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eurticket··on Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers
Agreed. With a multi tab/page interface system like this, it would be nice to see a slideshow of different useful pages and nice data vis metrics.

As an aside, GitHub made a change a while back where videos and gifs don't auto play without the user clicking play first. Boo.

eurticket··on RFC 454545 – Human Em Dash Standard
I too loved using em dashes and alt codes like alt-149, my beloved, before LLMs dissolved that pleasure.

Something as simple as an alt code makes me contemplate. As the tech progresses it makes me dislike AI and those that shove it down our throats more and more.

I feel like the sum of my interests and skills from simple, Photoshop edits or learning my most used alt codes, is a lot like how the cellphone replaced some of our ability to remember phone numbers.

The machine does the thing, so why do humans need to do the thing? Or even learn about the thing?

I'm sure there are better examples than the cellphone eliminating the phonebook in my head, but I'm just thinking what are the unseen damages to humans handing over work to machines?

:::: The phone remembers the number, but what if I don't have the phone?

As a previously more involved automation career oriented person, I've heard all the catch phrases of saving the worker, and kill the repetitive tasks. It doesn't look like that ever happens, unless it's something the business world doesn't understand completely, yet have the power and authority to shape. Disgusting.

I think a better example: Everyone thinks about "how should I word this email, what's the tone, who is the audience?" Should I check every detail and work my editing skill muscle or should I simply run an idea, rather than try to form it myself, through an LLM?

Maybe it will sound better if the grammar is perfect and I will have a more effective point rather than how the message was crafted.

No harm in more effective communication, but I do foresee the serious impact the moment people that are relying on the tools lose Internet connection.

We must use these muscles, even if to first formulate a terrible, errored, humanized version. Not to look down upon ourselves with discontent when the AI that corrects it, through their wealth of stolen source material, but to have something to fall back on when the power goes out.

I digress, these RFCs are a good proposal without any strength. Just look at the theft to train these models. The models will strive to become useful to those that rely on them and just adopt the new way of writing.

eurticket··on Canadians have a ‘right to be forgotten’ on Google, Federal Court rules
Because people shouldn't be judged on only the things that make it into search results.

People are complex and not their mistakes. Once you serve a punishment you should be free to live & not forever branded a criminal.

eurticket··on The Game Industry Sucks [video]
I think the rant is more constructive when directed towards how companies are ran into the ground and the workers are the ones to take the hits. Not the c-suite or big decision makers, that made bad decisions.

There are some solid solutions. In game development, why not collect the resources that someone has made; code, models, animations, etc and reuse them to rapidly develop new ideas. Of course some aesthetic choices will not merge correctly with each other but scripts can be easier and sometimes interchangeable. Maybe more game development companies need to focus on these aspects if they already don't; Collecting resources they've already spent money on for moonshot ideas.

Or branching employees off into teams to make moonshot games instead of simply laying them off. After big, failed ideas by the game studio, instead of removing sudo-decay and starting over, why not bring those already trained people with you and start building a solutions culture? And maybe set a challenge to see who can create the best games in these makeshift, small teams -- any number of them could eventually become a major hit for the company.

It seems like the employees that are expendable would have the more interesting ideas and skills and they're never really valued to their potentials.

With that said seeing studios like blizzard and how they hire specialists -- that doesn't really translate to game development as a whole, even if the industry itself seems like a cash grab for those at the top.

eurticket··on Nvidia Offices Raided by French Law Enforcement
All filler, no killer. (As in, no killer details or interesting news.)
eurticket··on New JFK assassination revelation could upend the lone gunman theory
Wasn't there a documented operation that JFK didn't want to sign/rejected, that pertained to the CIA wanting to set up false flags to justify war against Cuba?

Found it: Operation Northwoods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

eurticket··on The Free Movie
I think a solution could be everyone votes for the best frames.

Then those artists are called back to work on the frames people made bad.

eurticket··on Syrian Cassette Archives
Found this interesting site, with some amazing music. Share albums you like the best.

Wondering if there are other music archives I should know about?

eurticket··on Ask HN: Career advice for an overly versatile profile?
As a generalist myself, focusing and increasing your proficiency, in less areas really helps. It's excellent to be well rounded and be able to grab ideas that connect from a bunch of different places due to being so versatile, but sometimes it takes a mental toll.

