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by hoherd 1y ago
With KDE Plasma being so great, and Tahoe desktop UI being so awful, I am being nudged more and more towards using linux as my desktop instead of just using it headless.
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by hoherd 1y ago
It may have rough edges, but it doesn't fit the definition of Enshittification at all. > first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those
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by hoherd 1y ago
The best thing about this is learning that aidarwinawards.org exists.
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by hoherd 1y ago
Somewhat related, a few weeks ago on Python Bytes I learned that there is a python module that abstracts various directory locations per-platform. For instance, you can use this module to find the location of the Movies directory, or the ca
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by hoherd 1y ago
> One day their data was on the local drive and the next it became online-only files that had to be downloaded from Microsoft’s servers. That is insane. If this happened to me, there is zero chance I would continue using that product. If
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by hoherd 1y ago
> 400_random_url_with_numbers_403 That looks so much like test code that was shipped to prod. Searches for that string on GH does return results.
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by hoherd 1y ago
I disagree that the watch is just a toy. If it were, I never would've bought one. The only reason I got an Apple Watch is because Fitbit stopped selling the pendant pedometer, and if I was going to have to wear a watch, it might as wel
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by hoherd 1y ago
This outage helped me work through my backlog of articles. I've also reduced the frequency that I refresh the feed. Silver linings :)
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by hoherd 1y ago
Does RST have a WYSIWYG editor? Linter that auto-corrects mistakes? Last time I looked neither of these existed. I have a bunch of rst docs that I want to to large edits on, and doing so has been so painful I've decided to migrate to m
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by hoherd 1y ago
Google photos removed the delete api endpoint. Now, in order to delete your own photos from their service, you have to automate browser interactions that batch by batch delete your photos. I've just done this with both my wife's a
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by hoherd 1y ago
I feel like Apple embracing OpenAI is a betrayal of the trust that Apple has been building up over the last decade around ensuring that your data stays local, or on Apple servers where security is tight. I do not see Apple Intelligence list
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by hoherd 1y ago
Shellcheck has been a huge game changer for me. The lack of a linter is the main reason I don't consider switching to zsh anymore. When I first found shellcheck, I'd sit on the train every morning and fix all the stupid little bug
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by hoherd 1y ago
Benn Jordan of The Flashbulb fame (who showed up here on HN recently for saving a PNG to a bird and then retrieving it) has a YT video where he shows off several interesting techniques for capturing audio using only video capture, which see
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by hoherd 1y ago
Seriously this. Doing code reviews on LLM created code is so frustrating. If the code was submitted by a junior engineer I could get on zoom with them and educate them, which would make them a better team mate, advance their career goals, a
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by hoherd 1y ago
If you have a family, a minivan makes so much more sense than an SUV. Minivans have more interior space, more cargo room, auto rear doors that are impossible to bang on the adjacent car, cost less, get better fuel economy, and more. I live
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by hoherd 1y ago
It took me too long in my career to feel comfortable asking the dumb questions. I would have had a much easier time if I had just asked them. I eventually learned to ask dumb questions when I made a friend who was never afraid to ask then,
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by hoherd 1y ago
Not to be confused with the kubernetes container runtime interface CLI https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/blob/master/doc...
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by hoherd 1y ago
This is pretty similar to what github did with git.io https://github.blog/changelog/2022-04-25-git-io-deprecation/
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by hoherd 1y ago
He has a great video where he goes through a bunch of different software that Aphex Twin used over the years. https://youtu.be/5wIOBBodoic
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by hoherd 1y ago
I was about to talk about how online help files are forgotten these days, and should guide you to the right information to set up an ad-hoc network, but I was disappointed three times over by macOS. macOS does not have any offline documenta
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by hoherd 1y ago
https://www.cesium-app.com was great for me for a long time. I forgot why I quit using it, but I don't think it was because it stopped being great.
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by hoherd 1y ago
There is also https://containers.dev which is the first thing I configured when my company gave us Cursor. All agentic LLMs to date need to be on a very short leash. Pro tip: you can run `docker diff <container-id>` to see
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by hoherd 1y ago
I use uptime-kuma[1] with notifications sent out through the included Apprise integration[2] 1. https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma 2. https://github.com/caronc/apprise
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by hoherd 1y ago
One gotcha I caught myself in with this technique is using it in a script that would remediate a situation where my home has lost internet and needed the router to be power cycled. When the internet is out, `uv` cannot download the dependen
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by hoherd 1y ago
Seriously. When I see this kind of absurdity, I think of Humpty Dumpty in Through The Looking Glass: > 'When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean--neither m
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by hoherd 1y ago
I think it's going to keep increasing. I know people who resisted linux for decades and after playing with a Steam Deck are now considering building a linux gaming PC. This is in large part because they are investing into the Steam eco
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by hoherd 1y ago
This is the video and timestamp where Bryan Cantrill goes off about how awful oracle is. It's kinda famous around here. https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc&t=35m30s Find more discussion about it by searching for "ora
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by hoherd 1y ago
Whisper has been great for me. I have a single-file uv powered python script that creates SRT files or timestamped text files from media stored on the filesystem. https://github.com/danielhoherd/pub-bin/blob/m
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by hoherd 1y ago
Sounds like the modern version of the CS Lewis quote: > The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid dens of crime that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final r
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by hoherd 1y ago
The word "just" is a huge red flag for me. Any time I hear somebody say "just", it makes me extra skeptical that the speaker understands the full breadth of the problem space.

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