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Re:Ask HN: What’s the Future of LLM Apps?
on Thursday July 20, 2023 @08:44PM (#36808722)
And how is generative AI leading to large increases in productivity?
Re:Ask HN: Build Own PC in 2023?
on Saturday July 08, 2023 @05:23PM (#36648920)
Fellow PC builder here - Noctua fans are good but aren’t the only option. My Arctic fans are whisper silent and cost a third of the price of equivalent Noctua fans.
Re:Wayland Isn't Going to Save the Linux Desktop
on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:31AM (#31762450)
Once you realize that Wayland is essentially a GNOME project, it will all make sense. Take for example how windows have to draw their own decorations. That's a GNOME-ism.
If Wayland is the future of the Linux desktop, it would seem that there will be one true reference compositor (GNOME's Mutter) with a number of other projects struggling to adapt to the various gaps left by Wayland's incompleteness.
For example, screen sharing on Zoom works with GNOME Wayland but not the other compositors because it targets a GNOME API. If the Linux desktop starts to fracture, what's the incentive to bring support to your less common WM/compositor?
Re:Ask HN: Best place to publish a Haiku, accessible 10k years from now?
on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:42PM (#31748547)
Engrave it on a bullet and use the bullet to murder someone famous. When arrested, eat a poisonous pill with the same inscription written on the pill holder. Historians will take note.
Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987)
on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:24PM (#31747256)
It's not so simple. Circumcision in neonate males is a medical prophylactic. The evidence for harm is weak as well.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/12/10/acc-is-infant-circumci...
Re:Donate to the Internet Archive
on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:54AM (#28548174)
I definitely think that the Internet Archive serves a valuable purpose. However, they will not see any money from me until they crack down on all of the porn hosted on their site.
Ask HN: Device to show calendar events on my wrist?
I've never really been a user of smartwatches or fitness bands (I stick to my trusty Casio F91-W), but recently I've wanted a way to view Google Calendar notifications on my wrist. Is there an inexpensive device that can pair with an Android to do this, preferably one that respects privacy?
Re:Canistilluse.com
on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:39PM (#28310370)
Back in 2014, I built some very flashy interfaces using Polymer components just for fun. Fast forward to 2021, and these pages are completely broken. They don't even display the text that I wrote.
I'm guessing that the depreciation of HTML imports is why they don't work anymore.
Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update
on Saturday April 10, 2021 @09:57PM (#26766928)
Anyone else lose work because they were forced to restart Firefox?
Re:Flutter is the default choice for future Ubuntu apps
on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:35PM (#26338297)
Calling it now: Ubuntu is working on a Fuchsia distro.
Re:XTerm: It's Better Than You Thought
on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:47PM (#25735265)
I've found the latency of Konsole to be phenomenally low. I can definitely tell the difference between Konsole and GTK-based terminals, but I can't really tell the difference between the latency of Konsole and XTerm.
Re:The scope of forced labor in Xinjiang is bigger than we knew
on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:17PM (#25654617)
You might like some of the suggestions on this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/avoidchineseproducts
Ask HN: Get hired with a portfolio of coding projects?
Hello all, I am working a retail job right now, but I would like to switch gears and land a coding job. I have built things with Python, Drupal, WordPress, HTML/CSS, and Bash. All of my programming knowledge at this point is self-taught. How difficult is it to get up to speed and produce a portfolio that will get me hired?
Re:Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta
on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:00PM (#25364893)
If DNS over HTTPS becomes standard, and Manifest V3 lands in Chromium-based browsers, Safari, and Firefox, how are we supposed to block ads?
Re:Otvdm/winevdm: run old Windows software in 64-bit Windows
on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:04AM (#24896904)
Given that this is an emulator, would there be a way to port this to Android?
Ask HN: Is Consumer Tech more boring than it used to be?
Over the past few years, I've noticed that new tech releases aren't receiving the same level of excitement that tech releases even 5-6 years ago typically generated.What's behind this phenomenon? Are we satisfied with the way that many tech product lines have matured, and don't need to look forward to new features? Has innovation slowed down?
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Re:Apple Just Killed the MacBook as We Know It: ‘Don’t Buy a Mac’ Is G...
on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:24PM (#23683281)
A few years from now, it is plausible that some developers won't bother with Catalyst and will release ARM-only apps.
Also, Apple has announced that iOS/iPad apps will run on ARM-based Macs without any developer intervention.
Buying an Intel-based Mac now means missing out on forwards compatibility.
Re:Gnome Shell UX Plans
on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:36PM (#22882715)
Perhaps if they are aiming for the mainstream they should add some creature comforts like window buttons for minimizing and maximizing.
Re:New iPhone SE
on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:07PM (#22880230)
As current user of a Moto E5 Play, this is the first iPhone that I've been tempted to purchase. It delivers a lot of value at a reasonable price.
As penny-pinching consumer, I've started thinking about device longevity. This phone will certainly be supported longer than any Android.
However, my current phone still works, even if the camera is bad and it can be quite slow at times. I can't justify purchasing a new device, especially one that was probably constructed with unethical labor.
Re:HTML Notepad – HTML WYSIWYG editor for the rest of us
on Saturday April 04, 2020 @05:27PM (#22781667)
I can honestly see myself using this program to take general notes. It's light enough, and outputs in HTML (which, unlike markdown, can be displayed correctly on any computer that has a browser).
Re:Talking to myself: how I trained GPT2-1.5b for rubber ducking using...
on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:30PM (#22132990)
Is this the best way to create a chatbot with my personality? I feel like I would want to fine tune some things so it is giving real responses about my preferences, hobbies, etc.
My use case is preserving my personality for loved ones after I die.