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by klabb3 2y ago
You can always share immutable data. So shared nothing is a bit strong choice of words imo. > But what if I want to have my cake and eat it too? What if I want to have thread-safe, shared, mutable state. No, it’s not possible. Shared mut
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by klabb3 2y ago
Right. But if we interpret parent charitably they probably agree with you. The device itself isn’t evil, and the internet isn’t either. However, 7 second videos tailor made to hijack our reward systems could very well cause developmental is
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by klabb3 2y ago
When I saw the browser/app automation “RAG” thingy in the first presentation I was instantly suspicious. I’m sure the AI is hard enough (that I don’t know) but I do know that everyone is fighting against automation and scraping, so it’
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by klabb3 2y ago
> 6. Passive cooling measures (e.g., window shutters) should not be overlooked as they cost nothing to run. What about insulation? In my experience the insulation in most hot places is abysmal, compared to cold places. I’m not even a lay
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by klabb3 2y ago
Monopolistic actions are malicious, if you believe in free markets. Gates led the war against Netscape, for one. The setback to the industry and consumers was massive. Anti-market behavior is today completely normalized, so Gates is very mu
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by klabb3 2y ago
Out of the thousands of product Google provides, domains was the one they were best aligned with their expertise and core business. I can’t for the life of me understand why they would get rid of it.
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by klabb3 2y ago
> It's possible you're placing too much emphasis on the type of problem you need to solve. Yeah I think so as well. With as much experience as OP has it’s unlikely, if not impossible, to not experience problems or friction in t
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by klabb3 2y ago
What difference does it make? They’re both on Google servers and even ACLed the same user account. Gmail isn’t exactly a privacy preserving email provider.
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by klabb3 2y ago
Agreed, eyebrows were elevated at this point in the article. If you want to build a good lock, you definitely want to consult the lock picking lawyer. And its not just a poor choice of title either: > teaching yourself a bunch of exploit
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by klabb3 2y ago
I mean that could be true only if you don’t account for the obvious reality that the lockdown of hackability, serviceability, access to parts is deliberate. Personal preferences matter little in a duopoly industry. Sure, you could argue tha
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by klabb3 2y ago
I feel like the post has a narrow focus. Github is solving a quite heterogeneous problem for a diverse audience. People use Github and Git in completely different ways; so they have a spacebar heating issue. Their blame view, which half the
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by klabb3 2y ago
Yes and they were really promising but they were acquired and shut down by Databricks. Not that it matters much for users, but it’s important to know why the market looks the way it does.
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by klabb3 2y ago
Rust got those basic type system and pattern matching things so incredibly right it’s not even funny. I even like Go more for other reasons but I still cringe every time I have to use the error prone hacks mentioned in this post. Not to men
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by klabb3 2y ago
Subscriptions existed before Apple and trying to put the genie back in the bottle is an entirely separate discussion. The point is about how subscriptions could be better for everyone.
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by klabb3 2y ago
> I can't wrap my head around why people got so comfortable with allowing companies to charge their credit cards whenever they want, how much they want and how long they want You’re not alone. There is a race to the bottom on exploi
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by klabb3 2y ago
> The users don't care. They want to have a mouse experience that just works. I do agree with this and share your pain, even though to me it's never been that bad. But you're right, it's a big blame game between linux
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by klabb3 2y ago
> Have you used MUI before? No, React-specific? Keep in mind Tailwind is not bound to a specific component engine and works fantastic in e.g. Svelte which I'm using. That said, it looks good I guess? But I fail to see what's so
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by klabb3 2y ago
This is so stupid. Going after likeness is doomed to fail against constantly mutating enemies like booming tech companies with infinite resources. And likeness itself isn’t even that big of a deal, and even if you win it’s such a minor case
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by klabb3 2y ago
> And those cryptic class names? They’re as cryptic as ls, cat, pwd. They have well defined semantics, sensible default, and tooling that can warn if your properties are conflicting. In fact, with regular css you need to target elements
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by klabb3 2y ago
Genuinely curious to what makes it miserable. I mostly love my basic Ubuntu setup (and especially compared to the clown show that is modern Windows), and although I’m a software engineer I am neither particularly good at nor have any intere
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by klabb3 2y ago
LLMs do not derive from first principles.
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by klabb3 2y ago
> I can absolutely see scenarios where it would be desirable or convenient to create the these IDs in the application code. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Isn’t the whole (or 99% of the) point of uuids that you can generate them cli
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by klabb3 2y ago
What database support is needed? Assuming Postgres already has the uuid type and that you can (and often should) do the actual generation of them in application code?
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by klabb3 2y ago
> with an enjoyable DX How is the tooling? Usually these paradigm shift ideas fail on interop even if they’re amazing in theory. The ambition level of Unison seems to be absolutely gigantic, so my first thought is that interop with anyth
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by klabb3 2y ago
Can this really be solved without proper insulation? I’m from a cold place with excellent insulation, and everywhere else I’ve been in the world, it subjectively feels like the heat is disappearing half an hour after turning off the heat so
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by klabb3 2y ago
Ah thanks for pointing out. I don't care much for LLMs at all, but my point was simply that whoever has data, and especially personalized data, has an upper hand in making LLMs into better end user product, for those that like them. Th
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by klabb3 2y ago
It seems to me this means whoever has hoarded and declared ownership of the most personal data will make the best products. Kinda like how some people liked their targeted ads because they’re more “relevant”, only now it’s not just ads but
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by klabb3 2y ago
> There are exceptions, for very rich dense UI, for UIs that need to be cross-platform That’s not exceptional at all. That’s completely normal requirements that are probably in the majority. Does Microsoft themselves build their apps thi
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by klabb3 2y ago
> users will continue to abandon other engines when theirs is the only one that supports capabilities That’s why people chose chrome? Citation needed. I’ve very rarely seen websites rely on new browser specific capabilities, except for d
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by klabb3 2y ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Fell Good culture, is in fact, toxic positivity/Feel Good culture, or as I've recently taken to calling it, toxic positivity plus Feel Good culture.

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