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evanjrowley

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evanjrowley··on EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids
The most on-brand solution for the EU would be to require mobile phone users to upload brain scans in real-time so the state can check for neural activity associated with addiction.
evanjrowley··on We are not going to agree on AI
The analogy did not connect with me because I am the Home Depot shopper who buys the 13-sensor stud finder, a second one for redundancy, and the third one because I eventually misplace the first.

Mirrors my shotgun approach to AI. Keep trying and stick with whatever works.

evanjrowley··on My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem
Given the Windows constraint, a better recommendation would have been Microsoft's Resilient File System (ReFS): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/ref...
evanjrowley··on My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem
Since the author is using Windows, I'm surprised nobody has recommended Microsoft's Resilient File System (ReFS). It's kind of like Microsoft's answer to ZFS, but with support for clustered filesystems. Not a bad choice here if you're using the Microsoft stack: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/ref...
evanjrowley··on Reflections on NetBSD 11
Maybe the best use case for NetBSD is something you haven't tried yet? The kernel support for Lua seems awesome but that's not the same as running a full desktop environment.
evanjrowley··on Proton Meet
This must integrate with Proton's appointment scheduling feature, no? That's a feature offered as part of their Workplace Standard and Workplace Premium plans. Does anyone have experience with that feature? How does it compare to the Microsoft Office 365 bookings feature? Honestly couldn't do my job without something like this manage my stacked schedule.
evanjrowley··on Human brain changes after first psilocybin use
They feed us poison, so we buy their "cures", while they suppress our medicine.
evanjrowley··on I completed 100 Days of Java over 5 years and mapped the journey as a graph
Nice work! I appreciate the topic and search filters too.
evanjrowley··on Let's Buy Spirit Air
>Airlines actually make all of their money through loyalty programs and credit card payments.

Spirit has been doing this since it's inception. The collapse of their business can't be through lack of this alone.

evanjrowley··on China pushes EU capitals to scrap 'Made in Europe' law or face retaliation

  Companies from countries with more than 40% global market share in a given sector could be required to form joint ventures with European partners and transfer technology. At least half of jobs in such projects would also need to go to EU workers.

  China has criticised the measures as discriminatory...
Do EU companies face similar restrictions when doing business in China?
evanjrowley··on Copy Fail
The AI generated prose screams marketing. Marketing is why there's a "Contact our Security Team" form at the bottom of the page.
evanjrowley··on Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores
If stores raise their prices and cite this law as the reason why, that will fit with Maryland's overall theme as an eccessively exepensive state to live in.
evanjrowley··on New Study Finds That ADHD Has 9 Categories of Symptoms
Each of these symptoms has been repeatedly discussed at length by Dr. Russel Barkley[0] over many years, but I suppose it is a good thing that headlines like this are continuously circulated to increase awareness. For some people, this is important news.

[0] https://www.russellbarkley.org

evanjrowley··on Arch Linux Now Has a Bit-for-Bit Reproducible Docker Image
adding to the list, one exotic approach to this problem is stagex https://codeberg.org/stagex/stagex
evanjrowley··on Show HN: macOS VMs to let you agents run wild
This is the use case I was attempting to solve with VirtualBuddy[0], but GhostVM looks like a far more compelling solution now.

[0] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

evanjrowley··on Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM
Actually Windows Server 2012 or just Windows Domain functional level? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad...
evanjrowley··on Meta capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
It's the same approach as Windows Recall, but all data remains sovereign to the company generating it.
evanjrowley··on CPUs Aren't Dead. Gemma2B Out Scored GPT-3.5 Turbo on Test That Made It Famous
It would be ironic if the article itself was written with Gemma2B.
evanjrowley··on NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist
Now that you frame it that way, I'm surprised "lose" didn't evolve to be pronounced like "Lowe's"
evanjrowley··on Thumb-Shift Keyboard
I'm not a Japanese typist, but ever since I learned how to customize ergo/ortho keyboards with QMK/ZMK, a right thumb shift key is always present on my layout. It gives me Shift plus Caps Lock with just one key.
evanjrowley··on Agent - Native Mac OS X coding ide/harness
Recently I tried a similar project: Fazm. It's also implemented in Swift, just like Agent here. The Fazm feature set is similar with with main differences are it's focused more on Claude exclusively. https://github.com/mediar-ai/fazm
evanjrowley··on God sleeps in the minerals
I hope for a new RPGMaker game featuring cave exploration enemies inspired by these interesting rock formations.
evanjrowley··on The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
I like how it makes the burgers look more "laid back", like some cool sunglasses-wearing skater/surfer dude leaning back, or a pin-up model whose pose invites you in. Standing up straight is for the man and that's not how I want my burgers to be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man

evanjrowley··on ChatGPT for Excel
There is a significant difference in experience between Copilot Basic for a M365 user whose IT admins have blocked integration capabilities with Sharepoint content vs Copilot Premium for a M365 user whose IT admins have allowed integration capabilities with Sharepoint content.
evanjrowley··on Cal.com is going closed source
I agree with you that AI's disruption of attribution is a much bigger problem, but it's also worth recognizing that not everyone has this same motivation. It mostly affects copyleft open source licenses.

Attribution isn't required for permissive many open source licenses. Dependencies with those licenses will oftentimes end up inside closed source software. Even if there isn't FOSS in the closed-source software, basically everyone's threat model includes (or should include) "OpenSSL CVE". On that basis, I doubt Cal is accomplishing as much as they hope to by going closed source.

evanjrowley··on Cal.com is going closed source
Juxtapose this with the fact that many HNers will decry strong copyleft FOSS licenses as not being truly "open source" - the reality is that closed source software is still full of open-source non-copyleft dependencies. Unless you're rolling your own encryption and TCP stack, being closed source will not be the easy solution that many imagine it to be.
evanjrowley··on The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Speed of Light
The film is another story, but the show Stargate SG-1 is a boomer series because:

- In most of the episodes, the assumed leader is Colonel Jack O'Neill, who is literally a boomer and fits perfectly into the stereotype. The character's purpose is to show that positive qualities of boomerism win, while sarcastically dismissing the value of everything new.

- It's a patriotic military Sci-Fi that portrays the US military as mostly good. Reverence for the United States military is strongest with Boomers. Similarly, the theme of "American exeptionalism" is strong throughout the series.

- For a show made in the 2000s, Colnel O'Neill's consistent distrust of the Russians, contrasted with the relative openness displayed by other characters, is rooted in Cold War experience that strongly resonates with Boomers.

To be clear, I'm not saying any of this is bad. Personally I think it was a good show. Rewatching it today gives me nostalgia both for the show and the ideals of the era.

evanjrowley··on The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Speed of Light
If The Great Pyramids of Giza and light-speed physics are interesting to you, then you may also enjoy the Stargate series. It's a Boomer Sci Fi series that leans heavily into the "Ancient Aliens" trope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1
evanjrowley··on Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
Zellij has some controls for how copy/paste is handled. Perhops these could help you in the future? Link: https://zellij.dev/documentation/options.html#copy_command
evanjrowley··on France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk
When speaking English, the French side of my family refers to themselves like that often, however, they're from Bretagne, so exactly how French they are is up for debate.
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