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safeimp··on I captured 72 hours of idle Android packets behind pfSense
I wasn't sure either: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/muc18q/whats_the_dea...

tldr he became very political.

safeimp··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
Yes, I've been encountering this for weeks (because that's how long it has taken indexing to run...) and my workaround has been to switch to GooglePhotos since I backup everything to it.

Apple search in Photos has always been garbage so I almost always flip over to Google Photos anyway.

safeimp··on Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them
The book Moonwalking with Einstein covers Patient S and memory in general. It's an enjoyable and quick read on the topic, would definitely recommend.
safeimp··on Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/mozillas-mr-robot-promo-ba...

> If you’re a Firefox user, you may have noticed a weird new extension that suddenly showed up in your browser this week. > The extension is called “Looking Glass 1.0.3” and this is its description: MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT FROM YOURS. Now that sounds ominous. It’s really not, though. It’s a promotional campaign between Firefox and the TV series Mr. Robot that brings an alternate reality game to your browser. This must have sounded like a great idea when somebody pitched it to Mozilla, but the backlash has been fierce.

safeimp··on I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
Verge recently posted this (free) app for testing on Mac's: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/963759/whatcable-usb-c-cabl...
safeimp··on What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting
This video was a repost btw, it's from 2025:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Enderlin_tornado#Tornado_...

safeimp··on GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
Is there an alternative you might suggest?
safeimp··on "Hate brings views": Confessions of a London fake news TikToker
If this topic interests you, I recommend `Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation`, by Andrew Marantz. Great read but it's definitely stress inducing at times.
safeimp··on Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device
It depends what you're looking for. In the AV enthusiast circles a lot of people flock towards the Ugoos AM6B Plus (with CoreELEC).

It is one of the only devices (alongside Oppo clones) that can play Dolby Vision Profile 7 FEL (Full Enhancement Layer) with 100% accuracy. The Shield can play P7, but it ignores the FEL data; the Ugoos actually processes it.

That said, people don’t generally use Android on it, instead you boot to CoreELEC from an SD card and use Kodi.

safeimp··on Manganese is Lyme disease's double-edge sword
Trying to starve yourself of manganese would cause harm long before it affected Borrelia.
safeimp··on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is coming to Playstation 5 on December 8th
It likely has to do with tariff fluidity.
safeimp··on Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn
Not only mammals (hence, this post).

Read about it, mammals will yawn when other non-mammals yawn.

safeimp··on Daily omega-3 fatty acids may help human organs stay young
Good advice. Additionally, I’d recommend that with any supplement you evaluate the source you’re buying from. I typically use Nootropics Depot (avoiding linking so this doesn’t look like a full blown add - check my history though, not a shill) and they use 3rd party lab testing to back up claims.
safeimp··on I have made the decision to disband Hindenburg Research
Thanks anyway, this is still interesting.
safeimp··on I have made the decision to disband Hindenburg Research
Do you have a link to that article?
safeimp··on Ink Pen Records Handwriting and Creates Digital Copies
The article and the FAQ (https://nuwapen.com/en-us/pages/faqs) on their site don’t include details regarding where or how the data is being stored, unless I’ve missed something?
safeimp··on Differential Growth Addon for Blender
I’m curious, what are your use cases where Blender isn’t yet a strong enough fit?
safeimp··on The UK Now Has Its Own Illegal Rubberized Cybertruck on the Road
I had the same thought, especially after reading:

> US automotive design standards are lax compared to those of Europe, where manufacturers must meet tough safety-first rules before mass-market “type approved” cars can be registered for use on public roads.

safeimp··on Show HN: Voice-Pro – AI Voice Cloning
Project looks interesting. Are there short term plans to support MacOS?

If not, any recommendations for alternative projects?

safeimp··on Launch HN: Inkeep (YC W23) – Copilot for Support (think Cursor for help desks)
I'm not associated with them but was browsing their docs and spotted this:

https://docs.inkeep.com/faqs/comparisons

Might help.

safeimp··on MTA Open Data Challenge
I don't disagree with you at all, I'm just speculating over why they'd block it.
safeimp··on MTA Open Data Challenge
Reading their terms, I'm guessing it's due to:

> 3. Eligibility: The Challenge is open to legal residents of the United States. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older as of their date of entry. The Challenge is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law. Employees and contractors of the MTA, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and directors (collectively the “Employees”), as well as members of an Employee’s immediate family and/or those living in the same household, are ineligible to participate in the Challenge.

safeimp··on A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
To add to your list, this article and episode of 99 Percent Invisible covers the topic well too: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/devils-rope/

Worth a listen!

safeimp··on How to Win at Micro-SaaS
Classically isn’t this just a point solution?

> “point solution” in technology or business describes a specialized offering – it can be a piece of software, product, or tool designed to address one specific problem within an organization or enterprise.

Plenty of products start this way but due to success get hungrier/greedier and through internal and external pressures expand with additional SKUs to expand their TAM (total addressable market) and their value.

safeimp··on Three questions to turn the table during technical interviews
I think you're being unfair. It's clear what the authors intention is. They aren't speaking "down" regarding ICs, they're just making their intention clear in terms of the role they're in search of. Yes, ICs can absolutely be leaders in an organization (and _should_ be) but that doesn't change what the role of a leader is or what the author wants.
safeimp··on `find` + `mkdir` is Turing complete
The author has since updated their post:

> The proof is flawed and I retract the claim that I proved that find + mkdir is Turing complete. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41117141. I will update the article if I could fix the proof.

safeimp··on Broadcom has willingly dug its VMware hole, says cloud CEO [video]
I'd say it depends on the product and level of effort that goes into supporting either group but yes, I'd generally lean towards this as well but it can be very difficult for a business to maintain this depending on their stage.

The upside to having a healthy number of minnows is, assuming it's low effort to have them onboard in a mostly self-services manner, then they can help the business grow in a healthy way while the team focuses on the larger and more complicated opportunities that may easily lead to nothing. If all you have are the whales it becomes feast or famine but if you have a healthy combination of small and large you'll be well covered. And of course you're banking on a percentage of the smaller customers eventually growing too.

Again, it's about the product and selling motion. Back to the topic, in this instance Broadcom did the math and they simply don't have a product that lends itself well to smaller shops and just isn't worth their time and effort to pursue.

safeimp··on The Arc Product-Market Fit Framework
I think where luck should be considered is possibly around timing but otherwise luck will only get you so far.
safeimp··on 350 tons of of chocolate and wine arrive on world’s largest cargo sailboat
> Cocoa and coffee obviously doesn't grow in France, so it already came for somewhere else very far away.

From the article:

> After the ship leaves New York City on April 15, 2024, Grain de Sail ll will return to France, loaded with various goods. This is the first load of many for the Grain de Sail ll. In total, this vessel plans to sail the seas five times a year, trekking from France to New York and then down through the Caribbean, where the sailboat will dispatch humanitarian aid, working alongside local NGOs. The sailboat will also restock its coffee and cacao supply on its journey through the Caribbean. That supply is then brought back across the sea to France, where the coffee is roasted, and fine chocolates are produced.

You can find more details on their site: https://graindesail-overseas.com/q-a

safeimp··on Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993
> IF something did go wrong, they would at times call IBM and ask for service before the customer had any knowledge of an issue.

I always assumed their call home service was triggered by SNMP but may be wrong? Regardless, IBM exposed a lot of metrics via SNMP so it was always an easy way to query it for metrics and/or accept traps from their devices/OS’s for failures

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