Side question : what font are you using in your screenshots? I find it really nice looking
Readit NewsSomeoneOnTheWeb commented on A macOS terminal command that tells you if your USB-C cable is bad kau.sh/blog/usbi/... · Posted by u/freetonik
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on Arenas in Rust russellw.github.io/arenas... · Posted by u/welovebunnies
I kinda think rust is a dead-end. The learning curve is really challenging for most people, and you gain all these new constraints.
It competes against languages that give you memory safety by having garbage collection, or I guess even by using arenas in a few cases. GC comes with a performance hit, but a bit of a performance hit is usually much easier to deal with than having a smaller pool of effective developers
Worse is better
I strongly disagree.
* The performance difference can be pretty massive depending on scenarios. Sure, most programs don't need it, but still * Rust has not only memory safety but full safety around it. For instance, in Java if you iterate over a list while mutating it you'll get a runtime error. In Rust, it won't compile, preventing you from a possible bug later on * The time you spend learning Rust is so much time saved afterwards because the language is specifically designed to reduce the risk of programming errors. Many things like the absence of a `null` value like we have in Java is an immense time saver when your program gets bigger
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on Testing the Raspberry Pi 500+'s new mechanical keyboard jeffgeerling.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/speckx
$200 is $150 too much.
What? Where can you find an entire computer with builtin SSD, RAM and keyboard for $50?
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on EU age verification app not planning desktop support github.com/eu-digital-ide... · Posted by u/sschueller
Here's my crack at a good-enough solution for the U.S.
It doesn't have a ton of granularity - but the concept is shovel ready now, dirt cheap, and privacy preserving.
Video Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmcUJ5u65Q0
Actual Demo: https://app.hornpub.click
How it works:
1) Go to app.horpub.click
2) Create an ephemeral passkey
3) Extract its public-key and id (this binds the credential you're creating to your device)
4) The user copies this data to their bank's Age-Verification-Section
5) The bank creates an object that it signs with an attestation of the user's age (KYC) and their pass-key-public-key
6) The user copies this back to app.hornpub.click
7) The passkey is verified on the server, the bank's signature is verified by the server, some other meta-data is verified to make sure nothing weird is happening.
8) The user's age has been verified by their bank without the bank knowing who is asking for verification
* This method is more private than anything requiring sharing your photo-id online
* This method doesn't trigger GLBA or GDPR (user copies data themselves)
* This method is free to the merchant (hornpub)
What's crazy to me is why they didn't go for that kind of implementation. This works well, ensures privacy, can be audited easily, and doesn't need a f*cking app on my phone.
I don’t think I own one, granted mine is perpetually offline too.
Most people's TV show ads nowadays, be it Samsung or a competitor. The thing is, people don't care about ads. They just deal with it. Hence how Samsung gets away with this sh*t.
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D michael.stapelberg.ch/pos... · Posted by u/secure
For what it's worth, I have an i9-13900K paired with the largest air cooler available at the time (a be quiet! Dark Rock 5 IIRC), and it's incapable of sufficiently cooling that CPU.
The 13900k draws more than 200W initially and thermal throttles after a minute at most, even in an air conditioned room.
I don't think that thermal problems should be pushed to end user to this degree.
This means your system doesn't have enough airflow if it throttles this quickly.
But I agree this should not be a problem in the first place.
I guess the lack of a built-in SD card slot might make the Minisforum options less attractive
Right, if you specifically want to use an SD card and not USB, and don't want to add an adapter either, sure the A5 is the way to go.
Such a cool concept! For anyone who didn't slog through their docs, the recommended hardware system (and the box in their product shots) is the Geekom A5 https://www.geekom.co.uk/geekom-a5-mini-pc and the 8BitDo Wireless controller https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-2c-wireless-controller/
Those + some SD cards and a spare evening for setup makes this a really tempting £400 project.
For the same price you have the Minisforum UM760 Slim which should be 100% compatible and provide VASTLY superior performances. Or you can check cheaper models that would have the same level of performance as the A5.
Geekom make nice products but they are usually both very expensive and very noisy compared to competitors. Their selling point is mainly their top-notch design, but I find these to be function-over-form most of the time.
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater micahflee.com/unfortunate... · Posted by u/_p2zi
As a non-American this is something I don't understand, so maybe someone with more context can explain. Why is this app even needed/desired?
As far as I can see there are two possibilities here: 1) ICE is abusing their power and illegally detaining and deporting people who shouldn't be deported, or 2) ICE is deporting illegal immigrants which don't have permission to be in the country so they shouldn't be in the country. In case of (1) can't they be taken to court? In case of (2) aren't immigration laws there for a reason, and surely we don't want to normalize selective application of law like in so many corrupt countries around the world? Isn't the rule of law a thing in the US?
It's (1) but ICE is making their job to intimidate people so they don't face consequences.
SomeoneOnTheWeb commented on The Framework Desktop is a beast world.hey.com/dhh/the-fra... · Posted by u/lemonberry
What are more budget friendly options for similar workloads (running web app test suite in parallel)?
My test suite currently runs in ~6 seconds on 9700K. Would be nice to speed it up, but maybe not for $2000 :-) Last I checked 13700K or 13900K looked like the price/performance sweet spot, but perhaps there are better options?
Minisforum 790S7/795S7, mini-ITX desktop.
16 cores, 32 threads, only a bit less powerful than a desktop Ryzen 7950X or a 14900K, but with a comparatively low power usage.
About 500€ barebones, then you add your own SSD and SO-DIMM RAM.