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I respect the work/hack involved.

However why support a company (by buying airpods) that is this hostile. i.e. I wouldn't be surprised to see a patch to stop this.

vlodon The computer science degree isn’t dead

ThePrimeagen just talked about it on his podcast:

"I Think They Are Lying To You": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfYsSFY4l18

vlodon The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription

You assume you can be neurodivergent and have to be ADHD as well.

I don't believe I have ADHD, but I've come to realize my brain is wired 'differently'.

vlodon X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay

Not sure if this really matters that much.

If one don't pay, the algorithm (I believe?) ranks your comment at the bottom of the blue check marks and it's rare to get any sort of engagement.

I expect the same algorithm ranking with new posts.

I read but rarely engage as what's the point.

vlodon I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

A would be intruder did bang on my door at 3am (I guess to test if anyone was in) and I looked pretty pissed off and menacing when I opened the door (ex prop forward rugby player) and they ran off. Maybe not the smartest move on my part.

Apparently they immediately decided to break into my neighbours a few doors down while people were sleeping.

vlodon I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

Maybe I've seen too many horror movies, but aren't you concerned about not hearing an intruder and being able to respond? Maybe I'm paranoid. :)

vlodon GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

Speed-Quality-Price.

Let's pick: Speed-Quality

Errrh... Let's forget about: Price

vlodon AI slop is killing online communities

> without either proof of identity or attestation through a web of trust.

Let's put aside the idea whether it will be the end of all privacy as we know it (I'm not sure if I personally think it's a good idea), but isn't Sam Altman's World eye ID thing supposed to do that? (https://world.org).

How does it work (like OpenId)? Do I have an orb on my desk, or some sort of phone app? I still want to use my desktop to login to HN.

Would it stop this sort of "get human id", past it into .env, so agents can use it?

vlodon The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It

https://archive.is/F3T8k

vlodon I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

I'm probably being dim here, but can you elaborate a bit more. Where's the rest of the non-ad revenue coming from?

vlodon PopOS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption

If anyone is reading this after my comment, please try firefox 150.0. It seems to have resolved it for me.

vlodon Low-Dose Aspirin Usage for Primary Prevention Has Fallen by >50% Since 2018

Regarding bleeding risks.

Is this due to the stomach being empty? Does taking it at the end of a large meal better?

vlodon PopOS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption

https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/issues/2851

I was a big fan of popos (for a long time) and upgraded to the latest rust based one. However my firefox stopped working (no response for toolbar menu items and buttons).

The work around is to reset your display. After having to do this 5+ times a day (for months), I said sod it and went to ubuntu 22. Sad.

note: failed only my intel nuc, but not on thinkpad x1 carbon.

vlodon Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

https://archive.is/zpLpP

vlodon Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th

Would you mind elaborating on the problems you have with the Kobo? I'm thinking of getting one of these once my kindle dies.

vlodon Cloudflare Email Service

It is a major pita dealing with the SES team. I originally wanted to send email from my web app (simply notification flow. i.e. you have a new request from user-123) and it is (IMHO) impossible to get past them. They won't tell you any reasons why. (Because they don't want devs gaming the system).

Nothing I could do could convince them that I wasn't trying to do 'bad' stuff. Just gave up and decided not to use any AWS tech.

Just used GMail api to send email.

vlodon Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?

on linux:

alias pbcopy='xclip -selection clipboard'

alias pbpaste='xclip -selection clipboard -o'

vlodon Qite.js – Frontend framework for people who hate React and love HTML

> React is the worst thing to happen to the Javascript ecosystem. The idea is good, but the execution is just piss poor. I mean look at Vue and Svelte, they managed to do it right.

As a previously big React dev I agree 100%. If anyone feels this way please spend some time on doing Sveltekit project (e.g. rewrite a personal React project).

It's a breath of fresh air.

vlodon Is it a pint?

Also in the US (probably due to lack of training and the customer too embarrassed to complaining) tend not to fill it the brim (and so not even 16''). I've seen 2-3 inch heads and asked them to top it up. They look at me as if I've just insulted George Washington.

vlodon Silicon Valley's New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work

https://archive.is/oqir0

vlodon ArcaOS 5.1.2 (based on OS/2 Warp 4.52) now available

First thing I always look for is screenshots.

https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/arcaos-screenshots/

vlodon SSH Secret Menu

I still struggle with the fact that I was (or delusional) an effective C programmer "back in the day" (before google etc) and all we had was "man" to look up std/x11 system calls.

Now I am dismayed with juniors who can't even be bothered to use google (or llms) to look up stuff on their first hiccup.

#include <old-man-shouting-at-clouds>

vlodon US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide

https://archive.is/RP83s

vlodon JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals

Wouldn't tree-shaking take care of this? i.e. If I only use 'Button' (from the UI library), nothing else should be included in the (production) bundle.

vlodon Flameshot

Try: XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb flameshot

vlodon Flameshot

This works for me on PopOS Cosmic (Wayland). Please lmk if my flags are incorrect.

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb flameshot

vlodon Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

I believe what you're saying is the benefit of Bitcoin (or other crypto) to get around gatekeepers.

I don't believe Patreon at this time supports any crypto. If they wanted they could open this up. Not sure if Apple would allow this (on an store app) without their 'slice' of the pie.

vlodon Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

Can you mind elaborating further how this would work? I am somewhat familiar with both of them.

Are you suggesting some sort of app store or web page to send money/bitcoin?

vlodon Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

>IE was not just used to break the internet.

It still did. Did you ever have to write specific code for ie6? <shudder>

vlodon Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

You know some of us remember Mac System [7|8|9] and how MSFT pretty much ruled everything (Apple had low %).

We kept working on the platform and developing tools and things changed. Of course Apple is a lot more powerful than MSFT back then and the general population is their target.