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ssutch3··on Grok 4.7
We've only used it through API - but you're right, now API supports xhigh for 4.5-4.7.
ssutch3··on Grok 4.7
It did not. xhigh is new to grok.
ssutch3··on A grumpy screed about AI in software engineering
I'm saying my site and everything on it is written manually.
ssutch3··on Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation
Yes, and at least the strings they attached are productive palatable unlike some other organizations: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.h...
ssutch3··on iPhone 16 cameras vs. traditional digital cameras
Yeah, TFA's point is that the basic/inexpensive camera in the hands of an unskilled user can be higher quality than an equivalent iPhone camera shot. In my opinion from the example shots used this is definitely the case. Camera phone distortion is pretty bad (you have to stand back further from your subject offset this, use a higher res setting, and crop in) and the processing has gotten out of hand in recent years to the point where it starts making photos look worse and worse.
ssutch3··on Dogwalk: Blender Studio's Official Game
Looks like Godot. It says open source but the source code is behind a paywall? https://studio.blender.org/projects/dogwalk/3e16c961df2f84/?...
ssutch3··on The death of partying in the USA
We called em LAN parties
ssutch3··on I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer
It's going to depend heavily on what you're doing. If you're doing common tasks in popular languages, and not using cutting edge library features, the tools are pretty good at automating a large amount of the code production. Just make sure the context/instruction file (i.e. claude.md) and codebase are set up to properly constrict the bot and you can get away with a lot.

If you're not doing tasks that are statistically common in the training data however you're not going to have a great experience. That being said, very little in software is "novel" anymore so you might be surprised.

ssutch3··on I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer
AI coding tools aren't equally effective across all software domains or languages. They're going to be the "best" (relative to their own ability distribution) in the "fat middle" of software engineering where they have the most training data. Popular tasks in popular languages and popular libraries (web dev in React, for example). You're probably out of luck if your task is writing netcode for a game engine, for instance.
ssutch3··on Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
I am retiring from tech after 20 years and embarking on a new career which requires intensive schooling. As a high school and college drop out, I will need to learn how to study again, and want to be as efficient as possible so that I may still spend ample time with my family. Any tips greatly appreciated!
ssutch3··on Mastodon 3.5
I think maybe the idea is you can choose your experience based on what's best for you, if the system is built that way.
ssutch3··on Ask HN: What do you think of System76?
1080p is perfectly sharp at 13” - and if you’re using the computer all day chances are you’ll just plug in a 4K external display anyway.
ssutch3··on Snowden Dunks on 'The Get-Rich-Quick Real Estate Investing Conference
The article specifically mentions his agent booked it for him in a statement from Snowden.
ssutch3··on Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese
There are other contributing factors as well, intrinsically linked to the evolving social/economics dynamics in our society. For example, it's now much more common for families to have two working parents, and thus less time to prepare nutritionally complete food from scratch. So people naturally gravitate toward engineered food which is easier to prepare, but less "good" as food. There are many other similar effects that lead to Americans eating more/poorer food like advertising, school lunches, etc, but the deck is definitely stacked against this world to reverse the obesity epidemic.
ssutch3··on Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese
The type of food we eat has a major impact on the prevalence of overweight individuals. The fast/easy food is the most calorie dense, most affordable, and least satiating compared to the food we used to eat 40+ years ago. Even adjusting for eating habits and lifestyle differences (sedentary people tend to get bored and snack) the food itself is just more efficient at delivering calories than it used to be and our population hasn't adjusted to this fact.
ssutch3··on Apple M1 vs. Ryzen 3900X vs. Intel I9 in Software Development
It's just part of the ARM instruction set.
ssutch3··on “I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interviews”
We do “take homes” that are paid at $65/hr. Still, biased toward people who can make the time.
ssutch3··on The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled
And practically every web framework out there provides exactly this type of reusable functionality, not tied to a specific vendor.
ssutch3··on Wt – C++ Web Toolkit
https://www.webtoolkit.eu/widgets
ssutch3··on The KDE community is moving to GitLab
KDE is "self hosting" https://invent.kde.org/public/
ssutch3··on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availability
I have been using multipass very successfully the past few weeks. It's a full fat VM and has an experience very similar to that of WSL. https://multipass.run/
ssutch3··on AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs
Anandtech Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15715/amds-new-epyc-7f52-revi...
ssutch3··on Prettier 2.0 – Opinionated JavaScript formatter
I have been looking for, but haven't found, a similar package for Java projects. Ideally my team can add it as a save-hook for everyone using IDEA, then we can have a pre-commit hook that checks to ensure compliance. Would be eternally grateful for anyone that can point me in the right direction!
ssutch3··on Aleph: A suite of data analysis tools for investigators
A LOL from the docs:

> Can I run Aleph without using Docker?

> Can Britain leave the European Union? Yes, it's possible; but complicated and will probably not make your life better in the way that you're expecting.

ssutch3··on My Covid-19 Story in Brooklyn
Doctors give out the "unknown virus" diagnosis literally all the time. It's extremely common.
ssutch3··on Fiber – Express inspired web framework written in Go
This looks almost identical to Gin https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin

Gin has 1000s of production users right now. Please evaluate carefully before choosing one or the other.

ssutch3··on Ending Support for macOS and Linux
Not saying they should at all. Why pay to maintain a product line that isn’t financially viable?
ssutch3··on Ending Support for macOS and Linux
Certainly PR speak. They just don’t want to maintain support for the platforms anymore due to their ROI.
ssutch3··on Ask HN: Web development environments like native?
Very interesting, I have not heard of this before. I will give it a try out. Thanks!
ssutch3··on AMD is dominating Intel in Amazon's best-selling CPUs list
Pics!
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