It's sad but true. Go look at any medical subreddit about ChatGPT, you all a sudden have 100s of AI experts trivializing GPT and suggesting it's nothing more than autocorrect.
Android manufacturers pick a LTS kernel when developing their phone. By the time it is on the market, that kernel version only has 3-4 years left of security updates. Custom roms never upgrade the kernel so you are still vulnerable to bugs that were never backported to your kernel
Depends on the manufacturer, there are plenty of phones with community updated kernels. Some manufacturers choose to implement hardware support by poorly forking the Linux kernel in ways that make porting those changes to recent kernels hard.
PostmarketOS is the mainline Linux kernel and doesn't have all the features that are needed for a proper Android phone. There are a lot of Android userspace drivers that may break with another kernel.
Custom kernels are not upgraded kernels. They usually just back port a few fixes. No custom kernel running Android has a full kernel upgrade because it breaks the KMI and kernel drivers aren't usually updated.
The problem is after 3-4 years, the only batteries you can find are from aliexpress or drop-shippers on Amazon. How does one trust these batteries from exploding in the middle of night especially if you fall asleep with your phone next to you.
You need goals to be driven in life. You need to sit down and see where you want to be in i.e. 5 years from now. This could be work related or not. Some people find passion in field within computer science, i.e. security and dedicate their time to pursue that passion to be the best they can.
A week ago I logged out of snapchat and I started getting actual text messages within hours saying my friends have uploaded a new story and to log back in.
I instantly knew they weren't hitting their numbers
Just a week or so ago HN was foaming about how awesome it is that Snap launched a web client. Now wallstreet doesn't like their numbers and the sky is falling. Talk about an "Oh Shit" rollercoaster, ugh.
I've interviewed with snap and I came away unimpressed with their overall vision / focus / direction / trajectory. Their products and core offerings consistently give me the same impression and feeling- kinda impractical, confusing, and/or dumb. What is snap fundamentally about?
Remember that tiny kite picture-taking drone that would not be able to withstand even a small breeze? What were they thinking? I've been to the beach and out and about a lot this year, and have never seen one IRL.
The summation of all their efforts is unfortunate and leaves me a bit sad; the people themselves who work there are amazing and some of the nicest and most caring I've come across in the tech industry. Snap appears significantly less user-hostile than all the other social media platforms. They've pioneered filters and other trendy tech. However, the brand has challenges. I don't necessarily want all my messages constantly disappearing into thin air or constant silly craziness, because it's not useful. These perceptions aren't helpful for getting traction with "regular" people who want to communicate in an easy and predictable way.
Snap bitmojis were a ton of fun at the time, though.
It's not just Snap that does it. Instagram and Facebook did the same several years ago when I quit, and I haven't received any nag emails in a long time from them.
