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jermberj··on Distributed Systems Classics (2017)
No disrespect meant to Mr. Armstrong, but it's possible it's never listed because it's basically a textbook. It's 295 pages. The rough average of all papers in OP is like 15 pages.
jermberj··on Does creatine make you smarter?
> Wikipedia quotes a paper saying people make / recycle around 50 kilograms per day. That would imply that people make around 0.5787 grams per second. But this is in tension with the idea that people use 100 watts at rest. Since that 100 watt number seems to be more strongly established, I think 1 gram per second is a better estimate.

The cited paper in Wikipedia might be accurate and the author is just expecting "at rest" to mean awake but mostly idle. I'd wager that during sleep, we use less than 100W. For the sake of argument if you take out 8 hours (asleep time) from a 24 hour period, you end up with a rate of ~0.8681 grams per second, much closer to 1g/s. Anyway, just a little fun with numbers.

jermberj··on After wearing the Pebble Time 2 for two weeks, I'll never buy another smartwatch
Echoing a sibling: yes, apple seems to "get it" just fine.

> In 2021, analysts estimated there were 100 million units in use.[1]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210212163703/https://www.techr...

jermberj··on Let's Buy Spirit Air
Yeah, I'm starting wonder if this is bs. They don't have a twitter account like the pledge form indicates. The youtuber that purportedly started the campaign only has like 36k subscribers, so it's not clear where such a high level of pledges would be coming from and the rpc endpoint response vs page count is pretty suspicious.
jermberj··on American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were
To make the analogy proportional (according to the article), the difference would be something like "do they notice the difference between 1h 40m and 5 hours" (i.e. 3x more). My money would be on yes, they'd very much notice.
jermberj··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
> once you are plant based for 3 or more years, you just don't really crave that anymore except as maybe a guilty pleasure once or twice a year.

This has been the exact opposite of my experience.

source: vegan for 14 years, vegetarian for 2 years prior to that, carnist for the initial 22 years. :)

jermberj··on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
> The most common category is that the models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking. They also don't manage their confusion, they don't seek clarifications, they don't surface inconsistencies, they don't present tradeoffs, they don't push back when they should, and they are still a little too sycophantic.

Does this not undercut everything going on here. Like, what?

jermberj··on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
> You might be thinking "just disable updates, man" or "just install LTSC", or "just run some random debloat script off of GitHub". Why? Why would I jump through all these hoops? I'd rather put in the effort for an OS that knows what consent is and respects me as a user.

The absolute choice quote here. Tattoo it on your forehead.

jermberj··on Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect
Ah, yeah, I'd suspect they'd only have plugins. Def understand the need for mobility. I never want to miss a chance to share with folks about the existence of EPTL, though. :P
jermberj··on Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect
Bingo. Also, it's effectively dead. I live in Multnomah county and since that's gone into effect (in 2023), I have only ever pumped my own gas.
jermberj··on Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect
Howdy, fellow east Portlander, you might be interested in this: https://www.eptl.toollibrarian.net/TL/ourtools.php.

They have 5 electric leaf blowers available right now. You mentioned you already bought one, but perhaps you could share this info with some of your friends or neighbors to save them the cost. :)

jermberj··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
> Price is reasonable, seems less than Uber or a standard taxi.

> Me, in 2015: [Uber's price] is reasonable, seems less than a standard taxi.

We already know how this story progresses.

jermberj··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
Bingo
jermberj··on Cormac McCarthy's personal library
Gets me every time.
jermberj··on Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated code
> An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models.

And this is where I stop reading. You cannot make such a descriptive statement without some sort of corroborating evidence other than your intuition/anecdotes.

jermberj··on I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens
The author is applying a universal prescription to ALL museums based on a single experience at a single museum.
jermberj··on Children and young people's reading in 2025
I'd wager it's the first (51.1%). Mostly because I simply cannot imagine that nearly 70% of kids in 2005 enjoyed reading. That seems too high. Based on..? My vibes.
jermberj··on iPhone Air
> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad

Yes, that's correct.

jermberj··on Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
That detail was sufficient to find it. Cheers
jermberj··on Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
I don't want to beat a dead horse, since sibling commenters have covered this, but I'd implore you to imagine the spectrum of reactions which Meta _could_ have had when discovering their research indicated they were having a negative impact on people.

