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mcfedr··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
its impossible in closed source. there is no reason to believe it does what it says it does. only private keys in the chain need to remain secret.
mcfedr··on Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister
unfortunately this has become typical in Britain, no one can be trusted to have any responsibility or agency. its all systems with room for the real world
mcfedr··on Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified
i did that, and really wish i bought something , mostly because i have like 4 hhds just lying in the bottom of the case
mcfedr··on Our position on open-weights models
the EU has been creating testing frameworks, and the UK

much as governments have tended to be slow in tech, they actually seem to be making some solid work on this front

tech companies like Anthropic should be collaborating with these programs

mcfedr··on Our position on open-weights models
they have been very clear they don't want to be the ones deciding
mcfedr··on Our position on open-weights models
is it so hard to fathom that China whilst wanting to beat the US in many ways doesn't want a biological war to destroy the world?
mcfedr··on Kill The Cookie Banner
you can say that about a lot of things, but we do largely trust parents. but all these social media bans seem to stem from parents who claim to be helpless, when really they are lazy and the wider impact of these laws is massive. no technical way exists to do this without taking the privacy of everyone
mcfedr··on Kill The Cookie Banner
it's very simpler, i recently got an android tablet for my child and it would take a lot of effort to miss all the stuff about setting it up for a child
mcfedr··on Kill The Cookie Banner
if parents wont make the slightest bit of effort why should the rest of us pay to keep their children safe?
mcfedr··on Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport
especially disappointing as there is valet parking at Gatwick that works exactly like that
mcfedr··on JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Now in Incubator)
its crazy its taken Java so long to realise this
mcfedr··on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent
its not the source though is it? its not like it's downloaded via the hdmi cable, it comes from Microsoft that offer the service of installing crap
mcfedr··on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent
well you can plug the same monitor into a mac and not have this issue.
mcfedr··on What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance
they provide passports for travel, driving licences for driving, national insurance number for taxes, but its not a single id that everyone is required to have

there is no point in it being open source if i cannot modify and run it

mcfedr··on What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance
there is no single government id in the UK at the moment, they currently do not control my identity

you specifically talked about an OS without user changeable software, thats the definition of open source

mcfedr··on What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance
Which part of that is avoiding the distopian control?

the very first line, government issued digital id - we have been avoiding that for a very long time

how does this work on an open source operating system?

mcfedr··on Warm up your MacBook (2019)
yes only writes y, not the whole word yes
mcfedr··on The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
whats the appeal of that kind of content? its objectively worse than real content, and its not like there is a shortage of real content
mcfedr··on SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format
makes sense really, nothing this sensible is gonna happen under the current US administration
mcfedr··on Mahjong: A Visual Guide
mostly people know if from windows i assume
mcfedr··on ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state
I'm sure the copyright holders would consider your use of their content as direct financial damage
mcfedr··on Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold
they mostly get elected to positions of great power i guess
mcfedr··on RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one
AI sucks doesn't it
mcfedr··on $3T flows through U.S. nonprofits every year
wait, are you saying a hospital that charges 60K for surgery is a charity?

because it cheaper than other options or what?

mcfedr··on Put the zip code first
the first words on the site - this is for American sites...
mcfedr··on OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
wow, look at me stuck in the world of freeciv (civ 2)
mcfedr··on What came first: the CNAME or the A record?
everything about this reads like an excuse from a team that doesnt want to admit they screwed up

nitpicking at the RFCs when everyone knows DNS is a big old thing with lots going on

how do they not have basic integration tests to check how clients resolve

it seems very unlike cloudflare of old that was much more up front - there is no talk of the need to improve process, just blaming other people

mcfedr··on What came first: the CNAME or the A record?
its pretty concerning that such a large organisation doesnt do any integration tests with their dns infrastructure
mcfedr··on Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far
i like to think of LLMs as random number generators with a filter
mcfedr··on Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup
Quality of the rails makes a big difference, take the train from Ukraine to Poland and it's suddenly super smooth once you cross over into the EU
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