alex_suzuki

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by alex_suzuki 3mo ago
Obligatory Black Mirror reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You
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Meta Is Toying with the Idea of Smart Glasses That Record All the Time(gizmodo.com)
2 points by alex_suzuki 3mo ago|1 comments
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by alex_suzuki 3mo ago
Self-hosted, or are you using something managed? I’ve held off switching from Gitlab for now as everything is setup and runs ok, but they’re pushing their AI hard into every corner. Not a lot of good managed options around (yet), especially
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Nothing prevents them from removing CarPlay in an update, though? Unless you make sure to never connect the car to the internet. Some garages will update FW for you unasked I hear.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
> thin wrapper on the built-in RichEdit control > UWP abomination they call Notepad Kind of weird for both of those things to be true. I thought the latter was mostly the former. But I’ve been away from Windows for a loooooong time it
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Some years ago, I used Box2D from Python to get a couple of bodies moving naturally in a 2D plane, lightly disturbed by random impulses (like water lilies in a pond when it's raining). It was a fun project and working with Box2D was pl
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
What a nice name for that particular box that keeps on growing and growing. Mine is called Why did I buy this, again?
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
This is super cool, thank you! The SVG is actually generated by Zint itself, only lightly patched in the wrapper. Zint is a pretty old barcode generator (not meant disrespectfully, quite the opposite actually), it's quite possible that
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
The benefit of WASM in this case is that you can wrap a mature library written in C/C++ (in this case, Zint), and run it in a runtime that supports WASM, e.g. the browser. There's plenty of people who occasionally need to create b
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Oh, interesting! I tried it in Word on macOS but didn't get it to work. But it works in the browser (question mark = calculates check digit). It uses this, which i have no idea what it is :-) https://learn.microsoft.com&#x2F
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Shameless plug for my web-based Zint frontend: https://barcode.new (in-browser WASM) I wrote it specifically because most online barcode generators don’t support vector output or suck in some other way: ads, signup necessary, co
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
It can’t, at least for Code 128? There’s a text field that you enter the text into, and then the start/stop/checksum characters are computed.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
This would be more interesting if you wouldn’t need to calculate checksums yourself, and could just write the barcode value. Good luck doing that with something like Reed-Solomon (QR, Data Matrix, etc.) or the shenanigans they’re doing with
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Why can I always tell from the title of the submission and the microsoft.com domain that it’s Raymond? Love the guy.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
> That's the failure point of AI: it's arrogant. I agree with your take, but AI is exactly as arrogant as the human driving it.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
It’s not for me?
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
You might find my tinkering useful: https://strich.io/blog/posts/embedding-webassembly-in-qrcode... A QR code isn’t much different from a favicon I guess. :)
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Ah, thank you! I kind of assumed it would be coming soon as this post was dated as “today”, and it seemed illogical for the next post to already be out. :)
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
This was very well written, thank you. Looking forward to the follow-ups.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Gen Z hates AI… according to https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920401/g... (and others)
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
A steal compared to other “AI-adjacent” valuations.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Intercom allegedly has ~400M of annual revenue, making the multiplier less than 10X. Huge customer base and established brand. Looks like a steal indeed!
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
In the worst case it’s an even greater “productivity” boost for those mediocre folks, as they will also undoubtedly be less critical of its output.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
> another... decade, or two I’m rooting for two! :-)
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Thank you.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Yes, that was kind of the point of my comment. Apparently not well made.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Not on their iPhones operating over 5G or the corporate WiFi.
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by alex_suzuki 4mo ago
Ok, now I'm tempted to buy BRK-B (BRK-A a bit too pricey...)
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by alex_suzuki 5mo ago
To me this feels like being edgy on purpose… “Look everybody, I’m still relevant!”
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by alex_suzuki 5mo ago
I switch mine to monochrome mode, it’s quite effective… everything just looks less attractive. I use the Accessibility Shortcut (triple-press side button) with “Colour Filters”, no extra app required.

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