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rentnorove··on Understanding and managing the impact of machine learning models on the web
Related critique of the BBC's use of C2PA, and C2PA in general: https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1024-I...
rentnorove··on UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging
This isn't the same ad as described in the article, but is a government funded Saatchi one from around the same time: https://www.noplacetohide.org.uk/ > The campaign is funded by the UK Government and has been developed by a steering group of child safety organisations with support from M&C Saatchi.
rentnorove··on The Work of the Audiobook
Thanks for sharing! This is something I'm interested in as well. There's also Piper TTS: https://github.com/rhasspy/piper

Quality seems fairly similar to Coqui-TTS, though maybe the intonation is a bit off.

I've generated a bunch of samples for comparison here: https://gitlab.com/danhawkes/piper-tts-test

rentnorove··on ChatML: ChatGPT API expects a structured format, called Chat Markup Language
Platform lock-in. Interoperability would not only be more costly in terms of the work to design and agree on a common standard, but it'd also makes it easier to switch to a competitor.
rentnorove··on Windows 11 update added 'Search' label to taskbar search button – how to remove?
That search bar's part of the home screen app, which you can replace. Search for 'launcher' on the play store.
rentnorove··on ArchiveTeam Warrior backing up Reddit
Wouldn't you want to validate it for the time at which it was served? In which case you'd just an archive of the CA roots at the time.
rentnorove··on YouTube takes down the Ig Nobel show because of a 1914 recording
GP may be referring to anthropologist David's Graeber's book: "Debt", which refutes that idea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt
rentnorove··on UK to overhaul privacy rules in post-Brexit departure from GDPR
Irritating cookie popups are not mandated by GDPR; the opposite is true and most cookie popups are non-compliant with the legistration. If the ICO (UK regulator) actually did its job then this would be solvable under the existing powers, but it's done very little:

https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

rentnorove··on Show HN: HiColor — convert images to retro 15/16-bit RGB color with dithering
Probably that it uses subcommands, e.g. git apply.
rentnorove··on The Greatest Regex Trick Ever (2014)
It's definitely nothing to do with the following string in the response:

> Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

rentnorove··on Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine
This describes some of the efforts to make frontal impacts less dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_safety_through_vehi...
rentnorove··on Covid-19’s impact on Tor
Comparing a recent web archive, the difference in the sponspors page seens to be:

  - Mozilla  
  - Digital Impact Alliance  
  - Google Season of Docs    
  + RIPE NCC
https://web.archive.org/web/20191103152656/https://www.torpr...

https://web.archive.org/web/20200404101205/https://www.torpr...

rentnorove··on Leaked documents expose Avast antivirus subsidiary selling web browsing data
It seems they did originally block them before reverting that decision: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/12/03/mozilla-removes-all-avast-... Would be interested to hear their justification.
rentnorove··on Show HN: Fast immutable URL parsing and resolving for Java
It's common to split example code into a separate sub-project so it doesn't get compiled into your release JAR.

See here for an example: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/tree/master/subprojects/doc...

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/intro_multi_projec...

rentnorove··on Does YCombinator have to use Google for captcha?
Whatever YCombinator is using to blacklist TOR users, it doesn't seem to include all exit nodes, all the time. I generally have decent success with `sudo service tor restart` to get a new exit node.
rentnorove··on Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch.11, Will Shutter Service
From being in the same position I've switched to soundcloud and mixcloud. They're not a true substitute in that they don't generally have the complete discography of artists as GS did, but they do have a decent chunk of it in mixes promos. On the other hand, both are better with respect to discovery, and mixcloud has something similar to user stations in that mixes are curated and tracklists are available (albeit in a silly manner[1]). Both are HTML5.

[1]: http://support.mixcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1564645...

rentnorove··on The Internet of Compromised Things
On how HTTPS sites are compromised:

> Compromised router answers DNS req for *.google.com to 3rd party with faked HTTPS cert, you download malware Chrome. Game over.

So this is a DNS mitm? Doesn't it still require the faked cert to be signed by a trusted root CA?

rentnorove··on Show HN: Curated – Find the best games on Android
The f-droid app actually handles google play/amazon store links via the 'open with' dialog, so if it's installed deep linking should already work.

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/154

rentnorove··on Android M Developer Preview and Tools
Conspicuously absent:

- Read external storage

- Internet

rentnorove··on NSA 2014 Technology Catalog – Tech Transfer Program [pdf]
Any thoughts on the final line of this refers to?

AUTHENTICATED CRYPTOGRAPHY PATENT NO.: 7,827,408

Message encryption and authentication are typically performed separately. In other words, a message is encrypted using one method and then a cryptographic hash of the message is generated using a second method. This invention is a device for and method of encrypting and authenticating a message and authenticating any additional information. The present invention provides a cryptographically stronger authentication method and is more efficient to implement, than the prior art.

VALUE: Provides combined authenticated encryption in efficient manner. Does not require random numbers, two encryption keys, or checksums.

rentnorove··on Test drive of a petrol car
It's applicable to many european cities.
rentnorove··on Manifold.js – Create mobile apps from websites
It looks like it's using cordova underneath (see 'community' page), so presumably there will be support for per-platform configuration of icons etc.
rentnorove··on Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide
http://xkcd.com/243/
rentnorove··on Last.Backend – Visual Docker Containers Orchestration
Along the same lines, "How it works?" isn't quite right. Should probably be "How does it work?".
rentnorove··on Ten Years of Git: An Interview with Linus Torvalds
This pull request: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17
rentnorove··on Stetho: A new debugging platform for Android
It requires you to compile a proxy into the application:

    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
    client.networkInterceptors().add(new StethoInterceptor());
rentnorove··on Apple’s Dev Agreement Means No EFF Mobile App for iOS
Unfortunately that looks to be the case. I had hoped they'd rolled their own push server implementation in the linked source (https://github.com/EFForg/pushserver), but it's just a wrapper around the GCM and APNS services.

It's disappointing, because both Android and iOS have support for periodically retrieving data without using the proprietary push services. It's not like the EFF is going to be delivering messages that have a 'real-time' requirement and therefore require a persistent connection (as opposed to say, Gmail/Hangouts).

rentnorove··on iOS Developer/Designer Interview Questions
> What's your favorite feature of Xcode?

Bonus points if they laugh bitterly.

rentnorove··on Fabric – Mobile developer platform by Twitter
I share your frustration. All it does it install a framework in the root of the project, then add a build script that calls `<executable> <some ID> <some other ID>`. Boths IDs are available on the website, so you can set up crashlytics without using their stupid toolbar.

The framework's available here as a cocoapod: http://cocoapods.org/?q=crashlytics

rentnorove··on What I use instead of Google services
Excellent though it is, they're using MapBox, which really only caters for the embed-a-map use-case, and not general purpose browsing/route planning.
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