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1123581321··on Show HN: Pocketty – iPhone SSH terminal that pings you when an agent is blocked
Thanks. Just something to consider! You’re right that it wouldn’t be a big deal to add two or three devices individually.
1123581321··on Show HN: Pocketty – iPhone SSH terminal that pings you when an agent is blocked
Neat. Thought about syncing the key with iCloud Keychain towards supporting any of the user’s devices connecting? Optionally; I understand the appeal of the current storage method.
1123581321··on When did Google get so weird?
Yes, that is correct.
1123581321··on MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta
Does Muse support sharding?
1123581321··on When did Google get so weird?
The sibling comment (Bladerunner analogy/nightmare) is a great answer.
1123581321··on When did Google get so weird?
Current models have passed a formally administered Turing test.

If you’ve never participated in a formal Turing test, either as human user or as a responder to the human, you might find it interesting, and possibly humbling.

1123581321··on Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story
Not baloney. Someone who thinks they can decide what’s important about a production, not the production designer or manager, is likely to draw the line at the wrong place. Someone who faithfully implements detailed instructions is more trustworthy. A quick way to check if that’s the case helps to determine which kind of person oversaw the work.

I used to work as a developer at creative agencies and saw this all the time. There were developers who had a hard time believing that they should implement designs to the pixel because they thought a bit of padding didn’t matter so long as they got the important items right. They were almost always the ones who ended up missing important details (copy, working forms, performant databases etc.)

1123581321··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
I don't think it's equivalent because it's paperwork they now have to think about, they're wondering if it's wiping away old employment promises or systems, did everyone get one of these offers, etc.

Definitely see how some would prefer the job reconsidered, though. There's no system that makes everyone happy, including to never sell a business.

These things are good to think about; appreciate it.

1123581321··on Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices
I think that last point is opposite; it’s seen as heartless when the new owner of a business goes through rehiring existing employees instead of assuring them they still have a job.
1123581321··on Economics Nobel Laureates' Letter Supporting the California Billionaire Tax [pdf]
Individual tax rates would be set much higher if they were calculated based on personal budget surplus.

The personal tax prep burden would be unbearable without cheating or taking a statutory amount of personal expenses, which is essentially our current situation.

Arguably encouraging people not to save any money would be a moral hazard.

However, I think you’re really just saying you’d like personal taxes to be lowered, yes?

1123581321··on AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible
Sounds like you could go to a different shop right now, that stands out for its ice cream instead of its signs. :)
1123581321··on Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing
It depends. There are hidden limits in GitHub’s gql. Some will time out above certain quantities and it’s not documented, which probably means it’s a significant server strain to serve the successful responses. I find I have to maintain a test suite to probe those limits. All this makes REST continue to be appealing if testing the gql load for a service hints at any uncertain limits/instability.
1123581321··on Shopify moves back to Native from React Native
I'm not the OP, but my understanding (and I agree) is that it can seem like a better value when a subset of factors are considered (ones that IT can measure, biases in IT against Apple etc.) and it leads the company into making a choice that is worse for them overall.
1123581321··on iPhone Duo
I'm drawing a different conclusion than you about that upgrade. Sorry! I definitely understand your advice; it's especially the best option when you are financially risk-adverse or pessimistic about technology but need to participate.
1123581321··on Apple Watch Ultra 4
Walmart has had cheap insulin for decades, and update their formula periodically as patents expire. Not many know about it, though. I've used it when traveling and it works even though it's not as effective as the current prescription insulin.
1123581321··on iPhone Duo
I get the sensibility of that advice but isn't that the case no matter when you buy it? I mean, they announced a nice iPhone Pro, optimized over multiple generations, and then immediately made it look primitive with the Duo. :)
1123581321··on Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent
That’s delusional, mate. Sorry.
1123581321··on Muse: Meta's personal AI agent, features and capabilities
Yes, of course. Wikipedia has a quick summary of the most popular networks ranked by monthly active users. Facebook is #1 and Meta owns three of the top five. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_social_pl...
1123581321··on Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode
Usually auto mode does mild things that are dismaying but not dangerous, or maybe not noticed (like if it posts sensitive local data in a request that gets logged but never exploited.)
1123581321··on Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root
Sadly, true. I know a person who gets AI news from that YouTuber and quotes him like he’s a household name and pays him for some repackaged chat models. It’s tedious and hard to talk to them about basic/remedial aspects because their education from YouTube is half-heard and superficial. I’m trying to get him to invest the time in hands-on experience and then we can talk about that. When you’re deep into these channels, you’re not gaining experience and you can’t easily start until you pull away.
1123581321··on Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
I see; thanks.
1123581321··on Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
I’m not sure your point, sorry.
1123581321··on Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
Apple buying Workflow (became Shortcuts). Its users have a better, faster tool and got it soon after acquisition. And it has many more users now.
1123581321··on AWS Acquires DuckLabs
To do that, you would have to never touch the money and invest aggressively. Most wouldn’t do that unless they didn’t need the money, i.e. already rich so not newfound wealth.

You would also have to train your kids to responsibly use the money without demonstrating it, as you’d just be hoarding it. People don’t have a good track record there, either.

I think the best you could do generationally with a million would be to try to invest moderately and draw down a small percentage (2-3%) to demonstrate fully considered use of the money. This would keep you in a middle class income but give you more ability to donate charitably, vacation together, let one spouse retire earlier, solve a financial crisis for a child, etc.

Letting them in on the thinking would give them a good chance to handle a high six/low seven figure inheritance, depending on how the investing goes.

1123581321··on Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say
Market acceptance risk, geopolitical funding risk, reputational harm risk, for space flight and starlink specifically. The Musk risk section isn’t specific to AI.
1123581321··on Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say
I expect this will effectively be stated, that their success will depend on developing a succession of products and evolving the company in response to the market climate.
1123581321··on Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say
Thank you. Hopefully a good lesson for the GP to actually read prospectuses before making claims about them!
1123581321··on Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say
This is a non-story; for those who haven’t read them, prospectuses include every potential risk under the sun. There will be risks that never make the news alongside the exciting backlash.
1123581321··on Building an (almost) fully self-hosted, sandboxed, agentic software factory
Can’t be if they were having to scrub government meetings to put the puzzle together. Unless, of course, they made this before she was caught. :)

Completely coincidentally, I’m typing this from the Aldi at 88 and 26, waiting out a storm.

1123581321··on Gmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Conners
Either they email me as a test, or the person who emailed me has let me know his real email. In one case, I texted the guy because documents were sensitive and contained his cell.

I have a canned reply to these to try to get them fixed, so there’ve been many opportunities for someone to communicate back.

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