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TheAtomic··on The desperation of NYTimes
The fact that this somewhat banal article has climbed this far on HN tells you that the schadenfreude of seeing the NYT berated is high indeed.

~ just a guy trying to get by on $690,000 a year in Queens

TheAtomic··on Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage
Please don't.
TheAtomic··on Incident Report: Railway Blocked by Google Cloud (Resolved)
same same
TheAtomic··on Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS
I love this. PowerMate was the ultimate fidget tool when not scrolling, editing, etc.
TheAtomic··on Talking to strangers at the gym
My father gave me this book when I was 12 or 13. It unlocked everything, sort of permission for my teen self to put himself out there. Years later, I've made friends all over the world, some have been in my life for more than 3 decades now, and I continue to make new ones basically by initiating a lot of conversations. I look for something to naturally lean into to start with. For example, I saw a guy in the coffee place with his work badge on so I asked, "coming or going [to work]." Kicked off a 30 min conversation about the economy (he worked at a pawn shop as it turns out and knew a lot about gold, regional poverty, etc). Saw him a couple days later and we picked right back up. The other thing I do is keep it soft focused on them, 100%, until they ask me about me. Nothing kills a conversation faster than someone with a conversational agenda, ie, an go-to opinion. Anyway, I wish more people would start random conversations - it really helps build community.
TheAtomic··on Fish oil may be hurting your brain, new study finds
Sciencedaily is clickbait now? That headline is srsly misleading.
TheAtomic··on Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal
"We want to sell surveillance services to the US gov. MSFT was hesitant so we gave ourselves room to do it without them."
TheAtomic··on Model-Based Testing for Dungeons & Dragons
Agreed. I'm onboarding a couple of new players and see the issues again and again. I'm dropping the overall proficiency score as it just confuses things. skills and abilities just take awhile to become secondhand though.
TheAtomic··on Model-Based Testing for Dungeons & Dragons
I have a couple players that aggressively press for edge cases all the time. I encourage it, as it gives me the chance to push back with "ok, that's fine on flat ground but your in thick underbrush," which seems to be more immersive and encourages more roleplaying. Fun stuff.
TheAtomic··on Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead
The only comment on her post is some asshat telling her to grow up. I don't understand how a person can decide to take a cheap shot on an article about buying a DVD player but, there it is. Losers roam the internet like horse flies in Texas.
TheAtomic··on Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era
Isn't this the premise of Garfield's Ex Machina?
TheAtomic··on Apple Just Lost Me
I wish Nvidia would drop a Linux laptop so we could all have a 3rd option.

I know, this exists in some form or another, eg Dell, but meh.

And I know Jony Ive / Altman are working on something but Altman, uhg.

TheAtomic··on What is agentic engineering?
Agents are ? and the answer is circular, "agents run tools in a loop." And this guy knows things?! No. BS.
TheAtomic··on Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AI
10% of their workforce roughly.
TheAtomic··on Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives
This is wildly cool. I donated to a patient and now make a very small monthly donations. #this
TheAtomic··on Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)
LOVE H&CF, so good
TheAtomic··on Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android
"We want to surprise and delight our customers" turned into fuck with and frustrate.
TheAtomic··on Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect
Please god let this catch on everywhere
TheAtomic··on Tell HN: Happy New Year
Well done. Be strong and good luck!
TheAtomic··on Tell HN: Happy New Year
Congratulations and I hope your article inspires others to consider them as well.
TheAtomic··on Koralm Railway
A map, just put a &^%^$^#@$%! map showing the rail line on your web page. Somewhere. Anywhere!
TheAtomic··on Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything
If I have to create an a/c to find out the price, then no.
TheAtomic··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Very hit or miss though. And withs some exceptions like Slow Horses, their productions feel overly produced, oiled by agency crossover and 360 package deals, i.e., manufactured from script to screen. Even Pluribus has that smug sanitized gloss.
TheAtomic··on Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
Grateful for all the people here who make this world a little better all the tiem.
TheAtomic··on Meta Segment Anything Model 3
I couldn't download it. Model appears to be comparable to Sparc3D, Huyunan, etc but w/o download, who can say? It is much faster though.
TheAtomic··on Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line
THIS! Ads, misusing notifications (thank LinkedIn for that idea), Tahoe's self-indulgent UI, changes for no reason than some new designer has an idea, getting things ready for spatial, the stupid dispute with Nvidia...

Apple has a ruthless competitive upper echelon that gets rewarded on metrics that prioritize market hits and revenue increases. Get ready for more of this.

Obligatory I've been using Macs since the SE comment but I know Apple gives 2 damns about that.

TheAtomic··on World Simulator: Create and Play Interactive AI Worlds
Have no fear, I logged in and tested this ... almost.

Logged in with f'g G, picked an "experience," waited 30 sec to load(!) then picked 8 sec run from 4 / 8 / 12 sec...

"Not enought credits." Hmm. Somehow I thought it was a demo but I guess, yeah.

TL/DR: Nowhere close to ready for prime time.

TheAtomic··on Apple M5 chip
last solid MacOS IMO
TheAtomic··on Apple M5 chip
Yup. And the marketing department is ahead of both of them.
TheAtomic··on Edgar Allan Poe's life was a mess. But his work was in his command
Someone should summarize for Poe fans who don't support WaPo.
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