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appstorelottery··on A font recreated from photographs of classic Commodore 64 keycaps
Very nice - thank you!
appstorelottery··on MentalHealthBench
This is a multi-session problem, or at least this is how I've solved it in the past (i.e. the user chat/report thread isn't the one driving the conversation, the sub-sessions/workflows are guiding the analysis).

p.s. there's some interesting literature on how in some circumstances (i.e. religious delusions), where actually validating the patient - basically confirming their experience can lead to rapid recovery (however this approach is not found in western culture). I do agree with you in terms of the risks of LLM's driving folks deeper into delusional beliefs & behaviors - it's very real.

appstorelottery··on Apple Copland D11E4 Booting in the Browser
Speed run to game over by simply opening the text editor.
appstorelottery··on Distributed Systems Classics (2017)
WhatsApp backend in Erlang + used in telecoms
appstorelottery··on Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly
Anyone that uses "Claude Fable 5 running in Claude Code"? Can you speculate that plan or cost might have been involved in doing this (given that it seems approximately 5 hours or so of continuous operation for both C++ and Assembly ports, along with the shipping / marketing functions where it's not clear how much compute was used". Thanks in advance (I'm thinking of trying US based models, however I'm penny pinching using DeepSeek Flash etc. ATM).
appstorelottery··on John C. Dvorak has died
Hey rosrepa... I want to go down your rabbit hole & collect some titles... would you be kind enough to recommend some easy ones to start with?
appstorelottery··on Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base
Disappointed that it wasn't returning a list of paragraphs from eBooks that semantically match; search only appears to list the publications - not the actual match within the document.
appstorelottery··on Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base
Living in bizarro world of AI. Install open source project, fails, feed into OpenCode w/DeepSeekFlash 4 -> feed error into it get fixed.

The kill_port function only catches ImportError from the psutil block, so when psutil is installed but raises AccessDenied (common on macOS), it crashes instead of falling back to lsof.

In platform_paths.py - add two lines after line 250:

except psutil.Error: pass

Fixed. Now when psutil raises AccessDenied (as happens on macOS without elevated privileges), it falls through to the lsof/fuser fallback instead of crashing. Try docubrowser start again.

appstorelottery··on Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base
Anyone getting a bunch of permission errors when running (e.g. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tron/Applications/DocuBrowse/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psutil/_psosx.py", line 347, in wrapper return fun(self, args, *kwargs) File "/Users/tron/Applications/DocuBrowse/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psutil/_psosx.py", line 508, in net_connections rawlist = cext.proc_net_connections(self.pid, families, types) PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted (originated from proc_pidinfo(PROC_PIDLISTFDS) 1/2)
appstorelottery··on Om Malik has died
"Om patiently explain how I should think about my career" - care to share what Om explained to you?
appstorelottery··on Formal Verification Gates for AI Coding Loops
I think it's all about keeping state in the determinant space. I've come across the same issue, the key was to not rely on LLM performing workflow - the runtime needs to enforce.
appstorelottery··on Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit
New business model apparently. USD$22,567.56 per day.

1. Make Trump meme 2. Go to jail for N days 3. Profit ($22k per day)

Nice ;-)

appstorelottery··on Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game
Amazing work! Thanks very much for this OP!
appstorelottery··on Amiga Graphics Archive
This is great stuff! As a side note, I wonder if anyone has created a HAM viewer that runs in the browser? I remember HAM flickering by necessity and being amazed by 4096 colors on-screen at once. There was a certain quality of HAM images on the Amiga that made them instantly identifiable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold-And-Modify

appstorelottery··on Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]
OMG. Thanks so much for posting this - completely awesome! Such a nostalgic roller coaster ride, from Qmodem to Xcopy and everything in between... brought back so many memories... - thanks again!
appstorelottery··on Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
I’m not making a claim about whether any particular idea is good or bad.

I’m pointing out that the process by which ideas gain acceptance is somewhat independent from their actual quality, so acceptance alone isn’t a strong signal.

appstorelottery··on Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
I might not have been clear. I’m separating two questions: (1) whether an idea is actually good or true, and (2) how easily it gains acceptance. My point is just that (2) doesn’t reliably answer (1).
appstorelottery··on Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
I think we’re still talking past each other. I’m not arguing that any specific idea is good.

My point is just that public acceptance itself isn’t reliable evidence either way: ideas can gain support (or fail) for reasons other than their actual merit.

appstorelottery··on Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)
Having worked in public advocacy advertising, I’d frame it like this: “Good ideas don’t need lies” is a compelling ideal but in practice, public acceptance isn’t a reliable signal of truth or societal benefit. It depends on incentives, narratives, and how information is presented.

History shows that even harmful or suboptimal ideas (like coal power) can gain widespread support if presented persuasively, while genuinely beneficial ideas can struggle if they’re complex or unintuitive.

A useful heuristic is: if an idea relies on misleading claims to survive scrutiny, that’s a warning sign. But public acceptance itself is not proof of goodness or correctness.

In short: persuasion and truth are related—but far from identical.

appstorelottery··on Why a "Buy Me a Coffee" Prompt Yielded $0 and Churned Our Power Users
Thanks for the link to the Parable of the Polygons - her work is amazing.

You might be right about the mindset, I have no idea about the demographic that plays the game; only that they seem to be repulsed by BuyMeACoffee. The heavy users (i.e. more than 12 hours on site within last month) - once they see that banner for the first time for a return session instantly stop playing. It's not long enough yet to see if they return. Maybe it's the equivalent to putting a "Remember to buy your mom a gift on her birthday" pop-up on a porn site ;-) It's a mojo killer for sure.

appstorelottery··on Why a "Buy Me a Coffee" Prompt Yielded $0 and Churned Our Power Users
If anyone wants to chime in with other theories etc., very interested in the what others think?
appstorelottery··on Show HN: Video Poker Trainer
The tumbleweed tells me I probably need to have a long think about Balatro before making the next version ;-)
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
I'm humbled. Thank you!
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
Thank you, I'm seeing that awareness is key.
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
Let me tell you, I've seen more than my fair share of surgery videos involving "de-sheathing" in my research: I don't envy your editing work - but I envy your stomach ;-) But thanks for your reply, the community here can be great at times!
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
Thanks for your thoughtful comment! You're right - Biodesign can be used in Plaque Incision and Grafting (PIG) for Peyronies. Unfortunately PIG IMHO has (in some studies I have read) a 50/50 chance of erectile dysfunction, nerve injury, instability and so on. In essence, PIG might be rolling the dice to make a bad situation completely untenable. But again, I do thank you for your comment!
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
I have sent you an email - any help you can provide in this area.
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
A cure for Peronies which is non invasive, works on chronic/non-chronics is worth countless billions.
appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
I have not recovered, I took the opposite path to you - when "standard care" wasn't an option - I gave up. But your post has motivated me, and shown me a roadmap of what is possible. Eternally grateful.

p.s. "I'll talk to anyone, I'll go anywhere, and I can be there anytime" - for me, unfortunately $ is the problem for going anywhere, anytime. Perhaps you can help? I've sent you an email - I'm motivated. ;-)

appstorelottery··on Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies
Thanks for the inspiration! Is there anything new you've learned about fibrosis in your journey?
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