Some of those reactions on that spectrum would lead to greater human flourishing and well-being, others of those reactions would lead to the opposite. Now think about the reaction they actually _did_ have. Where on the aforementioned spectrum would their actual reaction fall?

Zooming out, how have they reacted to similar circumstances in the past when their own internal research or data indicated a negative impact on people?

The continued "outrage" is that they've exhibited a recurrent pattern across myriad occurrences.

jermberj··on Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
Link?
jermberj··on Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing
Something that hit me hard about this one is the purported full quote from Alex ends with "See you tomorrow." Given the context of Chiang's story, leaving this off just adds to the gut punch for me.
jermberj··on Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
This should be the main reply to OP's every attempt as well.
jermberj··on Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon
> Hillsboro is pretty much a company town

No, it's not. Not even close.

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

jermberj··on Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized
It certainly sounds like you've tried a lot. One approach could be to (and I'm not being facetious) cultivate a mindfulness-in-boredom practice. Seriously. I'm not saying you will initially get onto the treadmill thinking "Boy, I can't wait to be bored." However, over time you might start to crave that time in your head. Alternatively (if that sounds absolutely unappealing), you might try another type of exercise. Running definitely isn't the be all, end all. I wish you luck!
jermberj··on IKEA ditches Zigbee for Thread going all in on Matter smart homes
If I had to guess, they're probably referring to the way that certain devices broadcast their APIs to external services. A lot of them have no intention of allowing open access to APIs (e.g., my mini-split controller requires a slight hack to get it connected to HA).

That is, the flakiness isn't due to HA updates breaking connections or an unstable server, but rather manufacturers designing closed and/or brittle systems. Try as they might, the HA authors and surrounding community can only do so much for such devices.

Also, I believe the word you're looking for is 'wary' (as in, to be skeptical or suspicious), not 'weary' (as in, to be tired). :)

jermberj··on Claude 4
Answer from Claude 4 Sonnet just now (I copy-pasted your prompt):

> This is a variation of the classic river-crossing puzzle, but with an added complexity - the lion that will eat both the wolf and the goat. Let me work through this step by step: The constraints:

> Goat + Cabbage alone = Goat eats cabbage > Wolf + Goat alone = Wolf eats goat > Lion + Wolf alone = Lion eats wolf > Lion + Goat alone = Lion eats goat

> The solution:

> First trip: Man takes the goat across Left behind: Cabbage, Wolf, Lion (safe - wolf won't eat cabbage, lion won't eat wolf if goat isn't there)

> Second trip: Man returns alone, then takes the wolf across Brings the goat back to prevent wolf from eating it Left behind: Cabbage, Goat, Lion

> Third trip: Man takes the lion across, leaves it with the wolf Left behind: Cabbage, Goat (safe - goat won't eat cabbage if separated properly)

> Fourth trip: Man returns alone, takes the cabbage across Left behind: Goat (alone and safe)

> Fifth trip: Man returns alone, takes the goat across Wait, let me reconsider this more carefully. Actually, there's a fundamental problem: if the lion will eat either the wolf OR the goat when left alone with them, and we need to get all items across, we can never safely leave the lion with either animal.

> The puzzle as stated appears to have no solution, because the lion creates an impossible constraint - it cannot be left alone with either the wolf or the goat on either side of the river, making it impossible to transport all items safely.

It got it right, eventually which is impressive. However, it's ability to retain proper context is still a problem (it took the goat on the first trip, then thinks the goat is still on the same side of the river as the other things.

jermberj··on Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
The canonical advice would be to focus on one thing first and make sure you're doing it well and users want it, then expand.
jermberj··on Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?
Ignorant question: why might one need to euthanize a chicken?
jermberj··on Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO
Whose actions?
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