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F7F7F7··on I don't like passkeys
I'm was tempted to come in here and say "you're holding it wrong." But then I quickly realized that I had to spend weeks changing my behaviors and messing around with devices in order to get it to work correctly.

As someone who's OpSec puts swiss cheese to shame Passkey has been a godsend. My passwords are actually much better because of it.

F7F7F7··on DeepSeek v4.1 Flash
"But but but China..." or something.
F7F7F7··on What my dad taught me about AI coding in the 90s
This article reads like it was written by prompting AI for connections between two loosely connected things.
F7F7F7··on OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users
I see this as evidence that last weeks token burn rate wasn’t by accident or due to some “bug.”

I don’t mind the 5 hour window but this is a reminder to not hinge your workflows on any one tool.

F7F7F7··on OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users
Oolama? That plan is more than generous for $20.
F7F7F7··on OpenAI restores 5-hour Codex and Work limits for ChatGPT Plus users
Both OpenAI and Anthropic use a lot of casino/slot machine mechanics in their TUIs and Apps so likely intentional.
F7F7F7··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
Should have grabbed two.
F7F7F7··on New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
It better because you’ll need a few of them to run some larger models (I’ll be just as vague citing which models).
F7F7F7··on Taffy: A flexible, high-performance, cross-platform UI layout library
I used to teach a CSS to college freshman class a decade and a half ago.

An assignment that I had that they always seemed to enjoy was picking a stadium scoreboard (I initially forced Fenway park but loosened it up in later years) and recreating it responsively exclusively in html markup and hand coded CSS (JS only allowed to pass arrays). Had to go through all 3 major media queries.

That assignment was in week 4 out of 15. 95% of the kids came in with no CSS knowledge at that time.

If you learned CSS through the aforementioned frameworks that abstract it into a mishmash of barely recognizable selector abbreviations I totally understand why you would think that it was complex and unapproachable. But once you understand positioning and the box model selector by selector sky's the limit.

Blame bootstrap for the nature of today's HEADER ROW BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK ROW BLOCK BLOCK ROW state of web design. CSS has very little to do with that.

Edit: sorry for the run on sentences.

F7F7F7··on Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS
Because otherwise you're having online discourse with yourself.
F7F7F7··on DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
I've never understood this line of thinking...

Are you saying we shouldn't care about the future of affordability and access because at this moment we have seemingly endless access?

Sounds extremely short sighted.

F7F7F7··on Does creatine make you smarter?
I don't ever remember needing or being advised to cycle it.

It was always start by 'loading' and then cruise at 5g. Of course GNC was filled with sugar filled "delivery" products like Celltech that claimed to forego any need for 'loading'.

F7F7F7··on Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa
The biodiversity in West Africa in general is completely underrated. I mean, Darwin solidified his trajectory in life a few short days after the Beagle anchored off of Cape Verde (a place he initially detested then fell in love with).

I'm hoping that Cape Verde's World Cup success story translates to more eye balls on stories like this (with the mere mention of the country landing it in search results). Which means more attention, money and research to West Africa's relatively fragile but diverse ecosystem.

F7F7F7··on Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) – AI-powered mastery learning for K-12
Congrats man. I've been in edtech for the last 15 years. I was working on something similar (socratic method, 1:1 LLM <-> student, skills based) but joined a company and had to shelve it due to a non-compete.

You've picked one hell of a time to enter the K12 market. 1:1 device backlash, AI tool scrutiny hightening, teacher exhaustion, no recovery in sight for the recent funding cliff.

Your pilot model is the way to go. My favorite tools all grew out of that model. Stay patient, listen to the early users, encourage them to spread the word. Dont' be above grinding it out at a table at some of the smaller regional educaitonal confreneces.

Sounds like you're already doing this but take IXL head on. They are ripe for the picking.

Good luck!

F7F7F7··on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (Potential) Unravelling
This is where treating these smaller models more like parts in a purpose built appliance ultimately benefits us.
F7F7F7··on Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix
tldr; continue to cede ground on the slippery slope.

did i get that right?

F7F7F7··on Job application asked for my SAT scores
The job description touts investment from some members of the "PayPal Mafia." For some odd reason that fact that and the SAT requirement combine to make this whole thing feel kind of normal.
F7F7F7··on SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses
Apple sold over 500k (the last reported number) of Apple Vision Pros and they had/have a built in ecosystem and known developer tools.

It's been considered by all measures a flop. (I have one and love it).

Snapchat has a 2nd rate social media platform after a new audience, they already failed with hardware once, they lost all momentrum relative to their geo spatial ad filters and Lens make app (blew up during COVID).

I dont know convinces anyone that they are due for an Apple like moment in AR at $2k+ per glasses.

