hunson_abadeer (u/hunson_abadeer)

hunson_abadeer commented on California passes bill to make it easier to delete data from data brokers latimes.com/politics/stor... · Posted by u/pseudolus

blueridge · 2 years ago

Question: has anyone used tools like DeleteMe and Optery to remove their data from the web? Curious to hear thoughts, opinions, experiences.

https://joindeleteme.com/

https://www.optery.com/

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

I've been using DeleteMe. It generally works well, with two caveats:

1. They seem to largely rely on automated or semi-automated workflows, and that sometimes breaks down. For me, they removed ~95% of the stuff, but I could still find some breadcrumbs in web searches, and need to file a couple more opt-outs manually. It might be less of a problem if your online footprint is small.

2. They target "frontend" sites, rather than the actual data brokers. This cleans up search results, but doesn't necessarily remove from the commercial databases that are available to commercial and institutional users. Because the frontends come and go, it also means that if you cancel your subscription, you will probably go back to square one in 2-5 years.

hunson_abadeer commented on Arm IPO to kick off today theregister.com/2023/09/1... · Posted by u/LinuxBender

bhouston · 2 years ago

The strategy they are using to establish a revenue stream that justifies this valuation is to continue to raise prices on their customers. I think this works in the near term (next 5 to 10 years), and generate a ton of money for ARM, but it will drive additional momentum to RISC-V.

The legendary Jim Keller is going all in on RISC-V, if you don't know Google him. His company has many core designs coming as well chiplets: https://tenstorrent.com/risc-v/

Because of Jim Keller and similar efforts I wouldn't be surprised for RISC-V to see both core count as well as per core performance meet ARM over the next few years. Maybe even exceed if Jim can push the chiplet approach faster than ARM can roll theirs out.

Hopefully this drives a lot of innovation and we all benefit as a result.

I think that using ARM is going to be viewed as being locked into ARM's ever increasing licensing fees, where as if you go RISC-V, you are free to switch CPU providers.

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

> if you go RISC-V, you are free to switch CPU providers.

That's not even true within the ARM ecosystem itself. The chips from Infineon are not source-code compatible with STM, STM is not compatible with Microchip, Microchip is not compatible with TI...

The problem is that the ARM core is just a portion of the architecture. Everything on top of that - GPIO, memory interfaces, timing, etc - is vendor specific, and will stay that way for RISC-V. RISC-V is just an instruction set architecture (with some appendages), not a blueprint for a complete CPU / MCU / SoC.

Not to mention, the chips also won't be electrically-compatible. Your hardware architecture can be as daunting to redesign as the code, if not more so. There's a reason why we try to do as much as possible in software, after all...

hunson_abadeer commented on Decoded: GNU Coreutils (2018) maizure.org/projects/deco... · Posted by u/mr_o47

38 · 2 years ago

yes C lines of code: 112

yes Go lines of code: 9

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

It feels like you're making a bad-faith argument here. You can implement 'yes' in a straightforward way in a couple lines of C, too.

  main(int argc, char** argv) {
    while (1) {
      if (argc > 1)
        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) printf("%s%c", argv[i], (i == argc - 1) ? '\n' : ' ');
        else puts("y");
    }
  }

The point other folks are making is that it's written differently for a reason. Maybe not a reason that's important, but at the very least, let's try to compare apples to apples.

hunson_abadeer commented on FCC Proposes Voluntary Security Labels for IoT Most Companies Will Likely Ignore techdirt.com/2023/09/08/f... · Posted by u/rntn

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

While I'm sure the FCC has an end game of actually mandating these labels, the vast majority of IoT devices are not exposed to the internet and just aren't a major attack vector in most environments. How much money and time needs to be spent to secure an RGB lightbulb or a wireless speaker?

There is approximately one class of consumer devices that I suppose fall under the IoT umbrella and that are commonly attacked: modems and wifi routers. But these generally get security support. And if you had product labels, would it change shopping behaviors in any way? "This NetGear router will get security updates for 8 years" sounds great. But then, in 10 years, you might have the same router in your closet. Will you even remember the label by then?

hunson_abadeer commented on The curious case of hybrids in watchmaking monochrome-watches.com/a-... · Posted by u/archagon

mkoryak · 2 years ago

For those of you with expensive watches (5000usd+):

Do you wear it every day?

Does it impact your plans ie "I shouldn't wear it today because I might be targeted for a robbery"?

What is the reason you bought an expensive watch when there are plenty not expensive watches that are good at "time"?

