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Same here. FWIW, you can still absolutely do it, just like you can weave your own fabric. You probably won't be able to monetize it though, as it won't give you as much edge in the…

It isn't always just phone. If you are in a "bad" state, you'll find something else to ease it. And it's often hardly more productive than doomscrolling: just brooding, switching b…

Overall, I agree, especially the unplugging part. It's just optimizing for time doesn't really apply in my case. I can carve some time in the evening, but if I spent energy at work…

It's a very common thing to blame the lack of time and "finding" the extra time by suggesting to give up phone or some other form of procrastination. But in my experience, time is …

Do you (or anyone else) have a good resource for learning systems thinking? I might have some from working in SE and just observing the world, but I've never studied it

I think AI backlash has less to do with the tech itself and more with its broader impact on society in the current system, if it delivers a quarter of its promises. Those doing the…

I quit news from around 2015 to around 2019 and it was the best period of my life in terms of productivity, clarity of mind. Of course, other things also were a factor, like I rout…

> AI empowers people with less to do more I could accept this, although it's not the hard truth yet. But doing is not equal to earning money. If you do more while being employed by…

First of all, I expect to be a loser in the socioeconomical effect the AI brings. This isn't really about the technology itself but about the political systems we have now. From th…

If slop doesn't get better, it would mean that at least I get to keep my job. In the areas where the remaining 10% don't matter, maybe I won't. I'm struggling to come up with an ex…

I'm not sure what 'most apps' constituted in their case, but I've been playing all my games on Linux for the last 3 years and can't be happier. I wonder, what prevents better suppo…

Just like the pro-AI articles, it reads to me like a sales pitch. And the ending only adds to it: the author invites to hire companies to contract him for training. I would only be…

It is true, but it's also not the case. The steep learning curve is flattened quite a bit by available "starter pack" configs and the amount of fresh articles. So you can get a fun…

> lags behind in features of modern editors I have been using emacs for around 7 years, but it never worked for me as the main editor, it just sucked too bad compared to IDE-like f…

My morale is extremely low. But I have different circumstances: I live under war, with my future life perspectives unknown. Software engineering, apart from being enjoyable, provid…

Sorry for writing something a bit tangential, I'm mostly replying to the heading not the content. I keep seeing the same point that argues against how "not fun, depressing, worse a…

There is a parallel to this Celtic imitations that is found primarily in modern Ukraine[1], attribute to Cherniakhov culture[2]. The theory for them is that once the trade with Rom…

Maybe it's my learning limitations, but I find it hard to follow explanations like these. I had similar feelings about encapsulation explanations: it would say I can hide informati…

I wonder if doing classical processing of real-time data as a pre-phase before you feed into NN could be beneficial?

If you use a type like `map[string]any` then yes, it's going to be the same as Context. However, you can make a struct with fields of exactly the types you want. It won't propagate…

The author gave a pretty good reasoning why is it a bad idea, in the same section. However, for the demonstration purposes I think the they should have included their vision on how…

can you elaborate on typing out for didactic purposes, please?

Sounds like a good advice. Unfortunately, my feelings tell me otherwise. What is it that we humans are better at? Is it a chore of managing people, sitting on meetings and aligning…

Frankly, HN has moderate with the amount of AI spam compared to other technical sources I happen to brief through. And comments often are refreshing in keeping the hype mood somewh…

I bought a used one, the battery life is quite sorry. It can live for maybe 2h using their linux with powertop improvements. Maybe linux is part of the problem and windows would pe…