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Dang - black ribbon please

Just read that here. So sad, tragic.

https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/27/where-the-heck-have-i-be...

Meanwhile, just using disks and regular servers is still reliable and more so than ever, especially with some redundancy.

Consider your cloud costs.

Are you able to share the PDF in question, or a screenshot for example?

Honestly I think you're just doing it wrong. Messing with PDF's is probably one of the coolest built in features I know of, and with Markup etc in Preview it's super easy.

Be careful of PDF's with built in broken fields though, in which case I just add a text field on top if it's easier.

Yeah should work. So that makes it possible to do literally anything. Tcl always had one foot in the old days and one foot in the modern era. It's not like ALGOL or anything.

The cool thing is that even if you take something arguably super modern, like the latest Claude models, it is able to write Tcl/tk applications for you that you might not have done at that level in the past. With tests in tcltest too.

If you understand how generative models and agentic coding works, it's not a surprise. But for some reason it's still mind boggling to think that you can take very old stuff and build impressive programs.

Btw random question about Claude Code. Is it just me, or has it become a lot slower in the last 2-3 months? I am on Fable but also latest Opus.

btw - maybe I was a bit too harsh. With your skills you absolutely have potential to write some really good material. And I encourage you to continue.

Come on, that article is total AI slop and you know it. Every sentence has signs. Just do better next time and we'll read it and give you a chance.

"That’s not a coincidence. That’s a deliberate choice."

Please just stop with this AI slop. Flagged

I'm actually looking for a model that is able to create old school pixel art (like 90s style, games like Sierra and so on). But to this date, I haven't seen anything yet. It all reeks of "AI slop". Maybe this is a good thing, I don't know. But if anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate. It's for my own personal use.

Might lower the prices of Mac Minis, Studios etc though

How does it compare to the Samsung flagship phone cameras? I have to say I was impressed by the Samsung cameras, although being Android based it's not really an option for me. It'd be like trading a Porsche 911 for a Pontiac Aztec.

And not blindly vibe coded.

It could help people. It's possible the sigabrt didn't even care to Google about Healthchecks.io before I decided to vibe code his own.

Also, what do you really think the odds are that sigabrt.dev will still exist in 2 years from now? Or 5?

Yes, I chose EGA. My bad. That demo must be run with CGA.

Tried running 8088MPH but it just freezes shortly after the "Thanks for running on real hardware!"

Will this become a trend? When the client asks you for an architecture diagram, you respond with a 3d world.

You mean, like this?

https://imgur.com/a/pmtihO1

That's a user error, you simply had "This Mac" selected (preselected) instead of narrowing scope to be Applications.

Java can still be used but it's no longer the recommended choice for Android apps. For any new Android apps nowadays you start with Kotlin and Jetpack compose (made by Google).

In fact, I think Google's been saying this for 6-7 years already.

This is such a clueless take, and I see it surprisingly often. Declarative UI does not inherently mean virtual DOM nor does it "automatically" mean slower than UIKit.

The abstraction is huge advantage, especially when targeting different devices and screen sizes. We (and that includes Apple) have been learning the value of those kinds of abstraction boundaries for years, well before React.

It's also important to note that SwiftUI and UIKit are composable, so if some small part of your app needs low-level, finer grained control, then go ahead and use UIKit/Core Animation/Metal and SwiftUI for the rest.

That's for the Android version, I would assume

Also a solid combination for LLM assisted apps. Claude Code will just get it. It's good with Tailwind also though.

This is one of those 'hey, I can vibe code this in a weekend' projects. Just look at how the AI decided to the entire map in dark mode, making it nearly impossible to tell the ocean and the land apart.

Haven't properly burned myself yet. I've just avoided books based on skimming through online or in bookstores. Some had pretty clear telltale signs of AI slop (although usually quite subtle).

At his point I think that one has to assume that almost every author is using AI to some extent. And even if they don't, their editors will apply changes, no doubt using ChatGPT and other tools.

It's better with properly published titles but even those writers are increasingly using AI and leaks into their works.

I think people still read, but the problem is largely that people read older literature, meaning anything older than 5-10 years at the very least. People are very hesitant to read something recent because it may very well be AI slop.

It's a crisis in literature. How do we fix this?

What's W social?

Or.. what killed the Vice webpage? There's literally more ads than articles!