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john_alan··on iPhone Duo
Have you ever tried to do serious work on a tablet?

Absolutely sales of laptops would continue.

john_alan··on OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3
exactly, this isn't AGI.
john_alan··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
HN rivals Reddit wrt extreme left and woke views. Shadow of its former self.

Commenting isn’t worth it.

john_alan··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
> by DHH’s abhorrent views

You know that's just your opinion right? Not an objective truth.

john_alan··on CLIAmp – TUI for Music/Podcasts/Streams
Open source and super impressive little app in Go: https://github.com/bjarneo/cliamp
john_alan··on Berd
probably built with Berd
john_alan··on The end of my AArch64 desktop experiment
I’ve been using ARM Debian desktop stably for a long time. I don’t see what the issue is, am I missing something or is this just his hardware choice?
john_alan··on Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig
yep, dripping in AI.

It's a real problem, so many projects are adding features at breakneck speed, but with so many bugs and so little understanding.

Maybe that's just how it all works now, but I don't like it.

john_alan··on Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down
What you've said is emotionally compelling, but scientifically very weak. Personal recollection is selective and location-specific. You’ve described a memory, not established a mechanism.

What you perceive as change isn't macro, it's micro.

It doesn't mean macro change isn't happening, but it's not happening on our timescale.

I'm 50 FWIW.

john_alan··on Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down
Climate also doesn't change in macro over a lifetime.

It's very real, but the notion that it's changing over a 5 year period is nonsense.

things aren't "shutting off".

john_alan··on Linux 7.1 Expected to Begin Removing I486 CPU Support
yep aren't most fridges and ovens etc using 386DXs?

Maybe it's all ARM Cortex now? I thought the 386 was still in production.

john_alan··on Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons
Great now just need the same for the window corners and ridiculous Finder overlays.
john_alan··on The evolution of Mac app window corners
I am repulsed by Tahoe's new design language.

I live in the vain hope that macOS 27 restores some sanity, at least maybe removes these clownish corner radiuses.

It makes the entire OS look like the Palm Pre's app switcher.

john_alan··on MacBook Neo
> Macbooks don't even have Nvidia in them.

lol!

john_alan··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
it's too slow for usable inference though.
john_alan··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
same, but will it change?
john_alan··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
GPT-OSS-120 works well.
john_alan··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
you can't run models that are bigger than 16GB, not comparable.
john_alan··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
sure the GPU isn't 4090 tier in compute, but the memory let's you run 120bn param models at usable speeds.
john_alan··on Access to a Shared Unix Computer
https://tilde.team FTW
john_alan··on NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker
Use containerd , Docker is cancer.
john_alan··on Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android
If iOS/macOS 27 isn't a snow leopard I'm gone too, I've been a user for nearly 30 decades... fuck this, it's all so sloppy, too many grievances to even begin enumerating.
john_alan··on The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
Tahoe is a nightmare. I’m Literally not buying a new Mac because of it.

Dye destroyed macOS. I don’t know what they do, but they have to backtrack.

john_alan··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
that's fair ya
john_alan··on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
_A Mac with Apple silicon doesn’t permit native arm64 code to execute unless a valid signature is attached. This signature can be as simple as an ad hoc code signature (cf. codesign(1)) that doesn’t bear any actual identity from the secret half of an asymmetric key pair (it’s simply an unauthenticated measurement of the binary)._

_For binary compatibility, translated x86_64 code is permitted to execute through Rosetta with no signature information at all. No specific identity is conveyed to this code through the device-specific Secure Enclave signing procedure, and it executes with precisely the same limitations as native unsigned code executing on an Intel-based Mac._

Maybe it's Rosetta bins? - src from Apple:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/secebb113be1/...

john_alan··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
yes, and I grew up with 1.0/3.1
john_alan··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
cause I use it 12 hours a day?
john_alan··on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
hmmm this is really bizarre.

are you running < 15.1?

john_alan··on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
this is completely false, compile a binary strip the signature and see for yourself.

AS requires code sign with adhoc, minimum.

john_alan··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Anyone still using Windows for anything but gaming is an idiot.
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