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New comment by mirror_dude in "Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS"

mirror_dude — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:35:57 +0000

I hear that, but if the vendor closes as won't fix you don't really have another option to get the vendor to pay attention.

New comment by mirror_dude in "Advanced coding in low-resource programming languages"

mirror_dude — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:53:14 +0000

oh man ada. I wrote a terrible Ada compiler in university.

New comment by mirror_dude in "Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)"

mirror_dude — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:45:57 +0000

That's weird, I know several folks who like their frameworks. Certainly the build quality is a little so-so, but the magic of small samples I suppose.

Patients starting to fight back against insurance AI usage

mirror_dude — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:01:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/video/ai-and-insurance-1763846838/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462173

Points: 6

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New comment by mirror_dude in "Relicensing Monitor"

mirror_dude — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 07:10:08 +0000

Cool idea although idk about the risk factors one — this seems like its cherry picked a few projects with contributor agreements and decided theyre high risk when there are so many more projects with the same structure.

New comment by mirror_dude in "Amtrak 2023 Host Railroad Report Card and FAQs [pdf]"

mirror_dude — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 21:01:28 +0000

I’m always confused by this — if it’s against the law and the companies are still doing it why not try an enforcement mechanism instead of publishing a report every year? 100% of the long distance routes “failed” Amtrak’s own metrics.

New comment by mirror_dude in "Postgres as a Search Engine"

mirror_dude — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:59:26 +0000

I mean I guess, but why not just use a lucene based system?