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Comment on The tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” San Francisco in ~life
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Comment on Meta starts licensing headset OS in battle with Apple in ~tech
ButteredToast (edited )LinkI wonder if added affordances for non-Facebook hardware might introduce some seams to better pry the OS apart with and enable better/more complete “de-facebooking” and potentially addition of...I wonder if added affordances for non-Facebook hardware might introduce some seams to better pry the OS apart with and enable better/more complete “de-facebooking” and potentially addition of native support for tethered SteamVR.
I have a Quest 2 that gets a lot of use but would prefer to run something akin to a VR analogue of LineageOS on it to be rid of Facebook’s telemetry and such. I don’t even care if that means it stops getting updates since it’s only ever used for PCVR.
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Comment on All the good email clients go to hell in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentIt’s rather surprising to me that there are practically no 1:1 clones of Apple Mail, because as you’ve said it’s focused and functional and hasn’t become mired in frills and distractions like most...It’s rather surprising to me that there are practically no 1:1 clones of Apple Mail, because as you’ve said it’s focused and functional and hasn’t become mired in frills and distractions like most mail clients tend to. Geary is the closest out there but it’s missing a bunch of features in comparison, is a bit buggy/quirky, targets Linux only, and hasn’t received much development attention in a long time.
Instead, it’s Outlook (the full fat Office version, not the renamed-Hotmail thing) which seems to be the most frequently cloned client which I’ve never really understood. I’m sure that type of design makes sense for a corporate setting but for personal use I find it overbearing.
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Comment on All the good email clients go to hell in ~tech
ButteredToast Link Parent“Mail.app” is indeed a common colloquial name for Apple Mail, referencing its filename with “.app” being the extension of choice for executable bundles on Apple platforms.“Mail.app” is indeed a common colloquial name for Apple Mail, referencing its filename with “.app” being the extension of choice for executable bundles on Apple platforms.
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Comment on Why Gen Z is quietly giving up in ~life
ButteredToast Link ParentI think it’s possible that the two are connected in some way (e.g. evolution being one of the methods employed by a creator), which has led me more towards agnosticism rather than atheism, because...I think it’s possible that the two are connected in some way (e.g. evolution being one of the methods employed by a creator), which has led me more towards agnosticism rather than atheism, because I think it’s unlikely that humanity will be able to prove one way or the other within my lifetime. There may be a god, but unless that can be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt it doesn’t make sense to bind myself to the ruleset and practices of any particular religion.
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Comment on Why Gen Z is quietly giving up in ~life
ButteredToast Link ParentMy view is that need for something akin to religion varies greatly between individuals. My personal need for it is low because I’m pretty self-driven and have been since childhood, which means I...My view is that need for something akin to religion varies greatly between individuals.
My personal need for it is low because I’m pretty self-driven and have been since childhood, which means I don’t have too much trouble coming up with goals to structure my life around and have the flexibility to change those goals as needed. This naturally pushes one towards other driven people, helping fill social needs, even if I’ve not taken advantage of that aspect as well as I would’ve liked to. Self-drive is not an inherent trait, though, so I can understand why others might need to rely on other things.
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Comment on Video game devotees are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, says research in ~games
ButteredToast Link ParentThis is particularly true if one sticks with older titles and games that run well on limited resources. The earliest buyers of PS4s have gotten insane value out of them for example, with how there...This is particularly true if one sticks with older titles and games that run well on limited resources. The earliest buyers of PS4s have gotten insane value out of them for example, with how there are still new games being released for the platform today, and that’s to say nothing of the massive number of cheap used PS4 discs available. On the PC side there’s Steam sales and giveaways from Epic and Amazon that allows building of a formidable library on a dime.
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Comment on In Berlin, I experience icks I never thought possible in ~travel
ButteredToast Link ParentI’ve not had the fortune of working somewhere with European vacation days yet, but have in the past had a 4-day work week. That extra day of buffer between the work week and weekend did wonders...As for the vacation days, my impression is that people are more motivated to actually work at work when they get a decent chunk of time totally off work. As compared to slacking off every day because you have no days off so why would you give it your all when you're actually on the job, which is all the time?
