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> There was no clear pop-up, no "Are you sure you want to You haven't learned MSFT's m.o. yet... this kind of pop-up only shows up when you're absolutely certain about something, l…

Yes, they have data many don't have access to. And, they make "educated guesses" based on this data as well as the expertise available to them. Their predictions may certainly be e…

Some things never change :-)

> Say hypothetically the productivity boost from AI is 2x per employee I believe this is a bad assumption. Most likely the boost is not normally distributed. So, although all emplo…

A carefully audited risk management system should always sit in between trade generation and execution. So, direct broker access is definitely a terrible idea. Vibe coding the gene…

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262560993/the-little-schemer/ She can play along on the computer by installing mit-scheme ( http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/ ) and placing the s…

Oh, yes... I didn't mean to imply that the newer "AI modes" aren't better and that we're somehow standing still. More that the differentiation is made much starker due to so-called…

It seems the relentless pursuit of greater profit has diluted "the old search interface" toward simply regurgitating adverts. Customers realize this, even if subconsciously, and so…

> And if they fix it? Pay them. Simple. > Stop fooling around with abstract puzzles I beg to differ on the simplicity here. The very best candidates don't want to think about your …

If the sender eventually proves to be a freeloader, they get added to an auto-respond list. I hope to enhance the auto responder with AI soon but for now it just tells them I'm bus…

> Is there anything I can do? Have you tried reading Camus' essay "The Myth of Sisyphus"?

It certainly depends on the kind of writing too. Very technical writing should benefit from a computer. Poetry... probably not as much.

Obviously I can't speak for op, but... spellcheck and copy/paste alone make paper more difficult to work with. Basically, writing involves a lot of re-writing and revision. Electro…

> The main practical win is that cmd args show up in `ps aux` for anyone on the system to see, whereas stdin keeps it off that list. For those interested, re-mounting /proc with hi…

> I don't know how sleep/wake works from a text mode TTY machine if that's what you mean. Usually, I expect, by just issuing a command... e.g. `systemctl suspend`

Old thinkpads are usually pretty good. If you're looking at a chromebook I suggest doing research on the specific model first. Esp. by looking here... https://docs.mrchromebox.tech…

> what got you interested in having a mobile setup Over time the need to quickly address administrative and operational issues while on the road converged with marathon coding sess…

I'll also "Ssh + GNU Screen + emacs" occasionally on my phone and I'll be honest... it's way better to throw a bt/mini keyboard in the mix. After that you can have a mostly normal …

Interestingly, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_T2#Security_vulnerabilit... reads as though it is possible using "checkra1n". But again... it might be easier to just buy s…

I find "impossible" hard to believe. Perhaps it's so difficult that it's not worth the opportunity cost though. You may have to remove the disk or use a JTAG programmer, or heck...…

> If that doesn't work either then it's a paperweight and you can sell it for parts C'mon! It can't be that dire... at worst you should be able to reinstall or reset to factory def…

I think "control" is a far too fatalistic description. Can people be manipulated, of course. Some more easily than others, sure. But... "astra inclinant, sed non obligant"

One of my favorite Show HN: HN dark mode in 2 lines of code... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32719488 It also solves the "Why no light mode?" problem ;-)

Just ask AI how to mirror w/ wget. But, beware that if the site relies on javascript, wget may not be enough. In that case you'll need to program some kind of headless browsing. Di…

Don't forget lying!