endlessvoid94

Have you seen https://hackernewsbooks.com ?

In 2013 I built a smalltalk-esque system browser using ruby and TCL. It was fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xC5B5t5Rq8

Same. I modded my original Xbox back in the day. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot.

Danny Hillis deserves a mention

Anyone remember tunez?

https://tunez.sourceforge.net/

Things 3 has a sort of recurring todo like what you're describing, where you can set like this: https://culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/2803564/

Love it.

On macOS it always launches in the middle of the screen - is there a way to move it around?

Hm, I've got an M2 air w/ 24GB. Running the 27B model was crawling. Maybe I had something misconfigured.

I've found the local models useful for non-coding tasks, however the 8B parameter models so far have proven lacking enough for coding tasks that I'm waiting another few months for whatever the Moore's law equivalent of LLM power is to catch up. Until then, I'm sticking with Sonnet 3.7.

That's a great line!

Yep, and sadly it's a typical story in the backcountry, sometimes ending tragically.

Just a different type of fun. I find avalanche training to have a similar effect for backcountry.

For some it's sobering, for others it's terrifying.

At my small company, only reference checks when we're nearly ready to give an offer. For education, never.

And Lando!

I guess what I was thinking was: even if you can't quantify it, you can squint at the comparative advantages and trade-offs and make a qualitative, yet objective judgement call.

This is the missing criteria in the technical decision making, IMO. How reliant is the team on the recruiting/retention of the current size and structure of the talent, both on the team and in the wider community?

Small teams trying to keep burn ultra low vs. giant companies might have similar technical goals but opposite staff capabilities. This is a crucial factor.

A second-order effect is how much time/energy/money you have to throw at maintenance. Can you afford to spend X% of your time on maintenance? Which technologies offer comparative advantages on maintenance cost? These are surprisingly often easy to answer, and nearly never explicitly considered!

I recently did a digital declutter, as described in Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism.

One hobby I picked up much more easily than anticipated: microcontroller programming. With the spare energy and mindspace freed up from scrolling social media, I'm now expanding my skillset and reading far more books.

I'm not claiming to have boosted my skills to an unrealistic degree, but the benefits of giving up the dumb online activity are very real, very tangible, and very valuable IMO.

How, how do you have a science article about putting cameras on dolphins and only upload an 18s clip to YouTube?! What is the point?

I believe you've commented on the wrong thread

I used it for cards all the time!

Company: OrangeQC

Job: Senior Android and iOS Engineers

Location: USA (Remote)

Allows remote: Yes

We're a 15-year old janitorial inspection software platform with local-first mobile apps.

We're looking a senior developer to lead each of our iOS and Android app development efforts.

We've recently completed a proof of concept for a green android field app using fully native Kotlin / jetpack tech to upgrade the user experience and potentially even overshoot the performance of our iOS app.

We're also experimenting with an updated architecture on iOS that takes our user experience to the next level.

JDs here:

- https://www.orangeqc.com/senior-android-engineer/

- https://www.orangeqc.com/senior-ios-engineer/

Please email me with a resume: dave@orangeqc.com

Company: OrangeQC

Job: Senior Android and iOS Engineers

Location: USA (Remote)

Allows remote: Yes

We're a 15-year old janitorial inspection software platform with local-first mobile apps.

We're looking a senior developer to lead each of our iOS and Android app development efforts.

We've recently completed a proof of concept for a green android field app using fully native Kotlin / jetpack tech to upgrade the user experience and potentially even overshoot the performance of our iOS app.

We're also experimenting with an updated architecture on iOS that takes our user experience to the next level.

JDs here:

- https://www.orangeqc.com/senior-android-engineer/

- https://www.orangeqc.com/senior-ios-engineer/

Please email me with a resume: dave@orangeqc.com

I wish someone would write up a comparison of Turbo/Stimulus and HTMX/Alpine. The approaches seem extremely (spiritually) similar, yet seem to ignore each other.

It's anecdote, not data, but I don't know a single person who has used their USB cable plugged into their iPhone to transfer data in a very, very long time.

So it intuitively aligns with my personal life and career experience.

I had an issue with Apple Mail taking too much disk space, since it used to download....a lot of mail. Has this been fixed?

I have told two people about this book over the last 7 days. Uncanny to see it here. An exceptional book from a different time, every bit as relevant today.

Shel Silverstein was a treasure.

It reminds me of "Society of Mind" by Marvin Minsky, specifically the chapters on giving the nodes feedback loops to govern themselves.

Awful journalism

From your tagline:

Build funnels and measure trends directly on your data warehouse, without paying for costly ETL and duplicate storage in outdated analytics tools.

Not being snarky, I just don't understand. The output of an ETL is data in your data warehouse. Then you build reports on top of the DW.

How does Fabra prevent me from needing an ETL?

How do you build a data warehouse without ETL?