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It appears to be trained on Eric Weinstein quotes.

I don't disagree with your comment that the best de facto firewall is a proper firewall. I think you are reacting against the idea that I am saying IPv6 is less secure than IPv4. I…

I think you missing my point. My point is not that IPv6 cannot be secured, it is that the author's take is controversial because people are skeptical about whether networks ARE bei…

This is splitting hairs. The point stands that PAT is the de facto firewall for most soho users.

Nope, I agree with the findings here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04792 ?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04792 ? "Collectively, our results show that NAT has indeed acted as the de facto firewall of the Internet, and the v4-to-v6 transition of residential ne…

Think about what 99% of SOHO users have: PAT (Nat Overload). This NAT impacts the way a connection is established in BOTH directions. Inbound connection attempts from the Internet …

Yes, it is the case. In the real world, there are malfunctioning ALGs, permissive defaults, and connectionless protocols that are poorly tracked by these sloppy, underpowered "SPI"…

You are stuck on the theory of what is protecting this population. In practice, less than 1% of these users can or will turn NAT off. Can you imagine how great things would work ou…

The tension here is the difference between theory and reality. In reality, IPv4 NAT is the only thing protecting most users in their homes. If you force IPv6 on this same populatio…

The micro center in my neighborhood has hundreds of 5090s in stock. I'm not sure its as hard as it used to be.

As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notio…

I wish they called it llamarama...

I think the claim in the title is a little overstated. Every few months, there is a claim that it has been solved, only to conclude that more work needs to be done. The remember th…

So, I guess they are saying you can brick a Tesla roadster. Just to add to the PR observations, I like how they have a few positive comments, but it is actually impossible to make …

This notion that the URL bar is too complicated is just plain poppycock. I have a feeling most of the folk pushing for this have a vested interest in search. Maybe they are just ov…

I couldn't tell who was interviewing who.

I only hope there's a small chance that shareholders can reject the acquisition.

It depends on how bad you want the position. If it's a golden opportunity, keep your eye on the prize.

Does anyone know if this has to go through shareholder approval? Maybe there is a chance we can defeat this. I'm a shareholder and I'm considering dumping the stock. I haven't seen…

I believe this was done in the 80's and they called it "choose your own adventure."

Please start here: It was thirty years after bogleron emancipated the children of the shadowrealm...