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wateralien··on Zed is our office
Zed is lovely and I hope it becomes super successful but this kind of mass collaboration might be ok for meeting minutes... maybe. But thinking of it for coding it gives me shingles. Code by mass live committee. Yikes.
wateralien··on A structural pattern for Legible Modular software
So are we redefining object oriented programming for LLMs?
wateralien··on Poker Tournament for LLMs
I'd pay-per-view to watch that
wateralien··on Greenland’s national telco, Tusass, signs new agreement with Eutelsat
Is the read-between-the-lines part here that Elon / SpaceX is too aligned with the USA government and their aspirations to take over Greenland to be trusted with their comms infra?
wateralien··on Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down
Nice!
wateralien··on TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Tax shouldn't even have to be handled by anyone. It should be part of the currency itself.
wateralien··on JustSketchMe – Digital Posing Tool
Try get a non technical artist to pick up Blender and work out a rigged human model.
wateralien··on JustSketchMe – Digital Posing Tool
Very nice. Well done :) I could have used this a lot when I was an Art Director in advertising sketching storyboards all day long. I guess these days Art Directors are just asking AI to do it?
wateralien··on Peter Thiel in 'Antichrist' talk says he told Elon Musk not to give to charity
The irony of Thiel's "Antichrist" fear, is that it actually might be Peter Thiel. Or Elon.

Musk has given relatively nothing to charity. Much less than the average person, percentage wise I'd guess. The money he has, has gone to his own family and causes that benefit himself and his interests. People that rich should help other people. Even if it's for their own self satisfaction. Also, please don't tell me that SpaceX is a charity to humanity.

wateralien··on I’ve removed Disqus. It was making my blog worse
A comment system on top of the AT Protocol seems like the way to go.
wateralien··on The Other Linux Logo
Love the direction. But small eyes looks spooky and big eyes looks terrified.
wateralien··on M4.6 Earthquake – 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
I was in a self-driving cab while live-tweeting a founder therapy circle on my way to my rooftop co-living space for a seed round pitch for my biohacking startup!
wateralien··on EPA Seeks to Eliminate Critical PFAS Drinking Water Protections
Is protecting people socialism? Do they want people to be free enough to do their own water testing? "Make up their own minds?"
wateralien··on Next.js is infuriating
Fair enough I guess.
wateralien··on Next.js is infuriating
I've just convinced a large, but not global, client to move from their antiquated system to Next.js. They definitely wouldn't want to run on Vercel in prod since they're obsessed with costs.... and now I'm really concerned since this and some other "next.js in production nightmares" posts have dropped. I've only ever run smaller stuff on Vercel. Super concerned.
wateralien··on I have no constructor, and I must initialize
Upvote for the title.
wateralien··on EV Charging Points in America Are Finally Making Money
Full tank every day.
wateralien··on Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI's Sora
How can he be that "shit" if: - Is making drastic changes to react to market realities. (Probably before most other studios) - Is a self-made billionaire ?
wateralien··on The Apple Vision Pro’s missing apps
What problem did Apple Watch solve?
wateralien··on United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections
I would like Google Flights to be able to filter for aircraft equipment manufacturer.
wateralien··on U.S. reenters the nuclear fuel game
Mmmm, I think that would be a mistake. The former residents of Fukushima prefecture and Chernobyl would probably agree.
wateralien··on Kodak sues Tesla for using stolen technology for Autopilot
Fair enough. Maybe that's not long short enough then for the current pace of change.
wateralien··on U.S. reenters the nuclear fuel game
I'm on team Generation 4 Nuclear. I think the distinction is important.

Eg: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/3-advanced-reactor-system...

wateralien··on Kodak sues Tesla for using stolen technology for Autopilot
Patent law needs complete overhaul. They restrict innovation, iteration and slow the pace of progress. Two things I'd implement if I were "king of the world" - If you're not the entity which is using or can prove that have active plans to use the patent, you cannot sue anyone for using it. - Patents last 15 or 20 years and cannot be extended, after that it's in the public domain.
wateralien··on The importance of handwriting is now better understood
> Pentel Energel 0.7mm is the best gel pen in the entire world

I love definitive reviews like this.

wateralien··on Ask HN: If GraphQL Is So Great, Why Doesn't Everyone Use It Already?
Because it's complex and daunting in implementation. REST is conceptually simple. Don't make me think.

Also tRPC rules.

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