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Re:AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @10:44AM (#49802174)
> correctness, verified through tests

lol

Re:Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive? on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:30PM (#49029906)
NixOS which is a curse because now I weep each time I have to use a distro that is not declarative.
Ireland, in contrast to Northern Ireland, is not part of the UK.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:48PM (#47006900)
Makes sense, all the best!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:37PM (#46996858)
Look very cool! Can I self-host this?
+1 to "Thinking In Systems".

Looking for (maybe hidden) stocks in systems also changes how one sees the world.

Re:Three Ways to Solve Problems on Sunday December 21, 2025 @01:13PM (#46346826)
I wonder what a specific example of this approach would be.
Re:What is the most effective way to learn programming? on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:10AM (#46260908)
What's your goal?
Kind of similar to error bars on error bars → https://xkcd.com/2110/
Re:Remind: A sophisticated calendar and alarm program on Thursday November 13, 2025 @07:39PM (#45922544)
> house announcement system

Please tell us more!

Re:AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:29PM (#45867280)
You can already buy cheap but powerful old servers. But newer hardware tends to be more power efficient. So, depending on time horizon you consider, it might be cheaper to buy newer hardware.

Assuming that GPUs power efficiency will increase, the same will be true about them.

What's your cloud bill?
Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:03PM (#45752991)
"About 80% of kernel contributors are paid – by their employer!" -- https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-linux-is-buil... (from 2025)

Check out "Most active 5.10 employers" table (it's from 2020) on https://lwn.net/Articles/839772/

"Seventy-five percent of all kernel development is done by developers who are being paid for their work" -- https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/press-release/the-linu... (from 2012)

Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:27PM (#45739448)
Most (some sources say ~80%) Linux contributors are paid by their employer.
Every coworker I know who use Windows have occasional issues with webcams, mics, Slack notifications, whatever.
> configuration with code

https://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuration-comple... is a post you might enjoy.

Re:Show HN: Paper's Heat Map Shader on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:33PM (#45204990)
> Firefox is not supported at this time.
Found it! https://youtu.be/nXaxk27zwlk?t=393 (there is more context before the timestamp)
Anyone has a link to the talk?
Re:The POSIX specification of vi on Thursday July 24, 2025 @05:52PM (#44676741)
Yeah, it's just better to stick to the standard editor.
Re:ApplePay vs. Alternative Payment Services on Saturday July 05, 2025 @12:55PM (#44473969)
Makes sense now, thanks.

To be fair, as a user, I don't see the expression "in-app purchases" while I _do_ see the Apple Pay logo. It's easy to get them confused.

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