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for static sites on a VPS it's fair to expect the host to provision these, yes?

Good post. +1 for Julia Evans mention. Her work and vibes are worth anyone's time

w00t. L-U-V this

the headline isn't exactly bait but it doesn't exactly set reasonable expectations for the content that follows.

the common thread in similar post is that some folks are struggling with _feelings_ and nothing more. valid feelings set off by real and major changes to the very ground they stand on, I guess, but these feelings are ultimately distractions that can paralysis.

The other common thread is these folks are obviously smarter and more accomplished than I am by magnitudes and they're the first ones I'd expect to pull smart (maybe even inspiring) pivots

good post. much appreciated

I read a post sometime in the last 6 months about the hot business in Saskatchewan or Manitoba selling older, completely unconnected John Deere tractors because farmers found the subscription based service for connected ones to be expensive and unhelpful. Basically a net loss. This wired post seems to be payola I mean a direct rebuttal to that post as well as the behavioral wave because it's probably impacting bottom lines

I come to similar conclusions when scanning dev newsletters and I fail to skip over an ad link. Based on the value proposition presented in the one-liner I wonder they exist then wonder whether I really understand "tech industry" as it currently is ...

saw this on lobste.rs Really enjoyed the post and can use it

This is an accomplishment. That it's a couple with two kids elevates it further.

that's certainly what it's looking like so far. kind of mind boggling ...

shows up in /models though and encourages you to use it over 3.7 Flash I prefer this over reading specs: the "just show me" way

> The over thinkers on Hacker News

Can barely keep my eyes socketed from all this involuntary rolling that's overtaken them ...

I'm personally here for the non-bullshit stuff that isn't about getting clicks with hot ledes grounded on warmed over, barely modified well worn takes on well-understood stats so miss me with _that_ shit ...

> The openness of PC clones ...

I'm kind of struck my this because it reminds me of the some contrast between the two platforms during the mid-90s.

While no PC manufacturer controlled their HW stack like Apple did, making Macs more expensive than PCs by almost double, Windows was the only viable OS option as Linux distros had trouble supporting print functionality. Windows was never not hot garbage.

What Mac users got for their money in 1996 was out-of-the-box media production capacity in the form of CD quality (if not DAT on some models) audio and video (though not full-size broadcast quality yet), TTS and -- I _believe_ -- voice rec and of course a superior UX that turned mere users into babbling near-cultish apostles. PCs had superiority in 3D modeling and animation as well as gaming likely helped along by industry adoption (even Steve Jobs' Pixar went PC) but I don't remember any independent PC-based 3D animation folks like I recall independent Mac based visual designers, sound designers/musicians and video producers.

Mac users got their money's worth especially if they were creatives IMHO

I appreciate this reminder that boring old tech is pretty fucking good tech; especially to your non-ReactJS-not-anti-ReactJS dev, here.

The comments are also a helpful reminder of the various sw and visual design/GUI values folks hold.

I personally never gotten past exploring Tkinter but like everything else I played with until I found reason to depend on it, that'll probably change since it's as available as vim and python and _that's_ the kind of thing I value. Limitations/constrains are the engineer's problem, not the tool's (unless they are the tool's problem (but even then, just be your natural creative self and roll with it))

> The apps look like what native apps looked like in 2003

you make that sound more like a bug than the feature it truly is

beat me to it

there was a recent story about squirrels in rural California opportunistically hunting and eating field mice and vols that's due to an explosion the latters' population and high availability. Not driven by scarcity of default food sources.

using small local models - with a little bit of extra work - for the first time over the past few days was _really_ illuminating and inspired similar thoughts about how far you can practically get with so little. column of zap emojis, mane ...

My question to Google: "will regulators allow NVIDIA-HF deal"

The following points introduced in Google's answer stand out

"Rather than an outright block, regulators are more likely to push for a conditional approval involving strict legal remedies"

"Because Hugging Face was founded by French entrepreneurs and retains strong European ties, the European Commission is expected to be particularly aggressive in reviewing the deal"

"Ultimately, the transaction marks the beginning of a prolonged legal and regulatory review process that could take many months to resolve"

This is follows up my reply -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467001 -- to the post about NVIDIA's apparently imminent purchase of Hugging Face

There are a lot problems with this post - Only "The Information" is claiming the deal's done. - Neither CNBC, Reuters, Techcrunch nor the Business Insider post whose title is cited do more than reference The Information's paywalled claim - Only TC _even mentions_ the potential ~$13B deal on its homepage - Not even a mention on Lobste.rs

There's a misleading mismatch between this post's headline and actual headline.

I get the incentive to drive views but the cost is a substantial number of comments being about the mismatch and not the content

except he said "street" not "highway"

this clip gives a sense of the paper's qualities - https://www.instagram.com/p/DcRNddTNNnQ/

LOL

nice catch

the tiny typography too, per photos in the post

pretty incredible, but to keep saying it's "just paper" and "only paper" is a bit disingenuous. yes, it's paper but there's an unmentioned extra thing going on that makes it look like a particular _type_ of paper. I see @Exoristos' suggestion of stacking; makes sense if true. Really nice, buttery/creamy effect from gluing who-knows-how-many layers. Still ... pretty incredible work

"... reimagined for le modern price and vendor-lock-in totale"

Agreed. My knowledge/experience with synths is limited but between DSPs that're as available as ketchup and Kleenex for the past few decades and an LLM there's not much to rolling one's one. A watch on the other hand is higher LOE