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CSOA Forte Prenestino (2023)

thecommoner.org
2 points·by greyb·4 months ago·0 comments

Proctorio Dismisses All Claims Against Critic Ian Linkletter, Lawsuit Now Closed

linkletter.org
2 points·by greyb·8 months ago·0 comments

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greyb
·5 days ago·discuss
>Edit: found it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_dead_drop

I wanted these to exist so badly, it was a fun and quirky concept, but people kept bashing it online as the stupidest idea ever, and the few dead drops that existed in my city routinely got destroyed.

I also built my own PirateBox too, but the only thing that was ever uploaded to it was a creepshot of me and my PirateBox. Turns out when Public Wi-Fi exists, they're actively ignored.
greyb
·7 days ago·discuss
Wafer discontinued their own "Wafer Pass" flagship coding plan within weeks of launch and had to issue prorated refunds. Now they're bragging about squeezing costs down even further via quantization, even though their implementation is clearly lacking.

[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Q9i-wafer-pass-flat-rat...
greyb
·11 days ago·discuss
They don't keep logs but they've been transparent that if they ever receive a lawful court order to intercept new communications, they must comply. I honestly don't think this is unique to any VPN provider. Even if a VPN provider refuses to comply, authorities can simply backdoor or facilitate lawful interception however they'd like.
greyb
·12 days ago·discuss
Whomever finds great enjoyment in reading this may also enjoy Jan Whitaker's blog 'Restaurant-ing through History'. [1] They are an old-school blogger with a particular interest in American restaurants, and enjoys email correspondence as well.

[1] https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/
greyb
·15 days ago·discuss
Or a troll? I'm so confused.
greyb
·23 days ago·discuss
The irony of questioning someone's communication skills immediately after this exchange is hard to miss.
greyb
·23 days ago·discuss
Your reply doesn't seem to be in good faith. Please provide your formula for calculating effective per token cost.

I am not sure why the small team argument is relevant. This is a crowded market, there are dozens if hundreds of third party inference providers in the world right now. I'm glad that's a good excuse that works on you but I'm not sure why the average user should care.
greyb
·25 days ago·discuss
>Wasn't aware that Cohere was still around but this release doesn't exactly instill confidence.

It's being kept alive because the Canadian government is desperate to have a local frontier lab and is willing to inject funding and force its adoption in government services, but leadership at Cohere is known to be weak in Canadian tech circles, and they pivoting to an enterprise-first market around production RAG rather than anything close to frontier work.

I'm glad they're doing open weight releases but they're not viable in the long-run. It is embarrassing sharing similar spaces with them, but I'll try this release out in OpenCode and re-think afterwards.
greyb
·25 days ago·discuss
Because in a free market, making rational choices about pricing in line with the industry allows you to build capital to further expand, which coincidentally also lets you buy more RAM.
greyb
·27 days ago·discuss
Claude allows you to reverse engineer binaries now? That's pretty cool. I'm quite surprised to hear that, I thought it was one of their guardrails. Most of the reverse engineering projects I've seen seem to rely on Chinese models.
greyb
·last month·discuss
They will usually refund you if you end up getting charged because you forgot to cancel. It isn't worth the headache of a chargeback.

Plus they have to pay a fee for chargebacks regardless of whether they think it's valid or not, so strong disincentive.
greyb
·last month·discuss
Racket is used across CS programs that have adopted the How to Design Programs book [1] (some schools do not use the original book, just the textbook for source material).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs
greyb
·2 months ago·discuss
This was miserably failing for me on a new install. Guess the reason why may have been less to do with my skill and more to do with being on a broken version (or some mix of it).
greyb
·3 months ago·discuss
>I bought a Pixel phone. As per the sales terms, the phone came with one year of Gemini AI Pro service. Except, the redemption process to get the year of service didn't work for me. I contacted Google, they never fixed it or offered any solution. I simply didn't get the year of service I was promised.

I fixed this by deleting the subscription data for Google One (which also refunded me a prorated amount for my Google One plan), and then waiting a day.
greyb
·3 months ago·discuss
Building solar panel installations in remote locations still requires linking that back to the main grid, and all the in-between infrastructure needed to transform and transmit that power. Building it in an urban location allows you to tap into the existing grid without much added public investment, similar to how some power grids will purchase power from homeowners as an added incentive for doing a home solar install.
greyb
·6 months ago·discuss
Meanwhile, there is a whole grey market built around this. People sell “CGNAT mobile proxies” that ride on carrier and ISP NAT, and the whole point is that they are a pain to block without nuking huge ISP ranges. So they get marketed as a convenient way to dodge shadowbans, spam filters, and basically any abuse defense that relies on IP reputation.
greyb
·10 months ago·discuss
Sources mentioned in the article.

[1] Powell's remarks: https://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCprescon...

[2] The kids are alright?: https://secure.ubs.com/global/en/wealthmanagement/insights/c...
greyb
·10 months ago·discuss
Can managers/directors of engineering even qualify for a TN under the recent renewed scrutiny?
greyb
·10 months ago·discuss
This remembers of the Youtube channel TRNGL [1]. They got banned from posting for some reason, and their channel was about to be deleted within a few days. They had no following, so they instead looked for bypasses to put a video publicly. They found that while their uploading rights were disabled, they were able to use Creator Studio to record a webcam video begging for help since nobody was hearing their pleas. They have ~200k subscribers too.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@TRNGL
greyb
·10 months ago·discuss
>This is one of the most magnificent buildings I've seen in my life and everyone should go see it even if you're not religious.

On the flipside, I remember thinking it was a kitsch architectural icon and my family was bullying me into going to visit by dictating my plans while solo traveling.

When I went inside, I had a brief moment where I was struck by awe, and wondered if I should consider converting to Catholicism.