The main database of the company i work for is DB2 on a very recent IBM System. In terms of sql there’s nothing i miss that postgresql has.
If only the company for the software which runs on top of the DB2 would have used single column primary keys (some go over 7 columns) and not decimal for dates…
They said they don't bother because it's non-trivial to implement convincingly, so they don't bother, lest it gives people a false sense of security. For instance, if you do this, and the adb logs aren't scrubbed, then that's massively suspicious and that'd still you in legal hot waters.
It would be easily detected by widely used forensic software from Cellebrite and other companies. It would also definitely look suspicious. We explained in much more depth in response to a related proposal:
Can you pay someone or have a volunteer manage the social media? Seems like not a good use of an insanely skilled developer's time to reply to people on twitter so much. Obviously you should write the explanatory posts.
People are doing that in Belarus (since 2020 the repression still continue). You also need to create a convincing profile and story for all the usual apps. Alibi if you wish.
Not forensically safe. I guess the authorities are aware but don't take the steps all the time except important cases. Really puts the citizens on their toes.
im not sure if grapheneos does or not, but it's not a novel idea, and often will only be a delay tactic.
forensics will reveal the other partition(s), and then you're in the exact same position having to answer "what's the other partition, provide the password"
It doesn’t seem to like spaces that much, the code for [QR coded] is broken for me on safari ios. When the space is removed it’s a working qrcode again
I haven't tried on macos, but yeah, the biggest problem right now seems to be implementation differences with how embedded spaces are handled. Earlier, the biggest cross-browser issues were pixel alignments within the QR codes, but those seem largely resolved.
I didn't get that impression at all, I think there is genuine write off or outdated view of LLMs here. I also see lot of people sharing issues raised by LLMs at tasks that a human would also fail to produce an accurate result.
So in this thread there is a mix of genuine edges that LLMs need harness and guidance with tasks that when given to a human will not perform well in that LLM is supposed to suddenly solve.
Like the thread above about financial compliance, without knowing specifics it can be very vague in language and confusing unless you apply to precedents and exact scenarios that can give you a range for what is acceptable/unacceptable. Mythos or any LLM isn't going to magically figure these edges out for you because a human would also struggle at such task.
My advice is don't let what you read here including my comment dictate your own decisions, but apply the same common sense, apply it in ways that it can help you and figure out when to use determinism vs LLM in the context of your jobs.
These lazy comments that simply try to paint a black and white categorization of AI/LLM are just noise.
I find this doomsday interpretation of AI replacing engineers ridiculous. Lots of it also seems to be bot-written spam.
Just because an AI seems to know finance/architecture/debugging doesn't devalue authors knowledge of said domain. Its essentially like your coworker having the same knowledge. There's space on the market for both. And if AI gets to the point that it can in fact replace engineers (somehow also claiming accountability?) I'd expect it to be priced competitively enough to make every manager think hard whether to buy and become hopelessly dependent on some 3rd party service or hire an engineer. The market is not a zero sum game.
My gen1 kindle backlight is so bright at the lowest level that I angle it away from me to read at night.
Just typing this out makes me realize I should get a different ereader than wait for it to die since it’s clearly never going to die. It’s been like 15 years
for example I read kindle books on my phone in dark mode (white text on a black background). Having the brightness all the way up isn't fully bright white text, it is more like brightish grey.
To get bright text to read in bright environments, I set the kindle app to black text on white background, then use accessibility to invert colors. I get noticeably brighter text on a black background.
If one needs to work with pdf in a JS environment one will sooner or later cross paths with pdf-lib. I noticed the last release was almost 5 years ago and the maintainers git contributions stopped at the same time. There is a second github account under the same name but the last contribution was in 2024.
Also his personal homepage (https://andrewjdillon.com/) seems to be no longer under his control, the certificate has a different CN and the websites domain is listed under the SAN (with a multitude of other domains).
If you're a serious user of this library and have time, consider forking the project, merging reasonable PRs from the original and giving some life support to it. I temporarily took over a project like that and "gave it back" after a few years when the original maintainer returned. I think it benefits everyone.
There appears to be no obvious plausible link between the SANs other than very obvious lack of plausibility to each website. They're mostly pretend (or knock-off) business websites in random countries (everywhere from Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, mainland USA, Hawaii...) in various languages and all the ones I checked have no verifiable substance to them. For example, one domain is a supposed USA shipping/logistics company whose website states they have 1949 customers and have only delivered 7126 packages, and claims a head office as a house in Renton WA, an office at a different house in Stockbridge GA and a supposed warehouse at a third house in Portland OR. Most domains don't include any valid contact or business information, even a supposed restaurant where you'd want people to find your location easily!
There does appear to be heavy use of Google Firebase, and many of the sites share the same IP address(es) for hosting. A reverse IP lookup of domains hosted at those IP addresses reveals more random suspicious domains beyond just those just listed at https://crt.sh/?q=andrewjdillon.com
Have you tried emailing him? He likely also owns hopding.com, and both domains consistently seem to be at Squarespace. The last commit on his GitHub (Feb 2025) someone commented "Good to see you're still with us :-)", so he may just not update things often.
True, I accidentally posted the date of the comment (1) not the commit. The only thing strange seems to be he used a smiley in the referenced commit message which doesn't seem to be his style.
Please don't call people randomly. Unless you're offering him a job which is what the resume is for...
When the linkedin is down, medium is left unattended, the personal domain is not working, we can reasonably guess he doesn't (or is unable to) care about the project or online presence anymore.
I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest?
Give them a call, you're not harassing them. If they choose not to answer or call back a voice mail number, then you can presume they don't want to be contacted.
Before posting this idea online... Maybe, possibly, but personally I still think it's a bad idea.
After posting this on HN - no! If you think it's a good idea, so will other people reading this. (And others have before you) After the post reaches the front page - absolutely no - there's a bunch of socially awkward people already thinking about calling the author and they really should NOT DO THAT.
The author owes us absolutely nothing and if they want to disappear, that's their right. Calling them is demanding their time in a not trivial to ignore way. Just write an email that can be deleted async.
You are right: it is silly, but also, given the amount of robo-calls in the US, cold calling someone you don't know is a good way to be put on auto-spam.
If you really want to reach out, his email seems to be the way he prefers to be reached, so that's what I'd recommend.
> I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest?
I agree it’s silly. But it’s also the prevailing view that I’ve seen.
I still answer calls, even if 95% of them these days are either phishing attempts or vendors trying to sell me stuff. But my friends will text me first and say “can I call you” even if I say they can just call.
I have the exact same problem. It’s saying something about not being able to confirm my identity? I took a look at the dev tools and it’s apparently making a request to a server which returns an error.
It only works in incognito because it’s using a different ip address there…
Beats me. Same computer, same browser. Don’t know whether it’s the exact same address though. Cleared cookies already. Still only working in incognito.
If only the company for the software which runs on top of the DB2 would have used single column primary keys (some go over 7 columns) and not decimal for dates…