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I’m on year 6 of my SWE job being replaced in 6 months. I’m also waiting on a Tesla roadster.
Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @02:44PM (#50263860)
The "notch" seems to be gone based on the product pictures. Time to upgrade from my ~2014 model MBP.
Re:JetBrains Thinkrail on Monday October 26, 2026 @03:59PM (#50250047)
README seems to be where $AGENT dumps some kind of context for itself. I've come to peace with that and instead create a Github page for user level shit.
Re:Type Server Protocol on Monday October 26, 2026 @03:44PM (#50249832)
I blame Perl 6
Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed on Friday October 23, 2026 @03:51PM (#50214423)
What are you using for testing vulnerabilities in your own code?

Claude gates on me like a stupid nanny with some cybersecurity bullshit (like bad actors haven't found a way around).

> Earlier this year, we worked with Alpha-Omega to scan PHP with Anthropic's Claude Mythos

Any info on whether Mythos missed this?

Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:46PM (#50169146)
I saw the best minds of my generation consumed by Adtech, starving hysterical naked
Re:Wine Ported to OpenBSD on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:05PM (#50154087)
I think that's a cultural thing in *BSD.
> code execution across seven Google domains

What a bargain

Curious if there are counter measures for devices like Stingrays or IMSI catchers
Re:A Modern Web App in C on Monday October 12, 2026 @01:30PM (#50059789)
I worked on a FORTRAN 77 CGI application in the early 00s. I think the host was Apache httpd, on some old HPUX version.
Re:Why do tech CEOs sound like doomsday cult leaders? on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @05:53PM (#49984658)
They're both typically narcissists.
Re:Why Common Lisp Is Now the Best Programming Language on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @10:50AM (#49979371)
My experience is that LLMs do fine with macros
Re:Why Common Lisp Is Now the Best Programming Language on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @10:36AM (#49979181)
> You can't just combine the state of an old program with new code

It works fine and was designed for this use case.

Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026 on Thursday October 01, 2026 @11:41AM (#49923177)
What's the orphan rule?
We're all kinda tired at this point.
SpaceX is a master lesson in over promising and under delivering
I'm sure they'll be bailed out by the federal administration using your money.
Re:Allow Carriers on Planes on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:34AM (#49846047)
> There is a deeper issue, in a crash,

you'll be dead so it won't matter much.

Thin skins over at there at X
Re:Claude Is a Contrarian on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:03PM (#49700274)
> I can tell it in my CLAUDE.md: “Don’t contradict sentences”.

I think this is a PEBKAC problem in understanding what the tool they're using is. Not helped by LLM company marketing of course.

Re:Uber is laying off 10% of staff on Friday September 04, 2026 @12:11PM (#49566615)
Yes, they're rather in-your-face about it, aren't they.
Re:Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:43PM (#49525263)
Why must UI/UX be a fashion. I knew this skeuomorphic shit would return eventually.
Re:What's New in Emacs 31.1? on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:26AM (#49429058)
Anyone know if Zaretskii resigned over the portable dumper?
Re:Clamiga: Common Lisp for the Amiga on Sunday August 16, 2026 @05:20PM (#49323790)
I like how the heap limits on this Amiga lisp are still more than what the personal version of lispworks offers.
Re:Loveyourclanker.org - Patterns of Agent Interaction on Sunday August 16, 2026 @01:32PM (#49321952)
Is this based on any research/science?
Re:Squeak/Smalltalk 6.1 Release Notes on Monday August 10, 2026 @12:04PM (#49245522)
Which Lisps were those? I'm kinda interested in this space.
Can't speak for the other's but Siri asks me if I wanna use ChatGPT when the questions get hard
Re:Golang proposal: container/: generic collection types on Saturday August 01, 2026 @01:59AM (#49131488)
This used to be the popular take not long ago. Now it's grayed out and unpopular.

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