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Comment on USA to mandate surveillance tech for new cars also determing fitness to drive by 2027 in ~transport
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Comment on Apple set to become third-biggest laptop maker this year in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentEver heard of the expression, "vote with your dollars"? Same basic idea. How you spend your money is an expression of your values and consumer preferences.Ever heard of the expression, "vote with your dollars"? Same basic idea. How you spend your money is an expression of your values and consumer preferences.
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Comment on Apple set to become third-biggest laptop maker this year in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI agree! Doesn't mean I'm happy with that set of trends in mobile computing. I make the evaluation that it's an acceptable set of compromises and find myself willing to buy apple laptop hardware....I agree! Doesn't mean I'm happy with that set of trends in mobile computing. I make the evaluation that it's an acceptable set of compromises and find myself willing to buy apple laptop hardware.
Just hoping we can keep the desktop modality alive during my lifetime.
I look at my Mac Studio as a bad dollar-vote, whereas my many Linux-based desktop builds to be excellent dollar-votes.
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Comment on Apple set to become third-biggest laptop maker this year in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentTrue story! And that's what I'm essentially referencing, honestly. They have a LONG way to go. Extensible GPUs, replaceable RAM and NVMe (or equivalent). They have a lot of work to do, and a lot...True story! And that's what I'm essentially referencing, honestly. They have a LONG way to go. Extensible GPUs, replaceable RAM and NVMe (or equivalent). They have a lot of work to do, and a lot of trust to rebuild.
I'm confident the EU can help keep them on the open standards path, as well.
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Comment on Apple set to become third-biggest laptop maker this year in ~tech
davek804 LinkAre we at the point yet where we've all acknowledged the steaming cesspool that windows has become? Obviously not. Saying it as someone that would have NEVER expected to willingly prefer a Mac or...Are we at the point yet where we've all acknowledged the steaming cesspool that windows has become? Obviously not. Saying it as someone that would have NEVER expected to willingly prefer a Mac or OS X back when I was forced onto my first Apple device back in ~2011.
If apple forcefully reclaimed the enthusiast market by making the hardware repairable, that would be an unstoppable juggernaut.
Of course, all real software (he says, tongue in cheek) runs on Linux. Not even a competition. Just reality.
Honestly, glad to see Apple rewarding by growing market share. I keep yearly or so tabs on the market of available laptop hardware. As far as I can tell ... No one is close yet.
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Comment on USA to mandate surveillance tech for new cars also determing fitness to drive by 2027 in ~transport
davek804 (edited )Link ParentOh gosh, rest of the thread aside, televisions are not allowed to connect to the Internet in my home. Had a chat with some coworkers five years my junior saying their televisions were useless...Oh gosh, rest of the thread aside, televisions are not allowed to connect to the Internet in my home. Had a chat with some coworkers five years my junior saying their televisions were useless without smart apps.
Hard disagree. A TV with a mac/Linux/windows computer and a trackpad/keyboard hooked up does an amazing job as a fully cord-cut user.
My TVs have all the lovely smart features they want. They'll just never ever ever ever be allowed to connect to the internet. That's not their job!
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Comment on USA to mandate surveillance tech for new cars also determing fitness to drive by 2027 in ~transport
davek804 Link Parent(only a response to some of the ideas in the comment I am replying to, NOT to the identity of the individual to whom I am replying) I am able to separate the interior and telemetry choices from...(only a response to some of the ideas in the comment I am replying to, NOT to the identity of the individual to whom I am replying)
I am able to separate the interior and telemetry choices from the drivetrain/fuel type of my person vehicle.
As a lifetime 'car guy' the time is long since passed where Americans should be arguing that daily drivers should still be ICE for their personal or small business uses.
Frankly, it's my moral compass, and thus partially my patriotic (not only to own and advocate for BEV, but to call out ICE apologist commentary) duty, to stop driving gasoline or diesel vehicles.
I really can't comprehend the choice process behind the folks that are reproducing for the future generations yet choose to prioritize burning fossil fuel over charging up a BEV.
I could enumerate all the reasons why I feel this way ... But at this point I imagine Tildes folks will come out of the woodwork and tell me why I am wrong and bad and personally offensive. So I'll leave it at cost. Used or off lease BEVs can be had at less or competitive prices with ICEs in nearly all market segments; and used Leafs can be had for $8k or less.
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Comment on Iceland pushes Apple to add Icelandic language support in ~humanities.languages
davek804 Link ParentI am not who you are responding to, but I did not receive that person's comment in as negative a light as you did. Certainly not ideally phrased, and probably requiring more nuance and...I am not who you are responding to, but I did not receive that person's comment in as negative a light as you did. Certainly not ideally phrased, and probably requiring more nuance and explanation, yes.
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Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk
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Comment on Single, solo, poor, woman gets $500k pre-tax, how to make the most of it? in ~finance
davek804 Link ParentInherited traditional IRAs are going to have some tax pain. All the more reason to find the right way to get in invested for the long term. OP: Handled well, this windfall is a ticket to certain...Inherited traditional IRAs are going to have some tax pain. All the more reason to find the right way to get in invested for the long term.
OP: Handled well, this windfall is a ticket to certain comfort in retirement. Spent, it could be gone so much faster than you think.
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Comment on Single, solo, poor, woman gets $500k pre-tax, how to make the most of it? in ~finance
davek804 LinkI know spending the money feels like a thing you need to start to do to live. $500,000 given the opportunity to compound is basically gold. You're 40 now. Let's imagine you didn't have to take a...I know spending the money feels like a thing you need to start to do to live. $500,000 given the opportunity to compound is basically gold.
