puff_pastry

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by puff_pastry 4mo ago
"Becoming Steve Jobs" had a great part about NeXT and how Steve Jobs grew there to bounce back once he was back at Apple. This looks promising. I think it's very interesting to read about how his personality grew and how he b
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by puff_pastry 8mo ago
This one made me chuckle, so true!
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by puff_pastry 9mo ago
Asahi is awesome! But this is also proves that laptops outside the MacBook realm really need to improve so much. I wish there were a Linux machine with the hardware quality of a MacBook
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by puff_pastry 9mo ago
The two categories of software developers you mention already existed pre ChatGPT and will likely continue to exist. If anything, AI's going to make those who're in it just for the money much less relevant. Do you really think tha
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by puff_pastry 9mo ago
It's been somewhat disheartening to see many techie spaces (also HackerNews) become so skeptical and anti AI. It's as-if the luddites are at it again and they're just refuting progress because of a bad impression or because t
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by puff_pastry 1y ago
HCF! Such a great show! I’ve rewatched it last year and, like a really good book, I found myself liking a different set of characters than on my first watch. There’s truly a lot of depth there. And a lot of humanity, which is something we s
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by puff_pastry 1y ago
Genuinely curious, do a lot of people use these multiplayer features? I always thought of design as (mostly) a solo endeavour
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by puff_pastry 1y ago
I tried Kagi and liked it for the most part. But I really wasn’t seeing the big benefit everyone’s claiming. Google is…fine? Maybe I just learned how to use it for what I do
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by puff_pastry 1y ago
This is absolutely bonkers, $110mln/year?? How’re they spending this much??
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by puff_pastry 1y ago
"Author fails to understand that there can be multiple definitions for a phrase"
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
Just as expected from Musk and his clique: free speech for me but not for thee
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
They’re right, the declaration is useless and it’s just an exercise in futility
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
The biggest disappointment is that these discussions are still happening on Twitter/X. Leave that platform already
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
How does any of this address fake news, bots, or inflammatory discourse? It feels like a lot of technical jargon that neither improves nor worsens the platform compared to what already exists. Clickbait will remain immensely popular, regard
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
tbf, I don't have a vision for it. I'm just saying that this model works only because we've seen that the current model works around bots, inflammatory content, and fake news. These are all really hard problems..!
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
It's mostly become a marketing tool for individuals
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by puff_pastry 2y ago
I think this medium already proved that it doesn't work. A new social media model needs to emerge - we shouldn't try to rebuild the same old with a fresh coat of paint.