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imp0cat · 2026-04-19T06:49:18 1776581358

Isn't this pretty much standard in this day and age? HP for example also has this option in BIOS for their laptops (but you still can either download the BIOS blob manually in Linux or use the automatic updater in Windows if you want).

sidkshatriya · 2026-04-19T07:09:25 1776582565

> Isn't this pretty much standard in this day and age?

If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ?

One of my main issues is that this means your BIOS has to have a WiFi software stack in it, have a TLS stack in it etc. Basically millions of lines of extra code. Most of it in a blob never to be seen by more than a few engineers.

Though in another a way allowing BIOS to perform self updates is good because it doesn't matter if you've installed FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows, <any other os> you will be able to update your BIOS.

ethbr1 · 2026-04-19T18:22:50 1776622970

> If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ?

Next thing you'll be telling me that you have a problem piping internet hosted install scripts directly into shell!

trvz · 2026-04-19T08:34:46 1776587686

I fully expect any BIOS to have millions of unnecessary lines of code already though. May as well have a bit more for user convenience.

imp0cat · 2026-04-10T08:46:21 1775810781

So it will be exactly like git, but with a monthly subscription fee.

abc123abc123 · 2026-04-10T09:04:12 1775811852

And AI... always add AI!

mcdeltat · 2026-04-10T09:36:04 1775813764

Upon every commit, AI will review your code to check if it's worth committing or not (after all, disk space is expensive these days!). If the AI finds the code is not up to scratch, it will be reverted and you'll be given a chance to try again.

Then, we will develop (read: sell) AI agents that will ingest a proposed code change (created by your front-line agent), and iteratively refactor it until the commit agent accepts it.

EliRivers · 2026-04-10T10:26:00 1775816760

If the AI finds the code is not up to scratch, it will be reverted and you'll be given a chance to try again.

That's the Platinum Premier tier. If you're on the regular tier, paying the minimum, the AI will silently fix all that right up for you.

baobun · 2026-04-10T10:30:29 1775817029

Should have known better than asking the monkey paw for more decentralized compute.

jordand · 2026-04-10T09:52:23 1775814743

And regular subscription price increases. They never forget those!

imp0cat · 2026-04-10T05:25:29 1775798729

Brio 33884. It has a tiny ultrasonic humidifier in there.

imp0cat · 2026-04-09T12:12:37 1775736757

Exactly. That thread about hobbies was just a trap designed to squeeze as much info from as many people as possible.

imp0cat · 2026-04-08T18:41:23 1775673683

Or mapy.com and their "weather en route" - weather forecasting directly on planned routes.

vkatluri · 2026-04-08T19:00:20 1775674820

Hello,

Yes, there are a few options available already. This was a passion project of mine, and I am reviewing all the use cases I can add. My primary aim was to have a website that works on both desktop and mobile. Did not prioritize mobile apps/CarPlay/Android Auto support yet.

imp0cat · 2026-04-08T05:24:29 1775625869

Nope, the point is collecting as many guitars as possible. ;)

I wish this was a joke. :D :(

buildsjets · 2026-04-08T22:01:50 1775685710

I guess I am doing it wrong, I thought you become a guitar god by building the perfect pedalboard.

imp0cat · 2026-04-09T12:13:40 1775736820

Why not both? ;)

imp0cat · 2026-04-04T09:17:01 1775294221

Since when are you a meta-moderator? ;)

imp0cat · 2026-04-02T08:28:51 1775118531

He's not wrong though, the amount of Snap stuff you have to remove in a fresh install is starting to get a bit annoying (I usually remove at least the Snap versions of Firefox and Thunderbird and replace them with binaries from Mozilla - they will still self-update).

traderj0e · 2026-04-02T17:12:26 1775149946

You don't have to remove them though, it works fine.

imp0cat · 2026-04-04T09:21:26 1775294486

You are right, the snap versions mostly work fine. It's just that there are a lot of annoyances due to the nature of Snap packages (slowness, increased disk space requirements, problematic integration with the rest of the system...), but it definitely is possible to live with them.

imp0cat · 2026-04-02T08:14:32 1775117672

Once you unmute, your browser should display a speaker icon for that tab, which you can use to mute the tab again.

imp0cat · 2026-04-02T06:44:46 1775112286

    if you use LLMs frequently it's possible you'll forget to think critically?

Nowadays, you can have a sub-agent to think critically for you. ;)