halfcat

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by halfcat 19d ago
No, only virtual GarageBand
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by halfcat 19d ago
> extra effort to build it Also extra effort to use it. This is why we have the “how do I exit vim?” meme. A good user interface needs escape hatches so users can keep their head above water while they learn to swim. Most of what peopl
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by halfcat 1mo ago
> We’ll model it in Ballet on your real systems in a 30-minute working session You drastically underestimate how bad most systems are. All of the vendors in your examples have good APIs. Those vendors already did the hard part. All of th
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by halfcat 1mo ago
> I'm very intrigued by AI note takers, but I'm absolutely unwilling to expose me or my clients to this exact problem Unfortunately it’s mostly not up to you. It’s a weakest-link problem. It doesn’t matter if you don’t use a no
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by halfcat 2mo ago
How do you debug SSE messages since they don’t show up in chrome dev tools with Datastar?
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by halfcat 2mo ago
> having a high signal-to-noise ratio for (open source) projects is a desirable goal? It’s not obviously true. A higher number of attempts, a larger talent pool, typically doesn’t change the average much (or it might even make the averag
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by halfcat 2mo ago
> It would absolutely end 95% of crime It might solve much of existing crime, but that’s not the same as a net reduction in crime. Bribery, blackmail, and coercion would just fill the crime vacuum.
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by halfcat 2mo ago
> You already have an agent freely doing stuff on your machine No. Agents run in VMs. Assume anywhere you’re running an agent will be compromised, because eventually, it will be. The only reason most people haven’t is luck, they didn’t h
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by halfcat 2mo ago
Is anyone working on rewriting Rust in Bun?
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by halfcat 2mo ago
Have you done iron infusions? My wife has to get these once in a while. She had gastric surgery years back and has issues with absorption of oral supplements.
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by halfcat 3mo ago
The job will run the next time a worker runs (in both cases). And doesn’t that mean the job potentially runs twice? Yes. In DBOS there are two kinds of “things that run”: workflows, and steps (workflows are made of steps). Workflows must be
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by halfcat 3mo ago
> Programming is ultimately the work of constructing a mental model, and that mental model is inherently personal So that’s why we now have as many different tech stacks as we have developers at work. Conway’s law taken to its logical co
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by halfcat 3mo ago
The most surreal part of this from the Wired article [1]: > The records sit in Airtable A secret cabal running the world. On AirTable. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-th...
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by halfcat 3mo ago
> What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence What’s your evidence for this claim?
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by halfcat 3mo ago
This is ironic. They didn’t say they believe. You offered your belief that you know something that happened long ago (extraordinary claim), and they are naturally curious how you could know that. If you’re a time traveler or whatever we’d b
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by halfcat 3mo ago
Hudson Rock has a free domain lookup tool for affected domains: https://www.hudsonrock.com/fortinet
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by halfcat 3mo ago
Oh no a coronal mass ejection has taken out the power grid
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by halfcat 3mo ago
Except for the bitlocker vulnerability that lets someone with the physical computer bypass it. Other than that, it works flawlessly.
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by halfcat 3mo ago
You don’t have to login with the online account. Before you install: - Disable the network cards in the BIOS - Install - When prompted to setup the network press Shift+F10 - Type: start ms-cxh:localonly - Setup the local account - After ins
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by halfcat 3mo ago
> Who is doing package management right these days? Who is doing it securely? QBASIC. When you need a package you type it in from a magazine. Virtually anything you could ever need is only 1-12 weeks away.
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by halfcat 3mo ago
One difference is, when the business hits a tough patch, the bank starts asking questions, and whether or not the bank lets it all continue depends primarily on whether there’s a CEO/CFO who: - Has history with the bank (trust) - Is wi
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by halfcat 3mo ago
Can you clarify the point you’re trying to make? C-level people are forced out all the time. Even the CEO reports to the board.
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by halfcat 4mo ago
There’s at least one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mockapetris
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by halfcat 4mo ago
The body can know more than it can tell.
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by halfcat 4mo ago
Containers were never a security boundary
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by halfcat 4mo ago
DBOS is much less complexity compared to Temporal. That’s the benefit. Main tradeoff is lower performance. Or at least, you’re going to be limited to what you can push through Postgres. If that’s sufficient for your needs DBOS is great.
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by halfcat 4mo ago
> we are transferring value from our current standard of living to pay for retirement checks Isn’t this just what happens when you have an inverted pyramid (older population is larger than the younger population)? > One can argue that
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by halfcat 4mo ago
How would one even know if the port of 100k LOC was successful? Are there language-agnostic tests (CLI STDIN/STDOUT) or similar involved?
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by halfcat 4mo ago
So what’s the verdict? Was it worth it?
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by halfcat 4mo ago
How do you stay aware of all code being written? Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never understood how one understands from reading code. Yes you can understand what that code does, but not why it was done that way instead of a different way. I

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