I’ve not had the fortune of working somewhere with European vacation days yet, but have in the past had a 4-day work week. That extra day of buffer between the work week and weekend did wonders for allowing me to fully get “work brain” turned off and have a more restful weekend, which resulted in feeling more energized and motivated during the work week.
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Comment on This month in Servo: tables, WOFF2, Outreachy, and more in ~tech
ButteredToast (edited )LinkIt’s good to see life in the project again. As things currently stand, there’s really only one web engine that’s designed to be embedded with few or no restrictions on what or how it’s embedded,...It’s good to see life in the project again.
As things currently stand, there’s really only one web engine that’s designed to be embedded with few or no restrictions on what or how it’s embedded, and that’s WebKit which is decent on Apple platforms, passable on Linux, and bad on Windows. Gecko is difficult to separate from Firefox, and while Blink can technically be used independently from Chromium that’s not advisable as by doing so you’re giving up multiprocess capabilities (all of which is part of Chromium, not Blink).
As far as I’m aware Servo is the only web engine project that’s both positioned to have a reasonable likelihood of reaching a usable point of maturity and is designed to be independent of a host browser.
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Comment on Video game devotees are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, says research in ~games
ButteredToast Link ParentIt might just be a misunderstanding on my part, but I was under the impression that two weren’t exclusionary of each other, with “working class” meaning anybody who has to work to be able to live....It might just be a misunderstanding on my part, but I was under the impression that two weren’t exclusionary of each other, with “working class” meaning anybody who has to work to be able to live. That includes a large swath of if not most of the middle class.
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Comment on Under development: WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria (not classic) in ~games
ButteredToast Link ParentFrom what I’ve gathered, this is a problem with MMOs in general. Any that survive past teething age end up on a content treadmill where only the newest zones, dungeons, raids, etc are of any value...From what I’ve gathered, this is a problem with MMOs in general. Any that survive past teething age end up on a content treadmill where only the newest zones, dungeons, raids, etc are of any value to players, with this notion being reinforced by players and the maker of the game alike.
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Comment on If we can't block users can we at least filter out topics posted by those users? in ~tildes
ButteredToast Link ParentI don’t know how such a feature would work, but I wish there were some way to see the posts/posters/tags that get blocked/filtered most frequently for educational purposes. I’ve been trying to...I don’t know how such a feature would work, but I wish there were some way to see the posts/posters/tags that get blocked/filtered most frequently for educational purposes. I’ve been trying to improve my posting habits since arriving here but the lack of negative signal can make that difficult.
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Comment on The Assist - Thoughts on AI coding assistants in ~comp
ButteredToast Link ParentThis is why I think that it may be best for LLMs to stay firmly outside of IDEs and text editors. I find that they can be useful for very pointed sort of questions (e.g. give me an example of...This is why I think that it may be best for LLMs to stay firmly outside of IDEs and text editors. I find that they can be useful for very pointed sort of questions (e.g. give me an example of using X library to do Y thing with Z condition), where I can then evaluate the answer and pluck any useful bits from it without fear of problematic bits slipping by.
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Comment on If we can't block users can we at least filter out topics posted by those users? in ~tildes
ButteredToast Link ParentAnd on iOS, userscripts can be used in Safari with the extensions Userscripts and Macaque. iOS Safari has supported extensions like these for a while now but this knowledge hasn’t become...And on iOS, userscripts can be used in Safari with the extensions Userscripts and Macaque. iOS Safari has supported extensions like these for a while now but this knowledge hasn’t become widespread for some reason.
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Comment on How do you feel about student loan forgiveness? in ~life
ButteredToast LinkEven as someone who paid off loans for schooling that will never yield career benefits (had to drop out halfway) without so much as a dime being forgiven, I’m staunchly in favor of forgiveness....Even as someone who paid off loans for schooling that will never yield career benefits (had to drop out halfway) without so much as a dime being forgiven, I’m staunchly in favor of forgiveness.
For decades, teenagers were (and to some degree still are) told that college/uni are worth their steep costs because they’re the key to good jobs at a time when they’re not prepared to consider if that’s actually true for themselves or not. It’s a major life decision but often wasn’t treated as such, instead being positioned as something that should be done as a matter of course.
