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by efields 3y ago
Yeah and I don’t think it’s a terrible thing. It’s not a fantastic thing, but they are building public spaces and they are building affordable units. Sadly the best we can get at the moment.
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by efields 3y ago
Let's assume the point of technology is to automate routine labor and software engineers have been hard at work automating routine labor for 50ish years. Why are we still hiring software engineers? Shouldn't 50 years be enough tim
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by efields 3y ago
Point #1 is too real in my org. > Need a database? File a ticket with DevOps. > Need an IAM role? File a ticket with DevOps. > Before long, your massive team of engineers has fully saturated your understaffed “DevOps” team’s backlo
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by efields 3y ago
That last point is key. I’m a fan of SaaS solutions but I also wonder if more organizations could unlock more value by just having a 1x programmer (with well defined _objectives_) on staff.
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by efields 3y ago
It is relatively easy to grow, but depending on your climate there’s all sorts of environmental factors that could affect your plants and will persist beyond harvest if not properly remedied. Harvest can be adjusted to increase quantities o
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by efields 3y ago
Absolutely one thousand million.
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by efields 3y ago
This is very cool. The gradient/bkg generator alone is very cool. But I think you’re trying to sell a design tool to developers, even highly proficient CSS developers, who have their _ways_. This is not a $30/month tool to those f
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by efields 3y ago
Yes.
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by efields 3y ago
Lesson learned. I don't think this is worth more thought other than reflection, hopefully by someone close to this decision, hopefully by someone who can put in some recourse to minimize the chance of this happening again. This is hila
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by efields 3y ago
This is literally fine.
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by efields 3y ago
This is a fun, spicy comments section! A lot of UX design has been formalized to the point where the UI frameworks really do provide just enough. Even better, the UI available in native options (browser or native apps) has gotten Really Goo
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by efields 3y ago
Hotels do this, and it’s a race to the bottom. The hotel experience has gotten so bad people accept going days without turndown service now.
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by efields 3y ago
Hilarious that there's 500 comments on this, of all things. You can safely say in a recipe book that caramelized onions take 10, 20, or 45 minutes or an hour. Chances are the writer has the best intentions and reasonable knowledge of t
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by efields 3y ago
Last time I remember taking LSD I was on a bus going from NYC to Boston and I guess I was either bored or knew we were going to have a longer than usual trip home because of traffic. I wind up talking with the guy behind me for hours who de
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by efields 3y ago
I’m 38 and I just learned that pinball machines have a script you’re supposed to follow. Like it plainly tells you do this then this then this to “beat” the game. Of course it just loops back to the beginning when you do. A lot of these mac
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by efields 3y ago
It’s the only thing I’ve found/needed. Just like any instrument, drums/drum machines can be pitched, respond to velocity, and are affected by sounds played around them. Understanding where your sounds fall in the EQ spectrum is hu
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by efields 3y ago
I trust them more than I should but less than I could. In theory researches and hackers can and do watch network traffic while training an on-device model. Apple doesn't want their position of "on device AI is better for the consu
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by efields 3y ago
I never thought about using that feature but I should for the same reasons. I have a LCD digital clock right under my monitor even tho the OS has a clock of course. But as soon as I'm "immersed" in something, or the menubar i
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by efields 3y ago
> Ruby on Rails is in jeopardy of being added to this list. It has fallen out of favor, and it is tough to find developers for it. Hardly. > What once made it unique is now available in other languages. Sure, yay open source. You stil
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by efields 3y ago
Love the timing of this. "AI is gonna destroy jobs" vs. "Secure on-device AI can improve your quality of life." Narratives matter.
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by efields 3y ago
Accessibility makes life better for everybody. A lot of accessibility boils down to rethinking the obvious to enable _more_ use cases. "Things that might make your life better." Dig around in those settings and you might find your
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by efields 3y ago
> Or you could just try to reproduce the beats of your favorite songs. Depends! I went into hobbyist music production a few months ago probably bc I saw a cool midi controller that my kids might find interesting. Fast forward a few month
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by efields 3y ago
Well…
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by efields 3y ago
This one is also so good!
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by efields 3y ago
I think this is a really good primer for electronic music production if you're going to start from absolutely zero. If you specifically want to program beats, I recommend this quirky book "Pocket Operations": https:/&#x
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by efields 3y ago
I love this a lot.
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by efields 3y ago
I hope so. Modern cars are incredibly durable. The era of trade ins every 3-5 years needs to die — what a waste.
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by efields 3y ago
I needed to read this. Seeing posts about having gpt “write apps from scratch” vs me trying to get it to spit out what I want has been tedious. I’m assuming what’s not written about is the hours of just how tedious this process currently is
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by efields 3y ago
RIP. This sucks so hard. I was in my early 20s when I started reading blogs regularly and Dooce was just on the peripheral of bloggers I followed. Even tho I wasn’t into her subject matter, her style was hugely influential. (Edit for clarit
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by efields 3y ago
I feel your struggle. I can relate to it. I think I've gotten by in a way bc of the support systems around me, but I don't think any of them know just how much my relationship to work has changed since around 2020 or so. If you&#x

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