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I'll just keep using Affinity.
Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:41PM (#47684857)
Why not just use Flutter with Rust, via the flutter_rust_bridge (https://cjycode.com/flutter_rust_bridge/quickstart)? Seems like a reasonable combo to me.
Re:Daemon (2006) on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @07:05PM (#47255768)
Daemon is one of my favorite books. Michael Crichton's Prey with robot swarms is cool too.
Re:Show HN: I made a 2D game engine in Dart on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @05:54AM (#44441810)
I haven't used Flame engine, but I know it already exists as a way to make games in Dart. So, if someone like me is curious about making a game in Dart, it would be nice to know the pros/cons of using this versus using Flame. Maybe remaking Flame's Klondike tutorial, or one of the others, using Bullseye to help show the distinct advantages that this engine brings over other solutions? It's not very obvious to me when this would be the right choice for me over Flame.

Nevertheless, it's cool to see something new come to the scene for game dev in Dart. Thanks for making this!

I guess it's neat conceptually, but what's the point? AI slop is a large enough problem as-is, and this just perpetuates it further. Also, as someone who loves books, I have strong negative feelings against this tool. It feels like a money grab.
Re:Gemini beats everyone on new OCR benchmark on Friday February 14, 2025 @05:04AM (#43046789)
The paper says, "GPT-4o achieves the highest overall accuracy, while Gemini-1.5 Pro demonstrates the lowest word error rate." Saying Gemini "beats everyone" in this benchmark is misleading.