As another poster said, product management seems like a good fit. Don't need to be an expert of one thing, as you should be managing the experts.

If you ever do start a new startup, I would be interested in working with you.

eurticket··on Ask HN: Was programming more interesting when memory usage was a concern?
Wasn't around that time but I imagine Limitations made for some creative problem solving.
eurticket··on Understanding computer networks by analogy (2000)
For more analogies see the link below.

This little project was developed I believe within a Google team, with more analogies to help you understand certain concepts, or explain them easier for your less technical comrades.

Enter at your own risk, ATM it comes up as unsecure website.

[0] https://sidewaysdictionary.com/

eurticket··on BeaglePlay from BeagleBoard brings fun to building with computers
I've been thinking of picking one of these up to make a small hand held device for emails, maybe video calling. Does anyone have experience doing these sorts of projects with the beagle?
eurticket··on Medical response to a vinyl chloride release from a train derailment (2017)
You worked with people that didn't want to complain.
eurticket··on The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web
Steven Black runs a hosts file on GitHub with regular updates. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

There are a bunch of file variants to weed out specific bad actors.

It's well currated though I will disclaimer it has broken a few websites in the past for me. Maybe that's a good thing.

eurticket··on Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate
we should all read between the lines, this big push is from those that invest in the office buildings and surrounding businesses chains, and are hurting from lower proximity of consumers.

Stop making your own meals, start consuming from their fast food chain down the block from the building theyre leasing to your company.

Stop for gas and buy from their other investments close by.

Need people to stop being so self sufficient at home, and suck the rich tit.

We are so desperate for the help :( /$

eurticket··on Jessica Hische Brings New Life to an Old Logo
Not to mention a headache. She is a great speaker though, so that probably shines through.
eurticket··on Vinyl Chloride and the Ohio Train Derailment
In my limited knowledge weren't ecp brakes part of the ability is to prevent large trains from derailing, and being able to stop independently?

The older braking system, that was currently installed on those trains, has more points of failure.

eurticket··on Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to password crackdown
I felt the same way when I had it. Netflixs engineering blogs were always really well documented, I wonder why their search was always so bad. Does anyone have an idea?

Also this made me wonder how many people on HN don't actively use an ad blocker. Is there a reason why you don't use one?

eurticket··on Bruce Lee’s Superhuman One-Inch Punch
Great write up, have you seen any examples in modern MMA of the techniques you brought up?
eurticket··on Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger
Believe they were also striking for safer working conditions.
eurticket··on Yahoo will lay off 20% of staff, or 1600 people
They'll have Chatgpt Jeeves soon, I hope.
eurticket··on Where will all the laid off tech workers go?
It makes me wonder too, after the diversity/inclusion role related post[0] saying their departments were basically stripped, it seems like those were a big part of the layoffs of each big tech company.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34596849

eurticket··on Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've seen?
CS364A: Algorithmic Game Theory taught by Tim Roundgarden.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_QFmQU_VA

eurticket··on Where will all the laid off tech workers go?
They should start their own tech company, with a union, and employee owned.
eurticket··on WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage
Dang, I think I've encountered the same issue with my systems recently.

Or at least I think so, trying to figure out a packet loss issue on a virtual machine, for windows xp image.

eurticket··on Pfizer Responds to Covid Gain of Function Research Claims
This must be what theyve been calling 'humanized mice.'
eurticket··on Ask HN: Have you tried using forum software in place of Slack at work?
What forum software is still viable?
eurticket··on Richest 1% amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created since 2020
When I read the article it says richest 1% and I assumed it was America's ultra-rich, 1%.

Think it could be good spin in the future for Americas ultra-rich.

"Don't worry 80k/yr, you're part of the global 1%!" - Daddy Warbucks

eurticket··on Pepsi, Coke soda pricing targeted in new federal probe
What are some of the systems or industries have rackets going on within them? Those seem ripe for change.
eurticket··on Game prototype using AI assisted graphics
Sure, but automation and innovation doesn't always skew positively.
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