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garyfirestorm··on CEO of health care software company sentenced for $1B fraud conspiracy
Is it a ‘snarky political jab’ if it is highly likely to happen irl?
garyfirestorm··on Nvidia to buy assets from Groq for $20B cash
Sell the asset and then lease it from the buyer.
garyfirestorm··on Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo
Well I have recently noticed many news organizations don’t refer to the Detroit automakers as ‘the big3’ anymore. They make it a point to say ford and gm and quietly leave Stellantis out of the mix. Although Stellantis has strong presence in US as formerly Chrysler and Fiat Chrysler, the reality is they are not American auto company anymore. I’d guess they’re counted as European.
garyfirestorm··on I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
And it’s not just TPM. I have tpm module however they don’t support my Intel 7700K processor.
garyfirestorm··on Reverse Engineering US Airline's PNR System and Accessing All Reservations
you might like these

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236514

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46273466

garyfirestorm··on alpr.watch
I like your idea. I would prefer nondestructive methods of scrambling their ability to read.
garyfirestorm··on alpr.watch
what is stopping me from putting a bright infrared light on my car angled in a way causing the camera to not be able to detect my plate? overexposed? this should be totally legal afaik since nothing is hiding my plate from any view to a normal human?
garyfirestorm··on “Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number
i mean looking at the app's security its indeed an MBA in CS from Stanford
garyfirestorm··on Home Depot GitHub token exposed for a year, granted access to internal systems
its generally in HD stores you never have cell signal or wifi
garyfirestorm··on Em Dash in Reddit Comments
here you go https://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq
garyfirestorm··on Em Dash in Reddit Comments
Here's a better version of the plot

https://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq

garyfirestorm··on The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
I know for the fact simulink generates spaghetti and spaghetti code was partially blamed for Toyotas problems. Hence the inference

See https://www.safetyresearch.net/toyota-unintended-acceleratio...

garyfirestorm··on The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
You’re joking right? That autogenerated code is generally garbage and spaghetti code. It was probably the reason for Toyotas unintended acceleration glitch.
garyfirestorm··on Calculus for Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, and Physicists [pdf]
Is there a hard copy to purchase? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
garyfirestorm··on CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns
This is a law problem though. This is clear violation of 4th amendment. You’re being unreasonably searched when a set of traffic observation cameras turn into surveillance of a particular individual. This is not that hard to understand, observing traffic flow != tracking YOU in particular. That should require a probable cause and proper warrant, we want to identify this individuals movements because …
garyfirestorm··on CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns
I see so I can follow you around and continuously 24x7 video tape and document your actions as long as it’s in public this should be fine.
garyfirestorm··on Goldman Sachs asks in biotech Report: Is curing patients a sustainable business? (2018)
Maybe the insurance should pay substantial amount for drugs/treatment AFTER the patient is cured completely
garyfirestorm··on The end of naked locker rooms
In both cases other people saw you naked. That’s the point of comparison.
garyfirestorm··on The end of naked locker rooms
When it specifically says it’s a public locker room how is it private? If other people can see you then is it really private?
garyfirestorm··on The end of naked locker rooms
As a foreign national living in US. It amazes me that public urination could land you in jail (specifically indecent exposure) however being naked in a locker room is supposed to be considered normal.
garyfirestorm··on Android developer verification: Early access starts
> Seriously though, can anyone tell me why the fuck banking apps try so hard to find any possible excuse to not run on customised devices?

As an early cyanogen mod adopter I really don’t want to lose ability to side load etc. but to answer your question this is probably for the lowest common denominators safety. Anecdotal example - a scammer tricked my parents into sideloading an apk which automatically forwarded all sms messages to the said scammer. This lead to 2FA code from bank go through and allowed them to perform some transactions. There were many red flags during this ‘call from a bank’ and I’d say some blame lies on my parents here, I guess this is the only way to lock down bad actors? I am not entirely sure it is.

garyfirestorm··on Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]
The problem is how do recover these parts from a heap of trash
garyfirestorm··on ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
one would argue that an immigration system that is actively hostile towards people who follow the rules (downright arcane) results in this issue. even a fairly skilled h1b worker (say a doctor working in rural area) has no real pathway to citizenship, let alone a temporary farm labor... i am not condoning the illegal immigration, just pointing out the root cause. we wouldn't be in this situation if we had a true reformed immigration system.
garyfirestorm··on The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
my response was to the 'it should be an easy fix' sentiment. trying to address feedback loop without negatively affecting cancellation performance is extremely challenging, because for a mic/algorithm there's generally no way to determine if the error microphone is picking up a loud event in the environment or if the cancellation soundwave is incorrectly phased and instead of canceling its just adding more noise.
garyfirestorm··on The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
i disagree here - having a feedback loop that makes loud noise instead of cancelling is fundamental failure of their ANC algorithm. There's basically no protection mechanism incase of divergence.
garyfirestorm··on Poker Tournament for LLMs
> LLMs would have no hope at conceptualizing any of that.

Counter argument - generating probabilistic tokens (degree of randomness) is core concept for an LLM.

garyfirestorm··on DJI Removes Video Shot in National Parks After It Raises Eyebrows
I am really unsure what is the root cause of this controversy. Restricted space needs permits -> you get permits -> you shoot beautiful landscape … controversy
garyfirestorm··on Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs
Instructions unclear - any key I find now onwards I’ll mail it to this guys leasing office.
garyfirestorm··on Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
i guess this one trick can help us ban facebook and instagram :)
garyfirestorm··on NIST's DeepSeek "evaluation" is a hit piece
did you even read the article? when you download open source deep seek model and run it yourself - zero packets are being transmitted. thereby disproving the fundamental claim in the NIST report (additionally NIST doesn't provide any evidence to support their claim) This is basic science and no amount of politicking should ever challenge something this fundamental!
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