dch82's comments

On: Open Source Is Geopolitical Now

[dch82]

Uh well what about when they ban all Linux builds containing commits from Chinese contributers?

[pabs3 → dch82]

They banned some Russian individuals working for sanction companies from being Linux kernel maintainers, banning contributions isn't much of a stretch.

On: GoboLinux 017.01: the most experimental Linux's first new release in about 5Y

[dch82]

NixOS is very cool that's for sure, I plan on returning to it once I feel prepared to deal with coding all the configs in.

On: Show HN: Super Simple CRC32 Implementation

[dch82]

I replaced that code with

  // loop until an EOF is read
  while ((ch = getchar()), ch != EOF) {

Would this be better?

On: Show HN: Super Simple CRC32 Implementation

[dch82]

How would you suggest I replace that? I am a C novice but I have heard of the buffer overflows caused by scanf.

On: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

[dch82]

Personal experience from browsing n = n + 1 apple support threads: Just message support. It’s much faster and has a higher chance of producing a result.

[Firmwarrior → dch82]

Their support raises issues directly to the dev teams when they happen often enough, too. There's a good chance the touch screen team is working their asses off right now on this already

On: Managing Dotfiles on macOS with Nix

[dch82]

Nix is probably the best IT DevOps tool right now.

It’s cool for personal devices until you realise you’d rather be productive rather than hop into a terminal and text editor to edit a Nix file just to install an app.

On: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

[dch82]

> I'm not sure what the motive would be, though.

To make Apple Watch antivirus scams?

[dch82 → dch82]

Maybe to make this scenario seem plausible?

> From: definitelyNotAppleScam.com

> Subject: Your Apple Watch is hacked

> Hello [insert name here],

> We have found that your Apple Watch Series x has been compromised by hackers.

> Please click on the link below to reset your password

> [Link that asks for previous password and something idk]

[wis → dch82]

Hoaxers hoping to drum up enough news stories to impact Apple's share price to make money on shorting it?

[Szpadel → dch82]

maybe some kind of anti commercial to not trust apple products? but I wouldn't suspect any major brands for something at this level, so maybe just bunch of people trying to mess with people believes like it was multiple times in the past? like with charging iPhone in microwave etc, basically noone benefits just some folks want to see people panic

On: Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

[dch82]

Google Bard -> Google Gemini -> Google Assistant?

I’m sure Gemini replaces Assistant and we have two Assistant apps in Play Store Google Pay style.