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Re:Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament on Saturday October 31, 2026 @02:42PM (#50318771)
I agree, but there needs to be a moral (political?) framework. What are we trying to achieve morally? And that's separate from science I think.
Re:Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament on Saturday October 31, 2026 @09:40AM (#50316104)
It's not a one dimensional measure, whereas academic status is.
Re:Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament on Saturday October 31, 2026 @08:06AM (#50315349)
What's the political leaning of this movement? Isn't this what's important?
Re:Linux from Scratch on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @08:34AM (#49711569)
Exactly my experience. I tried LFS several times, but I didn't learn much. I learned more with Arch Linux, but I truly appreciate the work that was put in LFS, marvelous for the right type of learner.
Re:Emacs Bedrock 2.0 Released on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:08AM (#49626888)
I came back to Emacs after a hiatus of several years. I'm sticking with Emacs for the foreseeable future hopefully.
Re:Eliza Effect on Saturday September 05, 2026 @03:39PM (#49579930)
> In computer science, the ELIZA effect is a tendency to project human traits—such as experience, semantic comprehension or empathy—onto rudimentary computer programs.

It is now very difficult not to project human traits to LLMs.

Re:Learn Programming with OCaml on Saturday September 05, 2026 @03:28PM (#49579816)
Tangentially, a great interview with the creator of OCaml, Xavier Leroy [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cswiqrq6So

Qubes can be viewed as a Xen distribution, rather than a Linux distribution [1]. You may find the Qubes FAQ a good starting point (I'm reading it now because of your question, so thanks).

[1] https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/introduction/faq.html#is-...

Can I insult you and then complain that you focus too much on form?
I don't really know as the argument is mainly about how stupid people are... The technical argument is one paragraph ended with an insult, not much to make an educated and civilized opinion.
All I see is rudeness, insults, and arrogance sparkled with inklings of technical arguments. Worthless.
Re:Neovim Removes DHH Quote on Saturday August 29, 2026 @07:39AM (#49489056)
Very happy with the removal. Thanks to whomever did that.
Re:Tell HN: PayPal Blocks GrapheneOS on Thursday August 27, 2026 @07:17AM (#49462928)
So it's not PayPal blocking GrapheneOS?
Re:GitHub Outage Tracker: Is GitHub Cooked? on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:28PM (#49457300)
> Their engineers look like absolute amateurs allowing for such low class work it results in their customers experiencing industry leading downtime.

I gather that you have intimate and deep knowledge on the teams and the problems they try to solve there.

The "distribution" made by... DHH. No, I can't, thanks.

For people who don't know, just read "As I Remember London" by this person.

Sure, arguments can be made in favor of being "above all these things," but profound moral disgust can also be a legitimate argument.

And probably exhausting. Good talk nonetheless.
Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @04:08PM (#49351894)
I was responding to the person casting doubts on whether he/she should buy a Framework laptop by providing my own experience as a very happy customer. I still think he/she should go for a Framework.

As for BIOS updates outside warranty, I think it's always been risky for all brands. Maybe I'm wrong.

I don't think "non-sequitor" applies here.

Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @10:06AM (#49345837)
I had a very different experience with the Framework team. The battery died (within the warranty period), I reached out to them, they asked some questions, then sent me a brand new one.

Very satisfied with my Framework laptop and the customer support. I can't imagine buying another laptop.

3Blue1Brown[1] has opened my eyes on the intuitive understanding of linear algebra, many, many years after taking a first course in linear algebra, which left me completely mystified.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNk_zzaMoSs&list=PLZHQObOWTQ...

Re:The Internet Is Being Erased [video] on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:11PM (#48741850)
Interview with Mark Graham, director of Wayback Machine, and Chris Freeland, director of library services at the Internet Archive.
Re:Knoppix on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:03PM (#48735707)
Fond memories of Knoppix from when I was younger. Many many thanks to the authors.
Re:Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015) on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:27PM (#46213330)
Thanks for asking, I had to search the quote since I recalled it from memory. I couldn't find it, but here's the closest I got [1]. The disdain and arrogance of this person is just incredible.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGTs1NSB1s

Re:Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015) on Saturday December 06, 2025 @08:50PM (#46178480)
"I don't know how to make a screenshot"

Linus Torvalds often says that he does not know how to do X (like install a Linux distribution, or other simple stuff). I wager that it's a status thing.

> If anything, LLM's seem more resistant to propaganda than any other tool created by man so far, except maybe the encylopedia. (Though obviously this depends on training.)

How would you know? My first thought is that the data on which LLMs are trained is biased, and the commercial LLMs enforce their own "pre-prompts".

Re:Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship on Saturday November 29, 2025 @10:02AM (#46088046)
> It's a shame

No, it's not. This goes against the whole thread and the article posted.

Re:Run ancient Unix on modern hardware on Monday November 17, 2025 @08:22PM (#45960349)
Videos that go through the xv6 source code: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbtzT1TYeoMhTPzyTZboW...
> I hope these rather unorthodox leaps between linguistics and mathematics helped make it almost obvious that some words and ideas are untranslatable in practice. I also hope you don't take the analogy too seriously, because it won't go much further than this.

Phew! Thanks for clarifying.

I don't buy any appliance that has "smart" in it. Yeah, no, thanks.
Re:Becoming a Compiler Engineer on Saturday November 08, 2025 @08:15AM (#45856469)
Maybe a less subtle self-promotional blog post, as compared to others.

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