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jpalomaki

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About jpalomaki

https://juhapalomaki.fi

https://hndistilled.com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/juhap; my proof: https://keybase.io/juhap/sigs/WENl0olIwIRMUkvvYdpsHpszBLLHaissp7cTfP1QynU ]

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    Comment #48925168

    "OpenAI will launch a portable, screen-free smart speaker as its first consumer hardware product, Bloomberg News has reported, days after Apple sued the AI start-up and two former …

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    Comment #48608141

    As human I also give wrong answers if if I know the right one. Sometimes I also give answers even when I don’t really know them. When pushed, I then start thinking and realise my m…

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    Comment #48560939

    Session data lookup is one select to database that gives 0..1 rows and uses index. In most cases this is not something you need to worry about.

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    Comment #48543200

    When many sites are collecting these photos, it increases possibility of them leaking. Since these are also used for KYC process in crypto sites etc, this in turn increases risk of…

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    Comment #48515215

    Isn't training material the biggest problem for truly open source LLMs (such that could compete with top tier models)? The computation part can be solved with money, but compiling …

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    Comment #48487582

    Do we need to bring Keybase[1] "back"? The original idea, mapping your social media presence to certain encryption keys. In the future it will be increasingly difficult to prove in…

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    Comment #48425581

    "yes, there were regressions in some use cases of rsync in the 3.4.3 release. I quite deliberately tried to err on the side of fixing security issues for that release, and there we…

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    Comment #48414836

    It’s sometimes convenient if database is the only ”stateful” component in architecture. Also if all the "state" is in one database, then you have better chance of getting consisten…

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    Comment #48405432

    Not sure if this is the future I want, but I've always thought the main idea of smart glasses is to automatically bring up information that is relevant in your current context. One…

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    Comment #48338659

    "By integrating Ookla’s data products, including Speedtest®, Downdetector®, Ekahau®, and RootMetrics®, Accenture will help Communications Service Providers (CSPs), hyperscalers, an…

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    Comment #48265395

    How about the payments, what is the easiest way from corporate customer perspective in DACH? Let's say for smaller subscriptions, <1000€/month?

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    Comment #48233171

    "Only $99 to add 5G Backup to any UniFI network" and "Fully unlocked for any compatible carrier with SIM and eSIM support". Wonder if there's some catch?

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    Comment #48142886

    Tell it to create html summaries with diagrams and sidebar for navigation. Or ask Codex to create image that explains xyz.

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    Comment #48045709

    It’s likely because the quick thought is that auth is just user table with hashed password. Then when you really start thinking about it, the list of requirements grows. Of course …

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    Comment #48020716

    Kubernetes sounds like overkill, but I've been running microk8s for few standalone servers. This feels a pretty good match when working with agents. Codex can manage the cluster al…

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    Comment #47827104

    ”Engineers were actively encouraged to use tools like Claude Code and Cursor, even ranking them on internal leaderboards based on usage” Token maxxing? Might explain high costs if …

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    Comment #47796774

    I don’t think people want that, but they are willing to accept that in order to get stuff done.

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    Comment #47748302

    Why not replace the SMTP with an API and explicit permissions. When registering for a newsletter, I would explicitly grant the sender right to push stuff to my inbox. At any point …

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    Comment #47748241

    Put proper LLM into Siri. Encourage developers to expose the functionality of their apps as functions, allow Siri LLM to access those (and sprinkle some magic security dust over it…

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    Comment #47589734

    Sometimes easy performance trick is to split the CTE to separate queries, put the results to unlogged temporary tables and add whatever indexes the next step needs. Obviously makes…

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    Comment #47439364

    Somebody took a deeper look at Claude Code and claims to find evidence of Anthropic's PaaS offering [1]. There's certainly money to be made by offering a nice platform where "citiz…

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    Comment #47388005

    Home scale example with strawberries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LIhx0yoM7s

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    Comment #47163141

    A good solution for memory would help with stickiness. But it's a hard thing to crack.