dimator

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   by dimator 3y ago

   I choose to see that as the cyberpunk future that we are living in. Everything ends with your avatar, just like Gibson foretold. What an amazing time.
2. 122.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   Yeesh, thank you for the reminder about how much the flash-based web sucked. It's easy to forget.
3. 123.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   I love how people say things like "it never shipped" and assume it was all just political or nefarious or ineptitude. I can guarantee that there was a huge thread about this in the bug, and it was not as simple as "nah don&#x
4. 124.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   Blaming the unions for corporate greed (going offshore for cheaper labor) is utterly hilarious.
5. 125.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   I've been using 'just' for running a set of commands that I can't be bothered to remember. It makes it easier to come back to a project after a few weeks, because you don't have to remember the N commands you were u
6. 126.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   i wonder if there's a sneaky arbitrage play here, lurking in the shadows. most people on reddit (including myself) are there to lurk, not really participating in conversations, but reading content, memes, news articles, etc. is there r
7. 127.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   the ones that are not shut down are suffering the same slow death of "429" errors. it won't be long now.
8. 128.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   what? how do LLMs replace your reddit usage?
9. 129.▲
   by dimator 3y ago

   https://chiptune.app/?play=Nintendo%20SNES%2FDonkey%20Kong%2... :') by david wise. what a gem. and here is the obligatory, very well done mini-doc about this track, and the incredible technical achievement it took to m
10. 130.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    I read the page a few times but I'm still scratching my head. How is this intended to be used?
11. 131.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    I use grep.app instead, for open source projects. Many projects are indexed.
12. 132.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    you should also checkout https://qutebrowser.org/ which is pretty mature.
13. 133.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    Not to be confused with https://www.pinecone.io/ the vector database, which is also trending.
14. 134.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    isn't it closer to "a carpenter refusing to offload the design of subassemblies to an alien whose understanding of carpentry is completely opaque"? although, i suppose, to your point, even an alien could introduce a skilled c
15. 135.▲
    by dimator 3y ago

    i still remember reading when Carmack said (something like) anyone can learn to be any skill of developer, all they need is a used PC and linux CD. this was an eye opening quote for me when i read it, for some reason. it meant that the craf
16. 136.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    holy cow, her website is enough to give me imposter syndrome https://justine.lol/
17. 137.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    all 3 links no longer available (to me at least)
18. 138.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    I don't understand this take. Surely, institutions are the place where the most cutting edge pure research is taking place? Why do people think institutions are where conformity is king?
19. 139.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    on the one hand, a browser engine monoculture is going to be a disaster for the standards-based internet (if it's not already a disaster). on the other hand, apple crippling webapps with a half-assed browser so that they can sell apps
20. 140.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    i'm curious: what is the incentive for dreamworks to open-source this? surely having exclusive access to a parallel renderer of this quality is a competitive advantage to other studios?
21. 141.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    i love the tournament idea! i downloaded my winner, installed it, changed my editor... and immediately went back to Monaco :) there's a lot of cognitive momentum to overcome in switching fonts.
22. 142.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    It's not ci, it's part of your (local) build.
23. 143.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    Honestly, I'd be all for using ddg exclusively. but I find myself doing !g (their google redirect operator) when I don't find what I want on DDG, and it's almost always the top result on Google. And this happens daily.
24. 144.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    Well, realistically, if the AAA highlighter operator was later compelled to testify as to your driving plan, they would.
25. 145.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    didn't expect to be this moved today, on HN. this reminded me of The Egg, and decided to reread it. http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
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    by dimator 4y ago

    Older generation complains about newer generation's work ethic and goals, news at 11. Seriously, this has been done since forever, and it's such a tired trope. And why the hell shouldn't they want to be influencers? They&#x27
27. 147.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    Why are they in a panic over ChatGpt? Don't they have similar research and tech around these AI systems?
28. 148.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    Yes. Criminally underrated, I come back to it often.
29. 149.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    > major brands and advertisers jumped ship a month or two ago i've heard this before, is it backed by data? where is the data? anecdotally: active: https://nitter.snopyta.org/pepsi/status/160307567188187955
30. 150.▲
    by dimator 4y ago

    yes, was using `less -r` but `glow -p file.md` is working great! thanks