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stonks commented on Smart Light Database optimizeyourbiology.com/s... · Posted by u/theschwa

stonks · a year ago

This database, originally shared on Reddit [1], provides extensive analysis of 150+ smart lights:

- Specs: wattage, protocols, CCT range, brightness

- White light: CCT deviation, blackbody deviation

- RGB: gamut area, spectral distribution

- Color quality: CRI, TM-30 Rf/Rg (full reports)

- Dimming behavior

- Flicker: waveforms, SVM, Pst LM

- Thermal imaging

Testing uses spectrometers, integration spheres, and LabFlicker meters. Covers brands like Philips Hue, LIFX, Wyze, Nanoleaf, among others.

I've been recently considering changing my GU10 bulbs to the Hue ones, so I find the report useful to compare with Nanoleaf one ([2] and [3]).

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Hue/comments/1f38q6v/i_just_finishe...

[2] https://optimizeyourbiology.com/smart-light/philips-hue-mr16...

[3] https://optimizeyourbiology.com/smart-light/nanoleaf-mr16/

stonks commented on Hacking millions of modems and investigating who hacked my modem samcurry.net/hacking-mill... · Posted by u/albinowax_

stonks · 2 years ago

Many routers require manual firmware updates. GL.iNet routers had several RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerabilities within the last 6 months. I advise you to have a quick look in your own router to ensure its not hacked, and possibly upgrade firmware.

As a typical user the noticeable symptoms for me were: - internet speed noticeably slows down - WiFi signal drops and personal devices either don't see it, or struggle to connect. At the same time the router is still connected to the internet - router's internal admin page (192.168.8.1) stopped responding

I imagine many users haven't updated their routers and thus may be hacked. In my case the hacker installed Pawns app from IPRoyal, which makes the router a proxy server and lets hacker and IPRoyal make money. The hacker also stole system logs containing information about who and when they use the device, whether any NAS is attached. They also had a reverse shell.

Solution: 1. Upgrade firmware to ensure these vulnerabilities are patched. 2. Then wipe the router to remove the actual malware. 3. Then disable SSH access, e.g. for GL.iNet routers that's possible within the Luci dashboard. 4. Afterwards disable remote access to the router, e.g. by turning Dynamic DNS off in GL.iNet. If remote access is needed, consider Cloudflare Tunnel or Zero Trust or similar. There is also GoodCloud, ZeroTier, Tailscale, etc. I am not too sure what they all do and which one would be suitable for protected access remotely. If anyone has advice, I would appreciate a comment.

Consider avoiding GL.iNet routers. They do not follow principle of least privilege (PoLP) - router runs processes using root user by default. SSH is also enabled by default (with root access), anyone can try to bruteforce in (10 symbol password consisting of [0-9A-Z] and possibly might be more predictable). I set mine to only allow ssh keys rather than a password to prevent that. Despite running OpenWrt they are actually running their own flavor of OpenWrt. So upgrading from OpenWrt 21.02 to 23.05 is not possible at the moment.

stonks commented on Freetrade, Britain's answer to Robinhood, says its CEO is stepping down cnbc.com/2024/05/13/briti... · Posted by u/stonks

stonks · 2 years ago

Adam Dodds, co-founder and long-serving CEO of British stock brokerage Freetrade, has resigned and will be succeeded by Viktor Nebehaj, the current COO, pending regulatory approval.

Dodds led Freetrade from its early startup phase to becoming an established player in the wealth management sector, boasting 1.4 million users.

Despite facing numerous challenges, including having to lay off 15% of its workforce in 2022 due to economic pressures, Freetrade recently reported its first profitable quarter. Dodds remains the largest individual shareholder with about a 12% stake and plans to continue supporting Freetrade externally.

Nebehaj, set to take over, is optimistic about the company's future, highlighting its first quarter of profit and a strong, sustainable business model.

stonks commented on Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/thunderbong

stonks · 2 years ago

The criminal offence refers to deepfakes of a real person without their consent. Actual people can be identified in this AI generated content, where the resemblance is close / beyond doubt.

