jpmitchell

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What if useful AI is a fantasy?(lzon.ca)
28 points by jpmitchell 2mo ago|61 comments
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by jpmitchell 2mo ago
To answer the title's question directly? Yes, I think so. Or at least that it is a legitimate hazard. I think the analogy to hyper-palatable, calorific food works well: Humans adapted for a world with too little food. Then once there w
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C++20 Improved the For-Loop Syntax(lzon.ca)
46 points by jpmitchell 2mo ago|83 comments
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YouTube and Algorithmic Feeds(lzon.ca)
5 points by jpmitchell 3mo ago|0 comments
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A Value_lock Type for C++(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 3mo ago|0 comments
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A Maybe Type for C++(lzon.ca)
1 points by jpmitchell 3mo ago|0 comments
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Gratitude for an Open Android(lzon.ca)
3 points by jpmitchell 5mo ago|0 comments
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Pleasant Passwords(lzon.ca)
3 points by jpmitchell 5mo ago|1 comments
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Testing a Local LLM(lzon.ca)
1 points by jpmitchell 5mo ago|0 comments
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A short quest to build some Web Feeds(lzon.ca)
1 points by jpmitchell 5mo ago|0 comments
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by jpmitchell 5mo ago
I do say in my post that I performed a backup. I should have clarified that that was not merely for my benefit while performing the work. My final conversation with him involved handing off a clearly labeled USB drive, and an explanation th
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by jpmitchell 5mo ago
That's a fair point. I enjoy being a _bit_ provocative, but that title might have been a bit much.
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by jpmitchell 5mo ago
Same for me. It was slow but now I've fully joined the hate parade. I only use MS products as necessary to support my business.
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by jpmitchell 5mo ago
I still have the old Win11 ISO that I used during my previous job. It still supported the 'oobe\bypassnro' command. I've read that Microsoft is phasing that one out in newer builds. I'll have to cling to that file with a
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by jpmitchell 5mo ago
I have no idea what happened. I literally just copy and pasted my post title for the submission. I assume there's some form of active curation going on. I've only recently started posting my content to Hacker News so I'm not
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Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?(lzon.ca)
395 points by jpmitchell 5mo ago|245 comments
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Ending My Claude Pro Subscription(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|0 comments
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Dario Amodei, Local Letter Merchant caught selling counterfeit and stolen goods(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|0 comments
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Windows Notepad to Receive New Age Verification Feature(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|2 comments
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by jpmitchell 6mo ago
That was my impression too. I used to think I'd use nothing but MX Blues forever. The 'copycat' switches haven't just caught up, they've been innovating and Cherry seems to have given up.
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by jpmitchell 6mo ago
I've heard this anecdotally. I'm enjoying my current setup but I do hold open the possibility of going back to membrane one day.
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Typing and Keyboards(lzon.ca)
48 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|74 comments
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The first 40 months of the AI era(lzon.ca)
216 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|144 comments
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Statistics Canada to Replace Food and Gas with "Huge TVs" in Inflation Reporting(lzon.ca)
8 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|1 comments
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New study says gnomes are responsible for breaking your electronics(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk Announces ClipX(lzon.ca)
4 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|0 comments
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Local LLM experiences burnout, wishes it could go back to writing code snippets(lzon.ca)
2 points by jpmitchell 6mo ago|0 comments
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by jpmitchell 7mo ago
For me at least, the advent of coding AI has just forced me to finally accept a truth that I probably always knew: that I'm an average (at best) software developer, and that I don't have anything truly unique or impressive to cont
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Manna by Marshall Brain(marshallbrain.com)
2 points by jpmitchell 8mo ago|0 comments
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The Birth and Death of JavaScript(destroyallsoftware.com)
1 points by jpmitchell 8mo ago|1 comments

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