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by zamalek 8mo ago
It's actually better suited IMO, being a compiled language. I'm not sure how anyone could consider the current train wreck of getting python code just to run "actual applications." uv is great and all, but many of these
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by zamalek 8mo ago
That's not exactly it. Light gets redshifted instead of slowing down, because light will be measured to be the same speed in all frames of reference. So even though we can't actually observe it yet, light traveling towards us stil
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by zamalek 8mo ago
> Cross-vendor GPU support: A single codebase runs on AMD, NVIDIA, and CPU via KernelAbstractions.jl This is why I wish Julia were the language for ML and sci comp in general, but Python is sucking all of the air out of the room.
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by zamalek 8mo ago
I'm not questioning your experience, but how "enterprise" is that experience? Gitflow was no small part of my convincing my company to move off TFVC. I doubt they still use, but it was shallow waters for scared folk. I strong
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Yup, there would have been much less Git buy-in if it weren't for git flow; people grow incredibly attached to their beloved taxonomies.
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by zamalek 8mo ago
I think we're fine: https://youtube.com/shorts/3fYiLXVfPa4?si=0y3cgdMHO2L5FgXW Claude invented something completely nonsensical: > This is a classic upside-down cup trick! The cup is designed to be flipped — yo
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by zamalek 8mo ago
> being left behind (“I still can’t bring myself to vibe code. I have to at least skim every diff. Meanwhile this guy is joining OpenAI”). I don't believe skimming diffs counts as being left behind. Survivor bias etc. Furthermore, p
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Intel very recently seems to be making progress thanks to what the previous CEO kicked off. People are comparing Panther Lake to M1 (but we'll see when it is in reviewers' hands).
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Yup, but "normies" do need menus or at least some way to do things that has some degree of visual affordance (e.g. a persistent cmd/ctrl+p, which I think Office has/had).
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Yes, which is why people complain about MacOS vs Windows. People wouldn't complain about the lack of quasi-tiling in MacOS if they didn't care about it (which is the gist of your gp comment). The only reason they have experienced
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Next Apple will be utilizing 12-finger and faceroll getures.
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by zamalek 8mo ago
Tilings are no better or no worse than floating. There are many users who would benefit from them (people who typically keep all their windows maximized), but have had literally zero exposure two them due to MacOS and Windows. Complaints ab
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by zamalek 8mo ago
I think it's a bot attempting to LARP as a human.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
If you want something relatively uninteresting: Fedora or Debian (honestly, stable is fine). If you want something extremely reliable, more modern, but may require some learning to tweak: Silverblue or Kinoite.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
> Ubuntu LTS This is why I try to encourage new Linux users away from Ubuntu: it's a laggard with, often important, functionality. It is now an enterprise OS (where durability is more important than functionality), it's not rea
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by zamalek 9mo ago
The problem with plain text access (on hardware devices) is that it allows cloning. That is more hostile to users, but it is a stronger security posture. You're supposed to have a backup device somewhere secure, but of course there are
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by zamalek 9mo ago
It's also seemingly automatically installed with Windows.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
I got an 80y/o a System76, for basic tasks. Knowledge transfer from Windows was relatively quick, a week at most (she was willing, which is not always the case). Maybe we'll see Linux support call scamming, but that's not the
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by zamalek 9mo ago
> the open source ones just aren't up to scratch. Yeah OnShape has been a godsend, and keeping it free for open designs is one of the better ethical stances to take. KiCad on the other hand is incredible (LibrePCB is shaping up real
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by zamalek 9mo ago
Linux is the objectively best choice for a significant number of use-cases at the moment (not all of them). Using Linux and communicating that doesn't necessarily make you a "Linux guy." Obviously, using Linux when a better s
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by zamalek 9mo ago
> I think saying "I'm a _______ guy" Most comments are interpreting this as purely tech. It's worth mentioning that this applies to basically everything: the only things that are worth gifting your loyalty to are liv
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by zamalek 9mo ago
This is OSINT (open-source intelligence) and isn't spying by any technical standard because it's speech in a public venue, there isn't a way to raise hell like with e.g. Snowden. Spying would be going into their DMs without a
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by zamalek 9mo ago
This article isn't really about losing a job. Coding is a passion for some of us. It's similar to artists and diffusion, the only difference being that many people can appreciate human art - but who (outside of us) cares that a hu
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by zamalek 9mo ago
Agree, but to an even further degree. At one point there were issues with LLMs regurgitating licensed code verbatim. I have no doubt that Claude could parrot a large portion of GCC given correct prompting. Being able to memorize the various
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by zamalek 9mo ago
Yeah, in an ideal world we'd have "save hooks" but that would probably be much too computationally expensive in some cases.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
Of course, the language lets you decide. I think this anti feature is actually a feature.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
The main issue I've seen is it writing passing tests, the code being correct is a big (and often incorrect) assumption.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
Couldn't agree more! I have been purchasing on steam due to the lack of a native client, especially save game syncing. As a bonus, as a greenfields project, maybe we'll see less cruft than the native Steam client.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
I really hope it's a massive success.
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by zamalek 9mo ago
> We do not make this decision lightly, but we will not remain silent. While I fully support this, this irony is a little amusing. By closing they are actually staying silent for a single day.

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