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helsinki··on So You Want to Write Java in Neovim
Interesting. JVM langs are the only ones I don't write in Neovim, due to abysmal support (namely, Metals). I'll go through your instructions.
helsinki··on Multilspy: Building a common LSP client handtuned for all Language servers
I use Pyright as my LSP in Neovim and I’m very pleased with it.
helsinki··on Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
I almost bought one, but then I realized I have to manage the water temp myself. Sorry, but that's too much work, which means this will likely end up collecting dust after a month.
helsinki··on Google says AI weather model masters 15-day forecast
On a related note, the company I work for is hiring a meteorologist for a commodities trading desk in NYC and London. Send me an e-mail if you would like a referral: https://mlp.eightfold.ai/careers/job?domain=mlp.com&pid=7559...
helsinki··on An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews
I received an offer from Apple in July after performing six remote interviews. Did this change since July?
helsinki··on Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees
Just get divorced and only spend a few days per week with your kid. Honestly, it's pretty good.
helsinki··on Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
I wonder why nobody uses jsonl format to represent an entire codebase? It’s what I do and LLMs seems to prefer it. In fact, an LLM suggested this strategy to me. Uses less characters, too.
helsinki··on Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes
I also have the Vision Pro and it’s not perfect for me. It definitely struggles with precision. Actually, now that you mention it, it felt very similar to my poor experience with the 16 pro.
helsinki··on Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes
Mine doesn’t work at all on a 16 Pro. Maybe due to astigmatism?
helsinki··on NYC Subway Station Layouts
To the person drawing the stairs, the stairs are not that steep - not even close.
helsinki··on Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids
Trust me - if you had type 1 diabetes, you wouldn't appreciate such logic.
helsinki··on Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids
It's lazy because it is not relevant data for people with Type 1 diabetes, yet the article implies that it is. It is implying that eight million people with type 1 diabetes may have it because their mom ate too much sugar, while the article is actually targeted towards the 537 million people with type 2 diabetes. Those of us with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, are so tired of being lumped in with the vast majority that destroyed their body with lack of exercise and poor diet.
helsinki··on Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids
Type 1 or Type 2? It took me one minute of additional research to determine that this is related to Type 2 diabetes, yet the author didn't even bother to mention. This is lazy journalism motivated by maximizing clicks.
helsinki··on An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers
You should re-read the last paragraph of my comment and note that it is directed towards Apple.
helsinki··on An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers
Alyssa's solution to the 4KB vs. 16KB page size discrepancy by running everything in a virtual machine feels like both a clever hack and a potential performance bottleneck. It makes me wonder about the long-term implications of such workarounds. Are we reaching a point where the complexity of bridging these gaps outweighs the benefits, especially when dealing with proprietary hardware designed to be a closed ecosystem?

This also touches on a broader question about the future of open-source efforts on platforms that are inherently restrictive. While it's inspiring to see games like Control running at 45fps on an M1 MAX with open-source drivers, it begs the question: Should the community continue to invest significant resources into making closed systems more open, or should efforts be redirected toward promoting more open hardware standards?

Apple's approach to hardware design warrants criticism. By creating GPUs with limitations that hinder standard functionalities like tessellation shaders and using non-standard page sizes, Apple places unnecessary obstacles in the path of developers. This closed ecosystem not only complicates the work for open-source contributors but also stifles innovation that could benefit all users.

helsinki··on Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD-adapted body doubling
Ah, yes, thank you for pointing that out. Sorry OP, I thought you charged for every session like a normal therapist, but you charge for every 4.3 sessions. I’m deleting my comment to avoid false disparagement. This is a much more reasonable price. The imputed annual ‘salary’ is $260,465, which makes sense, given the cost of running a business and the development of the platform.

Here’s a thought: Outsiders can approximate your cash flow by scraping the number of unique therapists and calculating their hours worked by analyzing their availability windows. Something worth thinking about, I suppose.

helsinki··on Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD-adapted body doubling
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helsinki··on Ergo: Erlang-inspired event driven actor framework in Go
What kind of practical, real-word problems can I solve with this, as a backend engineer at a hedge fund? Im struggling to understand why I even need actor frameworks when my processes are already supervised, pretty much never crash, and all communicate over gRPC and Kafka? Not trying to be snarky, just don’t understand how this paradigm could assist me.

For more context, most of my work is around real-time streaming / monitoring of trades and trading metrics.

helsinki··on Ergo: Erlang-inspired event driven actor framework in Go
How?
helsinki··on Mourning and moving on: rituals for leaving a career (2014)
You won’t.
helsinki··on Rise of the New York Tech Scene
Yes, but ultimately, still rich kid con artists, for the most part.
helsinki··on The Saucer – A DIY trackpad attachment for the Voyager
Those are two of the ugliest cats I have ever seen, no offense.
helsinki··on The future of kdb+?
Trillions of dollars in the financial system beg to differ.
helsinki··on FakeTraveler: Fake where your phone is located (Mock location for Android)
What are they called, please? I need this for Monster Hunter Now.
helsinki··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
Just get a Tandem T-Slim and Dexcom G7. My A1c went from 7.8 to 6.2.
helsinki··on No Uptime Hosting (2006)
Yeah, agreed.
helsinki··on Korvus: Single-Query RAG with Postgres
Zero mention of what a RAG is on the README. No clue, here.
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helsinki··on Apple poised to get OpenAI board observer role as part of AI pact
I don't know - I recently interviewed with xAI and it sounds like they have some really interesting things in the works that extend into the physical world. I wouldn't write them off, personally.
helsinki··on Python Modern Practices
I've not had any issues using mamba environments and vanilla pip. Not sure why I would need to change that? I have packages that thousands of people use, and others that help manage billions of dollars. I've managed to keep things simple without upgrading tooling. This article feels like it's suggesting flavor of the month technologies without explaining why the status quo is bad. Also, you can't really use virtualenvs easily when you have packages that depend on C libraries.
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