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marvel_boy··on MacStories is posting on Twitter again
Posturing has consequences. Good riddance, no one needs another DEI media.
marvel_boy··on Mesh Gradient Editor
Premade mesh gradient editor
marvel_boy··on Ask HN: What are your thoughts on your critical thinking abilities and AI?
Critical thinking?
marvel_boy··on Apple Was Caught Off Guard by MacBook Neo's "Off the Charts" Demand
No problem — Apple will handle it swiftly. Its supply chain is not to be underestimated.
marvel_boy··on I asked AI researchers and economists about SWE career strategies given AI
Andrej Karpathy has absolutely worked as a programmer (and still does). He often emphasizes:

“You should be able to build things end-to-end.”

marvel_boy··on Rendering macOS in Virtual Reality
Apple sherlocked this 10 years later: VisionPro
marvel_boy··on Show HN: Notepad.exe – macOS editor for Swift and Python (now Linux runtime)
Got an error on installation [1] on my mac . Could be because using last version of Xcode(26.1 beta 2?

[1]Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5 Terminating Process: exc handler [949]

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 Notepad.exe 0x104681fd4 0x104620000 + 401364 1 Notepad.exe 0x104681e04 0x104620000 + 400900 2 Foundation 0x1872b951c -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKey:] + 280 3 Foundation 0x1872b93ac -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKeyPath:] + 220 4 AppKit 0x189c25e58 -[NSBinder valueForBinding:resolveMarkersToPlaceholders:] + 124 5 AppKit 0x189c25c18 -[NSValueBinder

marvel_boy··on Spain the frontrunner for Chinese carmaker BYD's third European plant
Comunist selling his own country, as always.
marvel_boy··on I switched from Htmx to Datastar
Link to datastar portal: https://data-star.dev/essays/why_another_framework
marvel_boy··on Spectral Labs releases SGS-1: the first generative model for structured CAD
Yes, it is a bunch of lies. I wonder what who they pretend to deceive? May be investors?
marvel_boy··on Tony Hoare on record handling. (1965)
Wait a moment. So Hoare invented OOP in 1965?
marvel_boy··on How much (little) are the AI companies making? (30 Jun 2025)
If there's one area where tech has shown a consistent aptitude for innovation, it's in accounting tricks that make money-losing companies appear wildly profitable.
marvel_boy··on What newspaper are you paying for these days?
The Information for technical news. https://www.theinformation.com/about
marvel_boy··on Correlation between physical fitness and risk of death confounded by genetics
More evidence that the strong correlation between physical fitness and risk of death is heavily confounded by genetics and other factors.
marvel_boy··on Vaquilla claims responsibility for a data breach involving Amazon Spain
The threat actor known as Vaquilla claims responsibility for a data breach involving Amazon Spain.

According to the actor, 5.1 million records have been exfiltrated, containing personally identifiable information (PII) such as full names, DNI (national identity numbers), phone numbers, street addresses, zip codes, cities, and email addresses.

marvel_boy··on An end to all this prostate trouble?
So there is a cure for BPH?
marvel_boy··on Virtual Machinations: Using Large Language Models as Neural Computers
This is the best LLM explanation ever.
marvel_boy··on Spanish administration offering Macromedia Flash courses in 2025
Exactly. They had been offering this course from 2007. Even without nobody opting out they grab the subdidy. The funding for these courses is from the European Union. Spain is a corrupt state.
marvel_boy··on Show HN: Lume – OS lightweight CLI for MacOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
But you can with UTM, don't you?
marvel_boy··on One of my papers got declined today
>Discovered a much more effective teaching methodology which almost doubled effectiveness.

Please, could you elaborate?

marvel_boy··on Yes, You Can Do AI with C++
Or kill a fly with a nuke.
marvel_boy··on Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025
7 Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025
marvel_boy··on Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid
Dispose of it ASAP.
marvel_boy··on SAML: A Technical Primer
It is not you. Also SAML is just a nigthmire.
marvel_boy··on Exploring the World's Countries
Figures don't lie. Spain is a basket case in any aspect !
marvel_boy··on Nix in 100 Seconds [video]
Nice explanation. But Nix is known for a steep learning curve, there is any reason for this?
marvel_boy··on AI is bad at math, and stubborn
Not bad, is just useless. ML canot distinguish between (a equal b) and (b equal a). For some tasks it is just an stocastic parrot.
marvel_boy··on SQLite FTS5 Extension
Wait, why they revoked git access?
marvel_boy··on Sqlite-vec: Work-in-progress vector search SQLite extension that runs anywhere
Could anybody explain me a simple example how to do text analysis via this vector search. It just searches for the closer vector?
marvel_boy··on CrowdStrike offers partners $10 vouchers to say sorry – and they don't work
Well, the Crowdstrike EULA (https://www.crowdstrike.com/terms-conditions/) is crystal clear. No lialbility for the company. So get the voucher, it is all you can get.
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