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Claude Tag 29 days ago

They're pretty much going the Google (how Google was until recently), trying to fan out to every market share.

I expect many of those to be shut down sooner than later, if learning anything from Google.

Googlebook 2 months ago

Apple's best move was to steer away from AI lockdowns and focus on what consumers really need.

Coupling these with Gemini is so detached, especially when everyone screams Local LLM.

Clanker 3 months ago

That's amusing, although expected that some would misuse the terms, considering so many are now engaging in conversations about AI.

VR Is Not Dead 4 months ago

As someone who has both interest in VR and racing sims (and other sims), and tried VR and loved it, I am genuinely NOT INTERESTED in owning a headset for the obvious health reasons that come with using one.

There is no way this ever can be close to safe for your health than, say, not using it.

Copyleft was intended as a principle to keep the software free (as in 'freedom'). Proposing to lock out certain areas of the codebase is directly opposite to this principle.

I was reviewing a confluence page which was reviewed my many stakeholders. Something bugged me to an excruciating extent about the content of the page: something was off at some parts of the text. I inspected the page and it turns out the font color somehow changed to a mildly grayer color than black. This was likely due to a copy-and-paste that has gone wrong.

"software developer" is pretty broad. Here this is specifically B2C (business to customer) applications. I only assume that you haven't been in this market sector, otherwise you would've been more familiar with GDPR and all the concerns that prompted it.

There was a time where the Internet was the wild west and you could've easily been personally targeted and exploited. Businesses sold your data to whoever.

Even today, if you decide to accept all cookies, you're safer than what you used to be.

Rejecting the non-essential cookies puts you in the safest spot from bad actors.

Respectfully, what was the purpose of this comment, really?

And I also disagree, your suggestion is not easier. The & operator is quite intuitive as it is, and conveys the intention.

Layoffs at Block 5 months ago

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter.

Making it seem like there's only going to be one mass layoff round. There will be another one, you can be certain.