snuxoll (u/snuxoll) - Readit News

snuxoll commented on Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth Amendment reclaimthenet.org/michiga... · Posted by u/mikece

0cf8612b2e1e · 3 days ago

If they have a warrant to the phone, what is poisoned fruit? It only becomes tainted evidence if they eg) stole the phone and rifled through it.

snuxoll · 3 days ago

Warrants are pre-trial activities to collect evidence, defendants (or, more likely, their attorneys) are still able to challenge the admissibility of evidence should a case go to trial. If it turns out a search warrant was requested in bad faith, or the trial judge (which won't necessarily be the same one that signed the warrant, and then there's appeals courts) finds the warrant was defective (overly broad, lack of probable cause, etc.) and should not have been issued in the first place then any evidence stemming from it could be thrown out.

"Fruit of the poisonous tree" simply means the entire chain, the initial evidence that was improperly acquired and anything that was discovered based upon it, gets thrown out. If a warrant was issued to dump the full contents of your phone, and they used location metadata from your photo library to start determining other locations to search and got warrants for those, then that entire chain of evidence gets thrown out if the court finds the initial warrant for your phone was invalid.

snuxoll commented on The $25k car is going extinct? media.hubspot.com/why-the... · Posted by u/pseudolus

toast0 · 2 months ago

> Seriously, I understand the difficulties of batteries and such with EV's and that's likely part of why the Slate is designed this way.

In 2000, Ford had an EV Ranger, and Chevy had an EV S-10. Neither with great range, of course. It should be easier to do with modern batteries. Attach the batteries to the frame under the bed, put the bed on top, all engineering problems solved.

snuxoll · 2 months ago

I guess I should clarify, the unibody design makes it cheaper to do this in a compact design, given the extra material you would need to protect modern LiFePO4 cells from physical damage compared to the SLA batteries the EV Ranger and EV S-10 both used (which could pretty much take a bullet and not end up with a volatile reaction), as well as space efficiency with packing the cells.

The F-150 Lightning is body-on-frame, so I know it's entirely feasible, but the same reasons Ford went with a unibody for the Maverick are probably doubly relevant for something like the Slate (cost and weight). I'm going to quietly hope they succeed with this and somebody (Slate or otherwise) makes a proper compact EV pickup designed to get dirty. If not, maybe the market for EV conversion kits will further develop and I'll just yank the V6 out of my Ranger and slap an electric drivetrain in it.

snuxoll commented on The $25k car is going extinct? media.hubspot.com/why-the... · Posted by u/pseudolus

namibj · 2 months ago

Huh? I thought the Slate body panels are fiber reinforced Polypropylene, basically a cheaper somewhat less intense performance sibling of that ultra tough fiber reinforced nylon that power tools are made of since about that battery tool manufacturer war really took off?

Yeah, there's a frame underneath, but the panel itself shouldn't even really care about tanking a shopping card, it's main weakness is how soft the PP is to sharp objects...

snuxoll · 2 months ago

Yeah, but I'm not talking about a shopping cart denting the side of the box. My family owns some forested land on butte near where I live, 8' wide dirt roads carved through the hills with very abrupt drops, pine trees and loose rock damaged by weather threatening to fall a few feet and ruin your day, and wild growth that likes to suddenly scratch your paint at best when you're heading down an oft-used path for the first time in a year. Let's not even talk about wildlife being wildlife.

Like I said, my Ranger is not a grocery carrier, the 2015 Impala I drive day-to-day handles those tasks. The pickup gets used, towing my ATV and jon boat, hauling stuff around for camping trips, carrying firewood around, and generally getting rough and dirty away from civilized society. That's why, at best, the Slate is appealing to at least handle hardware store runs or hauling my boat (trailer and the boat are easily within the 1,000 lb towing limit on it) to the lake; but it's still not a replacement for what I have. Also really need e-AWD from an EV pickup to get over (or out of) some things, the Maverick is also a flop here because it only has AWD (which an EV can get away with because of the insane torque electric motors can provide, but an ICE or hybrid pickup without 4L is going to get stuck somewhere).

Yeah, a "mid-sized" pickup would check all of those, but even relatively compact ones like my step-mothers GMC Canyon have a notably larger turning diameter, which is why I want a proper compact pickup (another area the Maverick fails miserably, 40 foot turning circle for something that small is...words fail me.)

