frenzcan

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by frenzcan 4mo ago
I think I have permanently broken my mental model of the clipboard. I’m always alternating between Linux, Mac and Windows and muscle memory invariably causes me to do the wrong key combo for the OS/app I’m using. Throw in clipboard syn
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by frenzcan 4mo ago
While I never posted much to Stackoverflow I have fond memories of it as a sole developer, finding other people with similar issues and the quality solutions offered that often got me out of a jam.
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by frenzcan 4mo ago
I kind of like the uppercase keywords of older programming languages, it makes the non-code parts standout more, probably even more important before syntax highlighting became common
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by frenzcan 4mo ago
>you can probably keep playing it until Gabe Newell dies I remember Valve talking about the concern that if anything happens to Valve they have some contingency that basically releases your whole library to you without Steam DRM/etc
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by frenzcan 6mo ago
I agree Asimov's laws are intentionally flawed/ambiguous (which makes the stories so good) but a slight difference to LLMs is the laws aren't just software, the positronic brain is physically structured in such a way (I'
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by frenzcan 6mo ago
This comment made me feel better about my woeful track record with nethack
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by frenzcan 9mo ago
Wow, I’m making this my homepage.
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by frenzcan 10mo ago
>As this new kind of writing draws readers away from traditional media, we should be prepared for whatever PR mutates into to compensate. When I think how hard PR firms work to score press hits in the traditional media, I can't imag
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by frenzcan 10mo ago
I used Mercurial before switching to git. The positive difference from switching was how branches worked. I don’t know the technical details but branches on git felt “lighter” to use and maintain than with Mercurial.
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by frenzcan 10mo ago
What’s the issue with homebrew?
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by frenzcan 10mo ago
This seems like such a tricky problem. There was a no-ai camera posted here recently which verified the photos were genuinely taken on the device. It was pointed out someone could photograph an ai image via the camera to produce a verified
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by frenzcan 11mo ago
GOP
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by frenzcan 11mo ago
Once I realised I rarely read my notes, I now put them in a single note and prepend it when I add something new. It’s weird but I think the value I get from notes is in the writing of them, it’s a way of thinking rather than for recall.
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by frenzcan 11mo ago
> Jukedeck – create unique, royalty-free music for your videos using A.I. Aquired by TikTok in 2019 for an undisclosed sum.
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How to Improve Your Attention Span: Daniel Pink's Strategies for the Digital Age(openculture.com)
3 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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by frenzcan 1y ago
At last, extension properties in C#. I’ve been waiting for these for years.
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What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?(theparisreview.org)
98 points by frenzcan 1y ago|12 comments
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Why Are We Talking About Superintelligence?(calnewport.com)
3 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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by frenzcan 1y ago
What eventually tipped your boss off? Was it the smile issue?
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by frenzcan 1y ago
Can any Helix users share how the muscle memory from vim is working out? I’d really like to give it a go but I’m worried I’ll pollute my memory of basic vim commands. I’m bad enough remembering cut/copy/paste keyboard shortcuts in
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War photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures(theguardian.com)
4 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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Sopranos: The Next Generation [video](youtube.com)
3 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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by frenzcan 1y ago
I decided to try this: > sample a random number from 1 to 10 > ChatGPT: Here’s a random number between 1 and 10: 7 > again > ChatGPT: Your random number is: 3
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by frenzcan 1y ago
I run into this a lot when working with legacy code. The first reaction most teams have is to mock it, not understand it.
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Algol 68(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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Notes from Clay Shirky on social media (2008)(techliberation.com)
2 points by frenzcan 1y ago|0 comments
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by frenzcan 1y ago
The whole skin economy around CS has gotten way out of hand. It’s less about the game and more about speculation and gambling at this point.