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seplox commented on F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash   cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/ala... · Posted by u/Michelangelo11
agos · 5 days ago
this makes sense but why is the decision based only on the state of the landing gear? Is it dumb to expect altitude and speed to be considered?
seplox · 5 days ago
No, that's not dumb at all. Inputs are filthy and sensors fail. If you're not comparing all available sensor data to confirm your understanding of reality, then a single sensor failure could... oh I dunno... cause your 737 MAX to divebomb.

The F-35 could compare weight on wheels to airspeed as a simple sanity check.

seplox commented on Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords   blog.danielh.cc/blog/pass... · Posted by u/max__dev
rPlayer6554 · 25 days ago
For a long time 2fa apps (other than Bitwarden and maybe some others) would lock you into the app and not let you export it. Websites don’t usually expose the text version of the code, just the QR.
seplox · 25 days ago
It's easy to screenshot or physically print a QR code during setup.
seplox commented on Playing with more user-friendly methods for multi-factor authentication   tesseral.com/blog/i-desig... · Posted by u/noleary
seplox · a month ago
> When I tell people I work on authentication software, I nearly always hear some version of the same story: I hate multifactor authentication. No, really. People hate this stuff.

I hate all of the half-cooked non-TOTP MFA methods that I'm forced to use. Just let me use my freaking authenticator app. If you believe that your users prefer (or maybe it's just you?) more databroker-friendly methods, then fine, but please at least provide TOTP as an option.

seplox commented on Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors?   washingtonpost.com/world/... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
alistairSH · a month ago
You wouldn't necessarily use mechanical doping to win the general classification, or even a particular stage.

More likely, you'd use it on select stages for very specific reasons... for example, a rider could use it to avoid the time cut on an ITT stage (effectively getting extra rest vs their competitors). Similarly, a pure sprinter could use it to stay in contention on a punchy "sprint" stage (like a stage that MvdP might be a favorite instead of a pure sprinter).

Edit - I don't think anybody is doing this at the top levels of pro cycling. Maybe in regional racing (masters, etc).

seplox · a month ago
If I were responsible for a mechanical doping program, then I'd install the motors for the leadout and mountain domestique riders and leave the team leader clean. Who cares if they pay the weight penalty after peeling off if it means that they can provide extra support for those critical minutes?
seplox commented on Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE   eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07... · Posted by u/exiguus
OsrsNeedsf2P · 2 months ago
Could you elaborate with specifics? If it's this bad, why haven't we heard anything from a whistleblower or seen a good demo?
seplox · 2 months ago
I guess you were just distracted by all of the other house-on-fire crap going on.

https://therecord.media/ftc-complaint-against-kochava-unseal...

Among the additional information Kochava collects and sells are non-anonymized individual home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, gender, age, ethnicity, yearly income, “economic stability,” marital status, education level, political affiliation and “interests and behaviors,” compiling and selling dossiers on individuals marketed as offering a “360-degree perspective,” the FTC said.

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According to the FTC, Kochava’s data can identify women who visit reproductive clinics by name and address along with, for example, when they visit particular buildings, their names, email and home addresses, number of children, race and app usage.

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Kochava marketing materials tell customers it offers “rich geo data spanning billions of devices globally” and that its location data feed “delivers raw latitude/longitude data with volumes around 94B+ geo-transactions per month, 125 million monthly active users, and 35 million daily active users, on average observing more than 90 daily transactions per device.”

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The complaint also alleges that the company has lax procedures for determining who it is selling data to, saying purchasers are allowed to use a generic personal email address, label an alleged company as “self” and explain they plan to use the data for “business.”

And then there's this: https://therecord.media/data-brokers-are-selling-military-se...

seplox commented on Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing number sequences   phys.org/news/2025-05-mat... · Posted by u/amichail
zmgsabst · 4 months ago
It’s only an approximation after finitely many terms — the full series limit is exact.
seplox · 4 months ago
I think the incongruity that the original commenter was pointing out is that Wildberger critiqued radicals by saying that they're imprecise approximations that rely on the problematic concept of infinity.

So setting aside the new method's practical implications, replacing an infinitely accurate approximation with a different infinitely accurate approximation doesn't feel any different.

seplox commented on A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen   theverge.com/electric-car... · Posted by u/kwindla
hansvm · 4 months ago
I definitely worry about the ability of this thing to drive through a couple feet of water safely.
seplox · 4 months ago
I mean... the same should be said for pretty much every vehicle. The F150 maxes out at the bottom of the hubs.
seplox commented on Elliptical Python Programming   susam.net/elliptical-pyth... · Posted by u/sebg
benob · 5 months ago
TIL that in python, 1--2==3
seplox · 5 months ago
It's not a python thing. 1-(-2), distribute the negative.
seplox commented on Study finds solo music listening boosts social well-being   phys.org/news/2025-03-sol... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
RajT88 · 5 months ago
I used to live near a nice downtown with a riverwalk. I liked to take my guitar and go play under the bridge at night. The bridge was concrete and the reverb was crazy good. (Does that make me a troll? A troll posting on the internet??)

I found it terribly soothing. Sometimes I'd bring a friend with and we'd play together.

seplox · 5 months ago
You just reminded me of one of my favorite Tony Joe White songs, so thanks!

Tony Joe White - Even Trolls Love Rock and Roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJMNJTEhuw

seplox commented on Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone   ericdaigle.ca/posts/break... · Posted by u/ChrisArchitect
ericmcer · 6 months ago
Same I just was talking with my daughter (16) about this because she hated her intro programming class in high school. No biggie if it isn't for her, slightly disappointing that I can't share knowledge, but she should pursue what she enjoys.

What irked me was she claimed "I just hate being on the computer", but her screen time on the phone easily crests 8 hours daily. Maybe we are just entering a similar phase to auto mechanics. In the 1950s anyone who owned a car was at least somewhat proficient in its inner workings, now many people need to consult the manual to figure out how to pop their hood.

seplox · 6 months ago
> now many people need to consult the manual to figure out how to pop their hood.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but auto manuals haven't included such technical information for close to two decades.

u/seplox

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