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dmazin

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About dmazin

SRE and computer history nerd.

Currently, I am a "Linux engineer" at a trading company.

You may enjoy my blog (mostly about operating system stuff): https://www.cyberdemon.org.

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    This feels like a solved problem entirely: Kagi. I don’t know their secret sauce but the results are very high quality.

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    Comment #48832807

    It would appear you are missing the High Barnet branch of the Northern line.

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    Comment #48393982

    Have you considered that he has had to walk back the cuts because of the outcry?

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    Comment #48234775

    The point of a graduation speech like this is to get students hyped up about themselves and their future. Surely you see the merit in, amongst a backdrop of a horrible job market, …

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    Comment #48168833

    As a few commenters already pointed out, IME enterprises aren't paying for subscriptions. They're paying per token. But also... is this shit AI written? I'm so tired of this.

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    Comment #48148023

    Yeah, that's definitely my favorite book about Apple/Steve Jobs.

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    Comment #48147363

    If you want more on this, I recommend Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing by Stross. I’m not sure, but it might be the only extensive book about Next other than this new one. Though …

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    Comment #47899490

    Yeah, 1/1 is one song I always keep downloaded to my phone for this reason! Thanks for that article, love to read about well intended design being poorly received.

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    Comment #47899469

    Was it in that kind of touristy area filled with children? I didn’t think to go in. Is this a regular thing?!

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    Comment #47894512

    Has anyone actually heard Eno at the airport? What is it like? Does it actually calm you?

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    Comment #47844933

    I got sick of the inconsistency caused by Anthropic tinkering with Claude Code and had canceled my 20x. My plan was to switch to Codex so I could use it in Pi. I am specifically ta…

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    Comment #47807826

    Agreed. That said if this bothers you I highly recommend not looking up how many Space Shuttle missions are classified.

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    Comment #47799913

    Constraints can lead to innovation. Just two things that I think will get dramatically better now that companies have incentive to focus on them: * harness design * small models (b…

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    Comment #47604083

    why do half the comments here read like ai trying to boost some sort of scam?

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    Comment #47583778

    Maciej now has a Mars newsletter, which I obviously subscribed to immediately: https://mceglowski.substack.com/ I didn’t even have a strong interest in space before the dude starte…

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    Comment #47542038

    Well, it should only update what it says: security updates (from official Ubuntu sources) unless you change the configuration.

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    Comment #47445189

    This is a lot less of a story than it seems. It makes it sound like a rogue AI hacked Meta. Instead, the "wild" thing here is that someone let an agent speak on their behalf with n…

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    Comment #47032069

    Me: “I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?” Opus 4.6, without searching the web: “Drive. You’re going to a car wash. ”

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    Comment #46990437

    If you can get your hands on it, I recommend Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by the same author. She covers barbed wire as well as many other ways to communicate. T…

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    Comment #46814647

    While NYT etc mostly stand back as the U.S. crosses the rubicon, what started as a freaking gadget review site seems to employ nearly all the journalists with actual gusto left in …

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