chris_st

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1. 31.▲
   by chris_st 8mo ago

   Turns out the apps in /Application/ run as you. Problem (between keyboard and chair :-) solved.
2. 32.▲
   by chris_st 8mo ago

   Honestly, I don't know! I should write an app and see who it runs as. I did an `ls -l /Applications`, and while every file is owned by `root`, none has the `suid` bit set. LM Studio doesn't have an installer. Those often have
3. 33.▲
   by chris_st 8mo ago

   Nope - on macOS, almost all apps are just "drag this to wherever (usually your own personal application folder)" and they work perfectly, since they don't need admin privileges. But this one insists on running from /Ap
4. 34.▲
   by chris_st 8mo ago

   My complaint is that LM Studio insists on installing as admin on my Mac. For no apparent reason, and they refuse to say why.
5. 35.▲
   by chris_st 9mo ago

   To set the bar for other websites, to show how it should be done? Or maybe just "for the love of all that's good"?
6. 36.▲
   by chris_st 9mo ago

   I've found asking GPT-5.2 High to review Opus 4.5's code to be really productive. They find different things.
7. 37.▲
   by chris_st 9mo ago

   Thanks very much! Glad to hear it was so good for you.
8. 38.▲
   by chris_st 9mo ago

   Curious about that book - did it help you? Silly questions, but serious: How much did it help? What, specifically, did you get from it? Asking for a relative who has serious anxiety issues (no, really, it's not me... I have depression,
9. 39.▲
   by chris_st 9mo ago

   Recommended this to a friend who hates keeping track of "how many" kinds of things, and was dismayed at having to say how many books they've read (which they really don't want to do) and found they couldn't skip t
10. 40.▲
    by chris_st 10mo ago

    Nice! I've done similar things with iPad AUv3 plugins (of which there are way too many!). Notable ones are: * Patterning 3 - which, while "just" a drum sequencer, has the ability to automate rotations, etc. in really intere
11. 41.▲
    by chris_st 10mo ago

    Thanks, that absolutely made my day!
12. 42.▲
    by chris_st 10mo ago

    XKCD calls it the "Lucky 10,000" [0] [0]: https://xkcd.com/1053/
13. 43.▲
    by chris_st 10mo ago

    > you will have trained your model on market patterns that might not be in place anymore My working definition of technical analysis [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_analysis
14. 44.▲
    by chris_st 11mo ago

    Each galaxy having a few thousand to millions of stars (for a dwarf galaxy), to 100-400 billion stars for a spiral galaxy like ours, to about a trillion stars for large ellipticals like Andromeda. Kind of a lot.
15. 45.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    Had a friend with an MG Mini with a bumper sticker that read, "All the parts falling off of this car are of the finest British manufacturer."
16. 46.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    See also [0] Ooda and Zoa on iOS and [1] Midinous on Steam 0: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/ooda.html (same person for Zoa) 1: https://midinous.com
17. 47.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    Nice demonstration of the Tokima Robot Watch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nlqk9YtQFSo
18. 48.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    First assembly language I learned was 6502 for the Apple II. Brings back some memories (...once I scrolled way way way down to actual 6502 code!).
19. 49.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    thumbs down
20. 50.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    Same here - it's one of those it just works apps that has given me a ton of utility for more than a decade, at a reasonable price.
21. 51.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    And OH YEAH THE BOOK: Michael Wilcox's "The Wilcox Guide to the Best Watercolor Paints".
22. 52.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    There's a book where the author tested watercolors which my watercolor teacher said was extremely controversial when it came out, but she was able to replicate some of his results, and so changed which colors she bought. I tried the
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    by chris_st 1y ago

    Also recommend "Feeling Good: Overcome Depression and Anxiety with Proven Techniques" by David Burns. Lots of good content, helped me a lot. Past the initial general chapters, there are some on specific things, such as dealing wit
24. 54.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    Wow, that sounds like a really difficult situation! I think your idea of using Litestream is definitely worth a try. Good luck (but not with crypto gambling :-).
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    by chris_st 1y ago

    Two things: 1. There's almost certainly a port of Sqlite3 to WASM that would be more than glad to run in your browser. 2. I'd really love to know what applications fit in the "we had replication from the browser, peer-to-pe
26. 56.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    The kindest of interviewers.
27. 57.▲
    by chris_st 1y ago

    Where I worked last the dress code was super relaxed, unless a bigwig or customer was expected. Made a co-worker laugh once by describing us as "Dressed to the ones".
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    by chris_st 1y ago

    As a friend calls it, "Noun Deficit Disorder"
29. 59.▲
    by chris_st 2y ago

    Sigh, the "Koigu Ruffle" pattern is knitting, not crochet. Not important for the article, but I only crochet.
30. 60.▲
    by chris_st 2y ago

    Some time, take someone who's interested in GT, and sit them down in front of the system and capture video of them using it. And don't tell them a thing . Just watch them interact with the system. See how long it takes them to ge