You're 40 now. Let's imagine you didn't have to take a distribution and stuff with the inherited IRA. Lets just imagine you have $500,000 invested, earning nominal market returns, and you decide to retire at 65 in 25 years.
Using https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator you will be looking at $3,670,000. That's enough to retire on and pay yourself $110,000 a year, for the rest of your life.
I beseech you to consider your options. Learn about the required tax treatment of your inheritance, and how to get it into a broad, low-cost index fund.
What the other folks said about bogleheads and financial independence are what you should be reading about. Tell no one, don't act quickly, do your homework online. Even LLMs can really help make a lot of this more clear. Third party paid professional assistance is not critical, but helpful for some folks.
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
davek804 Link ParentI wonder if the whole duality of light thing would be useful to bring into the discussion when using the water metaphor to explain electricity? Duality of light: a photon is both a wave and a...I wonder if the whole duality of light thing would be useful to bring into the discussion when using the water metaphor to explain electricity?
Duality of light: a photon is both a wave and a particle. Generally, at least when I was in basic chemistry, we didn't have a way to observe both states at once. You build a form of measure and can see one or the other
So yeah, mentally, when I think of electricity, I think of it as both a particle and a wave. But I'm just a non-scientific pleb.
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Comment on Have you played with bubbles recently? in ~talk
davek804 Link ParentAh, maybe. I happened to find it as a little vial with a tiny bubble maker at the local pet store. Looks like DIY is a thing: https://meowhoo.com/how-to-make-catnip-bubbles/Ah, maybe. I happened to find it as a little vial with a tiny bubble maker at the local pet store.
Looks like DIY is a thing: https://meowhoo.com/how-to-make-catnip-bubbles/
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Comment on Have you played with bubbles recently? in ~talk
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Comment on Ring camera is getting more and more annoying in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI'm out of the NVR game these days, but an example of what I'm on about might be https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate these days.I'm out of the NVR game these days, but an example of what I'm on about might be https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate these days.
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Comment on Ring camera is getting more and more annoying in ~tech
davek804 LinkSelf-hosted NVR where all storage is local and there is no external network connectivity other than what you control through a similarly self-hosted backend. Unfortunate, but how it goes.Self-hosted NVR where all storage is local and there is no external network connectivity other than what you control through a similarly self-hosted backend. Unfortunate, but how it goes.
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Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp
davek804 Link ParentI have some common patterns for instructing Claude to output results to a file. I both agree with you that it gets a little hinky without the clear context step, and I would push back a tiny bit....I have some common patterns for instructing Claude to output results to a file. I both agree with you that it gets a little hinky without the clear context step, and I would push back a tiny bit.
There are many useful ways of retaining the context you want while.effectively ensuring the LLM dismisses what you want, without draining all the context.
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Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp
davek804 LinkYour process of clearing context is useful and good for the loop you have. My two cents would be to consider adding another loop/pattern. Work with Claude, or start with your own effort, to...Your process of clearing context is useful and good for the loop you have.
My two cents would be to consider adding another loop/pattern.
Work with Claude, or start with your own effort, to describe and summarize your codebase into a ./repo/.claude/CLAUDE.md file. When you start up Claude in ./repo, Claude will automatically include that summary file in its context. You can then potentially save a few steps each time you clear the context and ask claude to loop for problems in your commit.
If you end up liking that new loop, ask claude to output a simple new skill, referenced as /verify-commit or similar. Let it basically output the skill and show you how to use it. Ask it what might be good semantic options to provide for the skill at the jump, versus prompting you within the run.
Both of these are similar base concepts we use hundreds of times a day across a tiny team of engineers. Really good stuff.
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Comment on The center has a bias in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI was just listening to a podcast about GLP-1s (so, obviously, quite unrelated to the topic at hand). Something really applies to this conversation. Scolders. In 22-23 when GLP-1s were just...I was just listening to a podcast about GLP-1s (so, obviously, quite unrelated to the topic at hand). Something really applies to this conversation.
Scolders.
In 22-23 when GLP-1s were just becoming popular with the wealthier folks, the scolders had a lot to say about these drugs. "So and so used Ozempic to lose all that weight. How terrible!" - so on and so forth. And I absolutely saw it happen in some of my professional circles and in the spaces I visited online. The podcaster's point, though, was that he intentionally avoided getting answers to his own questions and curiosities at the time, afraid of the scolders online.
He then cracked a simple quip, 'eventually I realized the scolders had moved on to their next outrage, and I could finally explore my questions without their immediate scorn'.
So, anyways, I've been thinking about that a lot in the context of LLMs. I have zero interest in being a scolder. Generally it's hard to put something back in the toothpaste tube. So, let's just figure out how to effectively use this toothpaste we've got all over the place.
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Comment on Why cheap waste management is key to stopping plastic pollution in ~enviro
davek804 LinkThis motivated me to go out and buy a grabber. Already had a bucket, trash bags, and a bungee cord. Picked up five trash bags worth of bud light cans/bottles, some Marlboro packs, and about 9,000...This motivated me to go out and buy a grabber. Already had a bucket, trash bags, and a bungee cord.
Picked up five trash bags worth of bud light cans/bottles, some Marlboro packs, and about 9,000 nips of Smirnoff. Fuck you people throwing these out of your car windows.
This year was especially depressing after the snow melt compared to normal years.
I will never understand the mentality behind littering. But, ya know, I guess you need to knock back a couple nips worth of vodka before you get home and claim you only had one at the bar. Best throw the evidence away one street before home.
Outside of those items, it was a tiny amount of paper plates, or fast food cups.
Considering your account and my account registered at the nearly the same time, I don't think I have anything to say to you beyond: I hope you got what you needed out of showing me the door.