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dev_tty01··on OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
It also decided which problem to solve:

"After analysing the unbroken messages on the website, it decided that the most promising message was Nr. 172, MVUEH and it also quickly suspected that the plaintext of Nr. 173, SIPVX ..."

dev_tty01··on Asahi Linux on M3
Why do you think they would be concerned about patent infringements? Like all major tech companies, they are constantly fighting numerous patent lawsuits, mostly from trolls but sometimes other tech companies. It is part of the cost of doing business today. Some Linux enthusiast finding a possible patent infringement is of no concern to Apple.
dev_tty01··on Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s
Don’t drop the ball on your toes! It happens...
dev_tty01··on Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day
You are clearly not the target audience. Perhaps you can recognize that other more recent internet frequenters might appreciate the knowledge.
dev_tty01··on Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults (2025)
It says nothing about weightlifting. The high intensity training is on a treadmill. Also, "changes were small and not clinically meaningful compared with exercise of lower intensity and considering measurement error." The study is really not noteworthy and certainly not a basis for changing any population wide recommendations.
dev_tty01··on Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says
No, the question really is what is best for the country. Making it easier for bright, hard working people to naturalize as US citizens has been proven for centuries to be great for our country. As others have pointed out, the original intent is not relevant. The current program grew out of a need for more outstanding citizens to grow our economy and help drive innovation. These sorts of slow changes of intent and effect grow out of pragmatic needs. The current administration has suddenly decided decades of precedent and practical needs must be reversed simply to accommodate an odd hatred of anyone who doesn't fit their perverted idea of "American." It is hate born out of a bizarre fear of "foreign," despite the fact that almost all of us came from somewhere else at some point in the past and that has been the key to US strength, leadership, and growth.
dev_tty01··on OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been
It is possible that AI is both over-hyped and is (or is becoming) a useful tool. The two can co-exist. Based on my own experience it is useful and it is a huge time saver, especially for experienced engineers who can figure out when to use it and when to avoid it. Trying to ignore AI is as unwise as ignoring any other new tool. I imagine lots of people thought static analysis tools were never going to live up to the hype and didn't need be part of a standard build/debug flow.
dev_tty01··on Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time
Just make your own play dough. https://www.iheartnaptime.net/play-dough-recipe/
dev_tty01··on Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri
>I want to use my mouse full time while plugged in due to poor reliability when unplugged, and only Apple's devices say no--for reasons that don't make sense.

The reliability would not be affected since it moves data wirelessly. The data will never go over the charging cable so your reasons for keeping it plugged in don't make sense.

dev_tty01··on Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
No, this is not on by default. After system install at first boot it asks if you want to help improve search and it describes how your data will be handled, anonymized, etc. If you clicked on yes it is on. There is a choice to opt out.
dev_tty01··on Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
>On Android, NetGuard uses a "local VPN" to firewall outgoing traffic. Could the same be done on iOS, or does Apple network traffic bypass VPNs? Lockdown mentions ads, but not Apple servers, https://lockdownprivacy.com/.

Why is NetGuard more trustworthy than Apple?

dev_tty01··on The Influence of Bell Labs
Bell Labs was also funded by a massive monopoly.
dev_tty01··on Tesla Robotaxi
Or by a Waymo you can already use in a visit to SF?
dev_tty01··on Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public
>Why can't Cloudflare do a "public service" by paying a patent search firm like most other companies would?

I'm sure they did that too, like any other major company sued by a troll. This isn't an either/or situation.

Jengo draws from many, many people across the industry. They can surface all sorts of prior art, not just earlier patents, and they know where to look due to their experience.

As I said, every large company that gets sued by trolls pays patent search firms to find prior art. I can't imagine that Cloudflare didn't do the same. Why wouldn't they, there is a lot of money at stake? They added to that through the search program because the yield from patent search firms is often poor.

dev_tty01··on Reverse-engineering a three-axis attitude indicator from the F-4 fighter plane
The strangest concept for modern software engineers is that it had to ship bug free and it could never be updated with firmware patches. Shipping under those constraints brings a certain level of focus not experienced in modern design.
dev_tty01··on NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9
Yes, my bad. Thanks.
dev_tty01··on NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9
>- Crew 9 launching no later than Sept 24th with 2 crew + 2 empty seats

Actually, they said no sooner than Sept 24th.

dev_tty01··on NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9
You seem to be unaware that the Soyuz system has been safely moving people back and forth to LEO for decades. SpaceX has been doing it since 2020. This failure should only be taken as a comment on Boeing's broken engineering processes and incompetent management. It says nothing about our society's spacefaring capabilities.
dev_tty01··on PostmarketOS updates: new homepage, pmbootstrap v3, sensors, libcamera
>>For hackers, tinkerers, technical people who are interested in pushing their mobile devices beyond what can be done with the stock operating system: ...

