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trillic··on Apple removes iPhone vibe coding app from app store
I haven't been in the App Store ecosystem in a while, but the restriction is generally on running new Machine Code, all machine code needs to be signed on iOS. Interpreters get around this limitation, only the interpreter code that is compiled AoT and signed is actually running.

This tracks as the reasoning behind a lack of other browser engines, nobody can get comparable performance without a JIT, which would be compiling net new machine code that wasn't shipped with the binary.

The best way to handle this I would imagine within the current bounds of Apple's restrictions would be WASM.

trillic··on The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI
I think cognitive ability is a real thing with a genuine genetic component; twin studies make that pretty hard to deny. But the SAT measures a narrow slice of ability under conditions that favor prep access, and speaking from experience, scoring well on standardized tests without having to work for it hurt me long term. I coasted on test-taking ability and didn't develop real discipline until adulthood.

Without standardized tests, my transcript probably doesn't get me into a top school, I likely don't end up in tech, and honestly maybe I would've been forced to develop a work ethic earlier, which might have been better for me.

trillic··on Flighty Airports
FlightAware and Flighty are usually within seconds of each other and always ahead of the airlines.
trillic··on The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI
The SAT is a measure of test-taking ability, socioeconomic status, a narrow band of academic skills, and processing information under time pressure.

I don't think it measures much else.

Why do you think the SAT is a measure of hard work or character?

trillic··on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
To paste code into the chrome dev console you just need to type “allow pasting”
trillic··on Gitana 18: the new flying Ultim trimaran
The French public pays attention to it, as do offshore sailors in general, but it’s a tiny “market” of eyeballs. My Naval architect friends who don’t sail also find it interesting from an engineering perspective and Gitana puts out good content, albeit in French, so I’m using the translator a lot. The programs and races are mostly sponsored by large French banks and dynastically wealthy families, I assume there is some overlap there… It’s like formula 1 but less eyeballs and more French prestige. A vast majority of the skippers and crew of these yachts these days are French, with the occasional Brit thrown in there.
trillic··on No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user
I don't think you are an accountant.
trillic··on MacBook Neo
A18 Pro Geekbench on an iPhone: Single: 3539 Multi-core: 8772 Macbook Air M1 Geekbench: Single: 2347 Multi-core: 8342
trillic··on MacBook Neo
Mom is getting a new laptop
trillic··on What Pressure Does to an Athlete's Body
Until very recently, 19 of the last 20 quarterbacks who lost their first Super Bowl never made it back to the title game (Jalen hurts in 2024 is the one).

Historically, out of 38 QBs to lose their debut, only 4 eventually won a ring (Dawson, Griese, Elway, and Manning).

trillic··on Voith Schneider Propeller
Most boats operate 95%+ of their engine hours in a very narrow RPM range.
trillic··on A chatbot's worst enemy is page refresh
useEffect if I had to guess
trillic··on Judge scolds Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial
Hope they reselected the jury. Meta has the ability to do facial recognition on the jurors if they were snuck cameras into court.
trillic··on Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging
You'd be surprised. COVID-19 fundamentally altered a lot of people's habits.

https://www.businessofapps.com/data/strava-statistics/

trillic··on Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
He can't buy all the RAM
trillic··on Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
The rate limit for my $20 OpenAI / Codex account feels 10x larger than the $20 claude account.
trillic··on GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark
Plan in Opus 4.6 and let a fast model rip anecdotally seems to work very well for me. Having Opus be extremely specific with files to edit makes it even better.
trillic··on Show HN: Agent Alcove – Claude, GPT, and Gemini debate across forums
I don’t understand the difference?
trillic··on End of an era for me: no more self-hosted git
I will second a good robots.txt. Just checked my metrics and < 100 requests total to my git instance in the last 48 hours. Completely public, most repos are behind a login but there are a couple that are public and linked.
trillic··on The F Word
We’ve all wasted a collective hundreds reading this thread but the only thing I can agree on is that fiber and hydration are essential for on-sites.
trillic··on The F Word
It’s not about the money, it’s about power and control.
trillic··on How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
People that stay put are no friends of mine. I have a remote job and travelled 20 weeks last year, all to do my sport with friends. Most of us have remote jobs or are FIRE’d already.
trillic··on Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
It will also never get worse. This is the worst the algorithms from this point forward.
trillic··on Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
Why didn't sully just not hit the birds?
trillic··on Chuck Klosterman on why we've never actually seen a real football game
It's colloquially the all-22.
trillic··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Mine is duct taped inside the inner liner of the carryon that has a small zipper for cleaning.
trillic··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Victim meets with police, signs affidavit, prosecutor goes to judge with affidavit, warrant written specifically for those items only. Should be simple and even digital if we wanted it to be.
trillic··on I built a 2x faster lexer, then discovered I/O was the real bottleneck
See if you can wrap the underlying library call to pg.query or whatever it is with a generic wrapper that logs time in the query function. Should be easy in a dynamic lang.
trillic··on Anthropic's original take home assignment open sourced
Anecdotally, I notice better performance and output quality across most providers outside of 8a-5p ET.
trillic··on Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
bowl-slop is getting smaller and is now cup-slop
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