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by nevster 21d ago
The term Page-Turner is often misapplied. I rarely find any books genuine page-turners. The Cuckoo's Egg is the exception. Such a fantastically well-written book! Thanks Cliff!
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by nevster 2mo ago
Probably it's just the same dopamine hits that make things like watching the Windows 98 Defragger soothing.
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by nevster 2mo ago
"This post is an XBOX"
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by nevster 2mo ago
The Apple IIGS version was great!
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by nevster 3mo ago
Another idea for you - search for "booktube" on youtube. Plenty of recommendations!
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by nevster 5mo ago
https://app.auctionsieve.com/ I've converted my 23 year old Java desktop app to a website. It's an app to make searching eBay an actual joy. Perform a search, then highlight text to trash or group that term. Then
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by nevster 5mo ago
I hate that fade-in stuff. Basically just close any page that does it.
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by nevster 6mo ago
There must be some law about articles proclaiming X is dead. Does anyone know of one? Something along the lines of "Any article declaring X is dead is always wrong and just trying to sell you something" Dumbest article I've r
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by nevster 7mo ago
I think the main thing is, these are all green fields projects. (Note original author talking about executing ideas for projects.)
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by nevster 8mo ago
I mean no disrespect by this but when I saw the headline on HN I immediately thought it was about Scott Adams the text adventure guy. And then I started watching the video and was a bit confused at first before it all clicked.
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by nevster 8mo ago
Here's how AI coding has helped me : to beat procrastination. Often while trying to fall asleep, I'll be thinking something like "I need my app to do such and such". The next day, instead of forcing myself to start codin
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by nevster 9mo ago
The Swallows and Amazons series is wonderful! Highly recommended.
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by nevster 9mo ago
Watch hours are literally how long someone watches. So if you watch a 2 hour video at 2x, it counts as 1 hour.
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by nevster 10mo ago
Fun!
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by nevster 10mo ago
Thanks! Fair warning to any others: It's mostly fantasy and sci-fi with the occasional tech book thrown in
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by nevster 10mo ago
My booktube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@NevsBookChannel Of relevance - my review of Code Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlY0EGWp7rw
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by nevster 11mo ago
I'm probably in a minority here. When I read Skyfall-GS, I immediately thought it was some new Apple IIGS game!
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by nevster 11mo ago
Ven vill you vear vigs?
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by nevster 11mo ago
My 2021 16" M1 Max is at 85% battery - which is still totally fine for me.
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by nevster 11mo ago
I should also point out - if you download the current version, you should immediately apply the update that will pop up. And even then, you're results may be flakey.
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by nevster 11mo ago
About to start converting this 22 year old Java Swing desktop app to a web app : http://www.auctionsieve.com/ (It's a frontend to make searching eBay actually pleasant)
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Brandon Sanderson invents ChatGPT? The Story of a Prompt Engineer [video](youtube.com)
2 points by nevster 1y ago|0 comments
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by nevster 1y ago
The magic system is kind of like using ChatGPT
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The Story of A Prompt Engineer - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson [video](youtube.com)
1 points by nevster 1y ago|1 comments
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by nevster 1y ago
Direct link to the actual image : https://magazine.uc.edu/content/dam/magazine/docs/Moon_rocks...
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by nevster 1y ago
"Shall we play a game?"
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by nevster 1y ago
This site is blocked by Telstra in Australia for supposedly having malicious content!
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by nevster 1y ago
Unfortunately in practice I've found it sounds not great.
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Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
18 points by nevster 1y ago|12 comments
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by nevster 2y ago
I remember seeing one of these in Chatswood, Sydney, Australia

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