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kevinbluer

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See me walking down Fifth Avenue. A walking cane here at my side. I take it everywhere I walk. I'm an Englishman in New York (although I'm actually now based in Hong Kong). [http://www.bluer.com]
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kevinbluer··on Have I Been Pwned 2.0
Depressingly I’m at 51.
kevinbluer··on Large Enough
I believe Cursor allows for prompting over the entire codebase too: https://docs.cursor.com/chat/codebase
kevinbluer··on Stable Diffusion 3
v0 by Vercel could be worth a look: https://v0.dev

From the FAQ: "v0 is a generative user interface system by Vercel powered by AI. It generates copy-and-paste friendly React code based on shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS that people can use in their projects"

kevinbluer··on Announcing Rust 1.36.0
Iron could be worth a look: http://ironframework.io

Haven’t used it extensively, but it’s pretty feature-rich and looks reasonably well-maintained.

kevinbluer··on Why do we keep using Facebook?
One technique could be to start unfollowing certain people. Note that this is different from unfriending them and afaik there's nothing that will notify them to the fact.

Perhaps start by unfollowing those that post the "political garbage, pointless memes, etc". Quite quickly you should start to see your feed be a little more streamlined / less noisy.

On a related note I went even further and unfollowed everyone so my feed is now completely empty. As such it proactively requires me to view profiles of connections that I care about or view my list of "close friends" which is a feed in itself. That said, I barely use it anymore (which was my original goal).

kevinbluer··on Renewing Medium’s focus
Does anyone have any insight into what happened to Svbtle (svbtle.com)? In its heyday it seemed to have a ton of momentum / buzz, albeit on a smaller scale than Medium does today.
kevinbluer··on Netflix Downloads
Oddly not everything is downloadable though. No Luke Cage here on Netflix Hong Kong (which is odd given it's Netflix made).
kevinbluer··on An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes
Still getting a 404: https://www.theranos.com/technology
kevinbluer··on Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet
One thing that has recently helped me kick the "addiction" is by unfollowing literally everybody I know. It's taken a while, but now when I go back in it literally says something to the effect that "you need to follow friends to get news in your feed".

I'm now placing the onus on going back in and actively going to the feeds of friends and family that I care about; as opposed to the mindless thumbing through the feed.

kevinbluer··on Stopping All Stations – The Pyongyang Metro
Even though I believe it's been proven to be some form of hoax (although I'm not sure if it's been proven by whom), http://propagandafilm.net is highly worth a watch.

There are moments when it truly feels like the above statement equally applies to "us" as it does to "them".

kevinbluer··on After 60 Years, B-52s Still Dominate U.S. Fleet
One thing I've been wondering recently in regards to the NYT Online is why some articles allow for comments and some don't (as generally the debate is reasonably well balanced).

This article is obviously more of a magazine-style, so perhaps from an aesthetic perspective it doesn't fit. However, even in more "standard" articles they are sometimes available and sometimes not. I appreciate that some articles / topics are more sensitive, but surely they are the ones that need debate more than ever. Also if it's appropriately moderated anything deemed inappropriate can of course be removed.

kevinbluer··on Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B
Does anyone have thoughts on the impact (positive or negative) the acquisition will on the Austin tech scene, given this is where HomeAway is headquartered?
kevinbluer··on Zimbabwe offers new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars
There's a shop near my office here in Hong Kong that sells 100 Trillion Zimbabwean notes (amongst other old notes, coins, jewelry, etc). I bought quadrillion worth, although I guess it's worth a bit less now :)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152998973018758&l=...

kevinbluer··on Google Makani – Wind Energy Kites
Did anyone else read this as Google Mankini?

http://www.amazon.com/Smiffys-Mens-Borat-Mankini-Dress/dp/B0...

kevinbluer··on MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues
I've definitely experienced (and still do) this. After a bit of digging I found this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6602046?start=105&tstar... which points to "discrete GPU and/or the switching to and from it".

Not sure if it's the same issue, but worth inquiring for sure :)

kevinbluer··on In Wake of Charlie Hebdo Attack, Let’s Not Sacrifice Even More Rights
"the majority" though?
kevinbluer··on PCH International in Talks to Buy Fab for $15M
I would speculate that it's to at least salvage something. I read that their recent burn rate was as high as $14m / month and of course they are in no position to raise a further round.
kevinbluer··on Four Banks, Including JPMorgan, Fined in Europe Over ‘Cartel’ Behavior
Does anyone have any idea what happens to the money gathered from these fines?
kevinbluer··on Apple's Health App Is an Embarrassment
Anyone strongly agree / disagree with this assessment? I'm trying to remain open-minded, but so far I'm learning towards the gist of the article.…
kevinbluer··on I'm 25 years old and I am lost
THIS is why I read / love HN!
kevinbluer··on Namecheap now offer .io domains
I guess it could be if they were to be able to buy in significant enough bulk (although not sure how much of that is already factored into the price): http://nic.io/join.html#benefits
kevinbluer··on US in worldwide travel alert after 'al-Qaeda threat'
Hmmm...an "unspecified al-Qaeda threat", smells fishy!
kevinbluer··on Restore the Fourth
A few pictures from today's NYC event (with a particular focus on the creative signs / props...also no faces, just in case):

https://www.adoberevel.com/shares/d8403bbd4b374bd18fdb475aa6...

kevinbluer··on Ask HN: Entrepreneurship is ________.
Reading HN at 2:26AM on a Saturday Night in New York City.
kevinbluer··on Ask HN: Entrepreneurship is ________.
Patience and Perseverance.
kevinbluer··on MasterCard's Simplify Commerce
Couldn't have said it better :)
kevinbluer··on iOS 7: Catch me if you can
From my brief, albeit limited time, running iOS 7 beta 2 on my 3rd gen iPad I have to say that I'm thoroughly underwhelmed. Bugginess aside, it just feels like a significant step backwards in terms of intuitiveness and usability.

It's as if Apple (obviously) had to do something and prioritized jumping on the flat UI bandwagon over a well thought-out / polished experience.

kevinbluer··on DDoS attacks against Zerigo DNS services
Argh...I was just wondering what was going on. Route53 switch coming soon too!
kevinbluer··on How to travel around the world for a year
Interesting, as from my perspective the difference in rituals is one of the most fascinating things about travel, particularly when it's cultures that are far removed from your own.

Two summers ago I participated in the Mongol Rally (http://www.theadventurists.com/the-adventures/mongol-rally). Getting to connect and hang out with locals along the way (particularly in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, etc) was one of the highlights of the trip.

In addition, the fact people are "fundamentally the same" is actually something I derive a lot of pleasure from, given it continues to reinforce the base "good" that we all have in us (despite what the MSM might otherwise tell us).

kevinbluer··on Google Glass Lifestream
Oh awesome! Done :)
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