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Re:NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto on Thursday October 29, 2026 @10:31AM (#50289731)
I think you're underestimating just how "standard" many of the shortcuts are when mapped against a standard shell.
Re:xAI joins SpaceX on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:15PM (#46866408)
With zero energy cost it will run until it stops working or runs out of fuel, which I'm guessing is between 5-7 years.
I'm considering buying enough batteries for my day usage, then recharging off the grid during off-peak hours. I can add solar later on.
Within the context of building AI systems: What's the distinction between hallucinating, imagining, and inferring?
Re:Juniper Networks to Combine with HPE on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @12:42PM (#38941062)
I've worked with a large number of vendors and I prefer juniper. They're very easy to write software against.
Publishing the documentation seems like a lot of work. I guess everything is just manually synced between users via git?
"ctrl+f" looks at github "home" looks at youtube
Right but is the particulate matter from burning natural gas any more harmful then the particulate matter from searing protein?
> What does that user need to hear? Not which file or subsystem was changed. But the reason there is a change in the first place.

Doesn't that belong in the code itself? Do we really want the intention of a change to sit under multiple levels of blame?

Re:Network Automation Expert Beginners on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:46AM (#34437123)
I've been building network controllers my entire career and the "hard part" has never been interacting with devices. Like who cares if you're using Ansible? The hard part is configuring these things; Every vendor has a different way of configuring the same 5 solutions to the same problem, and even with a single vendor network you may have to tailor your configs based on the device type that you're configuring.

IMO there needs to be some higher level abstractions emerge. Half the time I just need a layer 2 network (please don't ask me to configure it one way for a point-to-point vs greater than two endpoints. if there's an optimization to be made do it for me). The other half the time I need a layer 3 network that can peer with BGP (don't ask me what underlay or overlay protocols to use, I only care about the VLANs I'm terminating on).

Slightly related: Cloud providers expose APIs for networks to setup peerings between the cloud provider's network and the network's end customers. These APIs aren't standardized at all, and are a complete PITA for networks that try to integrate their SDN solution with multiple cloud providers. This is one area of complexity that the big guys could cleanup without a lot of work.

Re:Get Uncomfortable on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:51AM (#34149135)
Cold showers have very real effects on the human body.

> Deliberate cold exposure causes a significant release of epinephrine (aka adrenaline) and norepinephrine (aka noradrenaline) in the brain and body. These neurochemicals make us feel alert and can make us feel agitated and as if we need to move or vocalize during the cold exposure. Cold causes their levels to stay elevated for some time and their ongoing effect after the exposure is to increase your level of energy and focus, which can be applied to other mental and/or physical activities.

https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-and-use-of-cold-exposure...

Re:Jeff Bezos' 127M sailing yacht has completed construction on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:46AM (#33832927)
It's be really cool to get a detailed look inside.
The article misses probably the easiest way to level up: Join a team. A four-stack is almost always gonna have a leg up on a team of randoms. Playing a game consistently, with the same squad, form group dynamics and strategies that are much more difficult to execute with a first time squad.
Three star reviews feel more intuitive anyway: 1 bad 2 average 3 good.

But when it comes to product reviews, accounts of hardware failures is super important imo.

Re:We're improving search results when you use quotes on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:17AM (#32356411)
I don't know... Recency sucks when searching for news related stuff. It feels next to impossible to look into the history of news commentary on any given topic.
Had mine removed and I didn't have any stones, just lots of pain. Sometimes they just stop working.
Re:How Inflation Works on Saturday June 18, 2022 @12:02PM (#31791071)
Most commentators I hear point towards excessive spending as the primary cause of inflation, but I've been wondering: Absent supply chain interruptions, how does inflation manifest when price competition punishes the first one to raise prices?
Re:Ask HN: Why is Substack so popular? on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @11:20AM (#31084333)
Another interesting thing is that they don't rank what's "popular" by clicks. Crazy good idea IMO
Re:No news is good news on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:39AM (#30831656)
There are usually news programs on Sunday that will go over the past weeks worth of news. I like Bloomberg radio, which airs like 3 or 4 different weekly recap shows on that day.
Re:Google Search Is Dying on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @11:56AM (#30349107)
The biggest issue I have with Google is that every search is performed in the "now" context. This makes looking back, especially on political issues, basically impossible; There's no way to explore how topics have evolved or progressed over time. I don't mind google search for resolving technical issues as it works pretty well in this context, but the second you start to get curious and look for anything older everything breaks down.
All encryption schemes have this problem. You never really know who you're communicating with unless you trade keys irl.
Tell your doctor about your symptoms and then ask for an ECG. You want to know if you have an underlying heart condition. Depending on what you find, there may be options that will eliminate your arrhythmias.

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