Alex

@ stsquad @lemmy.ml

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FLOSS virtualization hacker, occasional brewer

2d ago

There’s a Class 100 semiconductor cleanroom inside this backyard shed.
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Alex @lemmy.ml 2d ago
There was someone who wrote up a bootstrapping guide for technology assuming an apocalypse sent us back to sticks and stones. I think that guide went much further back on the level of lithography you could meaningfully get to while restarting tech.
I am curious what size features this guy can create in his lab.

5d ago

Russia may halt gas supplies to Europe amid Iran energy spike, Putin says

Mostly. Some countries built a bunch of storage so they could import LNG from Qatar. The grid is greening slowly and I suspect now we are coming out of winter gas demand will start to drop again.

6d ago

EA is hiring a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer to lead development of a native ARM64 driver for their Javelin kernel anti-cheat system and start laying groundwork for Linux/Proton support

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Alex @lemmy.ml 6d ago

The chain of trust will depend on the hardware. I would expect on a Steam Deck it would be Valve all the way. If it was Ubuntu it would be Microsoft then Canonical. I doubt any random distro would be acceptable to the games wanting to enforce anti cheat.

6d ago

EA is hiring a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer to lead development of a native ARM64 driver for their Javelin kernel anti-cheat system and start laying groundwork for Linux/Proton support

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Alex @lemmy.ml 6d ago

You want to be sure if the integrity of the binaries that are running. That needs a chain of trust from firmware to user space.

6d ago

EA is hiring a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer to lead development of a native ARM64 driver for their Javelin kernel anti-cheat system and start laying groundwork for Linux/Proton support

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Alex @lemmy.ml 6d ago

Kernel access isn't needed if they use signed boot and can verify everything running is what it should be.

7d ago

How a joke sound defined 90s rave

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Alex @lemmy.ml 7d ago

Ah yes, found the drop down. Thanks.

7d ago

How a joke sound defined 90s rave

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Alex @lemmy.ml 7d ago

Weird, opening in Pipe Pipe it seems to be some sort of Arabic. I wonder if I'm getting some weird auto-dub?

7d ago

How a joke sound defined 90s rave

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Alex @lemmy.ml 7d ago

Has this been dubbed into a different language?

2w ago

Open source license that doesn’t allow your code to be used for AI data training?

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Alex @lemmy.ml 2w ago

Free software licenses generally don't restrict what kind of study or what kind of changes you can make. A lot of licences explicitly say "for any purpose". There are licences that add additional restrictions, for example restricting the field of use to non-military, but they are not free software licenses.

ETA: the question of where liability lies for infringing terms of a source license occur should a LLM model launder for example GPL code into a propriety code base is something that will have to be decided by the courts.

2w ago

Open source license that doesn’t allow your code to be used for AI data training?

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Alex @lemmy.ml 2w ago

Freedom 1 of the four software freedoms is:

The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

2w ago

How could we go about making a jurisdiction where advertising is illegal?

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Alex @lemmy.ml 2w ago

We already have those, for example in the UK the ASA is a self regulatory body which prohibits deceptive advertising. They can also refer cases to statutory authorities such as Ofcom or Trading Standards.

YMMV in other jurisdictions.

2w ago

Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers

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Alex @lemmy.ml 2w ago

You need adversarialy trained mud splats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY

3w ago

2026 Computer Science Predictions | LaurieWired

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Alex @lemmy.ml 3w ago

I don't think anyone will be shipping CHERI this year. However I suspect a lot of ideas from it will make it's way into Arm and RISCV architecture enhancements.

3w ago

Instances that Permit NSFW Comms?

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Alex @lemmy.ml 3w ago

I suspect the bandwidth and storage costs are considerably higher than your average instance as well.

3w ago

Cubans turn to electric vehicles as US tightens oil blockade

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Alex @lemmy.ml 3w ago

I know that but even the best EV is not helpful of your grid keeps shutting down.

3w ago

Cubans turn to electric vehicles as US tightens oil blockade

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Alex @lemmy.ml 3w ago

Isn't Cuba also dependant on oil for it's electricity generation?

3w ago

Look out!

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Alex @lemmy.ml 3w ago

Was it explained? There was a comment that Klingons don't like to talk about it but no explanation I remember.

My personal head canon was something went wrong during the DISCO timeline and somehow the process that gave us Tyler ends up infecting the rest of the Klingons who spend the next 50 or so years as swarthy humans before eventually being restored by scientists to the TNG/TOS films ridges we all know and love.

4w ago

Permanently Deleted

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Alex @lemmy.ml 4w ago

When it comes to export controls and sanctioned entities it doesn't really matter what Red Hat would like to do - they have to comply with the law in the jurisdictions they work in. Even if it was purely a community project individual contributors face a similar liability if based in those jurisdictions.

When it comes to sanction lists there is a fair amount of commonalty between the US and Europe. This is really something to complain to government about.