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Comment on Zig creator weighs in on the Bun Rust rewrite in ~comp
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Comment on US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections in ~tech
zoroa LinkThought this was worth sharing as an example of the law "catching up" to technological advancements in policing. I'm not actually sure what impact this will have on the use of geofence warrants....The US supreme court has ruled that law enforcement’s use of sprawling warrants that sweep up smartphone location data requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment, in a boost to critics who view their use as an unconstitutional dragnet.
Thought this was worth sharing as an example of the law "catching up" to technological advancements in policing.
I'm not actually sure what impact this will have on the use of geofence warrants. Google announced in late-2023 that they would be moving location data on device, restricting their access to the data they'd need to respond to the warrant. This matched Apple's status quo, who could not access the data to respond to the warrant. Forbes reported that the practice is essentially dead already.
This does bring up an interesting question about other types of "reverse warrants". Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) have exploded in use, most famously by Flock, and similarly provide an opportunity generate suspects by casting a wide net over data that many people would assume is private.
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US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
zoroa Link ParentThis is my reminder that I still need to finish Sanabi. I remember really liking it, especially because it tonally felt similar to Katana Zero which I loved. How are you finding the difficulty? I...This is my reminder that I still need to finish Sanabi. I remember really liking it, especially because it tonally felt similar to Katana Zero which I loved.
How are you finding the difficulty? I remember thinking the game wasn't particularly challenging, since I couldn't tell if it was punishing me if I messed up.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
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Comment on bubbles.town: Tildes but exclusively for blogs in ~tech
zoroa LinkFound a link to this and thought some folks on Tildes would appreciate it - https://bubbles.town/about I don't really use social media outside message boards, so that Fediverse-based account...Found a link to this and thought some folks on Tildes would appreciate it
Somewhere out there, someone wrote a really good blog post today. You'll probably never find it. Google won't show it to you. Social media buried it under engagement bait.
Bubbles tries to surface it. Community voting applied to thousands of personal, independent blogs, with identity and discussion routed through the Fediverse. Somewhere out there, someone wrote a really good blog post today. You'll probably never find it. Google won't show it to you. Social media buried it under engagement bait.
Bubbles tries to surface it. Community voting applied to thousands of personal, independent blogs, with identity and discussion routed through the Fediverse.
I don't really use social media outside message boards, so that Fediverse-based account system is a no-go for me. But I've otherwise enjoyed the posts that it surfaces, the couple times I've checked.
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bubbles.town: Tildes but exclusively for blogs
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Comment on Test 3 in ~test
zoroa Link ParentIt's a URI text fragment: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/URI/Reference/Fragment/Text_fragments#syntax Headings in tildes comments don't seem to generate ids that would let a normal...It's a URI text fragment: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/URI/Reference/Fragment/Text_fragments#syntax
Headings in tildes comments don't seem to generate ids that would let a normal fragment work. Text fragments work around that limitation.
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Comment on Test 3 in ~test
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Steam Next Fest June 2026
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Comment on Accessible forms of poetry for journaling? in ~creative
zoroa Link ParentI appreciate the sentiment, but I need structure. I've tried to freeform a couple times, and end up never finishing since I didn't have enough constraints.I appreciate the sentiment, but I need structure. I've tried to freeform a couple times, and end up never finishing since I didn't have enough constraints.
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Accessible forms of poetry for journaling?
I journal sporadically, and have sometimes wanted to record a thought as a poem. I like idea of using constraints to further my grasp on the thought I'm trying to express, and it'd leave me with...
I journal sporadically, and have sometimes wanted to record a thought as a poem. I like idea of using constraints to further my grasp on the thought I'm trying to express, and it'd leave me with something I'd feel proud to come back to.
But I don't really know where to start? I'm hoping to find a form of poetry can be short enough to not feel daunting to start, but still forces enough structure to make the exercise worthwhile.
I imagine this effort means I'll also need to read more poetry and find stuff I like. My only real experience with the medium is from school, and thinking back to that time only reminds me of how confused I was while guessing if a foot was stressed or unstressed. I do remember liking Arthur Rimbaud's Le dormeur du val though. If anyone has any recommendations for poems they like, I'd take those too
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Comment on Xbox is planning to shutter Peabody Award-winning Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, South of Midnight) in ~games
zoroa LinkNinja Theory, who just announced a new game last week, and Double Fine are also under threatNinja Theory, who just announced a new game last week, and Double Fine are also under threat
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Comment on So I fell for a phishing in ~comp
zoroa Link ParentThank you for talking about this. It's not your fault. Even the people who really really know better get phished: The guy who made HaveIBeenPwned.com The innumerable amount of Open Source...I'm so embarrassed. I know better.
