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DerSaidin

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    Comment #48615611

    strtomem_pad seems redundant with memcpy_and_pad, and also it requires the preprocessor: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1a3746ccbb0a97bed3c06... I was curious: Why have it,…

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    Comment #47799280

    If the alternative is "burn more tokens on finding issues than the attackers do", formal verification starts to look comparatively feasible cost. Think of it as setting an upper bo…

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    Comment #47785452

    > Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now Imo, cybersecurity looks like formally verified systems now. You can't spend more tokens to find vulnerabilities if there are no vulner…

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    Comment #47699808

    For me it was Sygate personal firewall back on windows xp

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    Comment #46852081

    Is it a moat if new start ups avoid competing in the space because there is inherently no moat?

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    Comment #46334585

    One difference with Mullvad is VPN traffic is ephemeral. Here, a VPS has a persistent disk attached, that could contain identifying information (if it is necessary to do useful wor…

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    Comment #45644763

    +1 Personally I'm more optimistic about Servo - because originating at Mozilla, I imagine more web browser experience and expertise went into its architecture, and also because Rus…

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    Comment #44884304

    I think the "burning the boats" action is releasing very low API pricing. Once consumers see the lower price they would balk if it was raised back up enough to provide some margin …

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    Comment #44706978

    https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Ler-ares-industries-bui...

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    Comment #44429919

    Any connection/collaboration with https://www.plasticlist.org/ ?

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    Comment #43071164

    > It did okay. I didn't do any big tests with it but it seemed to work well enough, and was super simple to configure. What issue/experience stop you from saying "it did great"?

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    Comment #42914689

    It was initially opt in for me, then they made it mandatory. (Sure, I could pay by check but consumer banking technology/US in the US already feels like is is lagging a decade behi…

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    Comment #42813046

    This looks like a technical decision on where to focus investment. Using words like "bias" and "descrimination" imply there is some wrongdoing. From a quick read (maybe I'm missing…

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    Comment #42605861

    I've also done a lot of rock climbing. As other replies said, you get comfortable with the gear and the height and loose the fear. When Covid broke my regular climbing habit. One i…

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    Comment #42564293

    I think there is an error in 1.7 figure 3: Layer 1 should have a 10 instead of a 12. Edit: Also, 1.3 figure 1: Should the y-axis label be "Inverse throughput" to match later figure…

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    Comment #42423433

    > Unlike tokenization, BLT has no fixed vocabulary for patches. iiuc this means: the vocabulary of patches is not known prior to training. I guess once training has established a v…

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    Comment #42191159

    Imagine if they added something like this to UE5 licensing: If your game has not been updated in N years... 1) Internet Archive can distribute it for free 2) Let people distribute …

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    Comment #41392519

    > Linear Algebra and numerics where not a primary focus of Rust when starting out as they were with Julia. Typo: where -> were

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    Comment #40862489

    > He slammed the door in my face, loud and sharp, like an acoustic lemon. I think its not really about the sound, it is about the response you might make after a big hit of lemon f…

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    Comment #40479574

    Also, I felt this implies the proper-historically-correct-techniques are much better than the wrong-modern-impression-techniques, and would win in combat. Makes sense, but it would…

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    Comment #40287292

    > we started searching for a tool specifically built for complex discussions. We found none What about: https://www.kialo.com/

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    Comment #40214490

    I like the graph at the top of the readme as a summary. The rest of the readme focuses on the delta between Go and Borgo. It doesn't say much about the delta between Borgo and Rust…

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    Comment #39652929

    Because 1) WWII was more of a total war scenario for the US, where a country is dedicating as much resources as possible to win (US is not doing this for Ukraine), and 2) developin…

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    Comment #39474034

    > Bluesky is a public social network. > The AT Protocol, which Bluesky is built on, is designed to support public conversations. Ah, ok.

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    Comment #39473991

    How does this handle spam? IIUC the main defense is choice over your own feed + moderators on the feed you choose. Is this why DMs are not supported? Because there wouldn't be a go…