As such, I don’t think it’s really being honest to pin the responsibility on the kids. It’s tempting to pin it on parents instead, and there may be some validity to that (particularly if said parents never bothered to better equip their kids to make informed decisions), but ultimately it all falls on schools and the government: the former for jacking up costs so high, and the latter for allowing and even enabling those price increases.
So no, I don’t think it’s wrong for these loans to be forgiven, and am happy to see my tax dollars go towards that. All that said, the schools should also be reigned in too, however; they’ve emptied out more than their fair share of wallets and must be brought back down to earth, not just for the sake of students but for society as a whole.
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Comment on Manga’s dark side: An interview with filmmaker Sybilla Patrizia in ~anime
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentWhile there's a number of manga/shows that feature panty flashes and the like, “ubiquitous” feels like a bit of an exaggeration. Most of it is confined to titles that are targeted at grade school...While there's a number of manga/shows that feature panty flashes and the like, “ubiquitous” feels like a bit of an exaggeration. Most of it is confined to titles that are targeted at grade school and teenage boys (not that this makes it any better), teen-to-adult-oriented “ecchi” titles (though these usually feature physically developed characters), or actual pedo bait material. There’s volumes of material both old and new where one won’t find any of that, though I will concede that the last on that list rears its ugly head in online spaces too often for comfort.
As far as censorship is concerned, as far as I’m aware it’s been fairly well established for a long time that forced censoring of vanilla porn drives demand for more extreme materials. In this way, the US may have caused immeasurable societal damage in Japan when it forced its Christian sensibilities on the country following WWII (which is the root of modern censorship).
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Comment on What AI tools are you actually using? in ~tech
ButteredToast LinkI sometimes ChatGPT and deepcoder-6.7b through ollama in software dev to give me a quick overview of how to do something with a given library I’m unfamiliar with. I have to watch out for...I sometimes ChatGPT and deepcoder-6.7b through ollama in software dev to give me a quick overview of how to do something with a given library I’m unfamiliar with.
I have to watch out for hallucinations, because sometimes it’ll hallucinate APIs that by all rights should exist but don’t, but it’s decent at cutting through the fluff and less relevant bits that’s common in guides on Medium, YouTube, etc and just giving you an example.
They’re also nice because you can ask “dumb” follow-up questions that communities like SO and various forums might not be patient enough for.
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Comment on ProtonMail on all the data that Outlook collects about your email in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentAs mentioned in a comment elsewhere in this thread, last I knew the bridge was buggy. Of course that may have changed since then. Even if the bugs have been worked out, it still won’t help mobile...As mentioned in a comment elsewhere in this thread, last I knew the bridge was buggy. Of course that may have changed since then.
Even if the bugs have been worked out, it still won’t help mobile email clients since you can’t keep daemons running in the background to do bridging.
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Comment on I bought a house, now what? in ~life.home_improvement
ButteredToast Link ParentDefinitely true for the filters. I think my house used to be a rental prior to being sold to me, and when I moved in the filters for the interior HVAC intakes hadn’t been changed in something like...Definitely true for the filters. I think my house used to be a rental prior to being sold to me, and when I moved in the filters for the interior HVAC intakes hadn’t been changed in something like 4-5 years, were totally fuzzed over, and were starting to cave in from the furnace sucking on them so hard since they weren’t letting air through.
Now they’re changed multiple times each year.
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Comment on I bought a house, now what? in ~life.home_improvement
ButteredToast Link ParentThe master bedroom in my house is like this. Two top outlets are hooked to a switch, and I didn’t make that connection mentally for 2-3 years of years of living there. That whole time I thought...The master bedroom in my house is like this. Two top outlets are hooked to a switch, and I didn’t make that connection mentally for 2-3 years of years of living there. That whole time I thought those outlets were just dead.
I would also say that generally, dissenting opinions tend to fare better on HN as long as they’re well-written and not overly emotional or inflammatory. r/technology on the other hand tends to downvote-bomb posts that don’t align with the sub’s prevailing opinions no matter how well-written they are.