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by latexr 7mo ago
> a project isn’t dying because of no commits. Rather it’s stable Agreed. Assuming there are no open issues and PRs. When I find a project, if the date of the last commit is old, I next look at the issues and PRs. If there are simple-to-
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by latexr 7mo ago
> built from 33 years of plant‑floor experience. (…) Built with a zero‑compromise, no‑shortcuts philosophy And then the sole committer is Claude, and even the logo is gen AI.
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The Devil's Dictionary of Vibe Coding(gist.github.com)
4 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
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by latexr 7mo ago
Another one is: > Colin is pretty OK for an ex-finance dude Making it look like the author disapproves of finance dudes but finds Colin tolerable yet still within the expected parameters of badness.
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by latexr 7mo ago
Cows are mammals. They produce milk for their young for a period after giving birth then stop, just like a human woman. Which means that for us to take their milk we have to keep them constantly pregnant. Ask a woman (or think about it if y
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by latexr 7mo ago
You might enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEHuNrC8yU
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by latexr 7mo ago
> It's not a joke if you repeat it 100 times. A joke does not stop being a joke because of how often it’s repeated. You may no longer find it funny, but it’s still a joke. More importantly, it’s still satire, and The Onion is a sati
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by latexr 7mo ago
> You can have a message and point of view, but don't put activism over comedy. As Jon Stewart put it in the Crossfire interview where they asked him “which candidate do you supposed would provide you better material if he won?” bec
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The Hacker News Tarpit(joanwestenberg.com)
47 points by latexr 7mo ago|4 comments
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Content is graded on both instant appeal (e.g. rotten tomatoes "popcornmeter") and artistic appeal (e.g. rotten tomatoes "tomatometer"). I understand the distinction, but I don’t find the examples compelling. The di
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Altman is an advocate of Universal Basic Income So he says. And the way he proposed reaching that was with a scam cryptocurrency under his control which has rightfully been banned in several countries. https://www.buzzfeedne
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by latexr 7mo ago
> One of the things I've loved most about HN is that it was real — grounded in observability, empirical evidence, not bias or feelings. That has never been the case, because HN is frequented by humans and humans are biased. Someone
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Notes from Setting Up New Apple Devices(mjtsai.com)
2 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
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The browser extension API setUninstallURL violates user privacy(lapcatsoftware.com)
3 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
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NY Times publishes headline claiming the "A" in "NATO" stands for "American"(xcancel.com)
32 points by latexr 7mo ago|20 comments
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by latexr 7mo ago
The (crucial) arrow keys don’t seem to work in Safari.
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by latexr 7mo ago
> the universe is written in LISP Ostensibly. Honestly most of it was hacked together with Perl. https://xkcd.com/224/
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Compare these two sentences: > > It's a mutual longing for the solidity, beauty, and intentionality of an analog past. > and > > We both live in a constant state of melancholia and yearning for the past. > The fi
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by latexr 7mo ago
> The problem arrises when Bob encounters a problem too complex or unique for agents to solve. Or even sooner, when Bob’s internet connection is down, or he ran out of tokens, or has been banned from his favourite service, or the service
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by latexr 7mo ago
In case someone is missing context, this is Google (apparently together with Meta, Microsoft, and Snap) coming out in favour of Chat Control legislation. This is something EU citizens have so far fought tooth and nail to repel. The fact t
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by latexr 7mo ago
What’s that got to do with anything? Having a monopoly isn’t the only reason to be regulated.
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by latexr 7mo ago
> You make it sound like wishing harm or wishing wellness are activities while not wishing anything is just the default passive state. Not what I said. > To me the default posture is not indifference, but wishing wellness. Same here.
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by latexr 7mo ago
Fascinating. Looks like you’re right. However, disease and other stressors can disrupt that equilibrium. https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2020/bat-super-immun... Which means bats are the Mr Burns of th
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by latexr 7mo ago
> people you don't want to associate with That’s an oversimplification of what your parent comment said, which was someone who has betrayed your trust . > It would be interesting if you didn't Why? What’s interesting about
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by latexr 7mo ago
The lesson is that the general definition of success is warped. Say instead, for example, “the most profitable businesses are the most harmful to society”. One word change. Decouple “success” from being rich.
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by latexr 7mo ago
> People often shave off the tail of well-known expressions Though typically not in writing, that’s more of a speech thing.
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by latexr 7mo ago
Agreed, I like that better. It even has the correlation with family names being at the end.
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Why is it garbage? You misunderstood. I’m not criticising this specific software, I’m criticising the attitude suggested by the parent comment. It was a general commentary, it has nothing to do with this particular app, which I have
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by latexr 7mo ago
https://xkcd.com/570/
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by latexr 7mo ago
> I work with senior citizens and tried to explain how to parse the domain in the URL by looking for the first forward "/" after the "https://" and then scan backwards but they find that mental algorith

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