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MetaMalone··on Don't Paste the AI, please
Does anyone else think the angry version reads like AI? “Here’s what you just did”
MetaMalone··on Ask HN: Can I realistically make an app as a junior dev?
Yes, keep things as simple as possible. Keep asking questions; don't solve reach for complex solutions unless you've confidently drilled down on the problem
MetaMalone··on The Amazon tax
> An alternate hypothesis: if you tried to sell literal garbage on Amazon, poor reviews and a high return rate will be visible in the product itself.

Yeah but at the time when I buy it it's gonna have thousands of 5 star reviews, and the images themselves will be the shiniest most beautiful garbage ever seen by mankind.

MetaMalone··on Advertise in ChatGPT
Yeah, that ought to boost the IPO.
MetaMalone··on Beer CSS – Build material design in record time
This was my first impression as well. The layout options just didn’t work on mobile
MetaMalone··on Claude for Small Business
True! Between improving training data and figuring out how to provide better context to the LLM, there will be rapid improvement within a year
MetaMalone··on What an unprocessed photo looks like
I have always wondered at the lowest level how a camera captures and processes photos. Much appreciated post.
MetaMalone··on Gmail AI gets more intrusive
I just experienced this and was wondering why it was happening!
MetaMalone··on Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players
Thanks for the link. So basically, you are at a private game and if everyone has their phones out (and you are also an unsuspecting idiot), you are screwed.

Crazy that there is a USB port exposed outside the machine.

MetaMalone··on Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players
“An X-ray poker machine was employed to read facedown cards and a rigged card-shuffling machine was also used in the plot, prosecutors say.”

Would love to know more about such a machine, if anyone has any insight. Are these developed underground? How expensive could they be?

If it can efficiently take in a deck of cards and deterministically return a rigged deck in a reasonable amount of time, I would be fascinated at how they solved that problem.

MetaMalone··on Libghostty is coming
They'll be working on it soon: https://x.com/mitchellh/status/1964826929326153898
MetaMalone··on You can choose tools that make you happy
Should we feel happy solving our problems with our fancy tools? Are our tools and in-depth knowledge a distraction to inflate our egos, or a sign of self-respect and passion?

I’m inclined to believe the latter. Our fancy tools provide so much more utility beyond keeping us happy. Our tools teach us new things and stretch our curiosity and creativity. Our happiness stretches us to solve more problems and ask better questions.

MetaMalone··on Reinvent the Wheel
This group is much more tangible for me. Instead of trusting the status quo, this group fears it.
MetaMalone··on Strengths Are Your Weaknesses
I think strengths are more difficult to define than weaknesses, because they are very context dependent. “Speed” may be useful in certain situations, but in many cases “speed” can be harmful in more ways than just overlooking details. You miss out on opportunities to learn, to ask for help, to become better at thinking critically as a software engineer.

What the idea of “strengths being weaknesses” reflects is how much we identify with our present state of ability. It seems like we get it backwards. We ask our jobs to fit us as people, rather than how we as individuals can become best for the job.

MetaMalone··on Peter Thiel Company Generator
Can’t believe it has edit access, lol
MetaMalone··on Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties
So real. Most valuable component of this setup
MetaMalone··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
lol. i’ll dunk on Apple as much as i’ll dunk on any other OS, but they wouldn’t be as praised for security if they had to manage the infrastructure and users that Windows supports
MetaMalone··on Stop Saying Best Practice
Best practice is until it isn’t. This is why we should prioritize innovation over process.
MetaMalone··on Google pledges $20M for responsible AI fund
Leave it to Google to find a “responsible” AI
MetaMalone··on City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians
So fkn funny. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7pO39Sh6THg
MetaMalone··on Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium
We must believe in ourselves. We are too quick to be cynical about the future of the web - too quick to forget our ingenuity in the face of adversity.
MetaMalone··on Where in the USA is this?
FWIW this made sense to me right away
MetaMalone··on A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece
So true…
MetaMalone··on Not by AI
Love the connection to home studios. Everybody was able to make more music much more easily - but it also inflated the music industry with a lot of mediocrity. So some will find ways to use AI for greatness, but most won’t.
MetaMalone··on A compilation of websites with dumb password rules
+ 1. Let me filter by most to least insane.
MetaMalone··on A compilation of websites with dumb password rules
I’m no cybersecurity analyst, but there’s a reasonable amount examples that don’t seem that out there to me.

For those who get this better than I do, what would be the ideal set of password rules?

MetaMalone··on GitHub is sued, and we may learn something about Creative Commons licensing
I’m surprised it’s taken this long to see something like this on HN.

Maybe something like this could be a propellant for legitimate copyright reform.

MetaMalone··on Are super-rich people just better at making money?
Same thing happened to me. Lol
MetaMalone··on Intentionally making close friends
Appreciate the note on making friends - I’m also not exactly an extrovert and I also make friends easily. I wish I would have known this sooner that it’s not as difficult to make lasting friendships as it may seem.

But it does take time.

MetaMalone··on Intentionally making close friends
Think we have been forgetting the necessity of relationships in a post-internet society. It can be a good thing to be intentional about relationships. The benefits don't only apply to introverts, it can also be important for extroverts to cut off harmful people from their lives and deepen connections with those they need most.