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etrvic

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Student - 2028 promotion - CS and Automation

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." - Frank Herbert, Dune

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etrvic··on The DeepMind Institute
Does anyone have any idea why most of today’s top links are submitted by the same account, one that is 11 days old?
etrvic··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
I had this problem on Spotlight, I solved it once and never happened to me again, there is a setting to reindex all the files, which solves the issue. On iOS however I still have this problem.
etrvic··on Crickets as pets
Apparently cricket fights are also a thing. I find this part intresting (from the cricket fight wikipedia article:

> Studies done indicate that the sense of "flying" encourages a cricket's fighting spirit. In one such study, a losing cricket put back into the ring will only go back to fight one out of ten times. If crickets are shaken and thrown in the air repeatedly, they will fight again six out of ten times.

etrvic··on A Love Letter to Flashcards
I used anki for learning japanese, and what I noticed while is that, at least for me the act of reviewing flashcards became a burden itself. It was not fun nor pleasant. I’d go back to using Anki if i’d know how to solve this.
etrvic··on Japanese verb conjugation the simple hard way
While we are on the subject of Japanese and since everyone criticises the author, any resource recommendations or otherwise good practices to share with a fellow Japanese learner?
etrvic··on Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)
Hi! I noticed that the button open in spotify opens a premade spotify playlist, but the songs seem to be wrong. I also noticed that the covers on the website match the ones of the mismatched songs. Perhaps those songs only don’t exist on spotify? For refrence i opened the 2005 Japan playlist.
etrvic··on Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)
A 50% increase in dimensions doesn't directly transform in a 50% increase in volume.

>The newer ones have more details, look slicker, but have a lot less "meat"

I presume that the 2022 model has as target audience nostalgic adults, but otherwise I agree, the new sets seem far more fragile then the ones released a decade ago. I think this is due to a recent focus towards adults from LEGO.

etrvic··on SSH Secret Menu
Llm generated comment? Am I going crazy?
etrvic··on How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)
As many origami folds do, I believe
etrvic··on TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan
Is this a decision took in light of the new prime minister’s party winning 2/3 lower house majority and her statements about protecting Taiwan against China?
etrvic··on More Mac malware from Google search
A solution would be to stop shipping macs with the terminal app\s. Computers are now used by a wide variety of people, some without technical knowledge, maybe a default switch on macOS that displays warnings on rather trivial attacks would help.
etrvic··on Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)
I don't think the social media landscape is inherently bad, but the ways in which it evolved. And I think the shift in social media towards consuming content instead of connecting with others is a direct reflection of the era we live in; one of abundant information.

Social media will stop becoming relevant when we stop treating each person as a mini corporation that needs to provide value, trying to optimize every aspect of your life in a life-long marketing campaign.

etrvic··on A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck
You might want to add [2022] in the title
etrvic··on LLMs as the new high level language
> The FAQ notes that submission rank is impacted by "software which downweights overheated discussions." A good rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score. Moderators can overrule the downranking for appropriate, not-actually-a-flame-war discussions.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

etrvic··on Why E cores make Apple silicon fast
I had the same problem last year, re-indexing all the files fixed it for me[1].

That being said, macOS was definitely more snappy back on Catalina, which was the first version I had so I can't vouch for Snow Leopard. Each update after Catalina felt gradually worse and from what i heard Tahoe feels like the last nail in the coffin.

I hope the UX team will deliver a more polished, expressive and minimal design next time.

[1] - https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321

etrvic··on Mount Fuji cherry blossom festival canceled due to overtourism
I went to Kyoto last year during what can be considered peak season. My accommodation was quiet central. I have to say I didn't have a problem with overturism. Sure if you visit what everyone markets on Instagram there are flocks of tourists everywhere. If you just randomly explore the city, you can find equally beautiful places that lack tourists and in my opinion are far more charming.

