brokenmachine··on A €0.01 bank transfer could compromise a banking AI agent
Interestingly, if you look at the posted link, in the top-right there's a "talk to Blue41" link that allows you to do exactly that.

I wonder if they have a "risk control platform" for their calendar?

It's LLMs all the way down!!

brokenmachine··on Thermodynamics rules future orbital data centers
Asteroid mining? This is the most ridiculous thing ever. How this half baked snake oil salesman gets anyone to invest in his companies amazes me.
brokenmachine··on The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix
It's trivially easy to create a malicious file with the same CRC as another file.

So "verifying" using CRC is very stupid if you're trying to prevent malicious execution. You need to use cryptographic signatures.

brokenmachine··on AI is slowing down
I wouldn't.
brokenmachine··on AI is slowing down
What a surprise that something this implausible could come from the same guy who proposed trains that run in vacuum tubes.

I can't believe the people who actually listen to this guy can tie their own shoelaces. And somehow he became the richest person on earth. Humans are irredeemable.

brokenmachine··on Widespread attacks on Iran have begun [video][50 mins]
If only people would stop mentioning Epstein, the bombing might stop.
brokenmachine··on I Hate (Most) Keyboard 'Fn' Keys
Layers are great.

I barely need to move my hands from the home row at all.

brokenmachine··on WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
Foldable gets zero interest from me.

Apple foldable is -100 interest.

brokenmachine··on WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
I want a headphone jack.
brokenmachine··on Parsing XML EXIF from .avif files (plus a rant)
This is hilariously bad, in the same ballpark as the shitshow that is HL7.
brokenmachine··on I Must Attempt to Explain the Lego Scandal Rocking YouTube State of Utah
>this corporation profits unfairly over the backs of unknowing people

Churches doing what churches do.

brokenmachine··on I love my Bluetooth keyboard
There are lots of DIY keyboards that use Kailh choc switches.

They're not as low as Cherry MX ULP, but I bet they feel better to type on.

brokenmachine··on I love my Bluetooth keyboard
Samsung DeX is pretty good but I think they're phasing it out.

I've used it while on holidays connected via HDMI to the TV in the hotel, with a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and it performed admirably.

brokenmachine··on I love my Bluetooth keyboard
You can run two apps in split screen on Android. Not sure about two separate browser windows at once though.
brokenmachine··on Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)
I suck in a lungful of air, hold it in as long as I can, then when I can't hold it any more, suck in even more air. Basically take in as much air and hold as long as you can, and the extra gulps of air I think open up and "reset" your throat.

Sometimes it takes a couple of goes but it has always worked for me to get rid of hiccups.

brokenmachine··on Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says
We shall see. I hope you're right.
brokenmachine··on Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says
You're not overreacting in my opinion.

If it looks like 1930s Germany and quacks like 1930s Germany, get as far away from that duck as you can.

brokenmachine··on The four-day workweek in Australia: insights from early adopters of 100:80:100
What a huge surprise. Every one of these studies shows the same thing.

Same as every study of open-plan offices shows that they suck.

The psychopaths in charge do not care.

brokenmachine··on France moves to break encrypted messaging
>By hashing any sent images and comparing them to the checksum of known ones

How do you propose that would happen in an e2e chat?

brokenmachine··on Rotten Dot Com
It seems to me like Hollywood horror films have gotten more visually gory.

I prefer old style stuff like Omen. Where the dread is more part of it than just straight goriness.

I expect war films will go the same way.

brokenmachine··on Palantir to be granted "unlimited access" to UK NHS patient data
Nothing to see here. Move along citizen, before I look into your file.
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