CharlesW

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Computers Are Bad: A newsletter(computer.rip)
2 points by CharlesW 1mo ago|1 comments
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by CharlesW 1mo ago
> As a Pennsylvanian I think this is idiotic and I completely blame the press, who have breathlesslly amplified baseless negative claims. But have they disproportionately amplified them? I follow some energy experts, and the consensus
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4K Analog Video Feedback Device(youtube.com)
1 points by CharlesW 1mo ago|0 comments
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by CharlesW 1mo ago
Or the excellent Ghost Pepper*, or many, many other options. * https://matthartman.github.io/ghost-pepper/
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by CharlesW 1mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing#:~:text=Rent%20al...
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by CharlesW 1mo ago
https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/managed-agents/dreams
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by CharlesW 1mo ago
Is there anything here that professional product builders might be interested in, or is this just another entry in the AI app builder category? It's cognitive whiplash to be sent to a blog post that will be interesting to some HN reade
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
I don't believe they had a choice, since it's a derivative of Adobe's OTF-licensed Source Sans.
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Quake – The 1996 Beta scandal [video](youtube.com)
4 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments
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More Fucked Today Than Yesterday(climatecasino.substack.com)
91 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|66 comments
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
> Obviously those could be cherry picked… The "could" isn't required here, since Pangram calls many of the evals "collaborations", and some received direct support. Results that don't favor Pangram as bein
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
All HN users can be part of the solution. Help mods by emailing them at hn@ycombinator.com. I recently pointed out a suspicious pattern, and the mods were able to use that to track and ban a collection of accounts.
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Re: "Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity"(frontiersin.org)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
It depends on the number of channels. The Xring O3 appears to have 4×24-bit channels, so 113.8 GB/s. The iPhone 17 Pro's memory bandwidth is ~76.8 GB/s. Seems fine?
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Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA(daringfireball.net)
1 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|1 comments
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I vibe-coded a C compiler that can build SQLite(blog.fsck.com)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
PowerAmp and Symfonium for Android are excellent. If you don't mind the occasional pain of beta software, I intend to fill this gap on iOS with Poppy. https://www.reddit.com/r/PoppyApp/comments/1tiyki0&#x
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
From Pen Computing Magazine #22, June 1998: "Why Did Apple Kill Newton?", by David MacNeill: https://www.pencomputing.com/Newton/AppleKillsNewton%28PCM22...
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
That works perfectly, as does adding '@AGENTS.md' to your CLAUDE.md. Both techniques have worked (and been officially documented by Anthropic) for as long as I can remember. https://code.claude.com/docs/en&#x2
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Fun fact: The working group initially chose 'PING' as the name, for "PING is not GIF".
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Apple: DOJ's latest challenge in antitrust case 'fails at every level'(9to5mac.com)
14 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments
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The safety robot that comes with instructions on how to kill it(dangerousminds.net)
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RIP Columbia House: Here's How It Improbably Survived This Long(gizmodo.com)
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Apple/NeXT Human Interface Guidelines Collection(github.com)
1 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments
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Frasier Fantasy: The Director's Cut(edward-la-barbera.itch.io)
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Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab(rebeccawilliams.info)
3 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Cloudflare AI Gateway launched in beta in 2023, and went GA in 2024. Recent overview: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-platform/
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Trump administration 'Not in Favor' of Apple Using Chinese RAM(wsj.com)
7 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Once, I watched a boomer in a red cap fill a soda cup with 50 pumps of mustard from the Costco condiment commons as a little take-home treat. I'm surprised that any condiments are still self-serve.
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The Artistry in 8-bit and 16-bit pixel art [video](youtube.com)
1 points by CharlesW 2mo ago|0 comments

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