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Comment on Another week on Linux in ~tech
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An intramarital communication system
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Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
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Comment on Why normal people aren’t using AI agents in ~tech
Kremor Link ParentI had a good chuckle reading these because they are adding more things to manage to your life, not less.I had a good chuckle reading these because they are adding more things to manage to your life, not less.
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Comment on The real energy use of agentic AI in ~tech
Kremor LinkAn individual using chatbots has a pretty negligible impact, with one prompt only amounting to roughly 1/150,000th of an average American’s daily emissions. Those numbers are basically right. They are also increasingly divorced from how AI is actually being used today.
The fastest-growing way that software engineers and scientists actually use AI is not typing questions into a chat box. Rather, we use AI agents through tools like Claude Code and Codex that plan, write code, run it, read the results, and iterate on their own.
My best estimate is that [my Claude Code use over 8 weeks] used around 170 kWh of data center electricity (with an uncertainty range of roughly 70 to 330 kWh across methods and assumptions).
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The real energy use of agentic AI
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Comment on Mea Culpa – Dark Hours: Developer unintentionally copies an open-source app using Claude Code in ~tech
Kremor LinkI’m sure someone will mention this eventually. The original app also kind of reads like it was vibe-coded with Claude Code.I’m sure someone will mention this eventually. The original app also kind of reads like it was vibe-coded with Claude Code.
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Mea Culpa – Dark Hours: Developer unintentionally copies an open-source app using Claude Code
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Comment on What JavaScript framework should I use? in ~comp
Kremor (edited )LinkMithril is a very close to metal, but still powerful framework. It's so close to metal that the only things you need to write an application is the bundle and regular JS. Or you could use JSX with...Mithril is a very close to metal, but still powerful framework. It's so close to metal that the only things you need to write an application is the bundle and regular JS. Or you could use JSX with the help of Webpack.
I like to use it for small projects . IMO it only a more robust router that can handle nested components.
However, your third point suggest you really don't want something like this.
Edit: The way to get the best practices suggestions is with a linter like ESLint, but that involves messing more with the tooling.
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HTML Day 2026
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Comment on The first website was launched thirty-five years ago in ~tech
Kremor LinkFrom WikipediaFrom Wikipedia
CERN, a research center in Switzerland, created the first website. The Web was publicly announced with a post to the Usenet newsgroup alt.hypertext on August 6, 1991. There is a snapshot of the site from November 1992 at The World Wide Web project.
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The first website was launched thirty-five years ago
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Comment on Eventually you'll get pretend cancer: the bizarre world of candy cigarettes in ~design
Kremor Link ParentI'm from México, but now that you mention it. I recently came across Chocolate en Polvo Morelia, and the taste kind of reminds me of the chocolate cigars.I'm from México, but now that you mention it. I recently came across Chocolate en Polvo Morelia, and the taste kind of reminds me of the chocolate cigars.
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Comment on A newbie's guide to self-hosting: GoToSocial part 1 (installation and set-up) in ~tech
Kremor LinkA while ago, I decided to give the Fediverse another try. But instead of joining the Nth instance, I chose to host a personal one. Partly to get around the decision paralysis of choosing an...A while ago, I decided to give the Fediverse another try. But instead of joining the Nth instance, I chose to host a personal one. Partly to get around the decision paralysis of choosing an instance, and partly to avoid any instance drama.
Now I think this is the best way to interact with the Fediverse. You won’t accidentally get exposed to drama you don’t care about, and you won’t end up in the awkward position of having to leave because your instance is getting mass-blocked over a moderator’s opinion. It’s really just you and the people you choose to follow. You still get a glimpse of some drama from time to time, but at a distance where it can’t bother you. As for engagement, I think around 30 followers is the sweet spot, when it stops feeling like you’re just talking into the void.
I decided to use GoToSocial. At the time, people were somewhat skeptical of the project, and I’m glad it’s starting to get more attention. It makes me happy whenever I come across a personal GTS instance, and it seems like more people are doing it. With the latest release, you can also decide how long to store external statuses, which gives you more control over how much storage you want to dedicate to your slice of the Fediverse.
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Comment on Eventually you'll get pretend cancer: the bizarre world of candy cigarettes in ~design
Kremor Link ParentYes! You can see that most of the images in the non-US gallery have the word chocolate on them.Yes! You can see that most of the images in the non-US gallery have the word chocolate on them.
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Comment on Eventually you'll get pretend cancer: the bizarre world of candy cigarettes in ~design
Kremor LinkI loved this when I was a child, not because I wanted to look cool or like a grown-up, but because I genuinely loved the cheap sugary chocolate they were made of. They are banned now but it's...I loved this when I was a child, not because I wanted to look cool or like a grown-up, but because I genuinely loved the cheap sugary chocolate they were made of. They are banned now but it's still possible to buy them online. I just assume they won't be the same, like most things these days.
And in case you're curious, my lips haven't touched a cigarette since I was 9 years old.
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Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Illustrated guides and maps for retro video games
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The colonization of confidence
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Comment on The AI design aesthetic that is taking over the internet in ~comp
Kremor (edited )Link ParentI appreciate the suggestion, but I don't see it as the real solution. I'm not a designer, I basically did the equivalent of copying snippets from Stackoverflow to come with an original design,...I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't see it as the real solution.
I'm not a designer, I basically did the equivalent of copying snippets from Stackoverflow to come with an original design, without a proper understanding of why they worked together. I was worried the result looked amateurish so I used AI to improve it, and now I'm worried it looks AI generated. The solution it not to continue using AI to fumble my way into something that looks good, but to develop my own design skills and refine the ideas in my original concept.
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Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes
This is not really a reply to your comment, but whenever Linux comes up in a conversation, there’s always a comment like this, and I wonder what the hell people are trying to do with it that they need to tinker with it so much.
For me, Linux is the most hassle-free OS there is. I haven’t tinkered with it in six years because for me, it just works. I also use macOS, and one of the things I dislike about it is that there’s always more friction when setting up a development environment compared to Linux. I also worry more when upgrading macOS than Linux because I seem to always encounter some problem midway through the upgrade.
I see it as people getting used to the idiosyncrasies of each OS to the point where they stop seeing the problems. They learn where the problems are, accept them as unchangeable facts, and eventually get used to them. Maybe I’ve just learned to accept Linux’s shortcomings, while I haven’t accepted macOS’s because it’s a paid product.