As an aside, the other downside to unibody pickups is their towing capacity, but with a new option package added to the current model year even the Ford Maverick can match the 2 ton capacity of my Ranger (although Ford saw fit to derate mine to 1 ton because it's a 5-speed; it's fully capable of towing 4,000 lbs, albeit not very fast, if you know how not to burn up a clutch.)

snuxoll commented on The $25k car is going extinct? media.hubspot.com/why-the... · Posted by u/pseudolus

QuadmasterXLII · 2 months ago

it’s a shame that they’re spending so much of their capital on manufacturer side customizability. An electric vehicle is a firmware update away from being a stick welder already; make the truck one way and ship it with a pair of jumper cables, a box of 6011, and a pallet of tube steel.

snuxoll · 2 months ago

Outside of having what amounts to a couple of shells and removable seats that can be mounted to the box (and a removable rear panel from the cab to join them to create a single 'interior' when using them), the majority of their BTO options are really basic module swaps where most of the complexity comes from managing inventory of the various SKUs than anything else.

As somebody with a '99 Ford Ranger, the Slate is incredibly appealing as nearly every other manufacturer has completely abandoned the compact pickup market; although it has the same issue that the Ford Maverick and Honda Ridgeline do, it's a unibody design. If they actually launch I may end up getting one if they release some BTO options to slot a double-din mount and door-mounted speakers in to handle runs to the hardware store and towing lighter loads on paved roads, but I really wish somebody would do a compact frame-on-body pickup again for those of us that drive poorly maintained dirt roads in forested/mountainous terrain where some body damage (and thus, the cheaper repair costs associated with body-on-frame designs are nice to have) is always lurking around the corner.

[Seriously, I understand the difficulties of batteries and such with EV's and that's likely part of why the Slate is designed this way. But, for people like me who actually need a pickup to do pickup things, not haul groceries, it's frustrating when you're accustomed to being able to replace a side-panel on the box for less than your insurance deductible if something falls on it. And that's without even bringing up the obvious disadvantages when it comes to towing and payload capacity.]

snuxoll commented on Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity jamesmcm.github.io/blog/n... · Posted by u/jmillikin

umanwizard · 2 months ago

> Most ISPs still just block IPv6 altogether

That’s increasingly not true, at least in developed countries. Traffic to Google in the US has been majority IPv6 since a few months ago.

snuxoll · 2 months ago

I mean, basically every major mobile in the developed world adopted IPv6 when they were rolling out new core infrastructure to handle LTE (T-Mobile USA being notable as one of the first to go IPv6 only). When you consider the deployment of VoLTE (and now VoNR for 5G networks) in particular, rolling out IPv6 internally removes a lot of nastiness that SIP/IMS have with NAT (and CG-NAT in particular), so it's little surprise that it happened.

What surprises me more is the very mixed state of small to midsized ISPs. Sparklight (regional cable provider) still does not support IPv6 in any fashion even though it would be financially beneficial to auction off a significant portion of its v4 holdings (nearly 1.3mm addresses), deploy DNS64+NAT64 (plus CG-NAT as a fallback) and hold onto a chunk for their business customers who still need inbound v4 connectivity. My local fixed-wireless ISP that's my only real option (love them, but this is a bugbear of mine) since I moved last year only offers CG-NAT, and I know their equipment can handle v6 fine which would save them some resources (no expensive state tracking on edge equipment or dedicated CG-NAT gateways) and provide a better customer experience (multiplayer games, VoIP traffic, etc.)

snuxoll commented on US Justice Department settles antitrust case for HPE's $14B takeover of Juniper reuters.com/business/us-d... · Posted by u/awat

estebarb · 2 months ago

I don't understand HPE: they bought Aruba, already had a strong wired switches division. They also bought Cray, which obviously has their own advanced networking expertise. And now Juniper?

It is not like they lack in-house talent, they have it!

snuxoll · 2 months ago

My employer used to have some HP switches in one of our campus offices when we were smaller, all of that gear has, to my knowledge, been pulled out and replaced with Cisco gear over the last 6 or so years. I really wouldn't call them "strong" by any means, the SMB niche they historically filled is filled with vendors competing for smaller business networks (< 5-10K sqft offices that need some fairly basic managed switches, their IT gear can probably fit in less than 24U of rack space.) Cisco SMB, Dell Force10, Netgear, Chinese brands like TP-Link, and HP's Aruba line all handle these deployments without much issue; meanwhile, large enterprise and carrier-grade deployments are almost entirely Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and some specialized players like Nokia, despite HPE's best efforts to enter this space.

