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latentpot··on LittleSnitch for Linux
It was problematic, so we moved to blackice defender iirc
latentpot··on Flock and Cyble Inc. weaponize “cybercrime” takedowns to silence critics
Cyble, with a large team of dark Web researchers based out of India cover that while giving flock plausible deniability
latentpot··on Unlocking free WiFi on British Airways
That's EAN, also used by BA as the backhaul.
latentpot··on How OpenElections uses LLMs
Why complicate? One LLM works, another reflects and then a decision engine to review would be cheaper.
latentpot··on How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020)
Dell makes devices with mpp compatible touch screens. Cheap stylii, good pressure response
latentpot··on QUIC is not quick enough over fast internet
QUIC is the standard problem across n number of clients who choose Zscaler and similar content inspection tools. You can block it at the policy level but you also need to have it disabled at the browser level. Which sometimes magically turns on again and leads to a flurry of tickets for 'slow internet', 'Google search not working' etcetera.
latentpot··on Trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why
Why wasn't there a PAM solution in place that logged all the mainframe user level activities and commands? Maybe cyberark or such? Would have help to trace the issues and even control such commands from being run by a novice.
latentpot··on Is Tableau Dead?
Apache Superset is a good option if you are ok with open source.
latentpot··on Anyone working on LLM tools for enhancing data quality?
1 is already a solved problem. My employer had originally put a ML based system to find DQ issues (already working) and is looking at pocs to add LLMs in the model mix. Hearsay is that our lakehouse vendor will have their own solution to this question via a acquisition.

2 is interesting, possible to do via LLM but I worry about data privacy and hallucinations making data more believable but not real.

latentpot··on Freaky Leaky SMS: Extracting user locations by analyzing SMS timings
There is a category of sms that won't show up in your inbox. Think of them as messages for your baseband/ system. But they will result in delivery messages. They used to be quite well used in the Nokia era.
latentpot··on Accenture would cut 19,000 jobs
This is a company that bills it's sales team to clients indirectly. Wonder if they've automated/ ai-fied some of their mundane corporate functions and back office activities leading to this point.
latentpot··on Ask HN: Carrier “lost” my number in a port request
Solution - need some big pull to get this done.

The number needs to be recreated at the original provider (assuming no one else has picked it up), activated, ported multiple times (if you have ported earlier) and then brought to the current final provider.

Source - lost a 20+ year old number during a port activity the same way. Fortunately the provider was a client, and got a circle head involved to recover the number in the way it is mentioned above. Took a week.

latentpot··on NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art
Succinct and specific. Thank you.
latentpot··on Microsoft files patent application for using brainwaves to mine cryptocurrency
Precursor to the Matrix?
latentpot··on Announcing Vitess 11
It seems like a large contributor to vitess and another tool orchestrator linked in another post is Slack? Very interesting.
latentpot··on HashiCorp Boundary
Is this very similar to cyberark, but without the logging and recording of usage?
latentpot··on A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
You're onto something here
latentpot··on Major Microsoft Outage
Legit question, if it is a regional issue, can using a VPN to another Geo be helpful here in getting access to the affected services?
latentpot··on Autodesk criticised by architects
Could you share more about Esri? That's an unknown example to me.
latentpot··on Decrypt WhatsApp encrypted media files
If only this was available as a apk
latentpot··on USB 4.0 [pdf]
Yes. Some have only 2 leads, but the newer ones have all of them.
latentpot··on My Second Phone Is in the Cloud
So, a virtual desktop in the cloud? That's new
latentpot··on What does your car know about you? We hacked a Chevy to find out
Don't give them ideas, please.
latentpot··on Ask HN: Which is the best book on nutrition?
Most people tend to forget the most important thing in nutrition:

If you are chasing an objective, remember to listen to your body. If you don't, it will be often cause a substantial issue while you course correct.

Also, don't experiment too much, the digestive system isn't bullet proof.

latentpot··on Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk
Jail in corporate America? Sacrilege!
latentpot··on Which companies are using Erlang, and why?
IIRC a clearing co. CLS used erlang a few years ago. LinkedIn still has the erlang architect JDs somewhere.
latentpot··on Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in motherboards
Plausible deniability? Perhaps the ramifications were so huge (maybe for Apple and others) they would have gone bankrupt in lawsuits. So maybe this is a easier way to bail them out. Just using a tinfoil hat here.
latentpot··on Predictive Scaling for Amazon EC2, Powered by Machine Learning
Am I wrong in thinking this will cause some havok via incorrect predictions? It is not necessarily possible to predict machine loads.
latentpot··on Ask HN: How to expose fraudulent software startup
The answer is honestly that it depends. If the investors asked the right questions, but the answers were fudged/ deliberately incomplete, then perhaps you have something to pursue. But, if you are not asking the right questions, or you do not further evaluate answers to ascertain their correctness and completeness, then you slacked at some point, and then the answer is that perhaps you are liable for your losses.
latentpot··on Helm: Personal Email Server
How about a VM that I can host at a location of my choice? On prem, ec2, or a dedi somewhere?
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