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Comment on Business idea and feedback thread in ~talk
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Comment on Mythos finds a curl vulnerability in ~comp
Toric Link3 months ago I watched this guy announce the end of the bug bounty program due to slop on stage. Have the tools gotten that much better, or is it just that without the profit motive, people are...3 months ago I watched this guy announce the end of the bug bounty program due to slop on stage. Have the tools gotten that much better, or is it just that without the profit motive, people are spending more time separating the real vulns from the slop?
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Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
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Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space
Toric Link ParentOr just a regular star/planet (you forgot to mention they need to be moving across the sky as well)Or just a regular star/planet (you forgot to mention they need to be moving across the sky as well)
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Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport
Toric Link ParentIMHO, trolleys/trams are just funni smal-gauge electric trains, so that tracks.IMHO, trolleys/trams are just funni smal-gauge electric trains, so that tracks.
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Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport
Toric Link ParentIIRC, electric trains powered by overhead wires/3rd rail already do this to cut down on the energy usage (these tracks are common in europe). One train braking contributes power to the rail...IIRC, electric trains powered by overhead wires/3rd rail already do this to cut down on the energy usage (these tracks are common in europe). One train braking contributes power to the rail network that can be used to by any other train currently using power on the network.
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Comment on The Ploopy Bean - an external four-button trackpoint in ~tech
Toric Link ParentReally depends on how comfortable with electronic engineering you are. They design the enclosures, the PCB, and customize the firmware (they dont write it whole cloth, they use QMK). To produce...Really depends on how comfortable with electronic engineering you are. They design the enclosures, the PCB, and customize the firmware (they dont write it whole cloth, they use QMK). To produce one of these at home you at the very least need a decent FDM printer, a reflow oven, and be fairly comfortable with mechanical design and embedded device development+workflows.
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Comment on The Ploopy Bean - an external four-button trackpoint in ~tech
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Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk
Toric Link ParentThat is super cool! Is there a design reason the encoder wheel is so big, or was it just to make it look awsome? (Also, interesting to put a face to you).That is super cool! Is there a design reason the encoder wheel is so big, or was it just to make it look awsome? (Also, interesting to put a face to you).
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
Toric Link ParentRust has a really good CLI ecosystem, actually, though its standard library doesnt provide that much.Rust has a really good CLI ecosystem, actually, though its standard library doesnt provide that much.
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What is your go-to project for learning a new language?
Ive been playing around with learning a lisp language for a while, and I recently decided to go for it and learn fennel (as I already am comfortable with lua) just to see if I like lisps as a...
Ive been playing around with learning a lisp language for a while, and I recently decided to go for it and learn fennel (as I already am comfortable with lua) just to see if I like lisps as a class. Normally, I try to do the first 5-10 days of a previous advent of code to pick up a lang.
Setting up my advent of code environment got me wondering: what projects do other people use to learn new languages/tooling? Id love to hear how other people approach learning a new skill.
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Comment on Artemis II April 1 launch in ~space
Toric Link ParentDuring the Apollo missions, there was no radio contact on the far side of the moon, however, IDK about this time, we have a good few satellites around the moon, but they may or may not be able to...During the Apollo missions, there was no radio contact on the far side of the moon, however, IDK about this time, we have a good few satellites around the moon, but they may or may not be able to act as relay satellites.
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Comment on Fairphone released the industry’s first ever nature report - The impact of consumer electronics on nature and biodiversity in ~enviro
Toric Link ParentPerhaps they mean organic natural capital? You dont need much of a functioning local ecosystem to do mineral extraction.Perhaps they mean organic natural capital? You dont need much of a functioning local ecosystem to do mineral extraction.
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
Toric Link ParentYup, textbooks make everything easier, but I hear you WRT the expense. I had been sailing the high seas for quite a bit before college, and during college I kinda became the local 'pdf dealer' in...Yup, textbooks make everything easier, but I hear you WRT the expense. I had been sailing the high seas for quite a bit before college, and during college I kinda became the local 'pdf dealer' in my program. I know over 50 people who got all of their textbooks from me.
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
Toric Link ParentIn my degree only half of the classes had textbooks, and only half of those that did ever told us what the material we should read was ahead of time. When provided, I much preferred reading the...In my degree only half of the classes had textbooks, and only half of those that did ever told us what the material we should read was ahead of time. When provided, I much preferred reading the textbooks to the lectures and would read them both before and after, yes.
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
Toric Link ParentIts not that typing is faster, its that my writing is slow enough, and professors fast enough, that handwriting in early college often led to me only encoding 2/3rds of the information at all,...Its not that typing is faster, its that my writing is slow enough, and professors fast enough, that handwriting in early college often led to me only encoding 2/3rds of the information at all, leading me to doing horribly on tests if I wasnt able to use recording devices or borrow somone elses notes.
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
Toric Link ParentI type literally 10x faster than I can write, and half of my professors could not read my handwriting in early college. Im sure part of that is being out of practice, but still, you had been my...I type literally 10x faster than I can write, and half of my professors could not read my handwriting in early college. Im sure part of that is being out of practice, but still, you had been my professor and had done that, I probably would have bought a typewriter or taken my laptops wifi chip out of my laptop in front of you. I dont use AI, hope to never have to, but a computer is the only way I could have ever hoped to keep up with my notes. In some classes with fast speaking professors, even that wasnt enough, and I bought a dedicated voice recorder for those classes.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
Toric LinkHappy user of Nvim here, but if I wasnt so used to the keybinds (been using vi/vim/nvim for well over a decade now), Id probably start with helix. Im so used to the terminal that I would never...Happy user of Nvim here, but if I wasnt so used to the keybinds (been using vi/vim/nvim for well over a decade now), Id probably start with helix. Im so used to the terminal that I would never personally consider a GUI editor at this point.
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Comment on LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy in ~tech
Toric (edited )Link ParentJust using gpt-5-mini from duckduckgo's AI offering, and it immediately picked up the link to your github account (you have posted your projects there), which includes what I assume is your real name.Just using gpt-5-mini from duckduckgo's AI offering, and it immediately picked up the link to your github account (you have posted your projects there), which includes what I assume is your real name.
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Comment on Telegram CEO vows to fight for app amid Russia pressure in ~tech
Toric Link ParentIf your just looking for push notifications, I reccomend https://ntfy.sh/.If your just looking for push notifications, I reccomend https://ntfy.sh/.
I always have little electronic hardware things that Id love to see made. Hardware is such a capital intensive business, and my ideas are usually on the niche side, though, so Im not sure Ill ever persue them:
I really want a laptop without a cpu. What I mean by that, is I want a laptop housing with a decent quality screen, keyboard, and touchpad, with a good selection of video ports, usb ports, an ethernet port, etc, but no CPU. All the video ports are actually inputs, as is a single usb3 port. If your a sysadmin or a homelabber, you might know the pain of when a machine goes offline and you have to lug a monitor and keyboard over, plug everything in (including the screens power supply), and sit on the floor, typing on a keyboard and looking at a screen, on the floor.
This device would replace all of that. You would just plug in the usb-in port to the server, plug in the appropriate video connector, (Ideally this laptop would have DP, HDMI, and VGA), and bam. The screen is connected to the server, the keyboard and mouse work, and every other port on the laptop housing is connected to the usb port (so it doubles as a usb hub, sd card reader, USB-ethernet adapter, etc). All the IO you could ever want in a single package. Would have an internal battery and charge over usb-c, of course.