I trust HP/HPE as far as I can throw them to not botch another acquisition, because regardless of any talent they have (or acquire), their management repeatedly manages to torpedo it. Out of any large player in the networking space, Juniper's gear is such a breath of fresh air because of their long-term focus on software, JunOS and supporting products are what sells their hardware instead of the other way around, so here's hoping they don't find a way to fuck it up (don't hold your breath).

snuxoll commented on Ask HN: Decided I no longer want to be a SWE – what next? · Posted by u/leeroihe

jmye · 3 months ago

> what I can't do is have somebody tell me "I don't know how to do that" and require I sit with them and walk them through the entire thing

Man is this underrated. My peers are so hyper-focused on whether or not new hires know SQL (of all things), and not whether they can adequately problem solve. And then they wonder why my hires, though they might start slower, end up being stars.

To your other point, I’m even fine spending a day explaining the business to someone new - it’s complicated. But I try to bring on people who only have to hear it once.

Anyways, I guess I just like to +1/amplify sensible hiring posts.

snuxoll · 3 months ago

Explaining the business is part of onboarding, both for employment as well as introducing somebody into an existing project IMO. It took me years to fully grasp everything with the team that I started with, and that’s not a knock on anything, but the reality of processes that grew organically for the 10+ years before I started there.

I love sitting down with newer employees, especially junior engineers, and going over stuff like that, along with explaining why specific design choices were made, and concepts they may be unfamiliar with. One of the ones that paired with me on many of my projects from my original team is now the maintainer of those very same projects now, and hot damn does it bring a smile to my face that somebody can send me a message about something and I can just @mention him and pass the buck without worrying. We’d mostly been a .Net+MSSQL shop and these projects were a mix of Python, Kotlin, and PostgreSQL, but he ran with it after I helped get him setup and walked him through the code and gave him some time to pick up the tools.

That success is what solidified my views that critical thinking skills, along with a commitment to lifelong learning, are the best indicators of success for new hires with my org. I can’t teach people these qualities, but those that have them will seek the answers and know how to apply them once they’ve picked them up.

snuxoll commented on Ask HN: Decided I no longer want to be a SWE – what next? · Posted by u/leeroihe

leeroihe · 3 months ago

Idk how long it would take me to be interview ready - I know it's not a great look and above all it's really embarrassing... but leetcode seems like a waste of time and side projects seem like the only way to prep for non-leetcode pairing sessions where they always expect you to know all the bindings / syntax like the back of your hand.

snuxoll · 3 months ago

Really depends on the company and interviewer. I can't teach problem solving and critical thinking skills, but those are what I focus on during interviews and why I toss 98% of the applications that make it to my manager and myself after an interview. Given I am a hybrid SRE/SWE my role and team is a bit weird, but I can give somebody extra time on tasks while they're learning new tools or responsibilities, what I can't do is have somebody tell me "I don't know how to do that" and require I sit with them and walk them through the entire thing or create a detailed step-by-step design document that takes longer than doing the work itself. Being able to do the research, think about the problem, and design a solution is what separates the warm bodies that contracting firms provide from actual engineers - and I don't just need warm bodies.

Hell, if I had an open req right now I'd ask for your CV, because I think you're probably being a bit too hard on yourself and overthinking things. There's plenty of chill places who just need somebody to keep those couple critical pieces of software that are 15 years old running, and there's nothing wrong with work just being a means to an end.

EDIT: Actually, send it to me anyway. If nothing else I can at least give you some more specific advice or a mock interview and see if there's anyone in my network that you'd fit with. Email's in my profile.

snuxoll commented on Ask HN: Decided I no longer want to be a SWE – what next? · Posted by u/leeroihe

snuxoll · 3 months ago

Being a SWE doesn't mean you have to be involved in the startup grinder. I work for a privately owned company, and while my TC would be way better working for a FAANG or dealing with the startup world, there's no way I would mentally survive working in either of those environments for the 12 years I've done where I am now.

I don't work on glamorous projects; most of what I make will never be seen outside of my company, even. But I've got a child, got to move back to the rural town I was born in after I inherited my late grandfather's house (since I've been WFH my 12+ years), and I can genuinely say I enjoy my work most days.

If it's the actual job you hated I'd tell you to go back to school for something else or get into a trade, but it sounds more like you're just tired of the culture surrounding the startup and big tech scene. Go find work from companies that aren't "tech companies", you're less likely to run into leetcode interviews, shitty work/life balance, and the constant fear of your employer folding any morning.

snuxoll commented on ChatGPT Helps Students Feign ADHD: An Analogue Study on AI-Assisted Coaching link.springer.com/article... · Posted by u/paulpauper

je42 · 3 months ago

There are alternatives that are not on the EU list for controlled substances. Like for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisdexamfetamine

snuxoll · 3 months ago

Lisdexamfetamine is still a C2 in the US, as somebody with a script for it the headaches of pharmacies running out is real.