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I like the convenience of ebooks but the physical feel of paperback is unmatched.

I can still remember where I was when I read a certain book or even a chapter in case of a physical book. With my kindle it's a blur to me.

I also like to see my bookmark gradually make its way down the book over time.

Re:Is Claude Code 5x Cheaper Than Cursor? on Thursday April 02, 2026 @12:13PM (#47616401)
I think that may be comparing cc against opus with cursor. This post compares against Auto+Composer pool. It does mention that if you used a frontier model then the gap would be even wider.
Thanks for not cherry picking the output. The demos look great for a single prompt output. I can see myself playtesting a mechanic that I just thought of but would probably take longer to implement in my own WIP game etc.

I think this has great value just now, can't wait for it to get better. Keep at it.

Re:Play chess via Slack DMs or SMS using an ASCII board on Sunday January 18, 2026 @06:23AM (#46666873)
en passant doesn't work in the demo
Amazing achievement! I just wanted to point out that the linked blog page has an incorrect publish date. It says "Published: 12/15/2024"
I agree about clarity, so this is just an aside but that's what makes it a fun experience for me. It's unlike reading anyone else (although I haven't read many authors). I'd say no country for old men was still pretty straightforward, but I had to re-read sentences and whole paragraphs with blood meridian.

The work makes it worth it, makes it that much more rewarding to me personally. It's like choosing to play a difficult videogame, because you know once you overcome it, it'll be great.

Re:Figma Announces IPO on Thursday July 31, 2025 @11:16PM (#44752690)
That makes a lot of sense, my bad. I didn't pick up on the presentation part, even after I included the term in my comment. "Present" directly took me to sharing your screen.
Re:Figma Announces IPO on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:50PM (#44742152)
About collaborative presentation, can't you click on the user icon (usually top right) for whoever's leading and figma will follow the screen to their cursor?

I distinctly remember that it's possible in Miro, and I'm pretty sure figma too. I think the problem you bring up has been pretty much solved.

there's a typo in the link, this is the correct link: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/
Re:Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem on Friday October 13, 2023 @08:20AM (#37869773)
I hate that MacOS hides scrollbars by default. First thing I do when I setup a MacBook is to set it to always show scrollbars.
Re:Daktilo: Turn Your Keyboard into a Typewriter on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:29AM (#37753203)
It is not exactly what you're looking for but this might be a middle ground. It does let you delete things, but after a certain length, you can't do it anymore.

This is the web version of the app: https://write.sonnet.io/

You might have a typo on the Ensō homepage.

>Ensō works perfectly fine even without internet connecton.

hah, editing to say that I really liked it. I'm stress a lot about how I phrase things and am very conscious about how concise am I when when I'm writing for an audience.

Re:Condemning the Deployment of GPT-4chan on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:56PM (#31899070)
Re:Simple kitten placeholder on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:25AM (#24754627)
For me that site has been Lorem pixel. I thought of it as soon as I read the title. Haven't used it in a while so not sure if it is any good now.

https://lorempixel.com

Nevermind, it is down. I just thought that the name was pretty cool and always remembered it.