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https://github.com/jstilwell/MacAudioInputLocker I maintain a fork of this app, which allows you to quickly set and lock your audio input device, so that they don't switch your aud…

Predictably, Google has banned that extension from Chrome, but if we all ran AI agents in container swarms...

If enough people did it, their entire business model would likely collapse.

Neat, someone should develop an easy-to-deploy script that spawns a headless version of this agent that scrolls through and repeatedly clicks every single ad on X and Facebook usin…

I find myself in the same position, but thought it warrants discussion at least.

Yeah, I agree. The character file is kind of convincing, though. https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/blob/develop/characters/tru...

Kagi is amazing. The ability to permanently remove sites from the results and promote sites you want to see is a game changer.

Part of personality lives inside of our stomachs as well, apparently, and so much of who were are is driven by our interaction with our nerve endings. I think even with a perfect c…

Honestly, I'm not super worried about AI — at least this iteration of it — because of the uncanny valley effect. I would expect the VO industry to outlaw it purely because if peopl…

BlueSky is going to win. Domain verification and custom feeds (user-generated firehose filters) are its killer features. It's already better than Twitter, and it's still behind inv…

These engineers won't be having fun, because these engineers will be working for Elon Musk. Also, it's a rebrand. He fired the vast majority of the engineers he had. Everyone is ha…

Hey uh, why not pay top-tier talent to build a more modern platform from scratch, starting with zero technical debt, and then when it's ready, merge in the Twitter userbase, and su…

I don't think you're right about this. In fact, I think the killer AR/VR apps will be utility apps. My friends and I watch a movie in VR every week and it's the highlight of my wee…

Cool, thanks for this welcomed break from work today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM7CXt1zXDU

I won't be using this unless it has a web app, and without an Android app, they're freezing out a lot of people who could contribute. This won't go anywhere. BlueSky is just fine.

If AWS ever decides to suspend your root account, good luck with that. They never, ever, ever give it back. I had a root account I used for free tier stuff on my primary e-mail add…

God damn it. Google Domains was my registrar of choice because I figured I wouldn't have to ever think about logistics and their lookup rules. Ah well. I guess I'll see what Square…

I'm not sure how you would control for this. I was born in 1981, not long after the Vietnam war ended, and my Dad was a veteran with PTSD who never went to a therapist. My home lif…

Skeleton UI (Svelte + Tailwind) is how I go about it. The developer experience is very good. As for the UX, that's mostly just a matter of actually thinking about how people will u…

Can it simulate my parents screaming at me about long distance bills? I miss them. My parents, too.

Except this post is 8 hours old and I'm still able to view this link.

It's weird that several large tech companies all need to fire around 10,000 people at the same time. It's almost like the number is completely arbitrary and they're all soullessly …

Oh, thank you for that. I missed those settings completely - mostly because I couldn't read them haha.

I'm 41 and just getting into game development. I've been kind of weighing my options for awhile, and waiting for Godot 4 to come out. This is rad. The only complaint I have is that…