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by nxc18 1mo ago
> help. It could explain concepts in a way that might help you understand better People say that all the time, but does anyone really think a lack of good explanations for things is a limiting factor in 2026? Or even 2010?
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Things were painful in the Intel era but I’m on M1 Mac and I’d have a really hard time justifying a request for an upgrade. I absolutely detested my old Intel MacBook (touchbar era) and couldn’t wait to get rid of it. I run bloated slow ele
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by nxc18 1mo ago
WRT to Oreo Coke, the best description is Vanilla Coke with a dark chocolate flavor, but somehow not like the chocolate a European might imagine. I found out recently that Oreo is in fact made with real cocoa; I find this surprising and sti
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Author is way off base. Might as well tell me to stop breathing air, except they stopped selling air 6 years ago and I’ve been gasping ever since. Chromatica Oreos were absolutely wonderful (as far as mass produced garbage that is unfit for
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by nxc18 1mo ago
My experience with whisper for example is that it tends to generate plausible-in-context content when there are long gaps or silence. I don’t think the errors as described are likely to be catchable by LLM without a lot of false positives;
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Came here to say the same thing. I feel like I’ve done my homework on CSS grid and CSS flex but no matter how much I use it, it will likely never become intuitive. Autolayout was love at first sight, and continued being a joy to use as long
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Another view of it is that’s just a creative use of the medium. An interactive button doesn’t serve any purpose in the screenshot, so why not find a better use for that space. When I’m in Safari, taking a screenshot can turn into a totally
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Is it a “bad reason”? Millions of people chose to use Snapchat specifically because of how it handles screenshots. It is a feature even if you don’t like it. Many people would find it inconvenient to find another device to take a picture wi
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Locks can be picked. We still make and use locks.
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by nxc18 1mo ago
The quality and performance of GitHub enterprise has degraded horribly this year. Their problems are self-inflicted and influx is just an excuse. Despite minimal new features, and drastically increasing hardware resources to keep up, self-h
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Thanks, ChatGPT.
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by nxc18 1mo ago
Why not just use VS Code which cursor (and antigravity and the one Amazon is pushing) is a fork of? It will be much closer in functionality and has been loaded up with agent features nonstop for the last 18 months.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Many good points, and I largely agree. But for developers and designers working on user-facing software: I recommend keeping at least one poor to profoundly shitty monitor in your setup. Both resolution and color rendering accuracy matter h
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by nxc18 2mo ago
I agree that some aspects of the design are disagreeable, but it was an instant buy for me anyway. I loved the idea of mechanical keyboards and tactile feel; etc etc. But I type faster on Magic Keyboard. Being able to have both is potential
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Agree. Too bad it is impossible to have a sustainable, responsible business. Everything has to be to the moon, not to a sustainable future.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Yeah apparently Zed was engineered for speed but I find it very slow in general, especially on startup. VS Code can slow down as you add functionality, but Zed often just doesn’t have that functionality at all. So the proper comparison is “
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by nxc18 2mo ago
They also have access to the cameras on buses and trains, typically. Public spaces are public spaces.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Fair enough, although I think they _could_ focus on fundamentals and try to be better than Linux on the merits, which could pair well with a thoughtful desktop environment and strong software ecosystem. They of course won’t do this. The pre
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by nxc18 2mo ago
> Indeed, LLM code is now often better than human code lol. Find better humans.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Rightfully so, I think. I’m on a mixed team - Mac, Windows, Linux targeting web; the issues the Windows users have just getting the computer to work are astonishing. I don’t think it is the corporate spyware because my Mac also has corporat
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by nxc18 2mo ago
The losses are being spread equitably to anyone who has wanted to buy computing equipment over the last few years. Similarly anyone who wants to buy electricity in a region impacted by data center build outs.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Zed publishes usage metrics for AI and they are trending down: https://zed.dev/agent-metrics
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by nxc18 2mo ago
I find it’s incredibly rude to subject coworkers or members of the public to reading vibe slop. I don’t mind it under either of two conditions: 1. The slop is used as a starting point only - then thoroughly reviewed and edited to meet a hum
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by nxc18 2mo ago
I used Polycam. I’m not sure if it’s 100% accurate down to the inch - probably not but it was quite close. They have a floor plan editor now but I haven’t tried it. As for planning the new space, I sketched it out - I might have used their
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by nxc18 2mo ago
I used Polycam. It was very easy to use, but imperfect. But it got the job done very quickly. It can generate a mesh, or convert the scan into a floor plan or idealized 3d model. I was able to capture the mesh and save to my iPhone. I think
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by nxc18 2mo ago
It seems like everything here can also be done with any iPhone using ARKit. Obviously the headset is better, but not $3500 better than just looking through your phone. Just thought I’d raise this since it weirdly isn’t mentioned in the arti
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by nxc18 2mo ago
It’s weird how few people understand that just being courteous/polite eases most encounters considerably. Absolutely astonishing seeing people try the “I’m going to be as annoying as humanly possible” to the guy with the gun with the “
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by nxc18 2mo ago
I want to agree with this, but I’ve watched the PM discipline, in concert with the even more dastardly MBAs, ruin everything I hold dear.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
Writing is thinking.
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by nxc18 2mo ago
When I take notes when typing, I can transcribe the content word-for-word without knowing what I am hearing and without thinking about it. When I hand write, I am generally forced to either slow down and repeat what I am listening/watc

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