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Re:Toit v2.0.0 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:01AM (#50349679)
Looks quite nice
Re:MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:15AM (#50285911)
No Apple pencil support. I mean what tha actual f...
Re:Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard on Monday October 26, 2026 @04:19AM (#50240718)
I like the idea, but ergonomic keyboards are usually not perfectly columnar.
Re:I am often wrong on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:46AM (#49784268)
yuck
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @03:01AM (#49622339)
Once LLM's become smarter than us and start replicating; we are doomed. They will likely no longer require GPU's and massive amounts of power, so the growth of AI and robotics will be exponential. We will not understand what the AI is even up to, it will all seem like magic.
Would be nice for GUI components of a game, but I kind of hope people don't run with this on regular apps/websites. Also, I expected tooltips and submenus to have some flair to them as well.
Very impressive! Well done
For speed-limits, I believe most of these new cars use multiple sources; so likely information found in the map at your location and cameras to spot signs. For some freak, unknown reason, the map-data is usually more trusted with the car vendors then the camera's it seems. Just don't rely on map-data for speed-limits and this would be a solved problem I think.
Re:A native graphical shell for SSH on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @03:17AM (#48729500)
Looks good. I'll stick to Emacs and tramp though.
TIL about SPDK. Thanks!
I don't get why we get all these kinds of things to support writing in markdown when org-mode already exists and can support pretty much any use-case. Its not that difficult to master.
Re:Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler on Monday May 11, 2026 @05:26AM (#48092813)
This was already in place in the EU back in 2024. Lookup DDAW. You can turn off warnings, but it will still keep on monitoring the driver
Re:Why I love NixOS on Monday March 23, 2026 @04:31AM (#47486738)
There's also GUIX.
Re:A Beginner's Guide to Split Keyboards on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:36AM (#47085313)
I switched to a split keyboard about four months ago and decided to change layouts at the same time. Adapting to the split itself wasn’t particularly difficult, but switching layouts definitely takes some getting used to. After all this time I’m still only at around 30–40 WPM, so it’s not something I’d recommend to everyone.

That said, I do believe the change will add a few more good years to my career, so I’m committed to seeing it through. I went with a relatively inexpensive keyboard and a modified Engram 2 layout. The reduced finger travel and more natural arm positioning have already made a noticeable difference.

Give it another year and I expect to reach an acceptable speed as well. All in all, I’m happy with the switch.

Re:Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back on Monday January 19, 2026 @03:38AM (#46676382)
I'm at the opposite end. I feel AI is sucking all the joy out of the profession. Might pivot away and perhaps live a simpler life. Only problem is that I really need the paycheck :(
Re:The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:47AM (#46585340)
Apples products are still the best on the market, but if they keep this up; they will sooner or later become irrelevant.
Re:It's hard to justify Tahoe icons on Monday January 05, 2026 @08:20AM (#46498445)
Very much agree! Apple has been dropping the ball lately
Re:Using Git add -p for fun (and profit) on Sunday December 14, 2025 @10:41AM (#46263819)
This has been the default for us using magit for years.
Why are some of the pages upside down?
I've been using EDN for years without ever wishing for something different. It's unfortunate that it hasn’t caught on outside the Clojure world.
Re:GNU Midnight Commander on Thursday September 25, 2025 @07:58AM (#45371803)
I know. I don't even use vim bindings any more.
Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:34AM (#45371274)
I haven't used google in years and didn't realize it was this bad. How are they able to keep their market position?
Re:GNU Midnight Commander on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:47AM (#45272603)
Nostalgia! However; dired (and wdired) is more powerful, so I won't be switching back any time soon.
Re:You're a Slow Thinker. Now What? on Monday September 15, 2025 @02:34AM (#45246751)
I could have written these exact words. Marriage needs a certain balance you know ;)
Re:A love letter to the CSV format (2024) on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:33AM (#45195726)
Excel hates CSV

It clearly means CSV must be doing something right.

Re:Defense.gov Now Redirects to War.gov on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @06:29AM (#45195693)
What an ugly logo, and the kerning is all wrong. Man!
Re:Type Checking Is a Symptom, Not a Solution on Friday September 05, 2025 @03:36PM (#45142726)
I agree with the author. I've written my fair share of typed code, but it is way more valuable to probe your program while running. I feel Jack Rusher puts it quite nicely in this talk: https://youtu.be/8Ab3ArE8W3s?t=1477
Re:Prime Number Grid on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @04:33AM (#44949520)
This works surprisingly well for logo design. Cool concept
Re:Clojure Async Flow Guide on Monday August 18, 2025 @02:59AM (#44938100)
So, kind of the opposite of https://github.com/lovrosdu/klor but with the same goal
Re:Emacs: The macOS Bug on Thursday July 31, 2025 @03:31AM (#44743294)
On macOS and Linux, I haven't noticed any performance issues with Emacs. On Windows, however, the performance is significantly worse. To make matters worse, I even have to patch w32.c just to get it to build:

@@ -10298,7 +10298,7 @@ w32_read_registry (HKEY rootkey, Lisp_Object lkey, Lisp_Object lname) /* mingw.org's MinGW doesn't declare _dstbias. MinGW64 defines it as a macro. / #ifndef _dstbias -__MINGW_IMPORT int _dstbias; +__MINGW_IMPORT long _dstbias; #endif

/ Fix a bug in MS implementation of 'tzset'. This function should be

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