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Not using either. Just my US-based home ISP that works for everything else.

It says I've been "blocked by network security". MSIE on Windows. Reddit must really be circling the drain.

There's a whole spectrum of things built into phone cameras these days like color correction and edge/sharpness enhancement where whether or not it's advertised as "AI" comes down …

Nice article. Looking at the ONSemi datasheet for the BS170, it is very clear that the "Drain−Source Breakdown Voltage" spec only applies at "VGS = 0, ID = 100 uA DC". Doesn't it c…

Well, if it's not an advertised spec on the datasheet, and constrained in the direction you're using it, then all guarantees are off and it's on you to qualify the parts on a batch…

Well, only if Clone/Copy is compatible with the semantics of the API. I.e., the called function doesn't need to modify anything. No &mut params (or data members) except perhaps `&m…

Do they really not have any kind of sub-block dynamic allocator? Does the program handle character data? It is indeed a rare server app which never handles strings.

Whose fault is it if a manufacturer sells a car that begins accelerating as soon as it's turned on? It's the manufacturer's fault. Because that's not a reasonable thing for a car t…

OK, so I asked ChatGPT "How do I prevent Spotify from automatically playing every time I get in my car?" The answer looks entirely reasonable. I can't check the Android settings, b…

Such an inspection capability might also be used to target ads to LLMs, which would then be more likely to mention or recommend those products and services.

Your comment seems to have little to do with the article? Don't get me wrong - I personally "trust" an LLM as a source of facts about as far as I could throw a rack of GPUs. But th…

If dirt-simple type operations like copy-paste yield useful improvements with even a small probability that would seem to open things up for adaptive reconfiguration and whole othe…

It's going to be hard to explain to future generations that the demand for computer-speakers was once such that sometimes they could even decide the language in which they spoke to…

Never underestimate the power of a catchy title that resonates with the intuitions and preconceptions of people who will never read the paper. Cf. https://machinelearning.apple.com…

What is " real understanding", and what question can we ask ChatGPT to determine whether it has it?

Naming things using qualifiers like "large" has never aged well when transistors were involved. For example, consider the term "short wave" radio which refers to wavelengths of at …

The idea entered our collective subconscious and is still going strong: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-father-in-law-is-a-builder... Imagine growing up in Cairo.

I'm seeing the phrases "tremendous amount of homework", "substantial amount", and "few hours". Does anyone have an actual estimated time we can discuss?

Well, it turned out the affiliate code linked as "the author's" actually belongs to the publisher anyway.

It's just that such cases come down to technical advice that applies to a specific legal environment (certain states you mention), whereas I'm personally more interested in looking…

You went to law school and you don't see any the difference between forging someone else's signature on a document and encoding one's own authentic signature into a digital documen…

We're discussing a blog post about a blatantly plagiarized website, and the ethical environment and professional choices that led to its creation and continued existence. We get to…

But there are any number of humans who will tell you that humans are bad at multithreading the codes and all but the smallest codebases are headed for heisenbug deadlock city if yo…

That comment had me reaching for the skull emoji.