imwally

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by imwally 8d ago
Lots of em dashes. “Read that clause again” “That’s the whole thing in one sentence” “Here’s why that breaks” “Same shape, exactly” “Here’s the cruel part” “But look at the shape of it”
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Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography(security.apple.com)
26 points by imwally 11d ago|18 comments
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by imwally 12d ago
I had to stop reading the first paragraph because of how bad it is.
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by imwally 23d ago
It’s a frequently used metaphor in LLM responses.
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by imwally 24d ago
I made an edit to my post because you're not the only one to point this out. Just wanted to say thanks again!
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by imwally 1mo ago
Why can’t I scroll on mobile Safari on this site? What in the world are we doing with websites these days where a user can’t even scroll?
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by imwally 1mo ago
Dang, I didn't know that. I thought it was decent enough to get people exposed to doas(1), pkg_add(1), syspatch(8), etc... from which they could then read the man pages. Thanks for pointing this out and I appreciate the other recommend
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by imwally 6mo ago
Anyone know a decent place where I can buy a giant print of this for my wall?
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A short history of the Web – CERN (2019)(home.cern)
3 points by imwally 6mo ago|1 comments
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by imwally 7mo ago
I blew a few minds a week ago when I told my younger coworkers about man pages. I hit ‘em with the `man man` and one dude was like “whoa!”
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by imwally 7mo ago
It’s 60Hz. “Pro Motion” is Apple speak for 120Hz, which as of right now, is only reserved for the MacBook Pro machines.
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by imwally 8mo ago
Anyone know a good resource for getting started writing a compiler? I'm not trying to write a new LLVM, but being a "software engineer" writing web-based APIs for a living is leaving me wanting more.
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by imwally 8mo ago
There is supposed to be some event "creators" were invited to from Jan 27-29 [1]. I have yet to hear anything about it. [1]: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/23/apple-invites-creators-...
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The official source for MDN Web Docs content(github.com)
2 points by imwally 8mo ago|0 comments
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by imwally 8mo ago
Well this certainly mucked with the width of the mobile HN site.
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by imwally 8mo ago
Yes, I do!
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by imwally 8mo ago
I’m not a big fan of dark mode and I seem to be in the minority these days. Probably 99% of my colleagues at work use dark mode and when I screen share I get the usual “ah, my eyes!” The interesting thing is, I’ve noticed when I read white
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by imwally 9mo ago
I never heard of manus so I clicked the About Us page. Wow, it is insufferable.
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Heaven's Gate Public Key(heavensgate.com)
5 points by imwally 10mo ago|2 comments
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by imwally 11mo ago
I’d be interested in this as well. I want a quiet machine with a decent display and a long battery life. Right now the MacBook Air checks those boxes but I’d be very interested in an alternative that I can throw Linux / OpenBSD on.
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by imwally 11mo ago
I had no idea this existed and it’s not too far from me. This is cool as hell.
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by imwally 1y ago
You would think a conference that advocates for quality software would have a better website.
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Disney+ Application Development Kit (ADK)(medium.com)
4 points by imwally 1y ago|1 comments
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Getting Stuff Done, the Bob Gurr Way(boardwalktimes.net)
5 points by imwally 1y ago|0 comments
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Software Engineer Runs Generative AI on 20-Year-Old PowerBook G4 – MacRumors(macrumors.com)
1 points by imwally 2y ago|0 comments
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by imwally 2y ago
If you want to go the k8s route, it’s worth checking out https://tilt.dev/ .
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Text-Only NPR(text.npr.org)
27 points by imwally 2y ago|7 comments
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Go-Salesforce: A Salesforce REST API wrapper written in Go l(kylecapehart.com)
3 points by imwally 2y ago|1 comments
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by imwally 2y ago
Manual pages will be your best friend. Run the following command. man man
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by imwally 3y ago
There’s Vimari for the dozens of us that use Safari.

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