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larkinrichards

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you can find me at http://pete-richards.com/

Sometimes I perform experiments to measure the intelligence of internet commenters.

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larkinrichards··on Swift Package Index joins Apple
I think you missed it: go and dot net launched without package managers. It was a long time before they had a standard package manager.
larkinrichards··on YouTube seems to be down
Love it when the ads load but the video you wanted to watch won't load.
larkinrichards··on Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Supercharger network
How do you define "minor accident" -- perhaps it was a "minor" accident because no one was injured and no other party was involved?

Last time I bought a car, I found the one I wanted with the note that it had been in a minor accident. I paid for the carfax, and learned that it had some damage and repairs, and had somehow traveled across the country in the process. Limited details, except, the accident had occurred in Florida. $10 later I had the police report. It was a 4wd car and suffered 2 broken axles & broken drive train. not minor in any way.

larkinrichards··on Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Supercharger network
Article says "photos of the damage made it look more than minor"

Sounds like buyer was scammed.

> The term "salvage" was a complete shock, but a deeper dive into the CARFAX vehicle history report, which he didn't pull until after the sale, uncovered a "minor accident."

> Photos of the damage made it look more than minor, and a Tesla technician told him the repair work as shoddy.

larkinrichards··on Why today's humanoids won't learn dexterity
The article doesn't miss it -- this is exactly the point. We can and will rearrange our environment to support robots, but that means they will never learn dexterity.
larkinrichards··on Find SF parking cops
offline now. It's a reasonable to expect that this information should not be available in real time to protect parking officers. It's already published daily, as mentioned in other comments.
larkinrichards··on Find SF parking cops
there is -- https://data.sfgov.org/City-Infrastructure/Map-of-Street-Swe...

"undergoing maintenance" but spot check of data looks correct to me.

Street cleaning tickets are given efficiently and enforcement is conducted to minimize the time that people can't park. 2-4 parking officers drive in front of the street cleaning vehicles and ticket everyone parked. if you're watching at the time you'll see almost every car on the street pull out in front of the officers, circle the block and park right back in the same -- but now clean -- spot. those that don't get tickets.

larkinrichards··on 1 bug, $50k in bounties, a Zendesk backdoor
Exploit chain--

1. zendesk allows you to add users to a support issue and view the complete issue history by sending a response email to a guessable support email from a person associated with an issue and cc'ing the person to add.

2. Zen desk depends on a spam check for inbound email validity. This check does not appear to catch instances where sender email is spoofed. Zendesk claims this is bdue to DKIM/SPF/DMARC config but I have trouble imagining that 50% of Fortune 500 would get this wrong. There are many automated checks available.

3) Apple issues an Apple ID account to anyone who can receive a verification email Sent to the mailing address (support@company.com)

4) Slack allows you to sign in to a workspace using any Apple ID associated with the workspace domain (e.g. support@company.com)

This researcher reported #2 to hackerone and was declined. Researcher later discovered full exploit with 3 and 4. Did not update hackerone, contacted affected companies directly.

it would have been prudent to update hackerone on the additional finding, but it feels like an easy oversight for a 15 year old after getting rejected on the first round.

Zendesk should take the higher ground and recognize the mistake and correct it. Not get all "ethical mumbo jumbo."

larkinrichards··on Starship Flight 5 license issued by FAA
Based on the Oct 12 change log, "changed flight 4 to "starship super heavy" -- this reads that they can perform multiple flights with the same mission profile. So they can do a few quick test catches and avoid relicensing?
larkinrichards··on Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer
unlikely. They'd already created the prototype decks. They had the fabrication know-how in house. Sure they have in house VFX experience, but rigging the scene and trying to match lighting to reality and ultimately disappointing customers? It's a no brainer to use the real deal when you can.

Many would hire an agency to create an ad for you but that would 10x the cost, not to mention dealing with the opinions of an outsourced creative director...

larkinrichards··on Documentation for the JSON Lines text file format
Isn't this just ndjson? https://github.com/ndjson/ndjson-spec
larkinrichards··on ZF makes magnet-free electric motor uniquely compact and competitive
What would be the impact of this style of motor on regenerative braking?
larkinrichards··on Study reveals robotaxis causing surprisingly little disruption on streets
Insufficient sample size to support this article.

Cruise can only operate in a small region between 10pm and 5:30 am when bus service is limited and there will be few interactions to report.

Waymo rides are still significantly limited. No clear data on service rates or range.

All other programs have a safety driver in the car who is able to quickly react and prevent reports of an incident.

larkinrichards··on Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has died
Catan: the only game which has caused me to jump screaming out of a window and run around the house in anger.

