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PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
If that was adequate then wouldn't there not be supplementary material?

Results vary of course. I have some very wonderful synthesizer manuals.

PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
That's definitely been my experience. I work with a lot of weird code bases that have never been public facing and AI has horrible responses for that stuff.

As soon as I tried to make a todomvc it started working great but I wonder how much value that really brings to the table.

It's great for me though. I can finally make a todomvc tailored to my specific needs.

PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
If the hardware changes significantly and those sites don't exist in the future wouldn't that mean gemeni would degrade in quality because it has nothing to pull from?
PacificSpecific··on iPhone 17e
You could put a sim card in a tablet in that case. Might look a little funny when doing a phone call though.
PacificSpecific··on Elevated Errors in Claude.ai
I've done a couple flirty interviews and so far it hasn't come up. So take hope, it's not all bad.
PacificSpecific··on Little Free Library
It says in the OP's link. I was just wondering if book buyers respected the stamp and furthermore if the people stealing the books recognize it enough to be deterred.
PacificSpecific··on Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
I generally worked on AAA stuff but the few times I released stuff independently I ended up writing my own framework/engine.

I think the issue was when I used an engine the scope was too large and I never completed the work so I never released the game (or I released it for free because I felt it was incomplete and wasn't worth charging for)

It's great to work in a constrained environment

PacificSpecific··on Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
How is it not relevant? Celeste wasn't exactly a pinnacle of bleeding edge technology when it came out.

If I remember correctly it was a team of 2.

PacificSpecific··on Little Free Library
Did the stamp work out?
PacificSpecific··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
I've never looked at the app store rankings before. Number 3 is a app for buying shoes? That seems quite specific.
PacificSpecific··on Leaving Google has actively improved my life
Yeah I still use Google for local restaurant info and geospatial stuff because it's just plain better.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore but years ago I heard from some business owners in my area that Google would call them to keep business information up to date. I imagine there's some form of automation these days (robocalls maybe?) but if that is the case it's kind of funny to think they are superior because they still do some stuff somewhat manually.

PacificSpecific··on How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?
I'm gonna have to see if I can get my company to switch off openAI. Hopefully we can make a small dent and if enough of us do it, a larger dent.

Sounds like it won't really be a pain for me though based off comments on HN indicating Claude is the better product and I doubt I personally would hit any sort of token limits with the amount I use agentic coding.

PacificSpecific··on Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
Gametap was so great and really underrated at the time. I think I probably ended up introducing it to 4-5 people.

We're starting to see some gametap-esqu stuff again these days but it's like 15 years later and the quality isn't there for me. Even though my employer keeps giving me free Xbox ultimate subscriptions I never really use them. I think a big part was gametap was so frictionless, you boot up the client and start playing.

PacificSpecific··on Steel Bank Common Lisp
Totally. This kind of stuff is what keeps me coming back.
PacificSpecific··on Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]
The music in that game is sublime
PacificSpecific··on Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity
Fair enough. I appreciate you taking the time to correct me. No need to be apologetic!

It's the only way I'll learn :)

PacificSpecific··on AI-generated replies are a scourge these days
Thank you for the explanation and link. I also learned a lot of other weird terms in that link. Himpathy was a bit of a gem.
PacificSpecific··on Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity
That's my bad. I shouldn't have spoken in the singular tense. It's a rich tapestry of losers.
PacificSpecific··on Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity
That's the problem though. One of those types did get that type of power.
PacificSpecific··on AI-generated replies are a scourge these days
Haha that is one of the top things I want to try to use llm's for. Seems like an amazing use case.

Especially for my parents who are getting targeted like crazy by telemarketers

PacificSpecific··on AI-generated replies are a scourge these days
I'm sorry what is the joke? I feel old now for not getting it.
PacificSpecific··on Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series
I remember around 2012 having discussions about how the 6fps input lag on ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 PS3 version was making the game borderline unplayable and that's why the PS3 version was not used at tournaments. Can't believe how far we've blasted past that benchmark.

Completely agree, input lag is the most important thing.

PacificSpecific··on Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love
It's ok! It was a mutual arrangement :p
PacificSpecific··on Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love
I tried kagi started years ago. It had some really interesting and deep results when I was planning my wedding but failed elsewhere. I should try it again.
PacificSpecific··on Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love
I've tried so many times to make DDG work. In fact I'm currently commenting via Android DDG browser and still I find myself switching to Chrome/Google more than half of the time because the DDG search is just not working for me. I suspect the problem is I do a lot of geospatial type searches.

I understand why the results are worse but that doesn't really matter to the general populace.

I wish them the best though. We need search market fragmentation.

PacificSpecific··on Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love
So this site Cherry picks a few comments and that's supposed to be a HN consensus?

Whoever made this has a massive chip on their shoulder.

PacificSpecific··on Pinterest is drowning in a sea of AI slop and auto-moderation
Especially linkedin from my experience. That place is a shithole even more than usual lately.
PacificSpecific··on How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution
That's awesome and a real motivator for me to try it myself. Especially since my employer is giving me a ton of credits for exploration I haven't been maximising to the point of hitting a usage limit.

Very cool and thanks for sharing.

PacificSpecific··on Freemediaheckyeah – A collection of free stuff on the internet
Real debrid has been pretty good for me
PacificSpecific··on Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
Thank you for this. I had no idea this existed.
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