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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Linux has UX problems isn't quite a correct statement because Linux has many, fully flexible user interfaces that can be customized however you like. It's possible that you are just experiencing friction moving to Linux because yo
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I know this upsets some HN people (for some reason), but all these things are possible with linux. Edit: lol, I got down voted. Do you think these things are not possible on linux?
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I really thought the metaphorical electric fences were going to be more profound than "you can text old friends". You can radically change the world for the better if it weren't for that broken electric fence.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
The main problem was that it exploded
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I was thinking along the lines of, for example, a mobile phone company that controls the worlds most popular open source smart phone operating system. In theory, since they are guiding the development of the mobile OS, they should be the fi
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
"Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead." -- Gummo
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I have a feeling that soon, proprietary software won't be a business moat at all. No mater the complexity of your software, it will be too easy to replicate. That could be a good thing for open source. One way of staying ahead of your
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I found the answer to this question here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-EG3B5Uj78&t=237s "Run Deepseek R1 at Home on Hardware from $250 to $25,000: From Installation to Questions" You can run Deepseek R1 wi
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
That's one way of looking at it. A bit of a cynical view I might add. People are polite to each other for many reasons. If you hold the door and smile at an old lady, it usually isn't because you dont trust her. Service industry i
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
It's common for foreigners to come to America and feel that everyone is extremely polite. Especially eastern bloc countries which tend to be very blunt and direct. I for one think that the politeness in America is one of the cultures b
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I agree with that idea. For more business development areas, AI slop can slow things down. I do think that these kinks will eventually work themselves out and actually increase productivity in these areas. People also need to learn that it
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I would disagree. I would argue that if you aren't seeing gains in your productivity, you're either using the tools incorrectly, or you are in some ultra specific niche area of coding that AI isn't helpful on yet.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I'm talking about 100% net gain in productivity.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
100% productivity gains on coding tasks are absolutely within the realm of possibility
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Awesome. Great info, thanks Is this just a fun project for now, or could I actually benefit from it in terms of software production like I do with tools like claude code? I am interested in carefully tailoring it to specific projects, integ
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
This is awesome. I love emacs and I love integrating AI into my coding work flow. What I really want is to be able to run something like this locally for, say, less than $2000 in computer hardware. Is this feasible now or any time soon. Any
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
A lot of people and companies use local storage and compute instead of the cloud. Cloud data is leaked all the time.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I thought this would be another AI hate article, but it made some great points. One thing that AI has helped me with is finding pesky bugs. I mainly work on numerical simulations. At one point I was stuck for almost a week trying to figure
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Freaking Gen Z. They always want transparent pricing and limitations on corporate greed.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Yeah
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
It's a strange looking pelican just overlaid onto a mechanically illiterate version of a bike and the comments are like "the world isn't ready for this".
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I read their comment as saying that we shouldn't expect every subtask to be fun, but the overall task can still be fun. Do I want to sand wood? Not really. Do I want to grab sand paper from the drawer? No... Do I want to use a saw? A l
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Perhaps. There is also more to life than your job, family, friends, and finding love. There's things like grocery shopping, washing dishes, and going on vacation. That doesn't mean we should settle into occupations we don't l
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I think your story is about a person who wouldn't take their dream job because they want more money and don't want to change.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Really cool idea that I hadn't considered yet. If true, seems like a big plus for open source and not having a few companies controll all the models. If they all converge to the same intelligence, one open source model would make all p
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
"And guess what's the de facto programming language for AI? Yep, that sneaky one." He's referring to Python in general "Not only because the syntax is more human-friendly, but also because the Python interpreter is
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Currently, llms are allowing people to code at level of the overall architecture of the project, while doing most of the smaller details almost automatically. I've adjusted to this new paradigm and will continue to adjust as it changes
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
That's a very dark point of view. Many countries have severely underdeveloped (or overbooked) healthcare systems. A tool that might help people get answers when they otherwise couldn't is a great thing. I know of nowhere where it
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I think what scares people who code for a living the most is the loss of their craft. Many of you have spent years or decades honing the craft of producing clear, fast, beautiful code. Now there is something that can spit out (often) beauti
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I had a friend go through AA. He doesn't do heroin anymore, which is great, but he is pretty big into Jesus now, which is a bit disheartening to see. Better then overdosing for sure.

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