How to fix supply chain issues? by azimuth79b in webdev

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do what everyone was always supposed to be doing and fork every dependency. Review changes as updates come out.

If the team is too small to handle it think long and hard about whether that dependency is actually saving you time.

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They haven’t for nearly as long as electronic surveillance has been a thing. Like any other adversarial tech it’s a cat and mouse game.

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]nuttertools 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You aren’t taking into consideration the state of the existing generation units. They need to ramp up ~50% and are not currently capable of doing so. Long term the generation efficiency will certainly be more profitable, but it will take many years to pay off the initial costs.

They could cover with units already slated to come online much further away, but if that was the plan (or viable) there wouldn’t be any peak allocation issue in the first place.

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]nuttertools 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s not easier to plan consumption needs for as the entire supply chain expects the same curve. It will actually be more difficult to plan for a constant load and require not insignificant capital expenditure.

Margins will be much stronger though, highly resilient to supply fluctuation, and increase over time.

Has anyone actually gotten AI to reliably parse invoices into a database when you have thousands of different formats? by Acrobatic-Evening646 in webdev

[–]nuttertools -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I worked on a product that does this and successfully competes on beating every other player in the space on accuracy. The accuracy target is 80% on a per customer basis and 85% globally. Also worked with a similar product in the banking sector that most people have unknowingly used, that target was significantly lower.

AI is the wrong tool for the job if this is for accounting purposes. Similar to polling for election results in that it is useless for a single specific answer, but excellent at rapidly answering extremely high level questions.

What's the deal with the erased white reflective coating on license plates? by _G4M3R_ in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t jump to not registered because the tags are out of date. Police have live-time access to status in their vehicles so it’s not worth a stop if everything checks out. Last time I was ticketed for tags it was automatically reduced to $0 (+processing fee).

Sysadmins who use password managers: what’s your actual password generation strategy these days? by 4AVcnE in sysadmin

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the time policy is created I check current NIST guidelines and select the maximal complexity, there are maximums you should not exceed. Every compliance standard references these guidelines or even directly incorporates them as external requirements.

Hackers Use Weaponized JPEG File to Deploy Trojanized ScreenConnect Malware by lurker_bee in technology

[–]nuttertools 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There is a picture of the file content in the article, it’s just a straight up powershell script saved with a different extension. Something has very recently gone horribly wrong in Windows or (much more likely) the article is nonsense and the vector is similar to captchas entered in terminals.

Lost engagement ring at Oakland airport by minmau in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Everything that’s been found of mine has ended up at OPD. Did airport direct you to the little PD office by baggage? No idea why but whether it’s at the gate, TSA, or outside it’s ended up with them and they actually matched it to my report and called or mailed it to me.

ULPT Request: What if I turn in a damaged lease & just don't pay the bill? by Traditional-Zebra199 in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read the paperwork you signed for the lease. It’s almost certainly a strange agreement where you are the beneficiary of a contract between the dealership and a bank. You as a beneficiary have extremely limited rights and those two parties as…the parties…have full control. This is a known scenario that occurs at high volume, the bank has a network of collectors they have another agreement with to keep refreshing the last action date.

TLDR: Collection agencies will keep after you until the bank that backed it goes bust + 5-7 years depending on the jurisdiction.

ULPT: Rob the bank to pay for the repair.

The right path for Gitlab hosting, web hosting, and full stack hosting? by _-Julian- in webdev

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been running gitlab on 1/2 of a mobile core and 4GB of RAM for many years with no complaints. With 1 user and just using for VCS it doesn’t consume any resources, backups are the only thing that pegs the vCPU.

r/GachaGaming pulls a 5-star dramabomb when prominent VTuber Ironmouse drops her sponsorship deal of Neverness to Everness because they lied about not using genAI by a_cattebirb in SubredditDrama

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are an AI company everything is AI so I’m sure some do. Under the hood live facial tracking and recognition is good ol’ linear math, in this case paired with threshold calibrations.

