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callwhendone··on So you think you know box shadows?
M1 Pro here and it ran completely fine.
callwhendone··on Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life features
ssh: connect to host devzat.hackclub.com port 22: Connection refused

PORT STATE SERVICE

22/tcp closed ssh

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.18 seconds

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overloaded?

callwhendone··on Ask HN: How do you deal with being more intelligent than the general population?
>First issue - outside of "my IQ is..." bragging rights, intelligence is multi-dimensional.

This is the reason I shy away from using the term IQ. I do not believe it's a valid test on the individual level.

>If it's "homeopathy would be better than vaccines for our baby"-class stuff

A lot of it is this level. In fact, homeopathy is a major point of contention.

callwhendone··on Ask HN: How do you deal with being more intelligent than the general population?
While knowledge is part of it, understanding is also a large factor. Having to explain things again and again and them not understanding what you're saying.
callwhendone··on Ask HN: How do you deal with being more intelligent than the general population?
I would say some regular culprits are viral internet memes that say something crazy. My SO and I are ideologically aligned, for the most part, so are both right-wing. I don't know if you spend time in right-wing internet silos but there are a lot of [redacted] memes that go around claiming something wild that are almost always false. Maybe it's the same on the left, I have no idea.

Used to, I would explain what's going on, which I'm fine with. At a certain point, she became tired of the explaining and decided that I "never agree with her." So, now I have to ignore them, because I'd rather not fight about it.

callwhendone··on Ask HN: How do you deal with being more intelligent than the general population?
>OCPD

I do have this.

You're right though, the answer is patience.

callwhendone··on Ask HN: Which LLMs can run locally on most consumer computers
or have 2 gpus
callwhendone··on Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code
took them 20 years to figure out that they can't monetize their media player
callwhendone··on Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code
don't forget Macamp.
callwhendone··on Apple announces new accessibility features, including eye tracking
It would be amazing if it gets carried over to the Mac.
callwhendone··on In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment
I don't think anything will stay stagnant enough for us to even comprehend what life will be like in the future.
callwhendone··on Tell HN: I think there are major issues with Google –> Squarespace domains
Contrary to others here, I am not a fan of Porkbun. Yes, it has everything you need and yes, it is cheap. But the website is sub-usable way more often than it should be. I started using Porkbun because it was so cheap and I've found myself going back to IWantMyName.com. It's more expensive but I think I get a better experience and service.
callwhendone··on Ask HN: Is iCloud a viable alternative to Dropbox? Any other alternatives?
I use iCloud because of Apple's Advanced Data Protection. I don't believe Dropbox offers anything like that, do they?

For backups I use Time Machine synced to a Linux home server.

callwhendone··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
Wonder what the job is like fixing those robots.
callwhendone··on Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?
>I once worked on an in-house ERP system which had been developed over about 15 years by various developers.

I read this and immediately became sick to my stomach. I despise working in corporate america.

callwhendone··on Regex character "$" doesn't mean "end-of-string"
it's end of line right?
callwhendone··on Show HN: jnv: interactive JSON filter using jq
>Very slow for medium-sized JSON (16MB)

If aqny came here for fun, I think he just found it. Working on performance issues is the best.

callwhendone··on Show HN: jnv: interactive JSON filter using jq
Amazing tool.
callwhendone··on A Society That Lost Focus
I get that focus is important but I could do without the whole "a randomized algorithm could run a company as well as a CEO" rubbish.
callwhendone··on Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control
> Cracking the coding interview came out in 2008. 14 years ago, none of this is new.

Considering that Cracking the Coding Interview is no longer enough for most people, I think it's fair to say that the difficulty has increased.

callwhendone··on The Apple Vision Pro
I wasn't sure about the Vision Pro until I saw how negative HackerNews was about it. I'm sure it'll be a massive success now.
callwhendone··on Fail2Ban
I am one of the people to whom you refer. I read about fail2ban in a "Linux Server Bible" e-book around 2010 and have used it on all of my servers since, even though I am careful with my keys and use password-less login.
callwhendone··on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak
My bootloader is all screwed up because of the TPM2.0 requirement for Windows 11 so I have to boot to BIOS and select my drive whenever I restart. It's a pain.
callwhendone··on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak
I've been running the same Ubuntu install on my desktop for over 5 years now and I haven't run into any issues (if I did they were small enough that I don't remember them). It my experience, it's much more stable, usable, and aesthetic than Windows.

I use macOS as my main driver, though.

callwhendone··on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak
That's the only reason I ever log into Windows. Such an atrocious OS.
callwhendone··on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak
https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-ve...
callwhendone··on A drop in salaries and in the number of jobs available in the Bay Area
Currently looking for a job and they have become more difficult to come by and are paying less.
callwhendone··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
Quizlet has a feature to build flashcards using AI. I'm sure they could write a backend service that just chunked the entire chapter.
callwhendone··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
He's right though, there will never be as many opportunities to start companies as there will be to become a worker at a company. The window of opportunity is shrinking drastically.

It doesn't matter if we're not fungible in the metaphysical sense, we are fungible when it comes to the economical value we provide to the world.

This is no different than telling coal miners that are 50 years old to "learn to code". It's ridiculous and it's disingenuous.

callwhendone··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
I don't know what your salary is but mine isn't going to be replaced by demoing a bathroom and I have a mortgage and a standard of living I was hoping to be able to afford at least until my kids are out of the house.
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