bossjack

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Qualcomm exploit chain brings bootloader unlocking freedom to Android flagships⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately seems to be an oversight in the implementation of new software locks and their requirements, and is fully patchable. Xiaomi has seemingly already released patches in China as per the article, so this is moderately disappointing for anyone who wants a cutting edge, bootloader-unlocked device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI content on Wikipedia - found via a simple ISBN checksum calculator (39C3)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the point is it would have been truly ironic if the AI itself was the authoritative fact checker instead of merely being a tool that built another tool.

  If Claude was the fact checking tool instead of the ISBN validator, that’s the real irony.

  If in a messed up future, only an AI could catch a fellow AI, what’s stopping the AI collective from returning false negatives? Who watches the watchers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t work on uBlock or even webdev but it doesn’t take much of a stretch to think YouTube’s servers will refuse to immediately transmit a video stream after the webpage is requested; probably waiting for a typical user to skip 2 30-sec ads.