glesica's recent activity
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Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech
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Comment on Framework reveals 13 Pro laptop with 20-hour battery in ~tech
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Comment on Apple names insider John Ternus as CEO, Tim Cook to become executive chairman in ~tech
glesica Link ParentLOL I was literally about to ask this same question and I saw at the bottom of my screen that someone had already quoted the line you quoted and just knew someone had already said it! I would add...LOL I was literally about to ask this same question and I saw at the bottom of my screen that someone had already quoted the line you quoted and just knew someone had already said it!
I would add to this the Apple Pencil or whatever it was called where you had to plug the whole thing into a charging port where it was at risk of breaking off and prevented you from stowing the iPad. It's almost like someone at Apple was trolling the user base.
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
glesica Link ParentI'm the same. If I finish (for some definition of the word, hehe) the project, but decide I don't really care to use the language in the future, I'm stuck maintaining a thing I use in a language I...I want a certain level of mastery and understanding of the tool (language) before doing anything "serious" with it.
I'm the same. If I finish (for some definition of the word, hehe) the project, but decide I don't really care to use the language in the future, I'm stuck maintaining a thing I use in a language I don't want to use.
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Comment on Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique in ~tech
glesica Link ParentThis feels like it should be a mantra for our times. No reasonable person doubts that bureaucracy can go off the rails and harm an organization, project, or even society. But there's nuance, and...Sometimes bureaucracy serves a purpose.
This feels like it should be a mantra for our times. No reasonable person doubts that bureaucracy can go off the rails and harm an organization, project, or even society. But there's nuance, and we've had 30+ years of cultural pressure telling us that bureaucracy, as a concept, is the enemy; to the point where a psycho like Musk can take over a company, or a government, and just randomly eliminate things without any consideration for the purpose they serve and an awful lot of people are like "yeah, that seems reasonable".
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Comment on Allbirds announces pivot from running shoes to AI compute; stock surged over 700% in ~tech
glesica Link ParentWell, they're changing their corporate charter to remove mentions of environmental sustainability, so it kinda sounds like that was their conclusion. At the very least, they decided that it was a...Well, they're changing their corporate charter to remove mentions of environmental sustainability, so it kinda sounds like that was their conclusion. At the very least, they decided that it was a liability in their new market.
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Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp
glesica LinkThis is an interesting idea. I have a codebase at work that I haven't really used Claude with much, partly because it's legacy code and I'm not confident Claude would handle it terribly well...This is an interesting idea. I have a codebase at work that I haven't really used Claude with much, partly because it's legacy code and I'm not confident Claude would handle it terribly well (there are a lot of "gotchas" and I don't have buy-in from the team, understandably, to do a wholesale refactor). But just asking it to find problems with specific areas of the code or a single commit could be an interesting way to move the ball forward incrementally.
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Comment on The center has a bias in ~tech
glesica Link ParentGreat way of putting it. I'll be stealing this phrasing!...angsting over it is acceptable, whipping out the pitchforks at friends imo isn't.
Great way of putting it. I'll be stealing this phrasing!
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
glesica Link ParentYou get a choice at work?! That's kinda cool, actually.You get a choice at work?! That's kinda cool, actually.
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
glesica Link ParentI also got rid of ChatGPT and settled on Claude exclusively after the Pentagon thing. But I doubt individuals move the needle on their revenue when I've heard of companies giving devs >$1k per...I also got rid of ChatGPT and settled on Claude exclusively after the Pentagon thing. But I doubt individuals move the needle on their revenue when I've heard of companies giving devs >$1k per month budgets for Claude.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
glesica LinkI've been working on a custom Bluetooth speaker. I've been getting into woodworking in that past couple years, and this gave me a way to combine two hobbies. I had some really nice scrap hardwood...I've been working on a custom Bluetooth speaker. I've been getting into woodworking in that past couple years, and this gave me a way to combine two hobbies. I had some really nice scrap hardwood pieces (I think it's walnut) I got at my local construction junk shop, so I'm building the case out of that. It will be in the shape of an old timey wooden radio (those big ones people had in the 30s or whatever), though much, much smaller.
The internals will be based on a Raspberry Pi Zero running a Python daemon to handle Bluetooth connections. I may give it a way to put the wifi adapter into AP mode and then provide a web based configuration UI, as well, but that's a stretch goal and I'm not even sure if it will be useful.
I've got the software and electronics mostly finished (except for the aforementioned web stuff), although I haven't decided on physical controls yet, so I may need to add some code to handle a potentiometer (because then I can get the on/off behavior in the knob as well), right now the software assumes a rotary encoder.
I'm moving slowly on the case because I am still very new to this kind of precision woodworking and I don't want to screw it up. I formed the rounded top yesterday using my bench top belt sander, it turned out pretty well. The hardest part is going to be routing out the insides to make space inside for the electronics.
