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gsibble··on Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful
I built a company that actually did implement HATEOS in our API. It was a nightmare. So much processing time was spent on every request setting up all the URLs and actions that could be taken. And no one used it for anything anyways. Our client libraries used it but we had full control over them anyways and if anything, it made the libraries more complex.

While I agree it's an interesting idea in theory, it's unnecessary in the real world and has a lot of downsides.

gsibble··on Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON
Oh yeah, I'd love to hold on to people's emails and be responsible if they got leaked.
gsibble··on After successfully entering Earth's atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost
European spacecraft......launched in the US by SpaceX.

Hilarious.

gsibble··on US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders
And the final check today but the Supreme Court said those judges were wrong and don't get to do that anymore.
gsibble··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
Exactly what I think will happen. I think it's already inevitable.

The IDF has total air superiority. The regime has very little capabilities left at all.

gsibble··on Airpass – Easily overcome WiFi time limits
If this site was really hackers, this wouldn't be considered news.
gsibble··on Airpass – easily overcome WiFi time limits
Agreed.
gsibble··on Airpass – easily overcome WiFi time limits
WOAH. MAC address spoofing is some old school stuff. I got in trouble for it in college.

I didn't realize you could spoof MAC addresses on....well....a Mac but it's not something I'd do lightly.

gsibble··on LLM Chat via SSH
We made this a while ago on the web:

https://terminal.odai.chat

gsibble··on Series C and Scale
I'm wondering if some was used to purchase shares of employees and founders.
gsibble··on Series C and scale
They probably aren't wanting for cash so I wonder why they did this. Maybe a lot of it was secondary sales?
gsibble··on Series C and Scale
Agreed. There's no way Cursor can stay ahead when they really don't have much of a moat.

Don't get me wrong, I love Cursor but is seems Microsoft could just rip it all off and put it in base VS Code.

gsibble··on Series C and scale
Wow. That's an insane difference in only a few months.
gsibble··on Series C and scale
Impressive. Didn't they just raise a bunch recently?
gsibble··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
Sony already does some wireless surrounds. They sound like crap.

The problem with wireless speakers is you can't really stream at a high enough bitrate to them to make for decent audio. Plus to really work, they need a plug nearby.

People without a proper room really can't enjoy surround sound which is a shame. There's this whole world of high end home theater equipment most people never get a chance to hear.

I try to show everyone my theater room to get more people excited. Several friends have run out and bought setups after hearing it. It's not too hard to run wires and mount speakers. I genuinely think most people just don't know what they are missing.

gsibble··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
Be careful about Atmos. Most Atmos discs (I refuse to stream it) are a 5.1 TrueHD main setup with atoms layered in. So it's still 5.1 or 7.1 with some atmos effects.

That being said, I have a 7.1.4 Atmost setup and it is on the level of "HOLY SHIT" good.

gsibble··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
I mean, I am an audio/videophile with a proper 7.1.4 Atmos setup at home.

I cannot even watch streaming tv or movies on it as it sounds so bad.

But I put in a 4K UHD disc and wow. It sounds better than a real movie theater.

I just think most people are never exposed to what high end movie audio sounds like anymore. I can tell you that channel separation is as good as ever. It's just most people never realize what's possible at home or don't have a room conducive to the setup. Or frankly don't care. My wife loves good movies and she could care less about the sound quality.

gsibble··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
I have an 7.1.4 Atmos system with a Sony ES receiver.

I can definitively tell you that sound bars to not come anywhere close to the quality of what I have, and at a decent price too (the entire audio setup cost less than my OLED tv).

I think most people are never exposed to real home theater audio so they don't know what they are missing. Similar with high end stereo audio these days (which I also have).

Every time I show Top Gun Maverick in my theater room to a friend, they want to go out and buy a real setup. Several have. It sounds better than an actual theater plus I get to lounge on my couch with my dog.

gsibble··on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk
I'm an audiophile (Revel speakers) and while I know of some good Chinese DAC/Amp brands I don't know of any Chinese speaker manufacturers yet.

Top speakers are still extremely expensive, and sound just as good as well.

gsibble··on Show HN: 80s Style AI Interface
Sure thing!
gsibble··on Evolving OpenAI's Structure
Altman is a clear sociopath. He's a sales guy and good executive. But he's only out for himself.
gsibble··on Dec VT320 Style AI TTY Terminal
Haha, we picked that one on purpose!
gsibble··on Dec VT320 Style AI TTY Terminal
Thanks! Just the name I used in the post but will remember that for future reference. We weren't going to an exact match, just something cool.
gsibble··on For Funsies: Dec VT320 Style AI TTY Terminal
We had some fun and made an old school terminal for GPT 4.1.

Press \ to see commands to change the color scheme!

gsibble··on We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data
Almost everything wrong in society can be traced back to some small percentage of people ruining it for everyone else.
gsibble··on YC founder points out that jobs exist outside of working for police state
Yep! That was the one I was thinking of. Thanks.
gsibble··on FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
Every time I've written something that goes against the liberal narrative that makes the front page on HN, it's flagged in under 5 minutes.

Even when it's about tech or San Francisco.

gsibble··on In restaurants, We need a new way to signal that we're ready to pay
I always wanted a system with an NFC chip embedded into the receipt holder. Just tap my phone, pull up my receipt on a web page, and checkout with Apple Pay.
gsibble··on OAuth's Role in MCP Security
I don’t think this is a great article. MCP is inherently designed so integrating something like oAUTH is going to be very difficult. What callback url are you going to use? How are you going to pass the token in so it isn’t stored by the LLM provider? Etc.
gsibble··on Smithery: MCP Directory
So, like the 50th directory so far?
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