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by jordansmithnz 4mo ago
A few observations I’ve made. 1. Many criticisms of AI’s usefulness focus on the present/past. They may well be right about the current state, but the trajectory things are improving at (unless we’ve hit a brick wall) means they’ll pro
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by jordansmithnz 1y ago
I think the Air makes a lot more sense through the lens of a foldable iPhone. Even for Apple, there are a significant amount of challenges in building a best-in-class foldable. Supply chain, manufacturing, hardware design, software. Apple i
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by jordansmithnz 1y ago
Having used it very briefly, I think it’s a reasonable direction. Before you all jump to tell me why I’m wrong: 1. It makes depth and layering extremely clear. 2. It prioritizes focusing on the content. These are good principles and I think
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by jordansmithnz 1y ago
The article feels shallow. It’s real but my experience is that the reasons can be more complex. - some friends are more selfish than you realized and that only becomes apparent when they put their preferences above short term needs you have
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
If you actually want to write software without bugs: Assume that your code will have bugs no matter how good you are. Correct for that by making careful architecture decisions and extensively test the product yourself. There’s no silver bul
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
While this did happen and obviously isn’t great, there’s a more skeptical side too. The ‘trapped’ man is the CEO of an AI consulting firm. He posted the video to linked in, didn’t press the abort button, and had a relatively successful cust
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
While interesting this is just… wrong. Imagine a world where: - I tell people I’m 50 years old but I’m really just 49 1/2 - My phone says it’s Jan 7th but it’s really afternoon on Jan 6th - My coworker says they’re a sr engineer becaus
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
No one wants dark/cloud kitchens, and I don’t think anyone wants dark software either. It’s extremely hard to do many things well. If a restaurant specializes in pizza, they’re going to get good at doing that — their employees will kno
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
Think about it from the parent’s perspective: the safety of your toddler while you’re at a crowded amusement park is of high value. Losing a young child must be terrifying, even if they’re found shortly after. I think the value proposition
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
When I was 18 years old, a security guard kicked me and a friend out of a grocery store, much to our confusion. After talking to them and requesting the store manager, it turns out they had a photo of a shoplifter that looked very similar t
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by jordansmithnz 2y ago
Some cases yes, but in plenty of cases, this wouldn’t be great. - Browsing HN, and your scroll gesture happens to start where a link is? Before you know it, you’ve navigated away. - Long pressing to delete an app, and the app opens in the m
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by jordansmithnz 3y ago
Does this tool actually generate vectors? Or is it really just an AI image generator with an image to SVG converter added on. Based on the complexity of the logos it generates, I suspect it might be the latter.
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by jordansmithnz 3y ago
‘Nobody’ is a large assumption. For developers with a consistently small download base, they can switch with little concern. The consensus here seems to be that Apple don’t want anyone to switch. I’m not sure I fully buy into this, because
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by jordansmithnz 3y ago
Thanks -- this is a relief. I hope it lasts though, I could see Apple deprecating this option in a few years, once most apps have adopted the newer terms.
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by jordansmithnz 3y ago
I have a free utility app for school kids with an install base in the multiple millions. I don’t make much off it, but many users find it helpful. It’s most popular in the EU. So… if I’m understanding right, I need to take the app down, or
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Millenios(mrbreakfast.com)
1 points by jordansmithnz 3y ago|0 comments
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by jordansmithnz 4y ago
I’ve been dealing with long COVID since March last year. There’s some interesting learnings I’ve had along the way: - I was almost perfectly healthy and in my early 30’s. Long COVID isn’t that rare and can happen to anyone, even with a mild
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FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30M US workers(arstechnica.com)
69 points by jordansmithnz 4y ago|22 comments
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by jordansmithnz 4y ago
I don’t want to discount your experience here, but it seems unlikely to me that what happened followed ordinary medical prioritization. It’s tricky to relay over a short internet comment the full experience and context - for example, hearin
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by jordansmithnz 4y ago
Now that I recall more clearly, I got this part wrong… they had requested an early induction (not a scheduled c-section). Unsure if that changes things, but they weren’t going straight to an operating room.
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by jordansmithnz 4y ago
I’ve seen a similar thing happen at another well known NY hospital. My wife was waiting to give birth with all beds taken up. A couple walks in, very unhappy that there is a wait, and we exchanged some conversation with them. It was quite a
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by jordansmithnz 4y ago
I recently bought an rPi 4. After trying in vain to find any in stock at a reasonable price, I figured out you can buy units that are preconfigured for another purpose and re-flash them (eg https://www.pishop.us/product&#x2F
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
A few years back I lost 15kg, mostly driven by a few lifestyle changes: - consistent meal times. Previously my meal window would be 2-3 hours wide, leading to increased amounts of hunger. - less stress. Apparently this is different dependin
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
It saddens me that human lives, war crimes and families losing loved ones is somehow equated to ‘my personal politics’.
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
I’ve spent the last few years turning my current apartment into a ‘smart’ HomeKit apartment. While there are some rough edges from time to time, there’s a lot to like about it overall. A few learnings from setting it up: - the quality of Ho
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
New Zealander here. My wife and I just made it through the MIQ system in time to see our families for Christmas (and introduce our son to his grandparents for the first time). A few interesting things: - we had to enter the MIQ lottery five
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
While ObjC is far from dead, I’m not sure these metrics paint an accurate picture. For a Swift-first app or binary, there are a few reasons that you might see ObjC as part of the binary: - easier interop with ObjC - Xcode code generation (C
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
As a HomeKit user, I was looking forward to iOS 15, thinking there might be some incremental improvements to Siri’s handling of HomeKit commands. It wasn’t bad before, but it had room for improvement. Unfortunately iOS 15 significantly dete
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
I’ve had the same experience too. A side project is interesting, shows initiative, and if it comes down to you and another otherwise equal candidate - it may well be the deciding factor in a hiring decision. On top of that, hiring aside: th
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by jordansmithnz 5y ago
A while back, I built a sync library for iOS storage <-> CloudKit (Apple’s iCloud storage system)! It features offline queuing, smart merge/deduplication, and uses NTP timestamps to make sure offline/online merges are handle

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