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Peter Kowalczyk

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https://github.com/slix

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Slix··on Filtering a vector with SIMD instructions (AVX-2 and AVX-512)
I also couldn't open it with Chrome on Android.
Slix··on The compute cost to train Stable Diffusion was $600k
Could training be crowd sourced among consumer GPUs like Folding at Home?
Slix··on Show HN: Simple UI for Stable Diffusion. Browser-based, runs on localhost
Sounds great! I've been using the terminal, but I wanted a way for my friends to try it without us playing telephone.
Slix··on Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?
Scrapy's crawling and CSS/xpath selectors are fine. But I'm annoyed about the pipeline after that. Especially to get the data into a SQLite database. I wish cleaning up the data was a series of transformations on SQL tables instead of a bunch of work on Python models.
Slix··on Tell HN: Upwork has an impersonation problem
How do I check if my identity is being used on Upwork? Can I see the names of people there without being registered?
Slix··on Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines
This is an excellent landing page that immediately draws my attention and shows why I'd want to use this. This is a great example of how a landing page can demonstrate a tool quickly.
Slix··on Meta VR prototypes aim to make VR 'indistinguishable from reality'
I'm excited by improvements in VR technology. Varifocal lenses would solve one of the weirder problems in VR: that you can't change your focal point.
Slix··on Show HN: Redditle.com – For those of us who add 'Reddit' to every Google search
If I search for a Windows problem on Google, I'll get tons of long generic content that contains very basic advice and lots of steps. They look like hastily-written tech sites with lots of ads that try to win with SEO.

If I search with `site:reddit.com`, I get actual users discussing their problem and what solutions they've tried.

Slix··on Walgreens replaced some fridge doors with screens, and some shoppers hate it
I guess I'm in the minority, but I really like these! It's a lot easier to see what's inside than freezer doors that ice and fog up.
Slix··on Exposing a web service with Cloudflare Tunnel
Huh? Cloudflare Access supports SSH. My windows ssh prompts me for my SSH keypair's password, so I assume my server is checking my keypair.
Slix··on I won the local election, but my township ignored the results and state law
The Cumberland County website lists "Kevin Gaughen" and other names under "Bureau of Elections > Elected Officials".

https://www.ccpa.net/2355/Silver-Spring-Township

Slix··on Ask HN: Why does Cloudflare/hCaptcha care so much about buses, boats and trains?
I assumed that it's because hCaptcha understands the location of a photo and so has extra context for it. A photo of a vehicle taken in the ocean must be a boat. But a human or robot looking at the photo doesn't have the same context.
Slix··on Anti-Café
Workshop Cafe (now closed) in San Francisco was an interesting American version of this kind of cafe.
Slix··on Enabling IPv6 support for GitHub Pages
> I'm used to the pseudo security that a NAT gives.

In consumer routers, port forwarding is the exact same thing as an inbound traffic firewall. But when I turn on IPv6, what is the equivalent? Is my printer still protected from random inbound internet traffic?

On my Netgear R6700, I can't figure it out from the UI or from forum posts/help content. And without being certain, I don't want to turn on IPv6. Even though I'm technical enough to understand IPv6. Because my printer or my light bulb being exposed to the internet is a huge risk that my router is supposed to stop.

Slix··on Unit testing a TCP stack (2015)
Is Cloudflare's Quiche QUIC library https://github.com/cloudflare/quiche similar to what you're looking for? All I/O must be done by the caller.
Slix··on Strict Tables – Column type constraints in SQLite - Draft
One disadvantage is that inspecting the column datatype will no longer hint to the application whether the column contains a date.
Slix··on Zanzibar: Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System (2019)
Yes.
Slix··on Ask HN: What is a product you wish was sold in your country but isnt?
Sunscreen with Mexoryl (encamsule)
Slix··on Leap second hiatus
Aren't the people in charge of UTC discussing never having a leap second ever again?
Slix··on San Francisco passes work-from-home mandate to fight climate change
I'm confused. I doubt that the "Metropolitan Transportation Commission" has the power to enforce something like this.
Slix··on Transparent OLEDs
Would this be useful for augmented-reality headsets?
Slix··on Portland approves 10% cap on fees that food delivery apps can charge restaurants
I feel super guilty ordering from food delivery apps. But I seem to have no choice if I want delivery.
Slix··on What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right
One time me and some girl were grouped together for a few minutes for a French exercise in high school. I was known for constantly being tardy to class. After we finished the exercise, that girl said that I wouldn't be tardy if I was hit more as a child.

That was upsetting. I don't remember being angry or yelling (but I could be wrong?). But I was sad and probably non-communicative with her for the rest of the class time.

The teacher took me out of the classroom and scolded me for behaving the way that I was and that I have to talk to her and that I was bad. I kinda just took it with a blank face. I didn't tell the teacher what the girl said, probably because I didn't really understand why I was upset.

Slix··on USB Type-C to Become More Secure with Authentication Standard
I read that the situation is more nuanced than that. The Switch requests more power than expected because USB devices plugged into the dock might use a lot of power. So it needs to make sure enough power is available just in case.

I've heard that third-party chargers work. I could be wrong though.

Slix··on AirPods get stuck in low-quality 16 kHz audio mode when starting a VM
I absolutely hate the terrible audio when using my Jabra Elite Active 65t to talk over VoIP. It should be crystal clear HD audio, but I have to listen to scratchy voices.

I have trouble processing audio, so it makes calls really difficult. I've started resorting to cheap earbuds to hear people for really critical calls like interviews.

Slix··on Visualization of storm surge – Unreal Engine real-time rendering
She's very lucky that the storm surge avoided the spot where she was standing.
Slix··on Windows Subsystem for Linux Architectural Overview
Does this enable running Docker containers of Linux things in Windows? Would that enable an improvement on Docker's VirtualBox workaround?
Slix··on My Biggest Regret as a Programmer
What does the "non-programmer"'s job look like on a day-to-day basis?

I like coding because there's relatively little time management. It's not super chaotic except the few instances where there's a deadline. You just have to think and code, preferably in the zone for as long as possible.

Being a CTO or CEO sounds a lot more painful to manage. Lots of deadlines, people to manage, people demanding things on time from you.

Slix··on $ cat ~/myfile | curl -X PUT --upload-file “-” https://transfer.sh/myfile.txt
How do people feel about .sh domains?
Slix··on Ask HN: Book Recommendations?
I have always been skeptical about GTD (and haven't read the book). It seems very cultish. And apparently he just released a new version where he changes the terminology he uses for every concept, which sounds very confusing.

On the other hand, I see GTD principles pop up all the time on todo list apps, and a lot of it seems like a good idea.

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