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You don’t need to solve the problems of capitalism to call bullshit bullshit. Saying “companies maximize profits” doesn’t magically make the behavior acceptable and when Apple does this, it’s not just “the market at work,” it’s the use of market power.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts on Monday June 02, 2025 @07:11PM (#44164309)
> Do you like fine Japanese woodworking? All hand tools and sashimono joinery? Me too. Do it on your own time.

Ughh. That "own time." Spoken like a true middle manager who thinks passion is a liability.

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts on Monday June 02, 2025 @06:52PM (#44164127)
This is how I work:

I use Cursor by asking it exactly what I want and how I want it. By default, Cursor has access to the files I open, and it can reference other files using grep or by running specific commands. It can edit files.

It performs well in a fairly large codebase, mainly because I don’t let it write everything. I carefully designed the architecture and chose the patterns I wanted to follow. I also wrote a significant portion of the initial codebase myself and created detailed style guides for my teammates.

As a result, Cursor (or you can say models you selecting because cursor is just a router for commercial models) handles small, focused tasks quite well. I also review every piece of code it generates. It's particularly good at writing tests, which saves me time.

Re:IRC Is the Only Viable Chat Protocol on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:41AM (#36919240)
Tell me what happened your freenode?

Discord is IRC's next evolution. Next generation chat. Good voice, excellent interactivity.

It has problems (bugs & weak beta phases) but after nearly 20 years of irc, i stopped my bnc (currently znc) instance last week. ~20 years of irc, countless bots, tons of good memories.

it is time to say goodbye for now.

Re:Ask HN: Whats a Build vs. Buy decision that you got wrong? on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @04:03PM (#34165921)
Some parts of my old project at work:

1- WebSocket Server / Service (Poorly designed, barely alive)

It was fine until it was not. It seems managing a lot of connections are harder than our team thinks it is. I still don't get it why we dedicated a couple of people to this for very long time. We should have used one of the existing services like pusher or signalr etc.

2 - Mobile Push Notifications Service only for our usage.

To be honest this was working fine but they designed it like to be one of competitors. Was not worth the effort.

Re:No to Chrome on Friday December 06, 2019 @10:33AM (#21722632)
That claims about Youtube. Especially "YouTube has contributed to a growth of the flat earth conspiracies at the expense of scientific fact."

Do you understand how algorithm or statistics works?

They are giving people what they want. Freedom. People is watching that videos and made them more popular. They are free to share their thoughts.

Even google can't predict all the negativeness and prevent them with computer systems. Expecting being a god from google is unfair.

I think this is hate for google more than arguments against google.

I dislike chrome and using Firefox for a long time. But i don't think this is objective and completely true.

Re:16-inch MacBook Pro on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:32PM (#21527626)
Pro as in Professional End User.
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:35AM (#21407307)
they can't even prevent fake bank twitter accounts and their pnishing ads.

Or they don't want?

Re:BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror on Thursday October 24, 2019 @10:18AM (#21344893)
I am annoyed by the clickbait title. it is like calling knife as murder weapon.
Re:China's New Cybersecurity Program: No Place to Hide on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:11PM (#21249812)
China strikes back huh.

This is big issue no matter how you look at it.

Maybe "no trade secrets" is a bit exaggeration.

Re:Ask HN: Are you ok? on Thursday September 12, 2019 @12:34PM (#20953457)
no
Re:There is no evil like reCAPTCHA on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:51AM (#20626268)
So bots can request billing and finance services and take it down ?
Re:How to Build Minesweeper with JavaScript on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:51AM (#20525851)
Well. it is good tutorial but there is a little problem.

In minesweeper mines should be generated after first open. You can't hit mine at first click it must empty or number.

Re:The Baseline Costs of JavaScript Frameworks on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:43PM (#18555488)
you are right. Css media queries are for viewport's resolution and some simple "media" types. Device type determination requires calculations on string (user agent). you cannot determine what devices are with css only. But a backend can. You can divide your app and serve seperate designs by user agent etc.
i get it. They reserved ".dev" domains but as well as ".app" ?

Meh.

Re:iMac Pro on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:48AM (#15383778)
More like two laptop fans combined.
Re:iMac Pro on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:41AM (#15383715)
so Editing PC gave him trouble ?

Why i am the only one around using PC with zero problems and much much better than any apple product?

Yeah throw away all aesthetics. All the fun. Remove anything doesn't add.

And I think this is a non-healty way of thinking and should be cured.

Re:How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:19PM (#14849721)
i am not recommending reinstall the OS. its so 90s. He/She said slow boot and freeze with "fresh factory install". Clearly having some issues.

I am also a technician and installed win10 more than i can count. Yes Old & Slow and New Budget-friendly machines are problematic with windows 10. Thats mainly because hardware. Because its new OS and getting better hardware is a must. You cant complain about a calculator can not run win10 properly. OF course 5200 rpm hdd and celeron cpu fails.

win10 is confusing? Yes. Sometimes goes hard on user? Yes. Annoying with their "windows store"? Oh very yes.

Slow and Freezing constantly? No. Proper UEFI setups works like a charm with proper machines.

Usable? yes it is.

Re:How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @06:59AM (#14846731)
That was an anectodal evidence at first place.
Re:How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @06:49AM (#14846686)
Windows 10 is usable in every aspect.

Boot speed is pretty good and doesnt freeze like that.

Check your hardware if that is a fresh factory install. You are doing something wrong.

They are not common problems. They are yours.

He is doing efficient work. It is so much efficient than working by hand.

Why automation will be owned by his employer ? Just why ?

Re:Databases have failed the web on Thursday April 06, 2017 @12:04PM (#14051792)
Interesting.

Should humans interact each other over HTTP or REST too ?

Re:Reasons not to use Uber on Saturday November 12, 2016 @07:07AM (#12937528)
And the workers of that non-profit organisations will work for free or use taxes for that ?
Re:Reasons not to use Uber on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:50AM (#12937498)
And that is a bad thing ?
What is not good ? What is the point ?
Re:Clipboard.js: Modern Copy to Clipboard on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @04:36AM (#10302538)
Browsers support clipboard events for a long time. Except safari. Because Safari, we have to use that "flash & bloated frameworks".

Because "the people using safari" is still a thing (i dont know why)

Re:Deleting your browser history could land you in prison on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:02AM (#10033442)
Whats next ? Accessing internet will make you potential terrorist ?