lightyrs

Really interesting deep-dive reverse engineering of Din Sync (Sync 24)

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lightyrs

5 mesi fadiscuss

This was really fun. Nice job.

lightyrs

5 mesi fadiscuss

Interested to know what's changed (if anything) in the two years since this was written.

lightyrs

7 mesi fadiscuss

They specifically used "VPN" in the error message but I can't remember the exact text of the whole message.

lightyrs

7 mesi fadiscuss

Last night I was blocked from HBOMAX (or whatever brand they go by these days) for being on a VPN. That was the first time I've ever encountered something like that on HBOMAX. I wonder if there is some coordinating event here.

lightyrs

11 mesi fadiscuss

I made several attempts to try to get it to generate something more esoteric. Here is a story about a computer falling in love with a potato chip who becomes a sentient meth addict.

https://g.co/gemini/share/598cc68832a9

lightyrs

anno scorsodiscuss

I don't get it but I'm not sure I'm supposed to.

    life + death = mortality
    life - death = lifestyle

    drug + time = occasion
    drug - time = narcotic

    art + artist + money = creativity
    art + artist - money = muse

    happiness + politics = contentment
    happiness + art      = gladness
    happiness + money    = joy
    happiness + love     = joy

lightyrs

anno scorsodiscuss

Having kids is an excellent solution to this feeling. Besides occupying any time you used to have for unnecessary work, they have an uncanny ability to remind you just how little you actually control. However you get to the end of the OCD tunnel, the journey is often very worthwhile.

lightyrs

2 anni fadiscuss

I really enjoyed this. I try to run my team similarly.

Where I disagree slightly is vendors. If the need filled by the vendor is well-defined and low-complexity, sure, I'll go for it. Otherwise, I'm doing it in-house nine times out of ten.

Where this starts to get tricky is when some worthy competitors emerge, utilizing your foundation to scale quicker and more effectively. Then you might wish you had hired more people earlier. But overall, I think starting from this perspective is a lot safer than the opposite.

lightyrs

2 anni fadiscuss

> It did not reduce student drug use. In face, it backfired and taught kids about interesting drugs that they probably wouldn't have found learned about otherwise.

I will never forget the day in fifth grade when a DARE representative came to our class with a briefcase full of samples of esoteric (to me at least) drugs. The way they were presented made them extremely appealing to me, similar to perusing the choices at a high-end candy store. I don't know for sure if this had any effect on me but I strongly suspect that it did.

lightyrs

2 anni fadiscuss

My 6-year old was invited into the cockpit for the first time on January 1, 2024. I was wondering the same as you up until that moment.

JetBlue US Domestic

lightyrs

3 anni fadiscuss

I propose that this fellow does not have any children or other dependents.

lightyrs

8 anni fadiscuss

The federation aspect is very interesting to me. Can you describe in more detail?

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