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desmondwillowon A Periodic Map of Cheese

Claude prefers it.

desmondwillowon Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars

Consider whether this is an uncharitable comment --- someone with little expertise in a discipline has made a rookie mistake and didn't realize that the wires weren't produced individually.

Professionals overestimating their knowledge is a very common thing!

desmondwillowon Launch HN: Captain (YC W26) – Automated RAG for Files

Congratulations on the launch, Edgar and Lewis! I tried out https://pg.runcaptain.com/ --- 1. I can't seem to select the text during text generation without it being deselected as soon as more text is generated.

2. It seems like it tries to emit citations, but doesn't emit proper links and instead just wrote [filename].

> one of the most common pieces of advice Y Combinator gives to startups [153_do_things_that_dont_scale.pdf].

desmondwillowon VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code

I'm quite surprised to hear that "programming languages have reached a terminal state": there are (imo) at least four in-progress movements in the industry right now:

1. Memory safety 2. Better metaprogramming capabilities 3. Algebraic effects 4. Solver/prover awareness

Even if LLMs become capable of writing all code, I think there's a good chance that we'd want those LLMs writing code in a language with memory safety and one amenable to some sort of verification.

desmondwillowon JavaScript Temporal is coming

The DurationFormatter proposal allows you control over which units you want formatted and at what brevity: eg. 1 yr, 3 hours, and 3m. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

I partially implemented it in the icu4x library.

desmondwillowon Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrepreneur?

I'm feeling sales-curious myself as a currently rather technically-focused student. Find me at https://github.com/kartva/ and my email at sendtokartavya at gmail dot com.

(I didn't see an email in your about so this is the best way I know to contact you)

desmondwillowon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)

Hey, so the careers page just redirects to Raytheon's website, at which point the link leads to a search page with the term "FlightAware" that doesn't yield any results.

How can I apply?

desmondwillowon Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2023?

100% Chaotic Neutral predictions. Love it.

desmondwillowon Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery

> By contrast, removable-battery phones are all garbage practically as soon as you open the box. The Samsung XCover is only 2 years old, might not even get Android 12, and definitely will never get anything after Android 12.

That isn't a property intrinsic to removable-battery phones; An Apple phone with a removable battery would be the best in terms of software and battery longevity, both of which are factors which serve to prolong the life of the phone.