Kissaki
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- Comment on The US bans all new foreign-made network routers 1 day ago:
I find it unlikely to be about security. Either it is about control or about money (pressure to induce bribery for lifting), or a combination of both.
- Comment on The US bans all new foreign-made network routers 1 day ago:
All it needs is a bribe from Cisco, and it’s no problem anymore. Probably.
- Comment on The US bans all new foreign-made network routers 1 day ago:
If I were a network packet, I would get very confused by so much routing.
- Comment on The US bans all new foreign-made network routers 1 day ago:
If we see a reversal of the policy soon then it was a standard playbook policy announcement to receive corrupt bribery money from some big manufacturers and importers. If we don’t, it may very well have been with no takers anyway.
We’ve seen it plenty before. Like tarrifs, then exclusions, etc.
- Comment on Why refusing AI is a fight for the soul 3 days ago:
What’s this image from?
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 3 days ago:
Systemd is more than an init system. Systemd was designed to be different from previous Unix-style single-/narrow-purpose services. Many distros making the switch seems to indicate that such a switch had significant enough upsides or necessities. No?
I read an article about why Systemd became what it is, and why it makes sense, and that made sense to me. Integration and a fully designed system has advantages over disconnected utilities and systems you have to connect and negotiate, especially on system- and boot-up level concerns.
- Comment on Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies 3 days ago:
More than hopeful this makes me concerned that change leads to more issues and worsening. That’s the expectation they established.
I followed several of the authors zdnet links. Crazy. Good articles, callouts and documentation.
The announcement is pretty broad and unconcrete. Some things are listed, and the slow context menu open is one I certainly care about (even when it’s not my primary context menu because Double Commander opens the classic one), but everything else is wishy washy and corporate speak and doesn’t include my main smaller issues.
- Comment on HP realizes that mandatory 15-minute support call wait times isn’t good support 5 days ago:
It was on hold until now to encourage self discovery or sth
I’m just glad we didn’t have to hold the line for a year to read this.
- Comment on Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to 5 days ago:
Why is it called developer mode if it’s supposedly an advanced flow? That has a bad implication.
- Comment on Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to 5 days ago:
What specifically is a massive win?
- Comment on ‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine? 5 days ago:
Your link is not the article in question. It’s republik.ch/…/wie-hartnaeckig-palantir-die-schwei… which is linked in OP article as well.
- Comment on ‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine? 5 days ago:
I was able to read it in full after closing the popover.
- Comment on Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse 6 days ago:
Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the “foreseeable future,” though users shouldn’t expect new games, CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an update.
- Comment on Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June 6 days ago:
They published an update article.
Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the “foreseeable future,” though users shouldn’t expect new games, CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an update.
- Comment on ListenBrainz about to hit 100k users 6 days ago:
How do they handle fake data submissions? Ignore and let consumers figure that out?
- Comment on Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data 6 days ago:
When you connect to a secure https site, then no. When you connect to unsecured http, then yes.
- Comment on Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’ 1 week ago:
After years of inaction, the US military spent more than a decade developing an infrastructure to avoid civilian casualties in war, but it has been almost totally dismantled under the Trump administration.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
Maybe Linear?
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
I always found Trac UI bad/unintuitive. I always disliked seeing Trac on a project.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
“Robo”, whenever I search something: “Let me define these search terms for you, even when they are not something you can define like that or you already know all of that, and better.”
You can’t even disable that. Wasted LLM cost. On every search, I now give the response a thumbs down and flag the most fitting tag: Inappropriate.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
Are you serious? That’s insane. I had no idea!
In February 2025, Williams Racing announced a record multi-year title sponsorship with Atlassian and will compete as Atlassian Williams Racing from the 2025 season of Formula One onwards. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlassian#Sponsorship
I hope they can drive faster than their software loads content.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 1 week ago:
Codeberg also offers private repos.
Sometimes, we do tolerate repositories that are not licensed optimally (e.g. due to historic reasons dating back decades).
Depending on how you read the FAQ entry, they may not explicitly talk about private non-commercial content, though.
- Comment on We messed up with the Windows 12 article. What we got wrong and how it happened 2 weeks ago:
It depends on contract. Your interpretation matches use as “should”. But there’s also use as “claims x” or “is claimed or said to be” which the quote refers to.
Ich soll - I should or I am asked to. Es soll - or is supposed to be or it supposedly is.
- Comment on We messed up with the Windows 12 article. What we got wrong and how it happened 2 weeks ago:
There’s another alternative: not reporting it as fact, butbeing open about the degree of certainty and the methodology.
“Someone says”, “rumor”, and “uncertain automated translation” don’t make for very convincing sources or journalistic credibility, of course. But being open about context does moreso than hiding it.
- Comment on Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades 2 weeks ago:
CPU NPU requirements will mean longer support necessity for Windows 11.
If they go ahead with subscriptions, demand will certainly add additional demand for that. But I guess subscriptions would be to cover copilot cost. Given Microsoft’s interest in people upgrading to eventually reduce support surface, I have to assume it will be optional, for AI features. Following that reasoning, the NPU requirement may be optional too, only applicable to the AI features block.
But who knows, the whole thing is not driven by reasonable business decisions anyway.
Also, I had no idea there was a “gaming copilot”. Even after following links to the introduction news, I don’t get what it really does.
- Comment on "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens 3 weeks ago:
Yes, that’s what I read elsewhere. No guarantees in contract. So you can consider this to be bullshit or marketing. Even if it’s verbal agreements now, you can be sure they won’t matter.
- Comment on I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age 3 weeks ago:
There’s also precedent you can point to. Germans had implemented a reasonable system of digital identification and (seperable) condition confirmation (age gate).
- Comment on Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes 3 weeks ago:
“futurism has confirmed”. Later on the article: “reached out to three parties, no replies and no comment”.
Huh? So how did they confirm?
- Comment on Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes 3 weeks ago:
and “it was only once” is bullshit
They checked and then fired the author. I don’t see how this is “it was only once” implying nothing changed and it will happen again. Isn’t firing the author “holding journalism to a higher standard” already, which you ask for?
- Comment on "Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens 3 weeks ago:
Did they make contracts with them?