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by klum 25d ago
I don't agree at all that it's pedantry — it really matters for how responsibility is perceived. A lot of articles about things going wrong with AI have talked in terms like "the agent decided to...", "the agent cla
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by klum 2mo ago
I find the small (relatively speaking) homes of some of the big architects more fascinating than the big flagship buildings. Another example is Louis Kahn's Esherick House: https://archeyes.com/the-margaret-esherick-hou
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by klum 6mo ago
I always assumed that part of what made "the great architects" great was their skill in combining lofty visions with practical engineering, making houses that were at once artistic statements and durable, comfortable living spaces
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by klum 7mo ago
This is my favorite kind of website. An individual going into depth on a topic they're passionate (in the true sense of the word) about. Another example is Dan's Motorcycle Repair Web page [1]. A collection of such websites would
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by klum 8mo ago
Looks interesting, I wonder to what extent they really want to make cars DIY-able again (as they state). On the one hand, they mention servicing is "easy" — just turn to their partner repair shop chain! On the other hand, there&#x
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by klum 8mo ago
I have a theory that these environmental regulations at least to some degree defeat themselves. They make engines more complicated, so more fragile and harder for an amateur (edit: or any professional who isn't their own brand repair s
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by klum 2y ago
I agree with this article. I just want to add one thing: the author mentions companies in general, CEOs and the media as culprits. I'd like to add the people working at those companies. Few of those might be actively looking at graphs
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by klum 2y ago
Speculating here but I'd say a big part of the reason Dan Luu has as big a reach as he has is that he isn't the kind of writer who'll change his style to accommodate the audience that just wants to do a quick scan.
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by klum 2y ago
Somewhat unrelated but Apple are mainly focusing on Apple Intelligence in these new announcements. The first version of OS X I used was Mavericks. In hindsight, that was the last great version of OS X for me — the last version where it seem
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by klum 3y ago
I agree that the mainstream web is becoming increasingly useless, but at the same time, there are counter-movements: search engines like Marginalia, decentralized communities and federated protocols, open-source projects and businesses, &qu
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by klum 3y ago
Yeah, and it's not just the drivers. It's that everything is about money first and foremost in the sport. That seems to be what happens with any sport once it grows big enough. The drivers, incredibly skilled as they are, will a
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by klum 3y ago
I agree with the article, but was thinking along the same lines. What if a business actually takes a long-term view: investing in standards and fostering it's ecosystem instead of trying to outmaneuver competitors using any short-term
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by klum 3y ago
Not arguing with that. In discussions about Electron, there are often comments along the lines of "Electron apps can be fast if done right, just look at VS Code" and that just doesn't hold true for me.
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by klum 3y ago
Agreed on the power-user stuff and the courses. I use Obsidian in a simple way, but it's nice that the extensibility and the community is there. Unlike VS Code, Obsidian is (for me) an actual example of an Electron app that feels fas
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by klum 6y ago
I'm not sure... someone else can probably give a better answer on this! Medicine, weather prediction, logistics and driving aids are a few possibilities that come to mind, but I don't know if those are actual ones. Even if there w
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by klum 6y ago
Some of the reasons put forth by Pinker: * a poor country prioritizes growth while a richer one can afford to consider the environment * a richer country has access to more efficient technology * on the level of individuals, moral (or futur
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by klum 6y ago
Having just read Steven Pinker's book "Enlightenment Now", I'm skeptical of any article that paints this cynical view of how humans are wasting the earth, living their short-sighted lives with no regard for their future
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by klum 6y ago
I agree that the article is a little heavy on the author's opinion — the quote above neglects to put the perils of software and machine learning in any kind of relation to their positive impact, which makes it sort of pointless. Also,
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by klum 7y ago
I'd say the class name can be semantic whether it's semantic with regards to the components function, its form or something else. It's not self-evident to me that a name given to something in order to affect its form should b
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by klum 7y ago
Well, yes. So, in the hypothetical situation where classes are added just for styling, is it a given that the correct way to name it is a way that stays the same when the styling changes?
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by klum 7y ago
> God I miss it. I miss the goal of just cleanly naming things what they are, not how they look. I think utility-first CSS has its benefits as well as it's drawbacks, but just regarding the statement above: wouldn't you say tha
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by klum 7y ago
If you expect income, you're not really looking to build a free product, are you? Seems to me, a paywall (or similar) is the honest way; those who get value from your product give value back, in the most direct and transparent way poss
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by klum 7y ago
As someone pointed out, it probably has to do with controlling the stack all the way from hardware to userspace. Increasingly, Apples UIs run on top of Metal and I get the impression they want complete control, not just "good enough&qu
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by klum 8y ago
Bukowski's books glorify drinking like the movie Leaving Las Vegas glorifies drinking: the trailer may give you the impression they're about getting drunk and having fun, but sit through the whole actual thing, and having a drink
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by klum 8y ago
Sleep is awesome, yes. I don't quite get how people like Jocko Willink ( https://twitter.com/jockowillink ) function... but at least for me, the hours I sleep are rarely the limiting factor regarding how much I get done,
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by klum 8y ago
I like Terminal, but a very specific feature of iTerm2 I wish Terminal had is using one of the option keys as meta, while letting you keep the other for typing characters like "@" on some non-english keyboards.
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by klum 8y ago
It seems to me a lot of the people making a living out of art or other "commercially challenging" occupations have cultivated a passion for the business part of it as well. I don't mean that in a cynical sense. If you view bu
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by klum 9y ago
Agreed. The article sort of presents these kind of "computer problems" as a barrier to getting started with programming. I don't quite agree -- or maybe they are, but only in the sense that they "filter out" those w
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by klum 9y ago
I think it's quite rare that people actually knowingly act amorally -- everyone tends to see themselves as the good guys, or compelled to do bad things by circumstances out of their control. You mention WWII; I have the impression that
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by klum 9y ago
Spot on. And of course, in your example of the "social justice warriors", the same goes for people spewing hate at them, and the people hating these people, and so on... I think in most (all?) situations when there's a move

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