And then come back and keep playing.

larkinrichards··on Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has died
My best friends are those I play catan with regularly. There is no other game so enjoyable, which can inspire such anger towards friends for their transgressions, yet allow such easy forgiveness. Rest in peace, Klaus.
larkinrichards··on New video of Tesla crash demonstrates the problem of semi-automated driving
This is hardly the "passing lane," it's just following a left lane exit onto treasure island. the entire bridge is a splits into three different freeways when it touches down in Oakland. You pass in whatever lane is moving fastest.

The tunnel is not curved. it's straight.

larkinrichards··on Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds (2022)
Touchscreen designs can be fast. I'd still prefer physical controls because of tactile recognition -- you can find the control without looking, but I ended up choosing a new Volvo over other makes partially because I prefer the simplicity of the interface.
larkinrichards··on Federal court requires Amazon to stop firing employees for protected activities
This is SF crime stats, not Seattle. Seattle can be found here: https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/crime-da...
larkinrichards··on Giant satellite outshines stars, sparking fresh concerns for astronomers
> AST SpaceMobile has yet to respond to astronomers’ requests to clue them into its satellite’s whereabouts

Blue Walker 3 TLE is published and available via a few trackers, what are they complaining about here?

larkinrichards··on Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
> How can I protect myself? For full details scroll down to the end of the article. Summary: Whenever you open a link from Instagram (or Facebook or Messenger), make sure to click the dots in the corner to open the page in Safari instead.

“How do I protect myself?” should be point number one.

Does apple require that developers allow users to open these links in safari—- w/o tracking? Or do developers feel this is the only moral way they can agree to this user-hostile behavior?

larkinrichards··on Why software engineers like woodworking
I joke with my friend: “I can build it myself for more!” And true, some projects cost more than buying it from a store… but the experience is worth it, and usually the end product is better than what you can get from a store.
larkinrichards··on DeWitt Clause, or can you benchmark %database% and get away with it
Can one provide a benchmarking suite that anyone can execute without posting the results of the test? Thus allowing others to run the test themselves easily but not putting you on the hook for the result?
larkinrichards··on CT scans of AirPods evolution
during a delivery once, i caught a curb, flipped upside down on a bicycle, landed laptop down, bent the frame of my 2014 macbook pro, and the screen survived undamaged. still using the same laptop today, no issue. anecdotal evidence… is anecdotal.
larkinrichards··on Forest Service officials close all California national forests
Thanks all for the recommendations. Looks like we may link up two longer (6-10 day) hikes and take some time to travel and relax in between.
larkinrichards··on Forest Service officials close all California national forests
Was planning to hike the JMT starting tomorrow from cottonwood meadow and ending on the 22nd. Permits canceled at 6pm tonight.

Anyone got recommendations for a last minute 20 day off grid vacation? Have car, supplies, ready to go.

larkinrichards··on GitHub Copilot
If your house doesn’t have fire proofing (Sheetrock / lathe & plaster) then you know what’s inside the walls.
larkinrichards··on A top-grossing scam on the App Store
link goes to a different thread discussing the removal of fake reviews. Looks like Apple is in the process of taking action against this.

Original thread, which explains the scam, is here: https://mobile.twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1381463196280...

larkinrichards··on United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine
I really appreciate focused news sites like avherald. Just the facts, a collection of photos and videos, straightforward.

The video of the landing & the passengers cheering—- that huge sigh of relief. Brings a smile to my face.

larkinrichards··on Open Source Mission Control Software from NASA
Few different options, ITOS- https://itos.gsfc.nasa.gov/itos-capabilities.php

AMMOS is a suite of reusable tools for missions: https://ammos.nasa.gov/

larkinrichards··on Become Shell Literate
I spend many hours of each day ~programming~ wrangling text files and I use macos + zsh + textmate2 for my daily drivers. I see shell as an important proficiency because it helps maintain a lower-level understanding of how the "magical" GUI "works," which often helps in debugging obtuse errors, and I'm sad to encounter more engineers who are completely unfamiliar with it.

When it comes to examples like that posted by the OP, I like the combination of piping/pasting to mate and multi-caret editing for most scenarios where others would reach for awk/xargs.

Here's me following the same example scenario but with multi-caret editing (slowed down slightly):

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/226503/101993951-6...

Step by step:

  1. git status -s | mate
  2. select " D" with arrow keys + shift
  3. command-E macos default for "use selection to find"
  4. option-command-F to find all (multi-caret editing starts)
  5. type "git checkout" to replace " D"
  6. command-left to move cursor to start of line, then shift-command-right to select to end of line.
  7. copy
  8. select all + delete (clear document)
  9. paste, 
  10. press return to insert newlines
  11. select all + copy
  12. switch back to terminal
  13. paste
To me, this is many small steps, but each step is more mechanical and flows naturally, and the general flexibility of multi-caret editing means it is applicable more often in my daily work.
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