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  1. Comment on Anyone here listen to NPR Tiny Desk concerts? in ~music

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    Tiny Desk is great but I also really appreciate Seattle radio station KEXP for their recorded concerts. They're definitely more of an actual stage setup compared to Tiny Desk, but they still get...

    Tiny Desk is great but I also really appreciate Seattle radio station KEXP for their recorded concerts. They're definitely more of an actual stage setup compared to Tiny Desk, but they still get really focused on the music and have some incredible sound engineers. Some of my favorites:

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Popular fanfic site "Archive of Our Own" (AO3) down for 2-4 weeks in ~tech

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    The rumors that I'm hearing is that their infrastructure got hit by php2shell (the site itself is a Rails app but I'm not surprised there's some php in the stack somewhere) and that they're pretty...

    The rumors that I'm hearing is that their infrastructure got hit by php2shell (the site itself is a Rails app but I'm not surprised there's some php in the stack somewhere) and that they're pretty much doing a complete infra rebuild.

    18 votes

  3. Comment on Polyphia - LET THERE BE LIGHT (2026) in ~music

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    I was out of town on the exact night of the show, but I almost got to go see Polyphia and DOMi & JD Beck perform - I was calling it the "so many notes played" show

    I was out of town on the exact night of the show, but I almost got to go see Polyphia and DOMi & JD Beck perform - I was calling it the "so many notes played" show

    2 votes

  4. Comment on late.sh - a cozy command-line clubhouse for computer people in ~tech

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    Claude is the 5th-higest contributor to the repo.

    Claude is the 5th-higest contributor to the repo.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Solo developer rebuilds Adobe Creative Suite in Rust using Claude, releases it free to all in ~tech

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    It's not just that LLMs can't (currently?) write maintainable code (though that is a huge issue that's gonna be biting more and more people in the ass) - it's that LLMs let you get to the...

    It's not just that LLMs can't (currently?) write maintainable code (though that is a huge issue that's gonna be biting more and more people in the ass) - it's that LLMs let you get to the "finished software" part without the accompanying "people who give a shit" part.

    18 votes

  6. Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech

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    Fascist Linux gets a donation from the Fascist LLM. Color me unsurprised.

    Fascist Linux gets a donation from the Fascist LLM. Color me unsurprised.

    26 votes

  7. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

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    Spoiler "Sam and Ben later learned these are Ginkgo Nuts which are toxic when eaten raw and must be thoroughly cooked before eating, but luckily Ben ate far less than the toxic quantity." is truly...
    Spoiler "Sam and Ben later learned these are Ginkgo Nuts which are toxic when eaten raw and must be thoroughly cooked before eating, but luckily Ben ate far less than the toxic quantity." is truly an all-timer of a caption.
    8 votes

  8. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I think I'm just starting to get the hang of the dual-focus chart-reading as the charts I'm playing are now very willing to overlap both hands, but it's definitely a mind-bender.

    I think I'm just starting to get the hang of the dual-focus chart-reading as the charts I'm playing are now very willing to overlap both hands, but it's definitely a mind-bender.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I picked up In Falsus - it's a rhythm game that just hit its full release and I hadn't seen the demo of. It has a really nutty control scheme where your left hand plays a bemani-style key pattern...

    I picked up In Falsus - it's a rhythm game that just hit its full release and I hadn't seen the demo of. It has a really nutty control scheme where your left hand plays a bemani-style key pattern (on Shift-A-S-D-F-Space) while your right hand plays a Sound Voltex/osu-style tracing pattern (with your mouse moving left and right). Then it's also an entire visual novel and also has an extensive crafting system. Crazy game, and I hope I stick with it long enough to actually get good.

    Then more and more work on my "endgame" Satisfactory world. This is a save file that I've fully completed (all Space Elevator deliveries plus Golden Nut statue) and I'm now making builds that are bigger and more aesthetically-decorated. I've finally finished up my Rocket Fuel power plant (3600 fuel/min, generating 216 GW of power) and am pondering what gets built next.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems back in May in ~comp

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    Someone on lobste.rs threw out the comment of "Could OpenAI have RICO charges brought against them?" - and while I have to assume the factual answer is "no", it's a fascinating concept to think about.

    Someone on lobste.rs threw out the comment of "Could OpenAI have RICO charges brought against them?" - and while I have to assume the factual answer is "no", it's a fascinating concept to think about.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What's your line? in ~life

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    It's tricky - if I aimed for "no LLM usage at all" (a state I'd much prefer), I'd get zero hits anywhere. If the job description specifically mentions particular tooling or "agentic development",...

    It's tricky - if I aimed for "no LLM usage at all" (a state I'd much prefer), I'd get zero hits anywhere. If the job description specifically mentions particular tooling or "agentic development", I'm much more likely to give it a pass.

  12. Comment on What's your line? in ~life

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    I'm currently job searching as a software engineer and my hard-nos are: no crypto, no defense industry, and no LLMs* The asterisk on "No LLMs" is that removing every job listing that refers to AI...

    I'm currently job searching as a software engineer and my hard-nos are: no crypto, no defense industry, and no LLMs*

    The asterisk on "No LLMs" is that removing every job listing that refers to AI at all would cut my pool to something like 5%, so I'm trying to draw the line at "no companies formed entirely around creating or offering an LLM as a product"

    5 votes

  13. Comment on What are your thoughts on audiobooks? in ~books

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    I whole-heartedly love audiobooks - have since I was a kid. Either a top-tier narrator or (even better) a full-cast reading, though I'm not actually a huge fan of GraphicAudio. I even produced a...

    I whole-heartedly love audiobooks - have since I was a kid. Either a top-tier narrator or (even better) a full-cast reading, though I'm not actually a huge fan of GraphicAudio. I even produced a fan-made full-cast audiobook once.

    I only ever listen to books that I've already read "in paper" - to me, the reason I'm listening is to hear the performance of the narrator(s).

    1 vote

  14. Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies

  15. Comment on Watch baseball games in realtime in 8-bit view in ~sports.baseball

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    I'm also a big fan of using playball to "watch" in the terminal. Baseball is perfect for this sort of thing.

    I'm also a big fan of using playball to "watch" in the terminal.

    Baseball is perfect for this sort of thing.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on The man who's spent a lifetime making one, giant map in ~games

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    I was so excited to see that title hoping it would be Jerry's Map. I've tried some JerryMapping of my own, but it's mostly been more like his "original" style of more-realistic cartography. Maybe...

    I was so excited to see that title hoping it would be Jerry's Map. I've tried some JerryMapping of my own, but it's mostly been more like his "original" style of more-realistic cartography.

    Maybe I should try that out again, it could be fun.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Custom LED light frames in ~creative

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    You know, that's probably not a bad idea...

    You know, that's probably not a bad idea...

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Custom LED light frames in ~creative

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    I'm pretty proud of the custom LED light frames I made, and also figured they'd be a good topic for getting my new personal blog started.

    I'm pretty proud of the custom LED light frames I made, and also figured they'd be a good topic for getting my new personal blog started.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    I absolutely think you could, though competitive Melee has a steep barrier to entry nowadays. Platform fighters are really something else - the fluidity of movement that you have available can...

    I absolutely think you could, though competitive Melee has a steep barrier to entry nowadays. Platform fighters are really something else - the fluidity of movement that you have available can feel more like a precision-platformer speedrun than a "regular" 2D fighting game.

    2 votes