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Opus 5 feels slower and less consistent, switching back to 4.8 at this point so I can actually get my work done

We stopped using CFCs to fix the hole in the ozone layer

Apple isn’t friends with OpenAI anymore

"I haven't been able to enter flow state like I can when I hand write code." new flow state is having 10 terminal tabs in diff worktrees and trying to remember what each bit is

“16 developers across 246 tasks”

I believe this game had some interesting anti cheat, it would still let you play if it knew it was cracked but would just make your aim worse and worse until you gave up.

Glad HN is getting to experience the true level of adverts on “news” sites in the UK. It really is next level.

Most people don’t have jobs they enjoy, programmers have somehow escaped this; better pay and more “protected” time instead of doing what the rest of us were doing all along

I really don’t know why there isn’t a brand that’s capitalising on this. Messaging, calls, maps, notes but no way to take or view images. Marketed simply from a global brand.

Not sure why this has ended up preferable to a smartphone ban for under 16? Surely we could decide to sell dumber devices that allow communication without internet and image sharin…

Regular device accounts now ask you to prove you are 18+ through different processes, mine was enabled based on age of Apple ID. This is entirely seperate to the family sharing per…

Here’s a hack, get yourself a cheap eSIM data only plan from an alternative UK network (VOXI, Talkmobile etc) if you main network doesn’t have connectivity; they will!

Find my works fine on a coin cell battery on AirTag, hard to imagine they need to power up the headphones to do the same.

> Developers need the dopamine hit of creation. That’s not a perk, it’s what keeps good engineers engaged, learning, retained, and prevents burnout. Are developers some kind of spe…

https://archive.is/iI6rY

https://archive.is/jgMF4

Mullvad UK customer here, I don’t think watching Americans order at a drive thru is a very compelling ad, had this campaign been more than jus “oh they banned us” you might have go…

The tool might be desktop only, but you can’t explain it or show me a video even on mobile?

Have you read the best practices? https://code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices Are you using plan mode?

I like supporting Wikipedia, I’m glad they raised plenty of money

I don’t feel irritated, I feel pleased I am supporting the web I want to see.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of crooks

why can’t I just pay ticketmaster the face value, why must we allow another middleman to charges me more? because capitalism? na mate

Why isn’t there autosaving? Why go to all this effort to make such a hostile UX?