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k__

15,843 karma · joined March 11, 2013

Author that tries to smash the gates that keep you from building great things.

Website: https://kay.is

Blog: https://fllstck.dev

GitHub: https://github.com/kay-is

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k__··on Relicensing with AI-Assisted Rewrite
It doesn't matter for the LLM writing the analysis.

It does matter for the one who implements it.

Finding an LLM that's good enough to do the rewrite while being able to prove it wasn't exposed to the original GPL code is probably impossible.

k__··on How to talk to anyone and why you should
I usually avoid strangers, because those who talk to you are usually weirdos.

Thing is, if normal people don't talk to strangers anymore, then only the weirdos are left, reinforcing the idea that only weirdos talk to strangers...

k__··on AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder
Yeah, GUI code, for example is notoriously chatty. Forms, charts, etc.

AI makes using them a breeze.

k__··on Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died
Yeah, Hyperion had an interesting structure, but the second book was quite basic compared to that.

If The Fall of Hyperion were 1/3 of the length and part of the first book it would be perfect.

k__··on Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died
The first too books aged well.
k__··on Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died
Pro: Interesting world building, Canterbury Tales in space, Huckleberry Finn in space, strong female characters.

Con: Pro Judaism and Christianity (albeit with much criticism to both) and anti Islam, awkward sex scenes, awkward Lolita-esque vibes in the latter books.

k__··on Lena by qntm (2021)
lol, that was exactly my thought.

The whole birth of an virtual identity part is so dense, I didn't understand half of what was "explained".

However, after that it becomes a much easier read.

Not much additional explanation, but I think, it's not really needed to enjoy the rest of the book.

k__··on Ask HN: Is there a no-LLM license yet?
If content with that license reaches critical mass, a law firm could sue for many at once.
k__··on Lena by qntm (2021)
If you liked that story, you might also like Greg Egan's "Permutation City" and "Diaspora".

Both having slightly different takes on uploading.

k__··on Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists
Those programs make economic sense if the successful artists later pay for it with their taxes.

If they leave the country, then not so much.

k__··on AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
Yeah, I read a zine the other day, where a sociologist warned that the biggest threat isn't that AI destroys jobs, it's that AI is compacting the work per person.

Employers expect more from each employee, because, well, AI is helping them, right?

k__··on I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
Yeah, but I studied with a bunch of guys who said they'd go into IT, because they hated coding.
k__··on I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
Some people mentioned to me that going Solutions Engineer was a good way to get more non-technical/business skills.

I saw a few SEs starting their own companies later, seemingly because their SE roles "trained" them for the business side of things.

I considered doing this myself; however, I'm a freelance software engineer and technical writer. More a jack of all trades than someone with major skills in one category of software engineering.

k__··on I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
Yeah.

In most companies, IT people just started coding and called it DevOps.

Still better than IT folks who refuse to code.

k__··on AI didn't break copyright law, it just exposed how broken it was
Anti-copyright usually means, anti big corps who hold culture hostage.
k__··on AI didn't break copyright law, it just exposed how broken it was
Yeah, in some countries private stuff isn't illegal at all.
k__··on The Codex App
Anthropic bought Bun and it's creator relentlessly optimizes Claude Code now.

So, there seems to be light.

k__··on Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
Copilot isn't a model, you can use Claude via Copilot.
k__··on Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
It's sluggish in GitHub Codespaces, as it has so many animations.
k__··on EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline
"How does Poland manage to be industrially active and growing?"

Fear of Russia would be my guess.

k__··on Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media
Yeah.

Zero knowledge proof and you're good to go.

k__··on Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User
I used both Guix and Nix and found both their languages okay for the use-case.

Nix was slightly better, since it's easier to format automatically than Lisp.

k__··on Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User
How do you deploy NixOS to your servers?

I started a project with nixos-anywhere, deploy-rs, and compose2nix. However, I struggle a bit with secret management.

k__··on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
I switched to Arch last Summer and I'm quite happy.

Even Steam games work, I was quite impressed.

k__··on I found the perfect yearly calendar (for me)
Right now, I'm using a Gantt chart to manage my travels.

Probably a bit overkill, since the locations only "overlap" one day max, but I like the clear spacing.

k__··on Show HN: Coi – A language that compiles to WASM, beats React/Vue
I mean, that was a decade ago and back in the day the only reasonable contenders were Angular and maaaaybe ExtJS.
k__··on Show HN: Coi – A language that compiles to WASM, beats React/Vue
Came to ask this.

React and Vue aren't exactly known for their performance and Svelte does compile time optimizations.

k__··on Radicle: The Sovereign Forge
Thanks!

We cooperated with Radicle a few years ago, when they wer big in crypto. However, suddenly I saw posts here that were well received and noticed there wasn't any mention of $RAD on the radicle page anymore.

k__··on Radicle: The Sovereign Forge
Is Radworks/$RAD still a thing?
k__··on Tree-sitter vs. Language Servers
I think it's funny that some languages, like TypeScript, use a different programming language to improve their compile times.

Then there are languages like Rust who are like, whelp, we already use the fastest language, but compilation is still slow, so they have to resort to solutions like the rust-analyzer.

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