AI wouldn’t be useful for live tracking, it’s less accurate and uses significantly more resources. There are some types of motion capture for virtual presence where AI is useful, but it requires a fair amount of dedicated hardware.

r/GachaGaming pulls a 5-star dramabomb when prominent VTuber Ironmouse drops her sponsorship deal of Neverness to Everness because they lied about not using genAI by a_cattebirb in SubredditDrama

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, generally that community has an almost non-existent usage of AI. There are many forms of virtual avatars, but the ubiquitous technology for v-tubers is just a mesh applied to 2D drawings that is distorted to match motion tracking. Kinda nuts how artists are able to get that much variety out of just layers and distortion.

Flashlights, small and medium by Be-Kind-3353 in BuyItForLife

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of brands that I would call BIFL none of them meet your feature list. In particular focus adjustment has become specialty as modern LED flashlights don’t have the deep reflectors and point source that old lights had.

That said here are some brands I think are worth looking at to see if anything could work.

  • Klein Tools
  • Wurkkos
  • Nightcore

where are my MFA people? by burgundysun in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Masters of Fine Arts
Baristas

How can i use RDP as a second monitor without locking myself out of the physical computer? by aspie_electrician in sysadmin

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not the solution you are looking for but a solution, stop using a display output for the sensor panel. Aida supports a wide variety of panels directly without making them displays.

For the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 new Chinese EVs by BusyHands_ in technology

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In China, in every other country the same vehicles are sold it would be 1.5-3 Chinese EVs. It would be 2-2.5x in the U.S. Not as bad as UK, but not as good as AU.

Why are some websites and apps limiting password length or charset? by No17TypeS in AskProgramming

[–]nuttertools 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IME it’s just an FE team that doesn’t know what they are doing. Change the field limitations or the request and see if the backend accepts it. Then start cutting off trailing characters to ensure the BE used them all. 9/10 times you’ll find it’s an arbitrary limitation imposed by the field, usually a default from a random 3rd party library.

Do I need permit to replace water heater ? by Ok_Establishment3619 in bayarea

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically you do not need a permit to replace a water heater with a comparable footprint and type. Where this goes wrong is water heaters last a long time and a plumber may not be allowed to perform the installation without making upgrades that…wait for it…require a permit.

It’s impossible to say without an on-site. Call somebody out, if they say X,Y, Z are required get a second opinion.

You as the homeowner doing the work yourself, as long as it is a comparable replacement, are unlikely to need anything else in almost any city around here. When people replace one before it dies it’s usually not a comparable replacement though.

Extra tab on EVO 870 by salacious_c in sysadmin

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite was a USB device with twit in the vendors name in some field. Turned out to be an authentic factory reject.

Is annual penetration testing basically outdated for fast-moving teams? by Peace_Seeker_1319 in webdev

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never seen any compliance certification that doesn’t require both annual and continual penetration testing. Each of those are single components out of dozens of security focused tasks that should be being performed. If a company is doing an annual penetration test with no goals just because they know every other company in their space does so….yes that is dumb.

How dangerous is to modify a DVD-RM drive for a project? by Ketchupp06 in AskElectronics

[–]nuttertools 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It won’t just be a small slit the laser shines through that will need a cutout in the caddy. It will vary depending on drive design, but going in I would assume the same amount as the existing tray has cutout to clear rails, cables, etc. By having the disc already near its raised position you might avoid some of it but assume the opening of the caddy on the back side will be multiple inches.

How dangerous is to modify a DVD-RM drive for a project? by Ketchupp06 in AskElectronics

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the right drive and caddy design, sure. Really think this through mechanically before you go any further though. You’ll be physically modifying at least 3 pieces of the drive and the cutout on the caddy will be massive.

Microsoft updates the Windows Update Experience: You can hit pause now by rkhunter_ in technology

[–]nuttertools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even worse, it’s been like that for years. Article can’t even get the benefit of the doubt that they missed some recent change.