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How I Made Ice Moon on Apple Vision Pro [video](youtube.com)
3 points by gdubs 1y ago|0 comments
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by gdubs 1y ago
Anything that veers into politics on Hacker News tends to get flagged quickly. Unfortunately that often tends to happen on the more aggressive side, since a subject like this is intellectually interesting beyond just the simple American pol
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by gdubs 1y ago
Personally I still love the craft of software. But there are times where boilerplate really kills the fun of setting something up, to take one example. Or like this week I was sick and didn't have the energy to work in my normal way an
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by gdubs 1y ago
This reminded me a bit of a little Vision Pro demo someone made where you can pick up digital coins by vacuuming your house.
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by gdubs 1y ago
There's a different thread if you want to wax about Fluid Glass etc [1], but there's some really interesting new improvements here for Apple Developers in Xcode 26. The new foundation frameworks around generative language model st
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by gdubs 1y ago
Just the overhead of App Store Connect, the submission process etc? What would excite you – a new native framework or something like that? Or a streamlined Xcode / Connect set of improvements?
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by gdubs 1y ago
Ok, I know all of those except Yellow Box and Google's not turning anything up, I'll bite.
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by gdubs 1y ago
I like to learn through projects, and as a graphics guy I love the GPU Gems series. Things like: https://developer.nvidia.com/gpugems/gpugems3/part-v-physics... As an Apple platforms developer I actually worked th
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Who's Excited for WWDC25?
2 points by gdubs 1y ago|6 comments
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by gdubs 1y ago
I'm pretty obsessed with these 'branches not taken' concepts in computing. Like, everything is the same today. And there's good usability arguments that things shouldn't be different for the sake of being different.
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The Computer Chronicles: HyperCard (1987)(youtube.com)
8 points by gdubs 1y ago|0 comments
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by gdubs 1y ago
I'm not claiming the idea didn't exist but Atkinson's HyperCard turned it into a viable product and the creators of the web credited him for their inspiration.
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by gdubs 1y ago
Adding a bit more context: The World Wide Web arguably exists because of HyperCard. The idea that information can be hyperlinked together. Atkinson was a brilliant engineer. As critical to the launch of A Macintosh as anyone — efficient ren
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by gdubs 1y ago
Atkinson's work is so influential. From his contributions to the Macintosh team, to HyperCard, Bill was an inspiration to me and showed the power of merging art & technology. Thanks for everything, Bill — Rest in Peace.
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by gdubs 1y ago
There's a deeper educational problem that's been decades in the making which is that students are trained to see school and work as a series of never ending goals to achieve. The ultimate one is to 'get a job'. Well, now
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by gdubs 1y ago
It sounds like you think I don't find value in using machines in their precise way, but that's not a correct assumption. I love code! I love the algorithms and data structures of data science. I also love driving 5-speed transmiss
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by gdubs 1y ago
Thanks, love this – it's something I've thought about as well!
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by gdubs 1y ago
One thing that I find truly amazing is just the simple fact that you can now be fuzzy with the input you give a computer, and get something meaningful in return. Like, as someone who grew up learning to code in the 90s it always seemed like
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by gdubs 1y ago
Been there. I often talk about how I think people should learn to code not to get a job but for the mental models it gives you. Similar to how learning a musical instrument enriches your life. Or art. And one example that feels particularly
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by gdubs 1y ago
Well, this wins the internet for today — pack it up everybody. Seriously though beyond just being awesome, this site is such a good experience on mobile. Really well crafted nostalgia vibes.
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by gdubs 1y ago
Generally it's such a bummer that streaming services (including music) have really diminished the 'extras' that used to be so common with DVDs. Granted, Disney+ has their great "Light & Magic" series. But, one o
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by gdubs 1y ago
Any article on 90s Web Design gurus would not be complete without at least a mention of Jeffery Veen. HotWired completely defined the aesthetic of the 90s web, breaking all sorts of conventions to create something totally new. Some point al
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by gdubs 1y ago
Ooh, thanks for this. I've been considering some metalworking classes, something like this could also be really fun and enriching.
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by gdubs 1y ago
I posted above about the price because when we've gotten quotes – and this is over a year back – they were really high! Not sure what the deal is because the graphs all show the cost of green electricity cratering; but somehow on the r
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by gdubs 1y ago
This disabused me of the notion of doing it myself, lol. This is super impressive. Hope to one day be confident enough in electrical work. That and plumbing are the areas of home improvement that I still just would rather sub out. But, this
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by gdubs 1y ago
Our first computer was a Tandy from RadioShack. When I got really into computer animation I learned about the Amiga and The Video Toaster, which included Lightwave, which generated images for some of the best 90s television science fiction
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by gdubs 1y ago
Japan did launch a wooden satellite recently!
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by gdubs 1y ago
Incredibly useful for 'glue code' or internal apps that are for automating really annoying processes - but where normally the time it would take to develop those tools would add up and take away from the core work. For instance, d
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by gdubs 1y ago
Many of you are more valuable than you realize and it pains me to read so many comments about how you need to frame things "just so" in an interview, or "be careful not to lose your patience ever". It's dehumanizing
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How Bad UX almost killed everyone in Jurassic Park(alexmandel.medium.com)
3 points by gdubs 2y ago|0 comments

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