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screamingninja commented on A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth   bitchat.free/... · Posted by u/no_creativity_
3RTB297 · 2 months ago
It's funny how 3 or 4 similar BLE systems each are slightly different, and yet no one wants to just merge all the features for an obviously superior product. Everyone seems fine squabbling about which incomplete app/system is better.

Just take what's there and include the obvious next steps:

- Meshtastic and Meshcore ability to use relay nodes for long range BLE networks (Briar doesn't allow)

- Store and hold encrypted messages, as noted above.

- Ability to route through the internet, prioritize routing methods, disable internet routing, etc.

- Ability to self-host server for online relays (similar to Matrix)

screamingninja · 2 months ago
screamingninja commented on Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?   ourworldindata.org/where-... · Posted by u/kamaraju
amanaplanacanal · 9 months ago
I've seen it reported recently that both infant and maternal mortality has gone up in states that have outlawed abortion. Even if the doctor forecasts that the pregnancy will be a risk to the mother or infant, they don't want to be second-guessed after the fact and prosecuted for performing the abortion.
screamingninja · 9 months ago
Can you share the report?
screamingninja commented on Evolving OpenAI's Structure   openai.com/index/evolving... · Posted by u/rohitpaulk
bhouston · 10 months ago
OpenAI is winning in a similar way that Apple is winning in smartphones.

OpenAI is capturing most of the value in the space (generic LLM models), even though they have competitors who are beating them on price or capabilities.

I think OpenAI may be able to maintain this position at least for the medium term because of their name recognition/prominence and they are still a fast mover.

I also think the US is going to ban all non-US LLM providers from the US market soon for "security reasons."

screamingninja · 10 months ago
> ban all non-US LLM providers

What do you consider an "LLM provider"? Is it a website where you interact with a language model by uploading text or images? That definition might become too broad too quickly. Hard to ban.

screamingninja commented on Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent   theguardian.com/science/a... · Posted by u/_Microft
siva7 · 2 years ago
You don't play with chemicals
screamingninja · 2 years ago
> You don't play with chemicals

How else do you learn?

screamingninja commented on What App to Use for Notes?    · Posted by u/bigbaldhead
screamingninja · 2 years ago
Logseq + Syncthing has been working quite well. Logseq is well maintained, has a fully functional Android app, and a thriving plug-in ecosystem. I have been using the combination for a year and it's an excellent long term solution.
screamingninja commented on Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe   psyche.co/ideas/public-to... · Posted by u/pseudolus
hypeatei · 2 years ago
I think this model could benefit from dynamic pricing - higher demand equals higher prices.
screamingninja · 2 years ago
Or perhaps higher demand can be a signal to increase supply instead of price gouging. Why incentivize anyone to limit supply?
screamingninja commented on Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in Russia   discourse.mozilla.org/t/t... · Posted by u/ilyaigpetrov
ta988 · 2 years ago
Mozilla is starting to seriously have a long list of highly questionable if not directly user hostile behaviors. They are hiding behind the fact that they are the almost only viable alternative to the chrome ecosystem... But they may well loose that advantage. What should we think of their VPN they try to promote so much if they bow to Russian demands for blocking extensions...
screamingninja · 2 years ago
> Mozilla is starting to seriously have a long list of highly questionable if not directly user hostile behaviors.

Would you care to provide examples? I am a longtime user of Mozilla products unfamiliar with the topic and I am genuinely curious.

> What should we think of their VPN they try to promote so much

Mozilla does not have its own service but rather resells Mullvad, one of the most privacy focused services in existence. Is there more to this story that I am unaware of?

screamingninja commented on Own a weather station? We want your data   weather.gov/iln/cwop... · Posted by u/dylan604
wkat4242 · 2 years ago
There used to be this amazing hobbyist weather station sharing site. Weather Underground.

But like so many they turned commercial and kicked off all the hobbyists that made them big. It was a really nasty move. I have never found a suitable replacement. I don't know what it is about weather that gives people so much greed.

screamingninja · 2 years ago
> But like so many they turned commercial and kicked off all the hobbyists that made them big. It was a really nasty move.

Yes, their acquisition by IBM really messed things up. I went from totally loving the app to uninstalling it and never looking back.

Definitely going to feed my local data to weather.gov.

screamingninja commented on Microsoft AI spying scandal: time to rethink privacy standards   spectrum.ieee.org/online-... · Posted by u/walterbell
AlienRobot · 2 years ago
I've always found interesting that we've grown up hearing don't install random programs from the internet/don't access random websites.

Then you go use linux and everyone copy-pastes commands other people wrote straight into the terminal.

screamingninja · 2 years ago
> everyone copy-pastes commands other people wrote straight into the terminal

I know a lot of people that use Linux and not many of them operate this way. Most care about their software sources. "Everyone" is certainly not the case.

screamingninja commented on Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)   eugeneyan.com/writing/sim... · Posted by u/7d7n
andruby · 2 years ago
No it doesn’t, but it doesn’t have to. It warms up 20 minutes before I get in, so there is no ice to scrape nor fogged window.
screamingninja · 2 years ago
You missed the point. Driving a Tesla takes more than two steps. The door does not close itself either.

u/screamingninja

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