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by zdc1 4d ago
Product design also becomes more important. You can build a new UX every day but your userbase can only handle a new UX or two every year, so creating and validating good ideas and strategies becomes more valuable.
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by zdc1 4d ago
I recently had to use the browser and was shocked to find there was no option for Gallery View. You were just stuck with one square in the middle that would bounce between different faces. I feel like they have the worst web experience out
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by zdc1 6d ago
I remember in the 2000s, Dattebayo fansubs had a custom 404 page (for anyone trying to download an episode before they published it I guess), that would do similar. Endless popups, a really bad full volume audio loop, and every other trick
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by zdc1 9d ago
The problem is that lots of people don't want a CMS, they want a platform for development / e-commerce / bookings / whatever. Enforcing vanilla WordPress would push people towards other platforms. Now that could be a
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by zdc1 9d ago
Tangential, but the Claude-isms make it a less rewarding read
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by zdc1 9d ago
I would love to see some Nautilus style urinals because--as a self-interested adult--splashback also hits me if the angle is bad enough. Sometimes I even use the stalls to avoid those porcelain tricksters entirely.
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by zdc1 12d ago
Well, why would European gold be stored in America in the first place?
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by zdc1 13d ago
Update: I've setup VSCode + Kilo Code + Open Router. It works but it's rough. Amazing how much value a good coding UI brings to the table. Update 2: Swapped Continue for Kilo Code. It's less rough.
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by zdc1 13d ago
I just gave ChatGPT my $30 because Claude was down...
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by zdc1 18d ago
Software development is slower in larger, more political organisations (hello Change Advisory Boards) and larger/older/sprawling codebases. Most governments are huge, highly political, slow moving organisations. It seems to just c
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by zdc1 18d ago
Peoples' home lives and school lives can be so varied that I wonder if an A vs B comparison is even appropriate. Are the kids going to be playing outside? On an iPad? With the neighbours? Watching Christian TV? Are there bullies at sch
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by zdc1 23d ago
Yeah, the main use for old school Paint seems to be just adding text, copying a selection, and pasting somewhere else. I assume regular home users may have different expectations for what Paint should be able to do.
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by zdc1 1mo ago
Maybe it's unique to Japan or to this brand but I'm surprised by how manual the process is. I wonder how much of this is done due to nostalgia/inertia vs economics or the desire for humans in the loop.
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by zdc1 1mo ago
Anecdotally, I've taken 3mg a couple of times to adjust my sleep schedule and have found that I do feel a bit drowsy/slow the next morning. Fine for me since it's just ad hoc usage, but I wouldn't take it nightly.
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by zdc1 1mo ago
Completely agree. Incentives are for the statistical masses. As thinking individuals we can and should use our awareness and courage to make biggest "good" choices we can bear to. We can't all be zero-waste vegan community or
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The Art of the Bromakase(yellowbellytv.substack.com)
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by zdc1 1mo ago
I wouldn't be so quick to assume the capital structure of a company influences its product decisions. Lots of well-funded, publicly traded companies are also screwing their customers for the sake of short-term revenue. Want better game
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by zdc1 1mo ago
I do agree. An LLM is like a motorboat that's tends to drift off course. If you know where you want to go, and can steer it to keep it on course, you will get there very fast.
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by zdc1 2mo ago
I've been doing this for years. Maybe adding some UI sugar around it is nice, but it really shouldn't be that much of a big deal...
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by zdc1 2mo ago
Oh please. An IP address is an IP address. The whole idea that some IPs are more special than others flies in the face of net neutrality.
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by zdc1 2mo ago
I wonder if it makes more sense to just get the latest batch of people doing the military -> civilian transition and starting them off on these
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by zdc1 2mo ago
You can use RDS without HA. Many people probably should do this, but no one wants to tell their boss they want to disable RDS HA and wear 1h of downtime a year so they can cut 50% of their spend.
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by zdc1 2mo ago
Tangential, but when dealing with queues, the first thing you want to do is have a basic grounding of queuing theory, and know whether you're optimising for throughput or worker utilisation (i.e. what are your SLAs and efficiency targe
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by zdc1 2mo ago
It shouldn't be too hard for a model to tell Domestic Shorthair vs Domestic Longhair. They're basically all you'll see on the street. Colourings / coat pattern names might be a bit harder to discern, but you also have mo
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by zdc1 2mo ago
Someone needs to vibecode a "virtual mouse" tool for the agents to steer instead (semi /s)
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by zdc1 2mo ago
The question is still what number people need to live "comfortably" (i.e. upper middle class). The average salary there may not quite provide for the amenities the average American considers "comfortable".
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by zdc1 2mo ago
Reminds me of when I was younger and tried the F1 cars in Live for Speed racing simulator. Turns out it's actually really, really hard to keep an F1 car on the tracks.
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by zdc1 2mo ago
This is silly. If you're language isn't getting enough coverage to get onto Wikipedia, stop complaining and get it some coverage. Ship features. Evangelise it. Get people using it. Their claim of 'one of the most popular &quo
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by zdc1 3mo ago
One of the hardest and best exams I had to do in university was my behavioural finance midterm exam: the format was that I had to sit down with the professor and have a five minute discussion on a topic of my choosing. It was surprisingly t
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by zdc1 3mo ago
Interesting how little some things have changed. The prices, on the other hand, seem quite cheap--even after converting to 2026 dollars.

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