Would you consider yourself "well off?"

Thanks :)

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

It's really no different than people who pay more than they need to for a car or a home.

It's some combination of it being a status symbol and an "I can afford it and it's fun" kind of a deal.

There is a variety of attitudes, as with fancy cars, McMansions, or other "premium" goods. Some people wax their car every week, some people let it rust.

Watch theft isn't particularly common. I have a nice watch, I wear it daily, and I don't think about it much.

hunson_abadeer commented on Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’ lbc.co.uk/news/russia-sci... · Posted by u/belter

renegade-otter · 2 years ago

This is not really suspicious. I regularly went foraging for shrooms in Ukraine with my gram gram, but I was not allowed to pick anything, of course. It requires expertise.

In that part of the world, this is very common, and so are the cases of people poisoning themselves because they think they are good at it.

If you can't relate - think of all the "gun people" who think they are experts on gun safety and then they end up shooting themselves by accident.

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

It is not common at all. You have maybe several people dying every year, which is in the "hit by lightning" territory. It's very well-publicized whenever it happens, which probably helps keep the numbers low. But this is a very unusual way to die.

hunson_abadeer commented on So You're an American? state.gov/courses/answeri... · Posted by u/anArbitraryOne

anotherhue · 2 years ago

> Americans love to own things. They value material wealth. The primary symbols of the American Dream are a home and a car, followed by electronics, clothing, sneakers, and other items. Downtown areas and shopping centers are filled with people browsing and walking away with their purchases. This consumption fuels the American economy, and the wide range of consumables, from clothing to toys and gourmet coffee to home décor, offers infinite variety. Consuming at this volume, however, has a profound impact on the environment and can be perceived as greedy and careless in other cultures.

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

People in Germany and France buy about as much cheap junk and have about as much attachment to material belongings. Which I don't blame them for, but it's remarkable that in both countries, it's fashionable to pooh-pooh the "dumb Americans" for that.

hunson_abadeer commented on Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: It’s probably not going to work out theverge.com/2023/8/28/23... · Posted by u/cdme

offbyone · 2 years ago

If you want my cynical take, here's the real reason that Amazon and other big companies are all-in on RTO: the commercial real estate collapse that may (will?) happen if downtown office districts don't repopulate: https://wapo.st/3QXHpFT

I think the reason that Amazon leadership isn't bringing data to support RTO is that not only are they aware of the "Urban Doom Loop” that this article is referring to, but I'd bet you a lot of money that the C-suite (S-team) has a significant investment in commercial real estate.

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

Facilities and real estate are among the most significant expenses for any tech company in a prime location such as Seattle or SFBA. If remote work turned out to work flawlessly, there would be a huge financial incentive to shed all that.

I find it frustrating that we always need to come up with some sinister explanation for any decision we don't like. It's always the corporate profit motive, and when it doesn't fit, we try to invent some personal profit motive for execs to act against the best interest of the company, without a shred of evidence.

I know several execs involved in RTO decisions for a public company. They have sincere convictions and some arguably flawed data to back it all. I don't agree with it, but this way of thinking that everybody up to and including my pay level is a good and smart person, and everybody above is clueless and evil... it's just juvenile.

hunson_abadeer commented on I Can Eat Glass en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_C... · Posted by u/vector_spaces

NoZebra120vClip · 2 years ago

It is strange that Wikipedia claims that this became a meme, yet knowyourmeme.com is completely unaware of its memeness. That website is typically a solid source for the dankest and/or most obscure memes you ever met.

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

I Can Eat Glass was definitely a thing, but in the late 1990s or perhaps very early 2000s. Sites such as knowyourmeme.com don't go nearly as far back.

hunson_abadeer commented on STM32MP2: ST’s first Linux capable 64-bit MPU with NPU, GPU and TSN blog.st.com/stm32mp2/... · Posted by u/teleforce

shrubble · 2 years ago

' An OEM launch means that original equipment manufacturers are starting to get samples. Consequently, if all goes well, we expect general sampling to begin at the end of the year and mass production by the second quarter of 2024 for both devices and development boards.'

So a year away before the first Pi-a-like or SBCs for hobbyists/hackers hit the market

hunson_abadeer · 2 years ago

High-performance STM32 chips have been in short supply since 2019, with backorder times in the range of years. There's a reason why you don't see a whole lot of hobby boards using them today.

So, as a hobbyist, I wouldn't be getting my hopes up for 2024...