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ytchon US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers

There is a ATC game from Japan: BOKUKAN (I am an Air Traffic Controller):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Traffic_Controller_(series...

ytchon Great at gaming? US air traffic control wants you to apply

AFAIK, Only Japanese gaming studio interested in this

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1348390/I_am_an_Air_Traff...

(only on Switch) https://www.sonicpowered.co.jp/bokukan/nsw/rjgg_allstars/

ytchon Breaking the console: a brief history of video game security

Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo

I like this video too, Tony Chen explains the overview of Xbox security system.

ytchon Intel will start making GPUs

It's too late after Sony and Microsoft choose AMD64 SOC (CPU+GPU) as gaming platform. AMD is the only provider over 10 years.

ytchon Captive Wi-Fi

The basic workflow at Gateway side is inspecting all HTTP port 80 traffic (with iptables or others), If the URL is about internet detection, reply a 301 redirect to the captive portal URL.

But the URL is too complex among different vendor:

https://captivebehavior.wballiance.com/

I don't know why, even I tracked the URLs, sometimes it still fails (OS refuse connecting to the URL?).

DHCP option 114 (RFC8908) can advertise the URL to client directly, but it is not widely supported:

https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=q78sq5rv

ytchon Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios

There is no income from customers for 3 to 4 years during developing. Therefore they face interfere from investors and banks first.

ytchon Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A

https://x.com/Kurnalsalts/status/1962173515815424003

Logic Density (may be inaccurate, also it's not the only metric for performance ): Raipidus 2nm ≈ TSMC N2 > TSMC N3B > TSMC N3E/P > Intel 18A ≈ Samaung 3GAP

But 18A/20A already has PowerVia, while TSMC will implement Backside Power Delivery in A16 (next generation of N2)

ytchon Tell HN: X/Twitter is now removing the chronological timeline

I have similar experience weeks ago, but it reverts to chronological order now. Maybe it is A/B testing?

ytchon I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus

Similar to Windows 11 force you to login with Microsoft Account during install?

ytchon What the heck is going on at Apple?

- vice president of human interface design

- senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy

If so many people hates/complains on liquid glass and Apple Intelligence, I guess the resign will be a good thing.

ytchon Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame

I don't know how popular of unlock, but AFAIK, they want to remove bloatware (like the Scam Protection APP from government, or Advertisement APP from mobile carrier), unlock hardware restriction (higher refresh rate) and some other reasons.

ytchon Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame

https://github.com/MlgmXyysd/Xiaomi-BootLoader-Questionnaire

here are some past papers. For example:

https://github.com/MlgmXyysd/Xiaomi-BootLoader-Questionnaire...

  Regarding the Service in Android's four major components, please do not select the correct statements from the following [Multiple Choice Question]

    1. Service must perform time-consuming operations in the main thread, otherwise it may cause stuttering

    2. Among Android's four major components, Service runs in the background and definitely will not block the main thread  

    3. Service's lifecycle does not depend on the Activity that starts the Service

    4. A Service can only be started once; multiple calls to the startService() method have no effect
    
    5. Service can use the stopSelf() method to stop the service

Since 1,2,3,4 are wrong, but the problem asks "do not select the correct statements", you need to choose 1,2,3,4.

It show not only how hard the problem, but they also play on words. You also need to answer 13 questions in 15 minutes. And scoring more than 85 points to have a chance to unlock it.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1jPbXzaE9d/

Because the exam difficulty is too high, some people even go to official repair centers requesting a downgrade, and snatch the phone when the technicians unlock and reflash the firmware.

UPDATE: fix the score requirement and the correct answer.

ytchon Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

or the 77% user includes underage, and adults who don't trust age verification.

ytchon Making Every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

Remember when they suppose "touch screen UI" is everything, and remove the start menu?

ytchon Apple M5 chip

they usually release Pro or Max model later:

M4: May 2024

M4 pro/max: Oct 2024

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-introduces-m4-c...

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/10/apple-introduces-m4-p...

ytchon Nepal picks a new prime minister on a discord server days after social media ban

Military of Nepal want to make an agreement with the activists, rather than the Nepali.

Therefore activists need suggesting a representative of the groups. IMHO a private voting is fine in this case.

ytchon Seoul says US must fix its visa system if it wants Korea's investments

But South Korean are eligible for ESTA program.

IIRC, US embassies in eligible countries are usually very picky about issuing B-1 visas. They assume ESTA works in most cases, so you need a strong reason to apply for B-1.

ytchon Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

Another advantage of Intel GPU is vGPU SR-IOV, while consumer video cards of NVIDIA and AMD didn't support it. But even the integrated GPU of N100, N97 support it[1],

Therefore I can install Proxmox VE and run multiple VMs, assigning a vGPU to each of them a for video transcoding (IPCam NVR), AI and other applications.

https://github.com/Upinel/PVE-Intel-vGPU

ytchon How many HTTP requests/second can a single machine handle? (2024)

The title reminds me of C10K problems:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10k_problem

ytchon Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

Depends on how they implement the censorship:

# poison the DNS: you can use another unaffected DNS to bypass.

# ISP level or country level content filtering (similar to the GFW of China): you need a VPN that won't be blocked, and make sure the exit node is unaffected. (also the police won't care?)

# take down the server: finger cross that they serve the content from safe location.

ytchon Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

Also United Kingdom.

Then we meet the question again: how to protect children/copyright owner without censorship?

or how to censor content while keeping freedom of speech?

ytchon iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app

I was wondering why there is only Y/N to choose from.

In Xposed Framework of Android, I can give a fake permission that allow to read empty contact list. Do we (or manufacturer) need to maintain the trust between APP and OS?

ytchon A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices

There is a section about it on Wikipedia PS/2 page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_port#Conversion_between_P...

And the page it referenced:

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/DRM014.pdf#page...

In Page.11, it show the algorithm to distinguish PS/2 and USB, based on USB D+ and PS/2 clock signal.

ytchon First C compiler source code from 1972

Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43433030

ytchon Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they liked snacks, model suggests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9fjF26-ZU

In Hoh Xil, China. a wild wolf started begging for food from humans. It now approaches vehicles for food, and also shows some dog-like habits.

ytchon AI killed the tech interview. Now what?

If you are using Internet, Google, Stackoverflow at work, why insist that interviewee need to solve problems on their own?

ytchon Apple Debuts iPhone 16e

The CPU/SOC operates independently with limited protocols (such as PCIe, NVMe, etc.). In contrast, a baseband processor must communicate with various base stations and core networks, requiring precise timing, physical signal alignment, and correct message formats. Even though the 3GPP defines mobile network standards, achieving full compatibility remains extremely challenging.

ytchon We're accelerating the Android XR platform with a new agreement with HTC

AFAIK, the press says "some of the HTC VIVE engineering team to Google,", so they could still develop VR products with the remaining team.

They also some products for 5G O-RAN and VR deploy solutions. But can those keep a big company running?

ytchon We're accelerating the Android XR platform with a new agreement with HTC

The announcement is similar to Google acquired Android Inc, which helps them join smart phone war. Or acquire nest for smart home Eco-system. I guess they want to accelerate the development of Android XR.

ytchon Apple's new AI feature rewords scam messages to make them look more legit

It's just garbage in, garbage out. AI isn't the safeguard of everything.