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841.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
I'm unfamiliar with the Windows platform but that sounds like something that still requires executing code locally.
842.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
I'm not familiar with the Windows platform but although you can have userspace USB drivers on linux, you still need to be able to run code that can talk to the sysfs interface.
843.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
The security implications of not having WebUSB are having to install untrustworthy native drivers every time you want to interface with a USB device.
844.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
> we're so obsessed with shallow depth-of-field as a sign of "quality" and/or meaning It's not necessarily a sign of "quality", but it is something we see less often, which makes it more interesting. Ph
845.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
Opus 4.7 I assume? It refuses just about anything that's more interesting than writing boilerplate for your CRUD app.
846.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
Why does it matter whether the API key farming script is deterministic?
847.
by Retr0id 6mo ago
A small detail about humans that breaks this whole scheme is that they're capable of tool use.
848.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
By that logic just about anything the tech industry does could be attributed to HN
849.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
People like their iPhones but I'd describe the prevailing sentiment towards app stores as "critical".
850.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
How so?
851.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Maybe we should just assign UUIDs
852.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Current LLMs do tend to explode complexity if left to their own devices but I don't think that's an inherent limitation. Mediocre programmers can write good code if they try hard enough and spend enough time on it.
853.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Humans can decide to write above-average code by putting in more effort, writing comprehensive tests, iteratively refactoring, profile-informed optimization, etc. I think you can have LLMs do that too, and then generate synthetic training d
854.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Feels like a confusing thing to name "key" if it's presumably more of an identifier.
855.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Don't forget the equally serious IPv7 https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ipv7-2025-00.html
856.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
I just wish I could pretend shorts were regular videos that happened to have a weird aspect ratio. There are extensions that switch the player automatically (and you can do it by editing the url) but that doesn't change how they appear
857.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Tokens can also be burnt on decompilation.
858.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Could you elaborate on "token selection is based off normalization"?
859.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
I agree in a "the purpose of a system is what it does" sense but I'm not sure they're inherently normalization systems.
860.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
One of my "let's try out this vibecoding thing" toy projects was a custom programming language. At the time, I felt like it was my design, which I iterated on through collaborative conversations with Claude. Then I saw some
861.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
It's easier to clean a smooth surface
862.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
One practical difference is that you can make dollar bill detection relatively robust. Sure, you could cut it into 4 pieces and scan them separately, but you'd still get stuck when it comes time to print them. There are only finitely m
863.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
DRM is effective(ish) because of both technical and legal mechanisms. Without the legal mechanisms they'd ramp up the technical ones, which might end up even worse for legitimate users.
864.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
But copyright law does exist?
865.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
sqlite is arguably not really a DBMS, just a DB
866.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
For pure write throughput, LSM trees tend to beat btrees.
867.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Someone has (had?) a bot on Manifold that does the same thing, and it is profitable: https://manifold.markets/dcxStep (Manifold doesn't use real money, so there's more "free money" lying around waiting t
868.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
And what about the false-positive rate?
869.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
Ok I did it, but to a lesser extent to OP, so it definitely doesn't affect the seal. Even a small radius makes a big difference to comfort!
870.
by Retr0id 7mo ago
I'm very tempted to try this although I worry that the rubber "seal" around the edges of the screen will no longer have anything to butt up against, meaning there's glass-on-metal contact when it's closed?

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