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Nathanael_M··on Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
An entire copy of libreoffice, for one.
Nathanael_M··on Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London
Literally moves? Physically moves? Come on, doesn't this make your hands itch? Is it heist time folks?
Nathanael_M··on Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport
The percentage of comments written primarily for the purpose irrational political ranting is frustrating, considering the genuinely interesting nature of the story.
Nathanael_M··on Schleswig-Holstein completes migration to open source email
Can I ask if it’s the domain or the IP?
Nathanael_M··on Schleswig-Holstein completes migration to open source email
I hope we get regular updates. Email deliverability is a frustration outside of the M365/Gmail ecosystems, but it’s not as bad as it’s sometimes made out to be, and I’m optimistic that increased rigour with the implementation of SPF/DMARC/DKIM will lead to better deliverability across the board. I’m curious if they see increases/decreases in spam, missed messages, successful phishing attempts, etc. Lastly, I’d love to know if they have had to change any security policies, and how are they handling identity management across the organization.
Nathanael_M··on I’m Not a Robot
Level 39 is sadly broken for me. Just totally sporadic. Have to toggle my iPhone camera on and off and switch tabs to get it to register.
Nathanael_M··on Doom crash after 2.5 years of real-world runtime confirmed on real hardware
Do you take pride in knowing that you eat cooler than anyone else, because you should.

Short rib is shocking where I am. Even chuck is pushing past $15 a pound.

What are you doing for sides/sauce? Generally when I think braise/sous-vide I think some rich, flavourful sauce, but that seems unpractical for daily consumption.

Nathanael_M··on Doom crash after 2.5 years of real-world runtime confirmed on real hardware
I think I love you? This is great. Do you have them running in arrays of 3? What’s your favourite cut? What’s the best cost:deliciousness cut? What bags do you use to minimize plastic leeching?
Nathanael_M··on OOP is not that bad
Would you have any advice or resources for learning paradigms and practical paradigm usage?
Nathanael_M··on Svelte 5 Released
I adore 11ty. It’s not inherently component driven, but it’s super straightforward and endlessly customizable. It allows you to really experiment with organization, too. I like it a lot.
Nathanael_M··on The Copenhagen Book: general guideline on implementing auth in web applications
I think you’re reading into the name a little, haha. I’m interested in your alternative method for session token replacement, though! I think you make a good point, but I’m not an expert by any means.
Nathanael_M··on A modest critique of Htmx
Man, you’re everywhere. I have a Montana’s restaurant in my city and I’m scared to go in because of you.
Nathanael_M··on OpenAI completes deal that values company at $157B
I appreciate these definitions and distinctions. Thanks for sharing. You've helped me understand that I need a better, more precise vocabulary about this topic. I think on an abstract level I would think of AGI as "the brain that's capable of understanding", but I really then have no way to truly define "understanding" in the context of something artificial. Maybe ChatGPT "understands" well enough, if the output is the same.
Nathanael_M··on OpenAI completes deal that values company at $157B
I mean, someone needs to rise to the top, unless society as a whole just says "There's no value here." and frankly there's too much real value right now for that. So someone's surviving, at least at the service level. Maybe they just end up building off of open source models, but I can't see how the best brains in the business don't find a way to get paid to make these models. Am I missing something?
Nathanael_M··on OpenAI completes deal that values company at $157B
It’s an arms race, then, no? Whichever company can survive the burn can sit on their LLaurels and recoup?
Nathanael_M··on Is Tor still safe to use?
Unrelated to Tor, what was your favourite project to work on that you're allowed to talk about? That must be a fascinating job.
Nathanael_M··on Tailwind CSS vs. Pico CSS (2022)
Which one have you been using?
Nathanael_M··on Show HN: I mapped HN's favorite books with GPT-4o
I'd like to explore this more, but I'm getting THOUSANDS of errors:

Failed to load module script: Expected a JavaScript module script but the server responded with a MIME type of "text/html". Strict MIME type checking is enforced for module scripts per HTML spec.

This crashes my browser in less than a minute.

Nathanael_M··on Htmx, Raku and Pico CSS
Figma is mostly WASM, no?
Nathanael_M··on UE5 Nanite in WebGPU
Neither is this experiment.
Nathanael_M··on Launch HN: Sorcerer (YC S24) – Weather balloons that collect more data
*inflates
Nathanael_M··on FastHTML – Modern web applications in pure Python
Weirdly topical. Currently investigating Django as a backend for product redevelopment. I'd like to avoid a fully separate frontend app, because frankly it's overkill. I was thinking of HTMX, Alpine, and cobbling together some component-esque template organization. I'll check this out!
Nathanael_M··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
That’s so infuriating. But, while the people in your story sound dumb, they still sound way more technically literate than 95% of society. Azure is blue, AWS is followed by OME.

Teach a 60 year old industrial powertrain salesman to use Linux and to redevelop their 20 year old business software for a different platform.

Also explain why it’s worth spending food, house, and truck money on it.

Finally, local IT companies are often incompetent. You get entire towns worth of government and business managed by a handful of complacent, incompetent local IT companies. This is a ridiculously common scenario. It totally sucks, and it’s just how it is.

Nathanael_M··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
Most businesses aren’t working in tech.

I’m not wildly opinionated here, I should clarify. I’d love a more Linux-y world. I’m just saying that a lot of small-medium towns, and small-medium businesses are really just getting by with what they know. And really, Windows can be fine. Usually, however, you get people who don’t understand tech, who can barely use a Windows PC, nevermind Linux, and don’t really have the budget to rebuild their entire tech ecosystem or the knowledge to inform that decision. It sucks, but it’s how it is.

Also, Open Office blows chunks. Business users use Windows. M365 is easy to get going, email is relatively hands-off, deliverability is abstracted. Also, a LOT of business software is Windows exclusive. And that also blows chunks.

I would LOVE a more open source, security minded, bespoke world! It’s just not the way it is right now.

Nathanael_M··on An experiment in UI density created with Svelte
I suspect it would also fail if you tried it on Internet Explorer 6.
Nathanael_M··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
Because Windows is accessible and Linux requires uncommon expertise and short term cost that is just not practical for lots of places.

Goodluck teaching administrators an entirely new ecosystem, goodluck finding software off the shelf for Linux.

Bespoke is expensive, expertise is rare, Linux is sadly niche.

Nathanael_M··on Next gen 3D metal printing
Thanks for the response!
Nathanael_M··on Next gen 3D metal printing
Where does this fall on the hazardous/toxicity scale? What kind of off-gassing/risks are there, especially compared to existing high resolution powder based systems?

Disclaimer: I don’t know much about this field, this may be a dumb question.

Nathanael_M··on Road resurfacing during the daytime without stopping traffic [video]
Does anyone know of any good reading material / papers on effective road maintenance and construction? Asphalt quality, longevity, cost, processes, success stories, etc. Cold weather climates would be a bonus.
Nathanael_M··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)
Yeah, this is wild. Is this in house?
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