---- The harm:

Many people do not seem to understand the harm. Deepfakes are used for sexual pleasure, and used to degrade and dehumanize people resulting in victims getting traumatised. Victims often do not get enough support and the trauma may stay for a lifetime, and some victims may end their lives due to this.

These victims get sexually harassed, e.g. one woman is continuously being harassed after someone generated deepfakes of her and people recognised her from those images https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1c1pzjo/ai_gen...

In r/singularity thread this is discussed and unfortunately many people think it's okay. https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1c5c8pp/uk_cri...

---- Thoughtcrime:

It is worth to discuss the 'thoughtcrime' where the generated content is not shared and where the deepfaked person is not harassed. Quote from the article:

> The creation of a deepfake image will be an offence regardless of whether the creator intended to share it [..]

• Revenge Porn does not make it illegal to store pornographic content as long as there was consent. However, Revenge Porn prohibits sharing no longer consensual content.

• Sharing the generated content is not necessary in order to degrade, dehumanize and harass victims, thus still cause harm. On the other hand, if the deepfaked people are not harmed then it is a bit different, which may seem like a "thoughtcrime" and possibly may be.

• People cannot guarantee the data they store won't get leaked. Both Revenge Porn and Deepfakes have the same issue. However, in Revenge Porn it is easier to see who created the content and enforce the law, while in deepfakes harder.

stonks commented on M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake earthquake.usgs.gov/earth... · Posted by u/theandrewbailey

blitzkrieg3 · 2 years ago

On the 37th floor of my office buildin I didn't even feel it. Others said they thought it was the wind. Tuned mass dampers are no joke.

stonks · 2 years ago

On the 38th floor in Hell's Kitchen, I felt my chair and desk shake. It was like 10 seconds long.

One of my neighbours often close their doors with force which causes the wall to vibrate. Then I noticed things not attached to the walls also were shaking and understood it's an earthquake. I also noticed lots of birds flying near the Hudson River. I have never thought I would feel an earthquake here.

I also searched Google to see if there's an earthquake, and at 10:23am nothing was showing up. I remember a year ago Google used to ask "Have you felt your building start shaking", and nothing this time.

stonks commented on Microsoft, Google join study to see if AI will affect jobs washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/kungfudoi

stonks · 2 years ago

While GPT and other AI tools have been incredibly useful in work and outside work, we must consider the negative impact it has on the society.

They promote their AI tools in such way that companies actively try to replace their employees with these tools, leading to more layoffs. Unemployment Insurance is either not enough, or in some cases people are ineligible to get it (I worked just over one quarter in NY and my application was rejected). There is no UBI (Universal Basic Income), also people who struggle with rent cannot get housing.

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft and others are causing layoffs and they are happy to do that because of greed (profits and prestige of having great products). While people are left struggling to survive. When these people have nothing left to live for there will be an increase in petty and violent crime and thus affect all people.

We need better care for the people affected - housing, food, health care benefits and helping them get their next job by providing opportunities to advance their career / upskill or change career.

stonks commented on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting? · Posted by u/imadkhan

physicsguy · 3 years ago

Things that disqualify CVs straight away for us:

* Unclear if have right to work in country. This needs to be stated up front! Our company can't sponsor visas, so if based in another country unless it says something about the visa status, we basically have to throw it away.

* Poor grammar, spelling, attention to detail on CV. I get some CVs through that are almost unreadable. I'm not saying if there's a single typo then we'd disqualify, but if it's littered with them it shows poor attention to detail and that's quite important professionally!

Things that would make me think twice about interviewing:

* Too much emphasis on stuff that's not relevant.

* Big gaps in employment

* Working for weird companies that show poor judgement in itself. For e.g. - Crypto exchanges, predatory companies, etc.

stonks · 3 years ago

Why working in crypto exchanges would show poor judgment? There are still technical problems to solve.

I knew a principal engineer who heavily disliked blockchain because it uses a lot of energy for proof of work, but with proof of stake this should be better now.

stonks commented on Find a YouTube video based on closed captions keyword search? · Posted by u/sigmaprimus

stonks · 3 years ago

You can try to use https://filmot.com/ to search videos by closed captions.

I tried to search but could not find the video.