Viewing profile — surajrmal

Murder has a negative meaning. Let's name it "neutralization" or "sending to a higher place". Giving it a new name doesn't mean the original name is less correct. Vulnerability is …

If they can get productivity increases equivalent to .1% it pays for itself. That's roughly equivalent to firing 1 in 1000 employees to finance the software.

Preventing you from faking data is exactly what attestation is designed to do. You want something different from what the folks requiring attestation want. That's fine, but just do…

If someone holds a gun to your head and tells you to run a red light, who is liable? Humans can get persuaded to do illegal things by criminals just as well.

40 rides a month, not week. I'm not sure you're in a position to accuse folks of not doing math when you don't seem to read very well.

I'm not suggesting a new system or a timeout. I'm suggesting passing a two sided handle (like a socket) where you can listen for the other end closing. Upon closing, which should o…

Look at the git stats for the project. Lines of code submitted haven't changed dramatically. Not everyone is just merging slop into the codebase. There are many ways to use AI, and…

There is hype, but there are also real tangible wins as well. Analyzing code for bugs is something that works very well. We use it for helping us revert changes that lead to a flak…

Google has not really embraced vibe coded slop. Humans are involved before any code merges and the quality bar remains high.

Does that make it okay? There are many ways to have it learn the process dies without needing to signal the process.

I don't think there is anything wrong with increasing liability for writing preventable bugs. The floor should be raised as our tools improve and the negative outcomes of these bug…

The Linux kernel is simply too complex.

It sounds like you are just at odds with the android security model: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05572

And app developers have the right to not offer their services to users who don't give them the security model they want. You are free to install a custom OS which provides you the …

More specifically apps and users have equal agency in the android security model. Which comes down to the fact that if you don't own the app you can't control its experience. This …

Have you read the android security model? It's a multi party security model which considers apps and users as equals. It's a legitimate security model and just because it's not wha…

adb is not being stopped, the bug is talking about a niche way folks use it without a secondary device. There is also no conclusion from the bug on what action will actually be tak…

It provides a way to improve the safety of existing code without rewriting it. It would be nice if it could solve the memory safety issues around data races too.

It sounds like you don't genuinely care about other people and their experiences. Being able to relate with one another and take interest in their lives is the primary reason I tal…

Perhaps the parent meant dynamic linker.

This was not my experience. I had to climb a few levels to really start interacting with other teams on a consistent basis and see how politics plays out and how it could affect my…

The open source community is built up by many project leaders with unprofessional attitudes. Honestly I think a younger version of myself would have resonated with the post. I'm al…

Unit tests aren't useful for rewrites, only integration tests are. So there may be missing coverage. Also many things are simply difficult to test (eg performance under very specif…

Why? Python is terse but has large binaries because of the runtime overhead. C++ is fairly verbose but can make useful binaries in double digit kib.

It applies equally to all apps regardless of what app store they are delivered through.