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Maybe try something more semantically meaningful? "Soviet realism" looks pretty good (no seals):

https://lastmuseum.com/search?q=soviet+realism

"Access" is the main point, not the sole point.
Re:I Switched to Brave Browser on Monday September 28, 2026 @09:12PM (#49886757)
WebKit-based is probably the next best alternative. I switched to Orion from Brave and have _mostly_ been pleased with it. (I do miss the Chrome DevTools but eventually I'll get used to these.)

https://orionbrowser.com/

For me, his best work was Muppet Treasure Island. I'm glad I watched this BTS video with him: I had no idea he had a stroke in 2012 and hasn't acted since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzU8f4HaQw0

Re:Claude: System Prompts on Sunday August 16, 2026 @06:25PM (#49324379)
I suspect it's related to EU-required watermarking:

> Having said that, in areas where there is an arbitrary choice between particular words or terms within the code, the watermark can be used, such as comments within code. But by definition, it will have a negligible effect on the actual code produced. [1]

I've found that you can reduce the prolixity before (or afterwards) by asking it to use ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English or ISO 24495-1 after deciding whether a particular comment is worthwhile. (I've since included a standard for "worthwhile" because the clanker doesn't have a good bead on _that_ matter.)

[1] https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark

Re:Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with? on Friday August 14, 2026 @05:17PM (#49304716)
You could create an output style to make this prevalent.
Re:Should you wash your solar panels? on Monday July 27, 2026 @04:11PM (#49074952)
Dust can reduce capacity by 40% in the desert.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40807-017-0043-y

Re:Agnes Callard’s theory of the uni-context on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @02:58AM (#48917192)
I wish philosophers—everyone, really—would provide a definition of their neologisms. I'd prefer a succinct, Aristotlian one but I'll settle for anything approximating it.

This is probably the best source, but it's completely unavailable online:

https://www.reed.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26even...

The guy who called the Federal Reserve the "penny in the fuse box" of the economy was not an "Ayn Rand disciple" by the time he took the chairmanship. Power as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Ford really transformed him and I think severed the tenuous hold he had on her principles.
I didn't see that anyone had done it (and I think the commentary has died down entirely) but here's an Artifact that extracts Ries' responses plus the original question into a table:

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/0f204165-e363-4553-a4ce-4...

Re:The AirPods Effect on Sunday June 21, 2026 @02:01PM (#48621045)
100% this. People used to read newspapers and books on mas transit and Walkmans have been with us since the early 80s.

I think it comes down to people not _wanting_ to interact with anyone outside of their circle. I pull out my earbuds _constantly_ when I'm out in order to greet people, interact with retail staff, and hear things around me.

Re:From Chesterton's fence to Chesterton's gap on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:36AM (#48587035)
It's normally been called a "white elephant" but this framing is a perfect completion to Torvalds' previously-two-part troika.

Thank you for sharing it!

I thought this seemed significant at the time: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/pull/1983
Re:Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services on Saturday May 30, 2026 @12:37PM (#48338103)
And it blames the sidelining of more than half of LA's fire trucks at production delays for new fire trucks? Well, I say "blames" generously—what it really does is "insinuates" since it never connects the consolidation back to the original charge.

Moreover, one company having control of 44% of the market would suggest that there might still be other options available.

What trash.

Re:Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife on Thursday May 28, 2026 @01:15PM (#48312194)
Everyone talking about "biff" should be aware that it's actually "bttf" like "back to the future"
There was an effort to disinvite him as soon as it was announced that he was the speaker.[1] And then when that failed, activists passed out flyers encouraging students to boo Schmidt during his speech.[2] This all took place before he set foot on campus because of alleged sexual harassment.

This wasn't about what everyone wants it to be about.

[1] https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/article_078e...

[2] https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/article_ab7e...

Have you met shovelglove?

https://shovelglove.com

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:23AM (#47918324)
I've told everyone I hire that "I hired you for your mind so always use it." Push back on requirements, question my decisions, think about your approaches.

I can''t imagine telling them now to stop—use the Ersatz Intelligence instead of Actual Intelligence.

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:18AM (#47918297)
I use it both ways:

1) Day job 2) Side project

It would be unprofessional to treat the first like the second.

Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:15AM (#47918284)
AI is Augmenting (Actual) Intelligence.
Yes, underthinking is rampant. Glancing at "AI" output is not reviewing code: you have to grok it (in the Heinlein sense) in order to treat it as your own.
One thing that I _love_ with the browser is this extension:

https://github.com/timkuijsten/BoundedBikeshed

It lets me see the top-level comments with some indication of the thread depth. Totally changed my post scanning.

Check out Wonderfalls, his first series.
And Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, two of my favorite shows ever.
If you like Lee Pace, watch Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies.
Dig up Wonderfalls, his first series, and Pushing Daisies. They form the Lee Pace Triumvirate (with Halt and Catch Fire) as far as I'm concerned.
It's terrific. Just rewatched it for a third time.
Also, if you loved Patriot, the creator has two podcasts stemming from it:

https://www.lgclaret.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-techniques-in-mode...

(And he's also done two bands: The Jones Sisters and Hoist the King.)

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