xeonmc

3,785 karma · joined June 30, 2022

xeonmcon United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

The two are indistinguishable for all intents and purposes.

xeonmcon Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test

aerospace is operating at the absolute limit of what can be asked of known materials science

xeonmcon GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits

Or being forced into homelessness by Microsoft

xeonmcon Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs

Not "good enough", but rather "close enough". Very different connotations.

xeonmcon Bun support is now limited and deprecated

Is that the new "Designed by Apple in California" equivalent of "Made in China" euphemism but for vibecodes?

xeonmcon Shunning AI is the human choice

    Because democracy basically means, government, by the people, of the people, for the people. But the people are...

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgcqB8-AxE

xeonmcon London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time

    Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
    Gunpowder, treason and plot.
    I see no reason
    Why gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot.

xeonmcon London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time

And Alan Moore

xeonmcon Pay and Sit – The Coin-Operated Private Park Bench [video]

@dang requesting edit of url to the artist's original vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1665301

xeonmcon Virtual violin produces realistic sounds

In addition, the resonant characteristics of the bow also contributes significantly to the sound, as it feeds directly back to the stick-slip contact that is more akin to a mode-locked laser’s nonlinear dynamics. The violin body’s resonant characteristics in comparison is more like a passive filter.

xeonmcon Zig → Rust porting guide

Take off every Zig

xeonmcon Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac

A charitable interpretation is that the author is very young, by my estimate of how they write and their confusion of how accountability works it’s probably a middle-schooled kid first dipping their toes into software.

xeonmcon VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by profit motives.

xeonmcon Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security

I like to cope optimistically that Trump is actually the God Emperor Leto II from Dune, the omniscient and visually hideous tyrant-messiah who is engineering the circumstances to “teach humanity a lesson they will remember in their bones”, and this is all his Golden Path to force humanity to grow wiser after his demise.

xeonmcon Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March

I guess their intent was to instil a sense of pride and accomplishment for those who’ve sunk intangible investments into their platform.

xeonmcon [dead]

Instructions unclear. Created eugenics company instead.

xeonmcon Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet

Can this potentially be leveraged to create qubits?

xeonmcon John Ternus to become Apple CEO

    I would have expected a marketer.

Or as some may call it, a Shiller

xeonmcon WebUSB Extension for Firefox

Let me guess, Razer which is known for auto-downloading kernel rootkits as soon you plug in your mouse? They’re basically the Riot Games of gaming peripherals.

xeonmcon PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a 'weakness' in address to Canadians

    glass, China, and reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.

    -- Benjamin Franklin

xeonmcon Claude Design

Tailwind is for those who could code but can’t design.

Figma is for those who could design but can’t code.

This is for those who could neither design nor code.

xeonmcon Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

Though Dune is highly acclaimed for its concepts, I couldn’t quite get into it personally.

They’re just too dry for my tastes.

xeonmcon Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

Not quite tech or sci-fi, but for me it’s https://www.eternal-flame.org/library/oldlibrary/georgebusin...

xeonmcon Veracrypt project update

Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by profit motives.

xeonmcon Yggdrasil Network

ootl: what's the deal with hereditary purists and authoritarians appropriating nordic symbolism as dogwhistles?

xeonmcon Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks

So like the old League of Legends lore before their Institute of War retcon?

xeonmcon Ask HN: Best stack for building a tiny game with an 11-year-old?

Love2d is the best

xeonmcon Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time

Wait, so what you’re saying is, we can use our genitals in a pinch that could be as good as fingers for finesse?

xeonmcon Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

Prefer the title “jesters”

xeonmcon Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events

Can trans male who transitioned before puberty compete in male olympics while being pumped full of steroids legally?