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jeffgreco··on Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city
A pretty funny analysis I saw:

Before Minecraft city (2007–2013): 5–3 in the playoffs — 62.5% win rate

After starting the city (2014–2025): 3–9 in the playoffs — 25.0% win rate

jeffgreco··on Dots: Always-on agents
This is some worst case scenario behavior for an agent. Whatever Meta has learned, they don’t apply. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001886/...
jeffgreco··on Dots: Always-on agents
Claw is a cute name?
jeffgreco··on Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search
I've also had issues with severely out of date product results.
jeffgreco··on Fastpotify
This is cool. A few small thoughts:

- would love to be able to disable podcasts / anything non music related. it's my #1 gripe with the official Spotify client today.

- Winamp buttons shouldn't remain "pressed" in that play state

- Winamp doesn't like being stuck to one edge of the screen, after putting there and interacting it will often jump inward a bit

- Winamp could use the EQ in collapsed mode

- Would be nice for Winamp to remember its position (i think it grabs the NW corner of the large player every time?

jeffgreco··on Tim Cook Sold Out Steve Jobs
Agreed. Same thing on desktop: Apple is pulling Windows-style stuff like putting ads in the OS and forcibly bundling software (just try deleting News.app on MacOS) only because Windows has meanwhile reached even lower lows.
jeffgreco··on A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]
Is the GitHub project the same as the videos? Seems like no.
jeffgreco··on Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing
Gruber has a ridiculous knee-jerk response to anything the EU does, so hardly a surprise he didn't come to the table with a sober facts-based response.
jeffgreco··on Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard
The design is on point and the numbers look great. I want one.
jeffgreco··on Cloudflare Drop
What is this for?
jeffgreco··on We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps
So strange to write a whole post with Claude giving the best results and Grok consistently the worst, but awarding Grok the winner because at least it did the worst fastest?
jeffgreco··on Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb
It won't surprise most people here that this guy's past comments have a real weird focus on race!
jeffgreco··on Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?
Still a better outcome than tossing your ethics overboard.
jeffgreco··on Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers
I was very vehement about needing to stay in Chromium — until I tried Zen browser and it turns out I didn’t! (Unless I wanted to watch Prime Video)
jeffgreco··on SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B
A crazy and lucky bailout for Cursor + investors.
jeffgreco··on SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B
60b?
jeffgreco··on Codex for almost everything
> LLMS are good at "find me a two week vacation two months from now"?

Yes?

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edit: Just tested it with that exact prompt on Claude. It asked me who I was traveling with, what type of trip and budget (with multiple choice buttons) and gave me a detailed itinerary with links to buy the flights ( https://www.kayak.com/flights/ORD-LIS/2026-06-13/OPO-ORD/202... )

jeffgreco··on Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator
As the article says, Back was very interested in methods of covering one's tracks.
jeffgreco··on Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods
Yeah, that would be a real scummy thing to do!
jeffgreco··on Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music
They’re talking about the judges on the Sony/Betamax case, not the new one.
jeffgreco··on Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'
Complete waste for anything math related for me. Did act as a proper gateway into coding though!
jeffgreco··on The largest zip tie is nearly 4 feet long and $75
It doesn't say longest either.
jeffgreco··on A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words
Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?
jeffgreco··on OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again
How many memecoins can get pumped and dumped?
jeffgreco··on Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)
It looks great but I can't imagine I'll be up to the cleaning protocol.

For outdoor use, I've had some decent success with the app Vivid which hijacks various MacOS abilities to superbrighten your display: https://www.getvivid.app/

jeffgreco··on Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video
Great work! I’d love to see a proper BTS or case study.
jeffgreco··on Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Shameful.
jeffgreco··on Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
Better than or more cheaply.
jeffgreco··on Inkjet printer with DRM-free ink will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign
Love it though the way cut sheets of rolled paper will curl is pretty annoying.
jeffgreco··on The Atlantic Quantum team is joining Google
Ya mean foresight?
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