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EtienneK

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About EtienneK

I'm a South African that likes to think of myself as a Tinkerer, Hacker, Gamer, Thinker and Follower of Jesus.

http://www.etiennek.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/etiennek; my proof: https://keybase.io/etiennek/sigs/iHxgJybSqL6QX6ijCsTHklYxcroKp1F9pJh1vtyuFNc ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49196270

    My prediction is that the EU will eventually bring in legislation that will force platform providers to provide pluggable APIs so that you can use whatever LLM you want.

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    Comment #49055792

    And this is why I am extremely bullish on Apple.

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    Comment #48947954

    You ok bro?

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    Comment #48092057

    Passkeys are better passwords. They need a TPM.

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    Comment #48045586

    That’s when you install Keycloak.

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    Comment #47938665

    Carl Zeiss only has a €2.2B market cap. What stops someone from just buying all these world class vendors?

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    Comment #47264006

    In time for Windows 12 that reportedly will require an NPU: https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-...

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    Comment #46720941

    Yes, exactly my first thought as well. Fantastic show!

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    Comment #46720933

    I assume it was an "ask me anything" type of event.

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    Comment #46481751

    Maybe because war is terrible and no one wants it? Especially if it means protecting private companies’ revenues.

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    Comment #46364639

    This is crazy talk. The single player campaign is considered as one of the best in FPS games ever.

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    Comment #46363508

    Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece. You have no idea what you are talking about.

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    Comment #46363495

    Nothing in that clip indicates he was driving recklessly. They even end it by saying the cause is still unknown.

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    Comment #46171431

    Interesting. I always thought Apple would be the ones to acquire Warner Bros. Seemed like a good fit.

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    Comment #44720769

    The day we stop making noise is the day they will pass this.

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    Comment #44565847

    Yup, same here (Europe). Opened up HN to confirm. Thanks :)

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    Comment #44168901

    > Most people understand these two things to be, collectively, the "provider" side of OAuth Citation needed. As another commenter already noted, the term "Provider" is rarely used …

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    Comment #44161458

    > This is a TypeScript library that implements the provider side of the OAuth 2.1 protocol with PKCE support. What is the "provider" side? OAuth 2.1 has no definition of a "provide…

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    Comment #43255695

    Agreed. This was also the first thing I searched for when clicking on the article. 60Hz screens should not be a thing in 2025.

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    Comment #42751183

    Reddit is at its worse when it tries to suggest posts from subreddits I don’t follow.

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    Comment #42728173

    When things like this pop up, I always think back to Joel Spolsky's review of the Nokia E71 and how he compared it to the iPhone 3G: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2008/08/22/a-rev…

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    Comment #40597237

    It’s phishing resistant; thus making it more secure than all other current popular MFA methods.