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Re:Gemini Just Deleted Another Machine on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:20PM (#50397875)
I use the Claude Code cloud sessions feature which is similar, it creates a cloud VM and runs all the code on that. It's pretty handy since you can just ask for a change to a repo on the mobile app and it can run everything on the VM and make a PR.

Sometimes I just want to work on local files though, and with Claude code there isn't really a good way to sandbox it while also having access to claude-in-chrome.

Re:Size-It-Up (Game) on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:41PM (#50397334)
Maybe all the rounds could also have a human for scale
Re:Gemini Just Deleted Another Machine on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:18PM (#50397002)
I'm curious what people on here use to sandbox their coding agents. They all use so many tool calls it's not really possible to check their commands one by one.

I've been using Docker containers but I'm not sure if that's a foolproof solution.

Re:DoorDash to Acquire Instacart on Thursday October 29, 2026 @11:01AM (#50290221)
I just want to say that the colour contrast on this post is atrocious.

#999999 on a white background is a 2.84:1 contrast ratio, when the minimum requirement for body text is 4.5:1. So this page technically violates the ADA and other accessibility laws.

Re:Show HN: Squishy 3D helpers powered by Three.js on Thursday October 29, 2026 @10:19AM (#50289531)
Maybe render them as an svg or a canvas element? I'm not too familiar with drawing stuff in 2d so I'm not sure, but the character creator could probably be converted to 2D somehow while still having the hairs and shading and stuff. 3D seems like overkill if they're always flat on the screen.
Re:Show HN: Squishy 3D helpers powered by Three.js on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @02:45PM (#50278915)
Looks nice! But I'm always concerned about the performance impact of threejs. Considering they're never really seen in 3d, couldn't this be a CSS perspective transform on a 2d graphic to make them look squishy?
Re:Windows 11½ on Monday September 28, 2026 @02:59PM (#49882800)
What WM/DE do you use? As much as I find Windows annoying sometimes, I haven't found anything for linux that feels as polished.
Re:ChatGPT Knows Who It'll Recommend Before It Searches on Monday August 10, 2026 @02:31PM (#49247745)
The first sentence in the article immediately sounds AI written and also doesn't really make sense.

"I asked ChatGPT for the best AI note taking app. Seven words, no brand names." - The question was seven words? But later on the article says the prompt was "best AI note taking app 2026".

I don't know if there's a name for that AI writing pattern where it says something like "(Number) x, no y." but I see it all the time. It seems similar to https://tropes.fyi/tropes/negative-parallelism

Re:How to Read a Painting on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:00AM (#49007886)
The nonsensical headings and CTAs are so frustrating to read.

"Watch it work once". What what work once?