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infthi··on Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel
Technically possible if some obsolete code was deleted but later a historical snapshot was analyzed
infthi··on AI is not a normal technology
Is AlphaZero not a counterexample?
infthi··on Document-borne AI worms can self-propagate through Copilot for Word
My understanding of that comment is that "a generally intelligent system" also applies to humans. Which can also be targeted by social engineering which those prompt attacks are. (as in, I won't be surprised if it is possible to put an adversarial human-targeted prompt in a document which some people will execute).

So, like with self-driving cars, while having fool-proof agents would be nice, agents being better than an average user would already be an improvement. Of course, blast radius from an agent might be larger, this should be taken into account.

infthi··on Why the smart home bubble popped
My setup: philips hue switches in 3dprinted boxes on top of (currently perma-on) dump switches.

Smart home works? good

Smart home dies? remove the smart switches (held in place by magnets) - and the buttons of dumb switches are exposed. Lights have power-on behavior configured, so they act as dumb lights in this case.

infthi··on Google Street View in 2026
FWIW mobile maps rolled out "immersive view" (3d view of selected landmarks, e.g. Trafalgar Square, with model from desktop 3d view) a few years ago. That had camera just rotating around the object but now it seemingly allows free camera?
infthi··on Gemini 3.1 Pro
Wonder when will we get something other than a side view
infthi··on Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance
There was this proof of concept in 2012: https://youtu.be/CXv1j3GbgLk?t=2483

(IIUC they did not actually transmit data, just fed it directly into an ADS-B receiver, but transmitting would've been trivial at this point)

infthi··on Nano Banana Pro
Can't wait for a machine printing images on film by exposing it with a laser.
infthi··on Google Antigravity
Kursor Klone
infthi··on SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals allegedly used by Asian scam centers
The precedent seems to be that anyone can broadcast anything without caring what territories can receive your broadcast (see Voice of America broadcasts during the Cold War or GPS jamming in the Baltic nowadays). This seems to be extendable to broadcasting from space. The nominal group in power may ban/jam _receiving_ equipment on their territory though.
infthi··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
>it would be unfair to pay wind farms 10p/kWh and gas turbines 20p/kWh when the electricity they supply is the same and fungible It is not the same, supply from gas turbines is more flexible/predictable, this might be worth an extra premium.
infthi··on Pixel 10 Phones
Motorola did some A/B testing in 2011 with Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR MAXX. They had identical hardware, but first one was the thin one with a camera bump, second one was uniformly thick (thus no bump) and put an extra battery there (which doubled the capacity).

Given that 3 years later they have stopped producing phones with bumps, I guess people really prefer battery to bumps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

infthi··on The day someone created 184 billion Bitcoin (2020)
Hackers could have redistributed their coins to the existing wallets in the same ratio their balances were at the time of attack, keeping some coins (say, 1/21) to themselves as a reward. The outcome would've been: the hackers become owners of 1/21 of all bitcoins ever; Satoshi either keeps his 1/21 or is left with 1/184000 (depends on the implementation); everyone else sees their balance increase 20k times overnight. bitcoin/fiat exchange rate drops the same 20k times, so noone has lost any fiat value. Block rewards immediately become essentially worthless; mining becomes 100% fee powered.

Imo not great, not terrible.

infthi··on Precision Clock Mk IV
One possibility is to call 911 and ask what time is it.
infthi··on An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip
if someone gets Indiana on the suspiciously detailed request the author provided and it appears they wanted something else, they can clarify that to the chat bot, e.g. by copying this your comment.

I have a strong suspicion that many human artists would behave in a way the chat bot did (unless they start asking clarifying questions. Which chatbots should learn to do as well)

infthi··on US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago
Those still seem to be projects years away from completion (and they also have projects for fusion powered data centers - which are 30 years away, I guess?), yet I've interpreted the chain of comments as "Nuclear workers which were laid off _now_ can easily be absorbed by data centers almost immediately".
infthi··on US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago
> Data centers will pretty much absorb any person with military nuclear power experience

Could you elaborate why is that? They seem to be unrelated areas.

infthi··on US Cloud soon illegal in EU? US punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
One can already access AI with fax. What else would one need?

https://simple-fax.de/fax-ki

infthi··on Dragonsweeper — A minesweeper game that requires observation
What device are you playing on? I have accidentally figured out that playing in a narrow browser window hides the right side of the board without any hint it is there (except for the health bar being cut mid-heart - I have initially thought remembering whether you already have 15 hearts or not was part of the game process). This partially visible/explored board might be the reason you did not get enough resources for lvlup
infthi··on GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house
Have speed cameras with license plate recognition and add "is_av" bit associated with a license plate.

Or maybe just issue license plates with a different color to avs. Like taxis/public transport having yellow license plates in some jurisdictions.

infthi··on DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android
This depends on the firmware used. I am writing this comment from an Oneplus device which allows blocking internet access on a per-app basis - on a stock firmware.
infthi··on Google I/O '24 Puzzles
Counterexample (working solution): https://imgur.com/a/VxDJc6M, level 9

* all the tiles are used: yes

* every part of every tile visited: no. bottom right tile is not visited at all; the dangling path of the three-way tile is not visited

* elegant: no. Dangling paths.

infthi··on Neal Stephenson was prescient about our AI age
There is also The Baroque Cycle which seems a bit different from other works.
infthi··on Money pours into new fabs and facilities
if there is a demand for 200sqm space - why wont someone rent 2000 sqm and subrent?
infthi··on Can the stock market go to zero?
In 2022, Meta was added to the list of terrorist and extremist organisations in Russia, and some people suggested that owners of Meta stock should be considered sponsors of terrorism. Do a few more steps and stock may become a liability.
infthi··on The quest for a simple smartwatch
> bands are of poor quality

A month ago I found out there exist metal bracelets for mibands. Bought one and probably will not have problems with bands anymore. Also they look much better.

> they keep changing charging cables so you cannot use older one

5, 6 and 7 definitely had interchangeable chargers.

infthi··on Targeted attack on our management with the Triangulation Trojan
hardware modifications definitely can. A few years ago I've read ([0] - the article is in russian but google translate does its job) about hardware bugs installed in iphones - with a mic and an own SIM card, everything is powered from the phone's battery.

[0] https://service-iphone.ru/blog/proslushka-v-iphone-teper-bez...

infthi··on Original Prusa MK4
3dprinteros has an online slicer. So, assuming you are happy with the default profile and the printer is online, you can go "Upload stl" -> "next" -> "next" -> "next" -> "print".
infthi··on Internet Archive takes down upload of BBC’s Modi documentary
You have to find a company that would convince the authorities that they have been looking for qualified workforce on the Swiss/EU market and were not been able to find anyone suitable in 6 months thus you deserve a visa.

Google still has some open positions in Zürich!

infthi··on Secretary Granholm to announce major scientific breakthrough by DOE [video]
Somewhat similar to internal combustion engine where a small energy of a spark causes a reaction which produces much more energy - which comes from fuel.
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