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by runjake 1y ago
You know an argument is going to be strong when it starts off by citing a Teen Vogue article and uses phrases like: "[AI] is at its core a fascist technology rooted in the ideology of supremacy" and "The people who build i
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by runjake 1y ago
No, the opposite. AI has increased my interest in programming, because it's made me far more productive and it's quicker to learn new things. I am more creative than ever because I have new avenues.
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by runjake 1y ago
X really sucks in it's current state, but it's where the things I'm interested in happen or are discussed first (eg AI state of the art, bootstrappers). There's a bunch of tech people I follow who aren't on BlueSky,
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by runjake 1y ago
This is a dumb name that will limit your user base.
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by runjake 1y ago
The US military has been using tech like this for years. Some public, some not. The stuff not public is supposedly pretty good (bits and pieces of info have slipped in various publications). If you’re interested in this stuff, check out Lum
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by runjake 1y ago
https://archive.is/YG1wJ
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The All-Female Hacker House Trying to Break AI's Glass Ceiling(nytimes.com)
2 points by runjake 1y ago|1 comments
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by runjake 1y ago
This article is from June 26th. The real news is that Omarchy 2.0 has just been released, as well as an Omarchy distribution ISO based on Arch. Installation is fairly quick (~5 minutes on a fresh machine), given you have bandwidth. https:&
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by runjake 1y ago
An option if you don't want to deal with dual boot: buy something like a Bee-link SER8 for $499 and use that for Linux. It's tiny and performs well. Use a KVM or swap cables between computers. (I only game on the weekends so I jus
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by runjake 1y ago
Yes. This is where I was going. Thank you.
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by runjake 1y ago
> It definitely sounds like you're trying to excuse the labor exploitation of multinational corporations. That was not my intent. I probably worded my thoughts poorly. Indeed, though I am far more advantaged than those data labore
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by runjake 1y ago
> These workers are often exploited and treated as expendable. So, common ground with a lot of Hacker News audience? Don't take me too seriously here, and not to excuse anything but what would these people be doing if they weren&#
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by runjake 1y ago
Yep, these were my points, too. To think, back in the 70s/80s before Minix and Linux, many of us had to do illegal things to even get access to computers running UNIX. The entry barrier was high and risky, and so was the desire to lear
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by runjake 1y ago
It's just my experience, but it seems like nearly all younger people (<= 20s) don't want to deep dive on stuff like Linux or TCP/IP, they want to know enough to be effective (dangerous?) and move onto chasing basic compete
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by runjake 1y ago
I read the full article and it wasn’t about the architecture, so Apple Silicon doesn’t change it. Their rant still applies, although I think much of it is out of their own ignorance.
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by runjake 1y ago
Because some of us want that minimalism and a good “power user” default setup to tweak from there. I spent all of the 90s learning Linux deeply and custom tweaking everything and trying everything posted to freshmeat.net. I bootstrapped my
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by runjake 1y ago
I don't think it will end as a job. I think it will evolve significantly and require great adaptation skills. I think it will heavily involve AI and newer concepts like smart contracts. I think being able to articulate in English will
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by runjake 1y ago
Every language has its flaws. I respect Go for staying relatively simple. And it has decent concurrency (for my needs). These days, it seems like languages keep chasing paradigms and over adapt to moving targets. Look at what Rust and Swift
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by runjake 1y ago
I've bought two counterfeit drives on Amazon -- one in 2024, and one in 2025. One sold by Amazon. Another I thought I was buying from Amazon directly but came from a seller. They looked completely, COMPLETELY legit. Enough that I ini
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by runjake 1y ago
In the US, the feds pay close attention to businesses like car washes, coffee stands, and taco trucks because these are often used for laundering. There was a period where it seemed like they were doing some data crunching of IRS data and t
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by runjake 1y ago
Not the OP, but I tend to always wipe my previous git history before a public release, and start fresh. Too many embarrassing or stupid mistakes (I'm usually learning some new environment as I go). Your point stands, though, and I agre
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by runjake 1y ago
They're easy to find. Perhaps your use of my entire career is a tell? You find these people doing non-work/non-tech activities. Activities clubs are beneficial for this. But surprisingly, attending my kids' school sports ev
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by runjake 1y ago
Your best bet is to buy a good regular (smart) TV and then never connect it to the Internet. The commercial digital signage displays are very expensive and not as good for normal home use cases. There's some comments in this thread abo
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by runjake 1y ago
Most of all that is subjective and is going to vary person to person, which is why it’s dispersed everywhere. But something like a pcpartpicker.com but for OS setups would be cool.
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by runjake 1y ago
I'll often leave my phone at home if I'm going somewhere with my wife and kids. If they're with me, they have their phones and I'll instantly know if something happens to them, so no need to carry my phone. It's bas
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by runjake 1y ago
The topic at hand was non-existential threats, so my comment was oriented toward that. But, I think my comment stands with regard to existential threats, as well, but at scale (so, education and social movements are key). Resilience and
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by runjake 1y ago
Which "systemic problems" are you referring to?
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by runjake 1y ago
I think you posted the answer to your own question. They don't appear to be a company. They are an open source project. They request donations. > We are simply a group of developers and designers who care about your experience on t
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by runjake 1y ago
> Mozilla should take this team, absorb it, and use it to help navigate the future of their flagship browser for end users. No. Mozilla's leadership would ruin it, too. Firefox by itself is great technology. That's not the pr
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by runjake 1y ago
Instead of "$x is destroying us", I wish we would focus more on personal resilience, introspection, coping skills, and ingenuity. No matter how many $x's you conquer, there's always another $x around the corner.

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