I think this is poor phrasing. If it can't do many of the things that the stock operating system can do it is not pushing "beyond" the stock operating system. It is moving the phone into a little playground off to the side. That's fine if that's what one is interested in, but the phrasing gave me a different impression at first.

dev_tty01··on Model Rocket Nails Vertical Landing After Three-Year Effort
Really nice work. Well described and I love the number of clever solves. The syringe based landing gear is just marvelous. I imagine trying to build his own simple motors might be next. Also curious if he will start trying to use some sort of range finder to get accurate altitude during the landing phase. Just makes me happy to see someone his age so engaged already in excellent engineering.
dev_tty01··on First anode-free sodium solid-state battery
Yes, interesting article and battery design, but the university PR folks certainly overplayed the "problems" with lithium. Not unusual.
dev_tty01··on Apple found in breach of EU competition rules
Subscriptions are 15% after the first year. Apps from small developers also pay 15%. Given the prevalence of subscriptions and the large number of indies on the app store, I really doubt 30% is close to the average. At any rate, 15% is still sizable, but it doesn't help the conversation if we are substantially overstating the fee percentage.
dev_tty01··on TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for more chips per wafer
I would say never. Hex gives no advantage over round. Both have waste when dicing. Square gives the least amount of waste.
dev_tty01··on Oldest white wine in the world found in a first-century tomb in Spain
"'It is this,' I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaire."
dev_tty01··on Oldest white wine in the world found in a first-century tomb in Spain
The Peninsular War is included in the ...
dev_tty01··on The enduring mystery of how water freezes
Here's a good article if you anyone wants to learn more. There is a lot going on down there.

https://seagrant.umn.edu/news-info/featured-stories/lake-riv...

dev_tty01··on The enduring mystery of how water freezes
Yes, ice floating is super important in our system. Another biggie is the surface tension effect. Surface tension [1] plays a big part in the capillary action that allows trees to transport water and nutrients from deep in the ground up to the top of their trunk and branches. Surface tension is important throughout nature and many industrial processes as well. Water is incredible.

[1] https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/38556

dev_tty01··on U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment
>Very few people have batteries with their solar in my neighborhood.

This is common. It is of course due to the cost of battery systems, particularly if the solar system was installed several years ago. I just bought a house that has solar and not only does it not have battery storage, but the solar cannot power the house when grid power is down. Seems insane to me to build a system that can't bootstrap from the solar and run things on an as available basis during outages but apparently this is typical.

I'm still learning, but I also think that I am not getting great value for the power I am supplying to the grid during the day. Add to that the extra cost of power during peak evening hours when I don't have solar and a battery to time shift my solar for my own use during the evening seems like a win. It still helps the grid since I am pulling less during peak evening hours.

dev_tty01··on U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment
>We'll learn how to shift a lot of industrial production around if the price goes low enough.

Are you going to send everyone home on overcast days? What if production needs to run 24/7? Solar is a whole solution if and only if storage is solved on a massive scale. Even with adequate storage, it still isn't going to work in some parts of the world or during certain seasons.

In the end, I think we need a mix of energy sources and working to make nuclear cost effective is part of a practical low carbon energy future. I just don't understand the confrontational nature of the solar vs. nuclear argument. Solar is absolutely going to be a huge part of our energy future. Supplementation by cost-effective nuclear would be a great complement to solar. Nuclear costs might not ever get low enough, but we'll never know if we don't put serious effort behind the goal.

dev_tty01··on FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations
I removed the last vestiges of Adobe products from my machine a few years ago. It took a while to find all the little bits of cruft and licensing daemons that had been spewed all over my Mac by their installers. What a mess.
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