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haar

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About haar

my public key: https://keybase.io/tallguyrob; my proof: https://keybase.io/tallguyrob/sigs/V1A0pwjNjpE89r9EETpOc8Pov0rf3EcjgJ6ASyo-TbY

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47612832

    Thank you for writing this up (and getting it put into a video). I sent this blog post to my parents and my mum has decided to forward it on to all of her friends after watching. S…

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    Comment #47555068

    No, they're lactose intollerant - or do you mean kittens?

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    Comment #46670023

    Pretty much anything computer graphics related seems to follow the sage advice that "a close approximation is better than an accurate simulation", if that's the kind of thing you'r…

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    Comment #46578438

    https://ardent.pet/ My Family recently (in the last couple of years) started to breed Ragdoll cats in the U.K. In an attempt to support what's involved in this I built Ardent for t…

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    Comment #46288066

    LazyVim is about as easy as it gets in the Vim space for a fully-fledged (but customizable) editor. https://www.lazyvim.org/installation Then run `LazyExtras` and you get a prompt …

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    Comment #46287371

    Do you just mean external vs internal processing/thinking?

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    Comment #46279850

    https://ardent.pet/ I doubt it'll be of interest to folks here - but my Family recently (in the last couple of years) started to breed ragdoll cats in the U.K. This has been my per…

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    Comment #46087322

    Why do companies lie about their uptime? I'm not trying to call out Sentry.io specifically here, I'm just using them as the example because it happened today. In fact, in general I…

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    Comment #45965253

    I clicked the image thinking I was seeing the message you were getting (geoblocked in the UK), then realised I'd clicked an imgur link :facepalm: (Note: Zero negative sentiment tow…

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    Comment #44971733

    I think even if the AI response at the top of the search result is good, I question what it means for the "open web". If all your content is consumed and presented via a third part…

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    Comment #44957363

    Which are those 7 companies?

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    Comment #44950687

    Setting it to 1, 7, 100 looks like a ticker tape of constellations (like Stargate Chevrons) :D

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    Comment #44940535

    I think for myself, regardless of what the downsides are - the likely alternative was death, which is still an option.

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    Comment #44724770

    Apologies if I was unclear. The more I've used it, the more I've disliked how poor the results it's produced, and the more I've realised I would have been better served by doing it…

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    Comment #44723808

    I've had little success with Agentic coding, and what success I have had has been paired with hours of frustration, where I'd have been better off doing it myself for anything but …

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    Comment #30205706

    Apple review your apps before approving them onto the App Store. You can opt to not follow their rules, and they can opt to not approve your app.

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    Comment #29031605

    Click to watch the keynote... "You must log in to continue."

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    Comment #28128141

    He was prompted to sell the tank to a museum, or collector - what distinguishes him from a "collector"?

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    Comment #27820513

    A _tiny_ side note: You'd be better served using an example.com email address for test accounts over a test.com account, with the former being a reserved domain name and the latter…

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    Comment #27736853

    I think generally your comments would be more well received if you provide links backing up your statements. Currently your posts just seem to be going through criticisms and simpl…

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    Comment #27192330

    I tried that and it seemed broken for me, for some reason clicking agree in the text above marked it as passed :confused:

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    Comment #27140274

    Two schools of thought? - Those that really try hard to make sure the computer cannot crash. - Those that see the computer crashing as an inevitability, and want to ensure the appr…

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    Comment #26732199

    Just as a off-hand personal comment - If those are the Bose NC700, mine decided after a year to stop charging, and instead smell like melting plastic with smoke coming out of them.…

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    Comment #26024332

    I introduced ASDF at the company I currently work at and it spread like wildfire to every team. Having a single version manager that manages the versions for numerous tools across …