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Scion9066 commented on Illinois introduces OS-level age verification law legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB39... · Posted by u/rickcarlino

tptacek · 2 days ago

This is proposed legislation, isn't it? Proposed bills are generally off-topic on HN; they're a dime a dozen.

Scion9066 · 2 days ago

I just provided a more direct link but yeah it is just proposed at this point. The age assurance part appears to be substantially similar (very similar verbiage) to the bills that have already passed in California and Colorado though so I guess we'll see it again in a few weeks or months at this point.

Scion9066 commented on Illinois introduces OS-level age verification law legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB39... · Posted by u/rickcarlino

tomhow · 2 days ago

The content is inaccessible and I can't find any cached copy, so I'm burying this for now. Will restore if/when there's an accessible source.

Scion9066 · 2 days ago

From the General Assembly's website: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3977&GAID...

Scion9066 commented on Show HN: Server-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code) cleoselene.com/... · Posted by u/brunovcosta

throwaway894345 · 2 months ago

I’m also curious if an AI could process the screen feed quickly enough to compete in first-person shooter games. Seems like it would be difficult without extremely high end hardware for the foreseeable future?

Scion9066 · 2 months ago

There's already models specifically for things like identifying players in Counter-Strike 2, including which team they're on.

Someone has even rigged up a system like that to a TENS system to stimulate the nerves in their arm and hand to move the mouse in the correct direction and fire when the crosshair is over the enemy.

We are definitely already there.

Scion9066 commented on CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution cachyos.org/... · Posted by u/doener

IshKebab · 3 months ago

I don't understand why we need "gaming versions" for distros. I've never used them but if there's stuff that's broken for gaming in the base distros, shouldn't that just be fixed?

Scion9066 · 3 months ago

There are some things regular distros can't/shouldn't do, like including codecs still under patents, matching proprietary Nvidia drivers with the correct kernel version, proprietary firmware for game controller adapters, the launching of Steam Big Picture mode as the default UI, etc.

Scion9066 commented on FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-... · Posted by u/CrankyBear

eptcyka · 4 months ago

Which codec is it?

Scion9066 · 4 months ago

I believe it's: sanm LucasArts SANM/SMUSH video

Scion9066 commented on FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-... · Posted by u/CrankyBear

Scion9066 · 4 months ago

Popped in that context means hacked. Like in the same usage of pop in "popping a shell".

I do not think he meant it as any kind of physical/death threat.

Scion9066 commented on Passkeys: They're not perfect but they're getting better ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/pas... · Posted by u/ashergill

sam_lowry_ · 4 months ago

That's mumbo jumbo to me so far.

What's an authentic domain?

How is my passkey locked to it?

Scion9066 · 4 months ago

The domain that the verifier (the site trying to authenticate you) is at is part of the cryptographic process. If the domain doesn't match (ie you're at a phishing site) then the results of the cryptography won't be valid for the actual correct site, only the phishing site (which gets the phishing site nothing it can use).

Scion9066 commented on · Posted by u/tatoalo

ktosobcy · 6 months ago

is there a final/stable release with it?

also: is that really such a dealbreaker?

Scion9066 · 6 months ago

It's been supported by qBittorrent since 4.4.0 released in January 2022 when built with libtorrent 2.0. The official docker images still use libtorrent 1.2 though as that is the default.

Probably not a dealbreaker for most but it might be hindering Bittorrent v2 adoption.

Scion9066 commented on · Posted by u/tatoalo

wok4899 · 6 months ago

I am running, ghcr.io/hotio/qbittorrent:release-5.1.1

Scion9066 · 6 months ago

qBittorrent put out version 5.1.2 over 2 months ago:

  > Wed Jul 02nd 2025 - qBittorrent v5.1.2 release
  > [...]
  > qBittorrent v5.1.2 was released.
  > SECURITY: It contains security fixes for the WebAPI, Rss and Search modules.

Scion9066 commented on · Posted by u/tatoalo

ktosobcy · 6 months ago

Why use it when there is an official one: `https://github.com/qbittorrent/docker-qbittorrent-nox` ? o_O

Scion9066 · 6 months ago

Lack of a tagged stable/release version with libtorrent 2.0 for one.

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