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noobface commented on Phased Array Microphone (2023)   benwang.dev/2023/02/26/Ph... · Posted by u/bglazer
cyberax · 9 months ago
I don't think you can. This kind of laser devices is wildly dangerous.
noobface · 9 months ago
Correct your vision and your mosquito problem in one easy purchase.
noobface commented on Webvm: Virtual Machine for the Web   github.com/leaningtech/we... · Posted by u/thunderbong
James_K · 9 months ago
Sad to see Linux turning into a web app. I thought they'd be smart enough to avoid this sort of trend. Hope they continue to support the desktop version.
noobface · 9 months ago
Poe's law in full effect.
noobface commented on Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy   arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/edsimpson
cyost · a year ago
Isn't that why they got renamed to "direct" messages basically industry-wide?
noobface · a year ago
Bleak and rings true. The worst origin for speculation turned fact.
noobface commented on AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Gaming   amd.com/en/newsroom/press... · Posted by u/doener
kube-system · 2 years ago
> New AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors Bring More Performance to Legacy Socket AM4 Platforms

Wait, what? New chips for the old platform? I wonder what the driving factor even is to compel them to produce these?

noobface · 2 years ago
Motherboard prices have increased pretty significantly. First comment on this hardforum post a entitled: AMD and Intel motherboard prices skyrocket past surging inflation rates thanks to 35-40% ASP increases[1]:

"Motherboard prices is why I haven't upgraded my CPU. More important things going on right now."

[1]https://hardforum.com/threads/amd-and-intel-motherboard-pric...

noobface commented on Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted   techdirt.com/2023/12/12/g... · Posted by u/josephcsible
noobface · 2 years ago
The Google drive unlimited policy has been predictably abused by some of the datahoarding and piracy communities. Those groups have been paranoid for[1] a[2] while[3] that this could and was likely to go away, including tracking changes in the way Google marketed this to users.

People with pirated movie collections took this risk more seriously than a guy whose livelihood appears to be inexorably linked with the policy.

[1]https://forum.rclone.org/t/any-unlimited-alternative-to-goog... [2]https://forum.rclone.org/t/google-drive-unlimited-alternativ... [3]https://www.seedboxexpert.com/end-of-unlimited-google-drive/

noobface commented on Spoofing DNS records by abusing DHCP DNS dynamic updates   akamai.com/blog/security-... · Posted by u/Terretta
andridk · 2 years ago
I never would have guessed that so many data centers ran their DHCP off of Microsoft Windows.
noobface · 2 years ago
Active Directory and DHCP go hand-in-hand. Your Domain Controllers aren't always your DHCP servers, but under a certain scale, they very likely are.
noobface commented on Even a laptop can run RAM externally thanks to CXL   techradar.com/pro/even-a-... · Posted by u/ashvardanian
noobface · 2 years ago
CXL is a neat tech, but many innovative hardware systems go no where despite hundreds of millions of dollars of work and investment.

I have hopes. I can't help it. Cool shit is inspiring. I, however, am not holding my breath.

noobface commented on Love after life: Richard Feynman's letter to his departed wife (2017)   themarginalian.org/2017/1... · Posted by u/ncarroll
happytoexplain · 2 years ago
This is a good summary example of something I find distinctly dangerous about the way people think of figures they don't personally know (i.e. how people on the social web treat public figures, or even just any stranger they see on the web). We see snapshots and assemble a person in our head. We can barely do that with any degree of fidelity regarding people we personally know, much less public figures.

People do good and evil things. But a person, in virtually all cases, is not "good" or "evil". Even if Feynman was engaging in the two behaviors you are thinking of at the same time (whatever those behaviors are - I'm not commenting), it still doesn't make him some kind of paradox. It does so much damage to think like this. This false dichotomy is especially prevalent for sexual topics, because they trigger stronger emotions and push us towards our "that guy good, that guy bad" instincts.

noobface · 2 years ago
The topic here specifically is his love life. If a person I personally knew was accused of half of what Feynman has been, I'd have second thoughts about inviting them over for dinner.

If you're going to argue for a gradient of perspective while assessing the character of a person there are better examples than Feynman.

noobface commented on Quake related work logs (1996)   gamers.org/dEngine/quake/... · Posted by u/waihtis
Detrytus · 2 years ago
Is it just me, or the work logged by Carmack for a single day seems like a plan for a two week sprint in Scrum, or even a full (3-month) Program Increment in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?
noobface · 2 years ago
Move fast, gib stuff.
noobface commented on I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it   basta.substack.com/p/no-s... · Posted by u/robdimarco
iancmceachern · 2 years ago
I've watched this happen.

I've watched key, core engineers and technical leaders work for US and European companies, develop their next generation products, then turn around and design and develop essentially the exact same thing for the Chinese market. They then build a company, in China, that makes essentially the same product, but for the Chinese Market, and with Chinese investors, etc.

Examples: Thoratec/Abbot Heartmate III & CH Biomedical

Auris/Verb/J&J Robotic & Digital Solutions & Renovo Surgical

The ironic thing, is that some of these companies after success in China are working to sell and be competitive in the US and Europe.

It's not even secret or under the table anymore, it's overt and largely accepted as the way it is in our industry. A brave new world.

The other factor, is that it is very very difficult for a foreign company to do business and protect their assets in China, so often the wise companies don't even try. They often just license their stuff for the Chinese market to a Chinese company. That way they at least have a chance of not having it all just stolen.

noobface · 2 years ago
Everyone should've seen what happened to Cisco and thought better, but short sighted execs focused only on next quarter gladly opened the gates and accepted the horse.

u/noobface

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