This is why VCs/PEs tend to not like founders.

F7F7F7··on Claude Code and Codex can have real-time conversation via Git
I prefer Codex’s depth and guidance but prefer Claude’s execution because it’s more transparent.

I use both daily. I’m the intermediary though.

F7F7F7··on MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production
My home runs on Linux and my life/career runs on Mac OS.

I look forward to tinkering and tweaking my home lab but I barely remember my interactions with Mac OS. I like it that way.

It surely beats tinkering with my life.

F7F7F7··on Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API
I run Linux across a dozen thin clients and a server class desktop in my home lab. It's rock solid for home assistant, proxmox, routing, etc etc. Set it (hours and hours of work) and forget it exists.

I couldln't imagine having the time to set it up as a daily driver that handles my daily workflows, hardware needs, etc. Terminal in OS X is a close enough approximation out of the box and goes beyond it in DX (IMO) with very little additional setup.

I know this will be an unpopular opinion.

F7F7F7··on Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic's wants to sell us Claude Code with no model selection at all.

Opus seems to be overly eager of late to 'vibe' out entire solutions and build out things that you didn't ask for.

/goals is helping set the narrative that does it really matter if Sonnet and 3 Haiku agents got you to that end state...eventually...if its what you asked for?

For better or worse Opus is already handing off 80% of its work to background agents of Sonnet, Haiku, and likely a quantized Opus.

Want model selection? Pay for the API.

F7F7F7··on Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?
That’s interesting. I’ve yet to wear it around any other human beings other than my immediate family.

I’m also more than happy breaking it out in my hotel room.

Couldn’t imagine wearing it on a plane or train and would rather use my much more discreet laptop directly.

F7F7F7··on Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?
The project has not been scraped or scrapped. Any outlet that reported that walked it back. It’s reportedly put on hold while they work on the glasses. Its fate might ultimately end up all the same.

I own a AVP and it’s super niche. Can’t blame Apple for putting their attention on the more wearable glasses form factor.

Also, in the year that I’ve owned my AVP I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been in full VR/immersive. And I use it everyday.

F7F7F7··on Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?
There’s a native YouTube app. And I don’t find myself missing the others. But besides the background noise from YouTube and Apple Music/Podcasts I don’t really consume media in mine. It’s a work tool.
F7F7F7··on Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?
I do 4 hours a day minimum. Typically the first part of my day where I tend to have no meetings and can wear it uninterrupted. I’m sure I can get the virtual persona working in Meet and Zoom but I don’t want to creep anyone out.

I’m in Ultrawide at 4k via a MBP or a Mac Mini. Wireless keyboard and wireless mouse. Typically multiple Ghostty windows open, an IDE, and a web browser with a bunch of tabs.

If I have a podcast, YouTube or music playing in the background I do so via the AVP directly via the native app.

Though I like virtual environments I don’t use them much. The amazing pass through (I have a Quest 3 and it’s not even remotely comparable) allows me to feel like I’m still IRL and be aware of my surroundings. And to see and interact with my wife who’s also remote if she happens to pass by. This need to touch grass is the same reason I typically don’t wear AirPods while in them. You can really get sucked in with virtual environments and AirPods on.

No eye strain issues. Have had 20/20 my entire life and a year in still 20/20. We’ll see. It does get a little sweaty/heavy. I have the Apple double knit and the CM Global or whatever it’s called.

I do have a decent office monitor setup with a 43” OLED and LG Dual-ups. I don’t use it much since getting the AVP as I like moving around the house.

F7F7F7··on Ferrari Luce
The Cayenna has never been a bad looking vehicle. Like other German SUVs from that time it elevated an established design language into SUV form. If anyting it was criticized as lazy and unimaginative.

The real beef was Porsche enthusiasts (911 purists) thought SUVs were for unwashed masses and soccer moms. They thought Porsche was jumping on the the relatively new (at the time) premium/luxury german SUV bandwagen establised by the X5 and ML500 (GWagen excluded).

Once they got over that they became customers.

This..thing...on the other hand is a tasteless abomination. Aside from the badges and tail lights there's nothing in it that's inherently Ferrari.

F7F7F7··on Ferrari Luce
His firm did the entire car. Inside and outside.
F7F7F7··on He Lost It at the Movies
Not sure what OPs reasoning was but you have to wonder if this far-more-human type of film criticism will see a revival in the age of AI assisted writing.

I always like to remind people that before talk heads were battling it out on cable news or ESPN we had Siskel and Ebert shaking things up. They made me realize that movies could carry subtext, nuance and meaning. They made reading ABOUT movies more interesting.

F7F7F7··on Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on his years at NeXT Computer
Last time someone cared to measure they owned 98% of the $1,000+ PC market. If that number ever slips you should offer your services to them.
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