Thank you for talking about this.
It's not your fault. Even the people who really really know better get phished:
- The guy who made HaveIBeenPwned.com
- The innumerable amount of Open Source Developers who have been phished (axios compromise through targetted social engineering)
These scams are so widespread because they count on shame keeping people silent. They prey on folks who may be tired, stressed, or otherwise wouldn't expect someone to target them to do them harm. I really appreciate you making the topic, and engaging with folks in the thread. If its any solace, you're helping folks avoid similar situations.
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Comment on Ruins of the web: Hello Internet in ~tech
zoroa Link ParentEvery time I hear someone mention Adelaide, the first thing that comes to mind is "The Mighty Black Stump"Every time I hear someone mention Adelaide, the first thing that comes to mind is "The Mighty Black Stump"
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
zoroa LinkOperation "Prolong the Lifespan of My PC By Keeping It Cool" Concludes (for now...) Undervolting This ended up being way easier that I thought it would be. For my CPU, it just took me specifying a...Operation "Prolong the Lifespan of My PC By Keeping It Cool" Concludes (for now...)
Undervolting
This ended up being way easier that I thought it would be.
For my CPU, it just took me specifying a negative voltage offset in "Curve Optimizer" to shift the CPU's Frequency/Voltage curve. An initial boot failure and sudden restart at idle was all it took to dial in on an offset that's been rock solid. For reasons that I learned and have since forgetten, you need 3rd party software to apply an undervolt to your GPU. I used MSI Afterburner and was thoroughly confused with the UI until a nice italian guy on YouTube talked me through the process.
Results
In the stress test I've been running, I saw a temperature difference of -2C for my GPU and -11C (!!) for my CPU since my last run.
Which means in total, I've seen a 34C decrease in CPU temps and a 10C decrease in GPU temps. Granted, most of the CPU improvements were from correcting an installation mistake. But my push for cooler temps also had a bunch of nice second order effects:
- Noise quality is much better. I no longer have to deal with shrill GPU fans.
- PC runs a bit faster.
- Case fans provide some ventilation for non-GPU/CPU components (VRMs, SSDs, etc..)
I think this process has been pretty successful. And I ended up learning that there are a bunch of simple mods that result in decent temperature improvements, that I'll be doing on future PCs.
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Comment on Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers in ~tech
zoroa LinkI thought this article was worth sharing, because it highlights ways that the push to Gen AI challenges the foundations of how the Internet operates. Most of the legal questions I've seen for LLMs...A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for what its AI search overviews say. Previous case law shielding search engine operators from liability doesn't apply to AI overviews.
I thought this article was worth sharing, because it highlights ways that the push to Gen AI challenges the foundations of how the Internet operates.
Most of the legal questions I've seen for LLMs have touched on whether it was legal for companies to scrape the entire internet as input to train their models. But the article touches on the other end, "are companies liable for the output of their models?"
In many jurisdictions, like Germany, companies are shielded from being liable for 3rd party content that they host and serve on their platforms. That shield is foundational to the operation of sites, like Google or Tildes, that primarily surface content they did not create. The German Court's decision marks the first move I've seen to strip that protection from content synthesized by an LLM, which could jeopardize many company's pushes towards "AI Everything".
The United States' version of that shield is Section 230, "the law that built the internet". I'm curious whether there'd be a move to follow the German court's lead, and clarify whether Section 230 protects LLM content too.
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
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Comment on N Plus Infinity Times Two announced in ~games
zoroa LinkAnnouncement Trailer This was the biggest surprise of the day for me (over Tupac and Sonic Pico Park). n is still my favorite platformer I've ever played (not that I play them much anymore):...
This was the biggest surprise of the day for me (over Tupac and Sonic Pico Park).
n is still my favorite platformer I've ever played (not that I play them much anymore): https://www.thewayoftheninja.org/nv2.html
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Comment on Mina the Hollower | Out now! in ~games
zoroa Link ParentGame Informer produced a documentary on the game a few years ago too https://youtu.be/Z6WWGkVf3uUGame Informer produced a documentary on the game a few years ago too https://youtu.be/Z6WWGkVf3uU
I'm not. Andrew Kelley's blog posts often have blunt and/or abrasive language. To the point where the discussion of his writing is often sidelined by talk of how uncouth it is.
The instance that comes to mind was his post discussing Zig's move away from GitHub, that had some language that was so abrasive that it went through multiple editing passes after publishing.
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46133179