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mrpf1ster

317 karma · joined May 11, 2019

Senior Software developer, full stack web development.

I enjoy programming, rock climbing, audio engineering, and dogs :).

Github: https://github.com/PfisterFactor

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mrpf1ster··on Felony Bench
Check out oh-my-pi
mrpf1ster··on Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
Your translation only makes intuitive sense to you because you are well versed in programming.

I suspect if I showed a non-technical person with no background in either math or programming they would think both are nonsense until you explained it to them

mrpf1ster··on The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML (2021)
I hope the image and audio bandwidth savings are more than the cost of having to send down the codec JS payload - might be worth it for a web app with a lot of image/audio loading
mrpf1ster··on Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fewer tokens than grep
Does this work well for non-coding documents as well? Say api docs or AI memory files?
mrpf1ster··on Docker images are hundreds of MB; a full game engine compiles to 35MB WASM
Does a docker image not also require drivers, an OS, and the Docker Engine?
mrpf1ster··on My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant
Yes

https://xdaforums.com/t/unlock-root-twrp-unbrick-amazon-echo...

mrpf1ster··on Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal
Looks good - I like the TUI a lot. The only thing with that type of interface is that there is no chance my wife would use it via the terminal. It would be cool if there was a web UI as well - so other members of the household could access and use it.
mrpf1ster··on Rust’s worst feature
Why would re-using a buffer be bad? Assuming you write to it with the contents of the file/stream before it is read.
mrpf1ster··on STORM: Get a Wikipedia-like report on your topic
Probably just metadata about the request for the researchers at Stanford
mrpf1ster··on Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation
I believe the game Celeste started as a PICO-8 prototype
mrpf1ster··on Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a "clean install" of Windows 11 and Edge
I run Windows 10 LTSC IoT edition on my gaming PC and it’s been pretty great. No crapware and no annoying update notifications. Should be the default windows version.
mrpf1ster··on Show HN: Clutter-free, powerful Mac-native sample manager
Does this do any analysis of the sample files themselves or just auto tagging and searching based on the sample file name?

Is it using a local LLM or ChatGPT?

mrpf1ster··on Tracking SQLite Database Changes in Git
It would be nice if we finally could have a database that we could use git on to track changes.

Dolt looks very promising in this area but only works with MySQL, would be nice to have a SQLite solution.

https://www.dolthub.com/

mrpf1ster··on AtomVM: Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
How does this differ from Nerves?
mrpf1ster··on SlowDownAndWasteMemory()
Ah I was referring to the github specific terminology when sharing a link to a line inside a code file.
mrpf1ster··on Astro framework lowers competitors by ~40% on performance graph to looks better
Is this not just an iframe?
mrpf1ster··on SlowDownAndWasteMemory()
I believe permalinks are removed when submitting
mrpf1ster··on An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac
The Mac touchpad is great, but using an external mouse is awful feeling without this tool
mrpf1ster··on Why human societies developed so little during 300k years
Are you referring to the headshot of Napolean Chagnon? He is not the author - he is the anthropologist the article talks about.
mrpf1ster··on It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_cancer
mrpf1ster··on Ask HN: Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before?
I worked at Argonne National Lab for two years as a web developer for a few projects (https://afleet.es.anl.gov/home/, https://energyjustice.egs.anl.gov/).

The people I worked with were super smart in their fields, but were pretty bad at writing code / handling data outside of Excel so they usually hired interns to help with code-related stuff. Some of the divisions had full-time software developer teams, but I was the only software developer in mine.

The pace was extremely relaxed, deadlines were not tight at all.

I worked remotely, but came in to the office a few times a month. The campus is beautiful, as it is right inside a nature preserve. Everyone there is doing scientific work, so it feels like a real scientific think tank atmosphere and I loved it.

mrpf1ster··on Tech execs who raise their kids tech-free or limit their screen time (2020)
I credit my entire software engineering career to the my ability to effectively use a search engine and find resources on the internet.

Nowadays Google is filled with ads and fake sites, but maybe a subscription to something like Kagi (https://kagi.com/) would be worthwhile?

mrpf1ster··on MilkyTracker
If anyone wants to dive into the history of trackers, I highly recommend this documentary (and all of his other ones) by Ahoy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw)
mrpf1ster··on Tell HN: A hacker's life is in danger, your awareness may be life saving
Stay strong Jadi
mrpf1ster··on White House is pushing ahead research to cool Earth by reflecting back sunlight
Kurzgesagt covered this in one of their videos, it is not as hard as you make it out to be: https://youtu.be/dSu5sXmsur4
mrpf1ster··on Show HN: Ezno, a type checker for JavaScript and optimiser for React
This looks incredible, looking forward to an official release to play around with!
mrpf1ster··on Stable Diffusion animation
I feel like I’m watching an explosion of progress in AI image generation in real-time.

Every day there’s a new application of Stable Diffusion. It’s incredible to watch unfold

mrpf1ster··on What would a “good” WebMD look like?
I see a lot of people talking about WebMD but not much about the prototype the author made to fix it: https://www.glaciermd.com/

I really love the website, it’s simple, fast, and very useable from a mobile context!

mrpf1ster··on Why are people in their 30s giving up on music?
Since this thread seems to be a lot of people wanting to discover good “modern” music. Here’s some of my favorite albums (coming from a Gen-Zer):

Big KRIT - Digital Roses Don’t Die: https://open.spotify.com/album/4hL6vCeDYZjW84055aEuM9?si=xSW...

Favorite songs: Show U Right, Just 4 You

Anderson .Paak - Malibu: https://open.spotify.com/album/4VFG1DOuTeDMBjBLZT7hCK?si=FbH...

Favorite songs: Parking Lot, Heart don’t stand a chance

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers: https://open.spotify.com/album/79ONNoS4M9tfIA1mYLBYVX?si=bZg...

Favorite songs: All of them

Mac Miller - Circles: https://open.spotify.com/album/1YZ3k65Mqw3G8FzYlW1mmp?si=68H...

Favorite songs: Complicated, Blue World

mrpf1ster··on Find your home's Risk Factors
Extremely well done website, super informative and sobering.
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