I always thought of it as a specialized XML extension that describes transformations on other XML documents. Never used it, not sure why anything on my system uses it if I don't come across it in my daily software development life either but I have seen it as a dependency more times than I can remember.
Readit Newstherein commented on PSA: Libxslt is unmaintained and has 5 unpatched security bugs vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd... · Posted by u/burnt-resistor
Even HN comment sections?
At least once delivery.
therein commented on The Therac-25 Incident (2021) thedailywtf.com/articles/... · Posted by u/lemper
Their hiring is insane too. Years ago I applied for a Sys admin I position. After 3 rounds of interviews, they gave me a test to take. Except it was something you'd give a senior dev. They specced out a fake language, super esoteric too, it was like a combination of brainfuck and assembly, and asked me to solve problems with it, and debug code written in it. I could have toughed my way through it, but I was so dissatisfied with how much of my time they'd already wasted that I decided I didn't want to work there.
I remember my friend was looking at applying Epic. They asked him to send his SAT scores. We had a good chuckle about it.
He had finished undergrad 5+ years prior and had continuous industry experience.
therein commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
I see what you're saying here, and I guess I missed that point in the earlier post. Sorry.
You are definitely right that the parties/political system does not make decisions in my favor (or really make decisions at all). Beyond just the crises, it's pretty clear that the "vested interests" in our economy have substantial sway in the outcomes regardless of how much of the discourse they try to avoid.
to be clear, I'm not in favor of the expansion of the executive power through executive orders under Obama, nor am I in favor of Trump using it. I think the democrats were short sighted in allowing the precedent and not expecting it to backfire. IMO, democracy is strongest when the motivation is to close loopholes as an exercise in disarmament, rather than the pyrrhic victories of escalation.
All that said, the recent escalations are alarming, and I hope that when I'm 64, the pendulum is still attached to swing. I understand the realpolitik of the situation, but I don't agree that I need to adopt such a fatalistic view of the whole situation that I won't care that people are making mistakes at all.
Yeah, we seem to be in agreement. And you're right, the pendulum swinging is upsetting but it will be even more concerning when it stops to swing.
therein commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
I'm no apologist for bad policy or lack of rigor on the side of the democrats, but the "Both sides" argument is tired and not particularly persuasive. What the Trump administration is doing is objectively unprecedented, and the republican complicity in a degradation of the separation of powers is not something that has been attempted by "Both sides". Trump certainly has raised the bar on presidential power, but in context, republicans under Bush and through Obama's term have set a standard of the erosion of important balances to power.
In regards to my ability to "realize" I suppose I'll keep myself to the facts. At present, I don't see a set of functional equivalency in each party's extravagances.
It is not an argument I am making. It is just the reality of the situation. Not even going to try to convince you, data in front of you over years should be sufficient but people forgive, forget, adapt, justify, try to move on with their lives, misremember, look at the most recent argument they are presented etc.
It is that they create problems, they pitch suboptimal solutions that will create the next crisis, and then they frame the crisis in a way that appeals to your emotions.
So no, it is not a tiresome both sides argument. It is that you are being led by people that don't care about you, that don't have your best interests in mind; they have their own agenda and you're just being swayed left and right as the zeitgeist allows.
And you're left cheering for your team because you think your team is better. But hey, the other team really bothched something up recently, so yay your team. And then we will get your team in power, they'll do some things you like while creating other problems and then pendulum will swing the other way, some will cheer for the other team and then swing back. And then before you know it, oops you're 64 years old now.
therein commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
c'mon. IT outsourcing was done 100% to drive shareholder value, not to improve globalization. Don't drink your own kool aid. The party and its members engage in an incredible mutual hypocrisy with each other. It's all facile BS.
How many more cycles do you think you will need to realize it is both sides, in fact it is above both sides?
Do you think it will finally click after 2 more cycles, that's 8 years or so?
You will be your current age + 8, maybe you can then start saying "yeah man both sides suck, it is as if there is something above it that controls them both and we are made to support them as if we're supporting our favorite soccer team"?
therein commented on YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without warning or permission bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/jakub_g
So I feel like article doesn't address the "why" of it all. Why auto AI upscale?
To make people more accustomed to the AI generated look so that when they release their next Veo integration to YouTube content creator tools, these videos will stand out less as unnatural.
meaning the modem will run in sleep mode even when you are in airplane mode
AFAIK this is not true at least for the Mediatek 65xx and early 67xx platforms; I've analysed the firmware and hardware on those. They actually power off the modem and rest of the RF system when in airplane mode. The modem only boots up and starts searching for a signal when you take it out of airplane mode, which is why it takes a noticeable time (10-30 seconds, depending on how many bands are enabled) to get a signal. If your phone goes from airplane mode to having a signal and immediately capable of calling, then I suspect it's one where the modem is not truly turned off.
I haven't inspected Broadcom, Qualcomm, or Spreadtrum in any detail to say whether they do things differently.
Are there actually smartphones without an IMEI
Look for a "tablet" or anything else without the word "phone" in it if you just want a touchscreen portable computer. An IMEI is obligatory to connect to cellular networks, in much the same way as a MAC address is to Ethernet and WiFi.
Phones with MediaTek basebands are able to change their own IMEIs. Do with this information what you will.
The phone part is easier in many places. I've personally bought both a phone and SIM card in cash from a corner store in SF. I was asked to provide some legal information for the SIM, but they pointedly did not look at my ID or anything, so I was free to write whatever I wanted on the order form. They told me only the SIM required the info, not the phone.
You could have also just bought a T-Mobile SIM and then activated a pre-paid plan with just credits you buy with whatever you want. You can get them for cryptocurrency as well on a lot of places.