I think the problem is that since Japan has been trending on social media, everyone goes to the same 3 temples, eats at the same 5 restaurants and so on. And social media sure doesn't help in spreading the tourist flux evenly.

etrvic··on Why E cores make Apple silicon fast
On my Intel mac searching with cmd+space for a file takes under a second. Maybe there is a problem on your end?
etrvic··on Why E cores make Apple silicon fast
From your article it seems like you benchmark compile times. I am not an expert on the subject, but I don't see the point in comparing ARM compilation times with Intel. There are probably different tricks involved in compilation and the instructions set are not the same.
etrvic··on LLMs as the new high level language
Neither, that's up to your individual preference. Although I think that controversial threads have more noise, but sometimes provide a more enjoyable read.
etrvic··on LLMs as the new high level language
I once read here on HN that a good metric for filtering controversial comment sections is number of upvotes/comments. If it's bellow one, the thread is probably controversial.
etrvic··on I write games in C (yes, C) (2016)
I feel like, for me, it’s that I am more familiar with writing in C and switching to C++ seems rather difficult. So, sure I am reimplementing features that already exist in anoter language, it just so happens in this case is C++. Why not use python if you want to avoid reimplementing the wheel as much as possible. And sure python is not suited for game development but I just wanted to make a point with it. I think in the end ising a language you are most familiar with results in the most amount of enjoyable coding.
etrvic··on I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great
I've been using macOS since 2020, but for the last year I have seriously considered switching to Linux. macOS Catalina felt really fast, easy to use, and lacked the useless features they kept adding and the ipadOS like interface they began implementing. In 2020, the feature set felt much more intentional.
etrvic··on Deepnote, a Jupyter alternative, is going open source
I don't know if I'm missing something here, but I think they rephrased the article, or at least the quoted sentence is not there anymore.

Edit: I checked with wayback machine and they definitely modified the article.

etrvic··on Sora 2
In light of some comments and videos here, I’d like to morbidly announce that I can no longer distinguish between AI videos and real ones. However, I’ll take this as an opportunity to move from short-form content to long-form, since it seems that space hasn’t yet been hijacked by AI.
etrvic··on Video Game Blurs (and how the best one works)
A great video on a similar subject: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9x_50czf-4
etrvic··on Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]
I believe that intuition is often not enough to have a concrete thought. It’s more of a feeling, you can’t reach conclusions based on intuition, you also need reason.
etrvic··on Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]
> There are many concepts in our thought stream without a 'word' or even a simple 'phrase' to label them.

If those concepts would exist you wouldn’t be able to explain them using words, no matter how complex the phrase may be. Taking a phrase and expecting it to have a single word replace is unrealistic. You can’t just asign a word to every possible sentence/phrase. Having a direct translation means you don’t necessarily need that word in your language.

One might argue that the limit of our language is the limit of our ability to think.

etrvic··on Even Apple cannot explain why we need AI in our lives
>But when was the last time their products were relevant?

You can't neglect the fact that, despite their lack of innovation while sitting on a huge pile of money, Apple has brought a few good things in the last decade. For example, their use of ARM chips in Macs has influenced other companies to adopt this architecture, which in some ways is better than x86. Another product market they opened up with their "innovation" is the AirPods, which are, in my opinion, better for daily tasks than bulky headphones as they are easier to carry around and more discreet.

>But I've never understood why a device from a secretive, developer-hostile company is supposed to be some amazing tool.

An iPhone may lack some basic features, but I find the overall experience more polished than Android.

>I know there are people who positively love their iPhone and the status it apparently confers in their friends group.

My 2021 iPhone SE doesn't confer me any status, but I agree that some people just buy iPhones because they are expensive.

Anyway, in the end, it's about everyone's opinion. But Apple’s AI seems like overkill. I definitely don't want AI spilled into every app that is on my phone. I'm happy using the phone app, taking photos whenever I feel like it, and keeping in touch with my friends over WhatsApp/Discord/Messages.

etrvic··on Cyber Scarecrow
I decided to use Bitdefender a few months ago becouse i suspected my Mac had malware. I was right, there was a adware in the firefox files so it did it’s job.

But, my experience with the antivirus was horrible. When i first opened the app there were popus everywhere advertising for their other products, and the overall ui didn’t look trustworthy.

I am no security expert, so I’m asking: is this the best way to deal with malware?

etrvic··on FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations
The same thing happend with Netflix raising prices. Probably everyone nobody canceled their subscription after the increased price just becouse it’s not worth the effort. And the price raise is incremental just so nobody will complain.
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