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jagged-chisel commented on AWS in 2025: Stuff you think you know that's now wrong   lastweekinaws.com/blog/aw... · Posted by u/keithly
saghm · 4 days ago
My understanding is that there isn't actually any "overriding" in the sense of two rules conflicting and one of them having to "win" and take effect. I think it's more that an enabled rule always is in effect, but it might overlap with another rule, in which case removing one of them still won't remove the restrictions on the area of overlap. It's possible I'm reading too much into your choice of words, but it does sound like there's a chance that the confusion is stemming from an incorrect assumption of how various permissions interact.

That being said, there's certain a lot more that could into making a system like that easier for developers. One thing that springs to mind is tooling that can describe what rules are currently in effect that limit (or grant, depending on the model) permissions for something. That would make it more clear when there are overlapping rules that affect the permissions of something, which in turn would make it much more clear why something is still not accessible from a given context despite one of the rules being removed.

jagged-chisel · 4 days ago
If one rule explicitly restricts access and another explicitly grants access, which one is in effect? Do restrictions override grants? Does a grant to GroupOne override a restriction to GroupAlpha when the authenticated use in is both groups? Do rules set by GodAdmin override rules set by AngelAdmin?
jagged-chisel commented on The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis   statsignificant.com/p/the... · Posted by u/gmays
quesera · 4 days ago
Well OK, astonished then!

I think there has to be some dramatic oversimplification in the description though. Telecom signaling is still a network level event, even in mobile networks. The receiving network does not typically provide audio to the caller until the call is complete.

But hey, what a terrible idea! I'm glad to have been old enough in that period (2004-2008) that no one I knew would foist such a thing on a caller.

jagged-chisel · 4 days ago
The receiving network “connects” the call and starts providing audio.
jagged-chisel commented on Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?   lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis... · Posted by u/taviso
johnecheck · 5 days ago
Sadly, touching the user-agent header more or less instantly makes you uniquely identifiable.

Browser fingerprinting works best against people with unique headers. There's probably millions of people using an untouched safari on iPhone. Once you touch your user-agent header, you're likely the only person in the world with that fingerprint.

jagged-chisel · 4 days ago
I wouldn’t think the intention is to s/Mozilla// but to select another well-known UA string.
jagged-chisel commented on Starting game development in JavaScript with no experience   jslegenddev.substack.com/... · Posted by u/JSLegendDev
bob1029 · 6 days ago
> Stick to 2D, Since 3D is More Complicated

This isn't necessarily the case if you are looking at total cost of ownership.

3D provides things like perspective projection, which enables intuitive experiences and notions of "world space" that are fundamentally meaningful and map well with our physical reality. You can do a lot of damage with 3d primitives, an FPS camera, a skybox and some clever lighting.

jagged-chisel · 6 days ago
And how did this illustrate that 3-D is not “More Complicated”?
jagged-chisel commented on Left to Right Programming   graic.net/p/left-to-right... · Posted by u/graic
sgarland · 6 days ago
I was explaining why it is the way that it is. If you'd like your own version of a parser, here's Postgres' [0]. Personally, I really like SQL's syntax and find that it makes sense when reading it.

[0]: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/tree/master/src/backend...

jagged-chisel · 6 days ago
There was not argument about how much sense it makes. There was an argument for improving readability by placing the table names first.

Lots of people “like” things because they are familiar with them. And that’s a fine enough reason. But if you step out of your zone of familiarity, can you find improvements? Are you willing to forgo any prejudice you may possess to evaluate other suggestions?

Just a little willingness to see another perspective is all anyone asks.

jagged-chisel commented on Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea    · Posted by u/panphora
pedrovhb · 7 days ago
Nice! Seems very useful if you can drop in and have everything work.

Nitpicking a bit: it's not as much _rendering_ markdown as it's _syntax highlighting_ it. Another interesting approach there could be to use the CSS Custom Highlight API [0]. Then it wouldn't need the preview div, and perhaps it'd even be possible to have non-mono fonts and varying size text for headers.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Custom_...

jagged-chisel · 7 days ago
The animated exploded demo definitely shows formatting differently from plain text (bold is bold, hyphens replaced with bullets.)
jagged-chisel commented on Good system design   seangoedecke.com/good-sys... · Posted by u/dondraper36
jagged-chisel · 9 days ago
Lots of comments here decrying unnecessary complexity and the depressing reality of job interviews around the subject.

And I’m wondering why investors tolerate the expense: it’s surprising how much you can get done with simplicity and a small focused team.

It must be something about perception when they’re ready to sell the company.

jagged-chisel commented on The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know   deanebarker.net/tech/blog... · Posted by u/deanebarker
nateroling · 12 days ago
This, but for many things.

Paint is ready at the hardware store Table is ready at the restaurant Construction is done on a bridge

All kinds of things that we need a one-time notification for.

jagged-chisel · 12 days ago
Marketing has, and will continue to, ruin notifications. One time notification paint is ready? Surely, they think, they can upsell you on other related and tangential products. You know, to ~~keep the cash flowing~~ help you be more successful at your DIYing.
jagged-chisel commented on Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable   arxiv.org/abs/2507.21919... · Posted by u/Cynddl
ninetyninenine · 12 days ago
Will you be offended if an LLM told you the cold hard truth that you are wrong?

It's like if a calculator proved me wrong. I'm not offended by the calculator. I don't think anybody cares about empathy for an LLM.

Think about it thoroughly. If someone you knew called you an ass hole and it was the bloody truth, you'd be pissed. But I won't be pissed if an LLM told me the same thing. Wonder why.

jagged-chisel · 12 days ago
The LLMs I have interacted with are so sure of themselves until I provide evidence to the contrary. I won’t believe an LLM about my own shortcomings until it can provide evidence to the contrary. Without that evidence, it’s just an opinion.

I do get your point. I feel like the answer for LLMs is for them to be more socratic.

jagged-chisel commented on Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act   bbc.com/news/articles/cjr... · Posted by u/phlummox
johnnyanmac · 14 days ago
As always, the devil is in the details. Very careful wording:

>do you support or oppose the recent rules requiring age verification to access websites that may contain pornographic material?

"may" is doing the heavy lifting. Any website that hosts image "may" contain pornograohic content. So they don't associate this with "I need id to watch YouTube" it's "I need ID to watch pornhub". Even though this affects both.

On top of that, the question was focused on peon to begin with. This block was focused more generally on social media. The popular ones of which do not allow pornography.

Rephrase the question to "do you agree with requiring ID submission to access Facebook" and I'd love to see how that impacts responses.

jagged-chisel · 14 days ago
“Why yes I do either support or oppose those rules. Thanks for asking.”

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