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
glesica Link ParentI think it helps to shed some of the dependence on labels. Like, Finland or Denmark would likely consider themselves to be "capitalist" and probably also "socialist", and these countries have...I think it helps to shed some of the dependence on labels. Like, Finland or Denmark would likely consider themselves to be "capitalist" and probably also "socialist", and these countries have aspects of both. Even the US isn't purely capitalist, and the Soviet Union certainly didn't toe the theoretical communist line. Vietnam is communist, but they actively participate in global markets and, by and large, life in Vietnam is pretty "normal".
Thinking of this as a kind of spectrum matches up with the real world a lot better than binary labels. So, while I agree that "real existing communism" has, on average, been... unimpressive, that doesn't mean its tenets and ideals need to be avoided entirely.
A specific economic or political system shouldn't be a goal, it's a means to an end. We should decide what kind of world we want to live in, and then choose the mixture of systems that produces that outcome.
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Comment on Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security in ~tech
glesica Link ParentOh that's sneaky! Not unexpected, but wow! I was actually shocked to learn that you can, like, host stuff on Cloudflare. I didn't realize they were in that space, I thought their hosting was...Oh that's sneaky! Not unexpected, but wow! I was actually shocked to learn that you can, like, host stuff on Cloudflare. I didn't realize they were in that space, I thought their hosting was limited to edge CDN stuff.
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Comment on Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security in ~tech
glesica Link ParentYeah, it's kind of a joke because of the crypto connection, but I do wish we could have something like this connected to a useful payment network. It's possible (maybe even probable?) that it......x402? What's that? clicks, scrolls down Oh it's crypto lol.
Yeah, it's kind of a joke because of the crypto connection, but I do wish we could have something like this connected to a useful payment network. It's possible (maybe even probable?) that it would spawn a micro transaction cesspool, but at least it would be an alternative to ads. I've always wondered if the 402 status code was a missed opportunity.
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Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism in ~tech
glesica Link ParentI recall there being a lot of discussion about this during the 2008 financial crisis because CNBC (and others) were so desperate to get access to finance executives (for interviews and such to...I recall there being a lot of discussion about this during the 2008 financial crisis because CNBC (and others) were so desperate to get access to finance executives (for interviews and such to drive ratings) that the media basically just aired whatever these people said, uncritically.
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
glesica LinkFWIW I similarly wanted to escape Gmail (and vendor lock-in for email generally) about 10 years ago. I signed up with Fastmail, using my own domain, and I haven't looked back. It's pretty...FWIW I similarly wanted to escape Gmail (and vendor lock-in for email generally) about 10 years ago. I signed up with Fastmail, using my own domain, and I haven't looked back. It's pretty affordable, it integrates well with mobile devices (and they have an app if you prefer that), and I could jump ship to another provider with my domain whenever I want (I do suggest paying to register the domain for the max your registrar will do, just so you don't randomly forget). Fastmail isn't specifically targeted to the security conscious. But, as you pointed out, when you're working with an open ecosystem, the added security is kind of dubious anyway.
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Comment on Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode in ~tech
glesica LinkThe same thing happened with https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush. Which is a bummer, because I enjoyed using Crush, it has a lot of "character", whereas Claude Code is pretty bland.The same thing happened with https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush. Which is a bummer, because I enjoyed using Crush, it has a lot of "character", whereas Claude Code is pretty bland.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
glesica LinkI've been re-visiting Civilization V and VI, trying to decide if I want to buy VII. I'd be interested if anyone has thoughts on VII, I'd be interested to hear them. I know it was controversial...I've been re-visiting Civilization V and VI, trying to decide if I want to buy VII. I'd be interested if anyone has thoughts on VII, I'd be interested to hear them. I know it was controversial when it came out.
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Comment on OpenAI to acquire Astral (creators of ruff, uv, and ty) in ~tech
glesica Link ParentFor whatever it's worth, I think that's the steady state. I actually tend to gravitate to tools owned by big companies; not because I like it, but because then I get to choose my corporate......sliding back to a world where the best python tooling is owned by major corporations.
For whatever it's worth, I think that's the steady state. I actually tend to gravitate to tools owned by big companies; not because I like it, but because then I get to choose my corporate overlord. Tools made by startups will almost inevitably get acquired, you just don't know by whom until it happens.
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Comment on Your AI Slop Bores Me: Larp as an AI by answering prompts as a human in ~tech
glesica LinkI love this idea! It's like bizarre performance art!I love this idea! It's like bizarre performance art!
It's funny, because I would block much less aggressively if more ads were served first party. For one thing, first parties have an incentive not to allow malware to spread, although we could debate how strong that incentive is, because it's their name / brand at the top of the page. Second, ad servers are so, so slow. It's absurd how long pages take to completely render when the ad blocker is turned off.