lynx23

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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Still tainted :-) Everything that Google touches is tainted.
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   THats the theory. However, AIUI, you need a machine that only does this single application. Because if you have a user without password, that can be an issue for many other services. SMTP for instance.
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Well, we had a lot of layers in Linux Audio the last 30 years. But when PulseAudio was forced into the world by a c-section, with everyone in the LA community already knowing its a still-birth, I kind of lost trust in coordinated project c
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Thanks for the link! However, I will not touch the Google programming language.
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Related: Does anyone by chance know how to configure an "anonymous" ssh account that always runs the same program? This would be great for making text mode games available to everyone without needing to support different platform
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Postmodern decadence. Funny, yes. But more akin to slaves fighting in an arena. Yes, I know, machines have no feelings (yet), but it still seems excessive.
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   Well, a) is a given, everyone cares about load times, even those that dont have the technical competency to name the phenomenon. And for me, personally, I guess its b and c. I am blind, so I do care about accessibility. However, I am a
8. 248.▲
   by lynx23 2y ago

   So true! Nerds would quote Adams or Gibson.
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   by lynx23 2y ago

   I care. Simple text should stay simple, and should be readable without a 10 mile high abstraction layer. A blog is about text. I despise blog platforms which make JavaScript a requirement (React), which is just a totally silly approach.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    And its not entitled to cliam that "Most people have extra hardware lying around at home". Your story doesn't sound plausible at all.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    When I was younger, I also fell for this. Today, I shudder when I read this. In many cases, execs will abuse the family status to squeeze extra work out of you while you fail to even notice. Stay alert for sentences like "But, we ar
12. 252.▲
    by lynx23 2y ago

    Supersonic is only dead in civil aviation. The military doesn't care about regulations :-)
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    > When it’s pointed out by someone the appropriate response is to change your behavior, not double down and make excuses. Actually, the HN response is to reflexively hit downvote to silence the blind guy, to keep the world of the offende
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Sorry, but 75% bad apples is way too high for me to still be willing to filter out the good ones. My personal self-defense measure is currently to only subscribe to things which I can subscribe to through Apple. A single menu for cancelli
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    I totally agree. However, I feel like this is an ageism :-) Are you 40+ perhaps :-)
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Genuinely interested, is this perhaps a result of the practice of writing prices without VAT? As a european, I always felt this has a fraudulent touch.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Not really surprising. The only time my world was rocked was when I figured out a middle-class high-priced spa my partner and I are regularily visiting since more then 10 years is using hidden divs to hide pr0n-akin SEO on their main page.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    20 years of training is not enough. Neuroscientists say 25. According to my own experience, its more like 30.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    That brings a Python "performance" talk to mind that I was recently listening to on YouTube. The first point the presenter brought up was that he thinks the laptops of developers need to be more modern for Python to not be so slo
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Be My Eyes user here. I disagree with your uninformed opinion. Be My Eyes is more often than not more useful then a human. And I am reporting from personal experience. What experience do you have?
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Are you working in marketing, perhaps?
22. 262.▲
    by lynx23 2y ago

    Very nice read, thanks for sharing!
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    And you're qualified to declare this because? Are we supposed to silently suffer because capitalism says so? Spammers and salespeople are pretty much on the same level as criminals in my book. Heck, whenever someone calls me for some
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Primarily because I Lack trust (safety concerns) and prefer the flexibility of human drivers. Besiides, I think eliminating "simple" jobs like being a driver will result in more social problems. I am blind. General statistics an
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    I will prefer a human driver (for several reasons) for a long time to come. I would even pay more for a a human driver.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    > neither society or government can agree on.. anything really. I believe what you describe is called democracy. The counterpart of which, where everyone "agreees" is totalitarian.
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    I am experimenting with my own tool[1] which is built using asnycio and prompt-toolkit. Made it particularily easy to define function_tools via a decorator which can automagically transform async defs into pydantic models. [1] https:&#x2F
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    I can relate to this, however, I come from a very different angle. I was born visually impaired, and went blind at the age of 7. If I were to name the single most important thing that was holding me back, then it was the protectiveness of
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    Yay, Neighborhood Watch! Wannabie police harrassing citizens, thats just what we all need!
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    by lynx23 2y ago

    This is why I am very sceptical about UBI.