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jonaustin··on My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4
Looks like there's an OSS app that does basically the same thing: https://github.com/starkdmi/BrightXDR
jonaustin··on The Rise of Vibeinsecurity
We're already there given the recent Tea app "hack".
jonaustin··on The Zen of Quakerism (2016)
It's surprising it doesn't mention the parallels of how both quaker and buddhists greatly revere and respect nature.
jonaustin··on The copilot delusion
> you still owe your users respect. You owe them dignity.

what does that even mean?

Users don't care if code is written by a human or AI; they care that the code gives them what they need, hopefully in a fairly pleasant manner.

jonaustin··on Gemma 3 QAT Models: Bringing AI to Consumer GPUs
Find another laptop that does that well.
jonaustin··on Gemma 3 QAT Models: Bringing AI to Consumer GPUs
On a M4 Max 128GB via LM Studio:

query: "make me a snake game in python with pygame"

(mlx 4 bit quant) mlx-community/gemma-3-27b-it-qat@4bit: 26.39 tok/sec • 1681 tokens 0.63s to first token

(gguf 4 bit quant) lmstudio-community/gemma-3-27b-it-qat: 22.72 tok/sec • 1866 tokens 0.49s to first token

using Unsloth's settings: https://docs.unsloth.ai/basics/tutorial-how-to-run-and-fine-...

jonaustin··on Experimental web browser optimized for rabbit-holing
note the correct command is vim.api.nvim_buf_set_keymap or just vim.keymap.set
jonaustin··on For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default
or y'know make it _opt in_ instead of making basically hiding it so if you don't know, you're just gonna be part of the experiment
jonaustin··on Bram Moolenaar has died
Vim improved and changed my life for the better more than any software except Linux itself. I'll probably use vim (or an editor inspired by it) for the rest of my life; it's Way of editing text changes everything.

Rest in peace, Bram.

jonaustin··on Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
Valve is probably one of the least likely of companies to sue someone for doing something cool with their stuff.
jonaustin··on Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
fwiw, I have pretty bad teeth (~10K for crowns etc a few years ago).

And I switched to only brushing with an electric toothbrush before bed, and don't really floss and think I've only had one small cavity since then and the hygienist said my teeth looked quite good in general.

Worth noting that I have a good diet and rarely eat sugar beyond yogurt.

jonaustin··on Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
Firefox's killer feature is isolated Containers.

Dealing with multiple AWS accounts would be awful without them.

jonaustin··on Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder.
Another N=1, but I'm past 40 and feel that I'm a far better programmer/thinker than I've ever been in the past (I've been in software dev for >20 years).
jonaustin··on Vim 9.0
Worth noting that one of the 5 listed NeoVim Non-Goals is "Turn Vim into an IDE"

https://neovim.io/charter/

jonaustin··on Vim 9.0
Vim has been around long enough that I'd argue it's just as much owned by the community at this point.
jonaustin··on Ask HN: Favourite open source game?
Remnants of the Precursors looks like a pretty amazing recreation of Master of Orion 1

https://www.remnantsoftheprecursors.com/

jonaustin··on The Shaming-Industrial Complex
Just to speak to a common misconception - this is not what Wu Wei means.

Wu Wei is a core part of Taoism, and translates (very) roughly along the lines of "following the way of nature" or going with the flow.

It most definitely is not nihilism.

jonaustin··on Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game changer than you expected?
Thanks. I ended up splurging a bit on the Varier Balans. Have only had it for a week, but it's been great so far; really seems to help my posture/comfort when sitting.
jonaustin··on Open-Sourcing our Firmware
This 'low-res' comment makes no sense, I'll never go back to 1080p, but 2256x1504 is plenty IMO for text (I live in a CLI all day pretty much).
jonaustin··on dwm
fwiw; for i3/sway I use this autotiling script: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/autotiling
jonaustin··on Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review
I'll give my own n=1 response:

I use Arch Linux for comparison.

The framework is not the best short-term laptop I've ever had, but it's Solid and if the company sticks around should be the best _long-term_ laptop I've ever owned.

- Deep sleep works fine; wake works fine (with a ~10s delay; that's just linux i think)

- Battery is far better than my Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th gen. (have not really tested, but at a guess, solid 6-8 hours; which for linux is solidly average-to-good i think)

- Never freezes

- Fans are fine (way, way better than my 2018 macbook pro...)

- Network is fine (I had issues at first, but was my fault due to faulty systemd configuration)

- Hinges could be tighter, but no issue with practical use (I'm typing on this on my lap right now and it's fine)

- I use it practically every day for hours at a time.

- I've dropped it at least 2 times -- once from ~3-4 feet high (onto carpet). Totally fine functionally; though the monitor back now has a slight protrusion.

    - but hey, it's modular so I can just replace the screen at some point if I really want to (nit: hopefully they'll come out with a matte screen)
Basically the original post here is n=1 so, i mean... the framework is the most exciting laptop "ideology" frankly ever. And even this first 'beta' version is super solid.
jonaustin··on Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
Map caps lock to ctrl and then set it to trigger escape when tapped, ctrl wehn held down.
jonaustin··on macOS Monterey
Honestly, this is some FUD; I've used Arch for 10 years; upgrading at least once a week, and the only time an upgrade has really messed things up was when they switched to systemd.

Also used Macbooks at work for 10 years, and I'm far more wary of apple upgrades.

jonaustin··on E-Ink Typewriter
Not the poster, but this is the one I got, works well, though it definitely can't compare to a mechanical keyboard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUTWLW4 Logitech K480 bluetooth.

Unfortunately I can't recommend boox anymore, a tiny crack appeared on my note air pretty much where my thumb goes when holding it and spread across the entire display; warranty was useless of course.

jonaustin··on Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?
- Meditation (Zazen)

- Reading old books on Taoism and slowly grokking Zen/Ch'an

- Biking

- Fiction (mostly audiobooks)

- Hiking (not nearly as much as I should)

- Cooking

- Playing with my Cats

- Watching movies/tv with wife

- Playing too many video games

- Trying and mostly failing to get into drawing and music creation

jonaustin··on Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?
This idea is called the Perennial Philosophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy

Aldous Huxley wrote a book about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perennial_Philosophy

jonaustin··on Simple test reveals if your mental images are more vivid than other people's
There is an entire industry around this effect.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect

https://mindplace.com/products/kasina-ganzframes

Basically Sound and Light "Mind Machines" have been utilizing this effevt for decades.

jonaustin··on The Health Benefits of Coffee
Try cold brew. Easier on the stomach.
jonaustin··on Adam's Apples
Checkout the new cheaper bariany Cosmic Crisp.

Still a bit hard to find it seems but cheaper because less susceptible to rot issues i believe.

jonaustin··on A Vim Guide for Advanced Users
Just add this to your .vimrc

set timeout timeoutlen=1000 ttimeoutlen=100 " Fix slow O inserts

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