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  1. Comment on The iPhones 16 in ~tech

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    I want an E-ink phone. It's not exactly revolutionary, but I think it would be a big deal for me personally.

    I want an E-ink phone. It's not exactly revolutionary, but I think it would be a big deal for me personally.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Do you use an RSS reader? in ~tech

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    I self host Miniflux, and I use Read You as an android client. I'm under the impression that most websites have RSS built in by default. It might be because so many sites use Wordpress. Even when...

    I self host Miniflux, and I use Read You as an android client.

    I'm under the impression that most websites have RSS built in by default. It might be because so many sites use Wordpress. Even when it's not advertised, you can usually find the RSS URL. Also, YouTube channels all have their own RSS feed.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Why AI isn't going to make art in ~arts

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    That tweet's author seems to have missed the point. Chiang clearly believes that AI can be used in the artistic process.

    That tweet's author seems to have missed the point. Chiang clearly believes that AI can be used in the artistic process.

    We can imagine a text-to-image generator that, over the course of many sessions, lets you enter tens of thousands of words into its text box to enable extremely fine-grained control over the image you’re producing; this would be something analogous to Photoshop with a purely textual interface. I’d say that a person could use such a program and still deserve to be called an artist.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Forgejo is now copyleft, just like Git in ~comp

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    I self-host Forgejo. It's pretty easy to set up and has been completely stable. I don't do anything fancy with it, but I like it a lot so far.

    I self-host Forgejo. It's pretty easy to set up and has been completely stable. I don't do anything fancy with it, but I like it a lot so far.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on GitLab is reportedly up for sale in ~tech

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    Maybe check out Gitea and Forgejo?

    Maybe check out Gitea and Forgejo?

    12 votes

  6. Comment on California’s largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West in ~enviro

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    I understand you're being somewhat facetious, but it's not a funny joke. Someone might read this and think you're being serious. Arson is NOT a part of American culture.

    I understand you're being somewhat facetious, but it's not a funny joke. Someone might read this and think you're being serious. Arson is NOT a part of American culture.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp

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    I had some programming experience, but just as a hobbyist. I'd say that book is fine for an absolute beginner. It has no math, no hard syntax, and assumes no prior knowledge whatsoever. However,...

    I had some programming experience, but just as a hobbyist.

    I'd say that book is fine for an absolute beginner. It has no math, no hard syntax, and assumes no prior knowledge whatsoever. However, I'd say the author is right to say the book is peculiar. You can't just skim through it and absorb the knowledge. It demands a lot from its reader.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp

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    Counter perspective: I worked through The Little Schemer and got a lot out of it. I covered the answers with a piece of paper and tried to answer them myself one by one. I wrote the code by hand...

    Counter perspective:

    I worked through The Little Schemer and got a lot out of it. I covered the answers with a piece of paper and tried to answer them myself one by one. I wrote the code by hand and didn't use an editor. When I got an answer wrong, I asked why and made sure I could answer before moving on. The book is short and this did not take long.

    There are many skimmable programming books that just serve up information. This book is more of a journey for someone who wants to really think through programming problems from first principles.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Does emacs or vim have better support for PHP parameter hinting and intellisense? in ~comp

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    On emacs, intellisense is often achieved with LSP, and it looks like there's a well-supported LSP sever for PHP.

    On emacs, intellisense is often achieved with LSP, and it looks like there's a well-supported LSP sever for PHP.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on I'm looking for a suggestion on how best to organize my ideas for my weekly RPG in ~games.tabletop

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    Fleeting Notes is built for your use case. It assumes you use Obsidian, which I would definitely recommend even if it's just a capture area before moving things over to your wiki.

    Fleeting Notes is built for your use case. It assumes you use Obsidian, which I would definitely recommend even if it's just a capture area before moving things over to your wiki.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Advice for hosting (and building) a personal website in ~comp

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    If you want to build a personal webpage, check out al-folio, a Jekyll theme. You can deploy it on GitHub pages, but Cloudflare pages is also a great free option. I'd recommend separating out your...

    If you want to build a personal webpage, check out al-folio, a Jekyll theme. You can deploy it on GitHub pages, but Cloudflare pages is also a great free option.

    I'd recommend separating out your goals of building a personal website and learning front-end dev. Franky, you aren't going to learn much about frontend engineering by building a personal static site.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Getting over that game making hump? in ~games

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    Maybe check out Love2d and Lua? I have no direct experience, but folks are very positive about it. From what I can tell, it's fast to go from an idea to a prototype.

    Maybe check out Love2d and Lua?

    I have no direct experience, but folks are very positive about it. From what I can tell, it's fast to go from an idea to a prototype.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Don’t fix it just because it’s technical debt in ~tech

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    I'm sorry, what? Engineers cost money. If tech debt causes them to take 2x the time to build a value-producing feature, then you are losing money because of it. Overall, I agree with the author...

    Reducing wasted effort may feel like an obvious good, but reducing wasted effort isn’t the goal of a company. Making money is.

    I'm sorry, what? Engineers cost money. If tech debt causes them to take 2x the time to build a value-producing feature, then you are losing money because of it.

    Overall, I agree with the author though. Imho, the mark of a great engineer is being able to work with an imperfect code base without feeling that they need to change everything. (And the same can actually be said for business roles as well.)

    11 votes

  14. Comment on AMD officially confirms no more Windows 10 chipset driver and support for next gen Ryzen in ~tech

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    Linux is great. You should definitely give it a shot.

    Linux is great. You should definitely give it a shot.

    15 votes

  15. Comment on On DM’ing for the first time in ~games.tabletop

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    Great writeup. I've DM'ed a game weekly for the last four years, and much of your experience as a first time DM resonates with me. Fwiw, I'm moving away from 5e as a system. I've discovered that...

    Great writeup. I've DM'ed a game weekly for the last four years, and much of your experience as a first time DM resonates with me.

    Fwiw, I'm moving away from 5e as a system. I've discovered that my players like "emergent" gameplay, and that it's actually easier to prep for me as well. At the table, I've found that the 5e system takes more than it gives.

    It's worth checking out Old School Essentials or other OSR games if you haven't already. They play a little differently, but they'll help you avoid many of the challenges you ran into here.

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Stardew Valley 1.6 update released on PC in ~games

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    It's so much fun though. I'd really recommend giving it a shot. Fector's challenge is an epic achievement if you like the Prairie King game.

    It's so much fun though. I'd really recommend giving it a shot. Fector's challenge is an epic achievement if you like the Prairie King game.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on A mistake in a Tesla and a panicked final call: The death of Angela Chao in ~transport

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    Water pressure makes opening the door of a submerged vehicle impossible regardless.

    Water pressure makes opening the door of a submerged vehicle impossible regardless.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on What are some cheaper alternatives to Grammarly that are equally as good? in ~tech

  19. Comment on Service jobs now require bizarre personality test from AI company - 404 Media investigation of Reddit post trend in ~life

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    Hard disagree. There's no evidence that black-box decisions from AI would be any less biased than a person's. The decision making process needs to be auditable.

    Hard disagree. There's no evidence that black-box decisions from AI would be any less biased than a person's. The decision making process needs to be auditable.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Notifications are ads in ~tech

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    Huge reason to switch to FOSS where possible. Apps that aren't trying to sell you anything are way better about notifications.

    Huge reason to switch to FOSS where possible. Apps that aren't trying to sell you anything are way better about notifications.

    6 votes