phist_mcgee

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by phist_mcgee 11d ago
Have you seen San Francisco right now?
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by phist_mcgee 25d ago
You're forgetting the part where he is a near majority shareholder in spacex, so half of the profit made on your dollar spend winds up benefiting him personally.
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by phist_mcgee 26d ago
Dan Luu is a bit famous around HN. I think he might subscribe to the philosophy of everyone should style websites however they like and not be prescribed by the author.
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
Like how opus 4.7 or so started talking about the 'seam' between different things.
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
If that's the case I might reappraise flutter!
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
They still haven't got native scrolling perfect for iOS. I used a big name app just today and I could instantly tell without looking it up that it was a flutter app, because the scrolling felt non-native.
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
I've hallucinated with fevers before, and they do feel surprising that you swear you are awake, but perhaps you're really in a twilight between awake and asleep and the dreams break through.
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
They also have to remember where roadwork is/was and what kind of traffic is best/worst at a given time. There's a fantastic Tom Scott video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWREtcDVBE
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by phist_mcgee 1mo ago
For us in Australia it's uncontrolled right turns, and it is absolutely infuriating that many journeys would be temporally shorter if the route waited longer for the turn at an intersection with lights. Google Maps would almost surely
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
>As a consumer, the last things I want in an interface are to a) be sycophantic enough to lessen my judgment This is EXACTLY what people like/are addicted to about chatbots. My sister-in-law bombed an interview and asked AI about he
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
Lol well make that the headline! I sometimes think that passionate nerds love their niche so much they forget that other people might not have the foggiest of what they're talking about. Happens on github README.md files all the time.
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
What is a fantasy console? Is this just software? If it's just software, is the fantasy console some kind of meta game or emulator? It's not clear at all.
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
If you couldn't bother writing it, I can't be bothered reading it.
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
>America is the Greatest Country on Earth Yeah ok mate. Have a good one.
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
What an odd world view. Of course the priviliged have greater social obligations, because they are greater benefactors of life. We're all equal under the law but that doesn't mean that those with greater means shouldn't have
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
Sounds like you're in AU, I will point out that trades are not looked down on at all in this country. In fact culturally we value chippies and sparkies higher than desk jockeys.
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by phist_mcgee 2mo ago
You owe society more than nothing, otherwise you end up with a sick society.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Go on, spill some more tea..
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
I realise you're joking, but crypto is now a heavily regulated industry, the KYC/AML requirements are no-joke and non-compliance will get the company's licences in a given country/state terminated. For the end user it lo
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Fusion power is proven to be possible. AGI is not.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
What an absolute joke that it has taken GitHub this long to clean up it's act when it comes to supply chain security.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Which did you enjoy serving on more? Submariners apparently eat better than anywhere else on the navy, but also don't get any sunlight for 6 months?
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Parable of the mechanic who charges $5k to hit a machine on the side once with a hammer to get it working. $5 for the hammer, $4995 for the knowledge of where to hit the machine etc etc.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Nor does the cop who demands $100 for letting you go without arresting you. But they're still responsible for their own personal piece of the rot in the system.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsR06zf8nQ
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Ever seen a vibe-coded react app? It's astounding how well SOTA LLMs can produce good looking code in detail, but zoom out to the architectural or broader picture and it becomes an unholy mess. It's like a masterpiece painted by a
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Just teach backend engineers to do frontend pixel perfect CSS! Different fields.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Workpersonship doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
Perhaps its because american hyperscalers want unlimited upside for their capital?
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by phist_mcgee 5mo ago
I never wanted to memorise trivia, like remembering flags on a certain cli command. That always felt so painful when I just wanted to do a thing

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