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baggy_trough··on Why I will not be using LLMs in my coding
My best explanation is that AI coding critics have a kind of willful blindness or fall prey to motivated reasoning.
baggy_trough··on The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo
What are you doing wrong?
baggy_trough··on California Gov Newsom commutes death sentences for all 548 people on death row
A wicked action by a wicked man.
baggy_trough··on California Gov Newsom commutes death sentences for all 548 people on death row
Yes, a number of times. Voters also approved accelerating the process.
baggy_trough··on How I use AI (Oct 2026)
Ironically, yours is the comment of a philistine.
baggy_trough··on WTF Ubuntu?
All true as of when I quit Ubuntu a couple years ago. Your interpersonal skills need work.
baggy_trough··on WTF Ubuntu?
Debian is already on 6.12.115, the stable kernel from 3 days ago. Who knows what horrors were fixed?
baggy_trough··on WTF Ubuntu?
Debian is, in every way that I know, superior to Ubuntu.

  - no snap nonsense where you can't turn off upgrades
  - stays close to upstream LTS kernels
  - does not carry around some ridiculous kernel patch set
  - no irritating adware on login
I switched after the aforementioned patch set broke containers and destroyed my server instance a couple years ago. Apparently nobody bothered to check containers before releasing the kernel.
baggy_trough··on Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017)
Teachers' unions in the United States are dedicated to two things:

  - increasing pay and benefits for teachers to the maximum possible
  - reducing accountability for poor teaching to the minimum possible
Since many people foolishly believe that supporting teachers' unions is good for children, the results are predictable: very expensive schools that do a bad job.
baggy_trough··on If-then-else had to be invented (2020)
Give up this mad idea, or else.
baggy_trough··on The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf]
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baggy_trough··on PHP 8.2.35
They bundled the fixes with a regular bugfix release, looks like.
baggy_trough··on eMudhra intermediate CA compromise
Safari and Edge on macOS still vulnerable as of this writing.
baggy_trough··on Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins
The average citizen would be far better off if we all did so.
baggy_trough··on Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins
I suppose so, but it's still the case.
baggy_trough··on Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins
Sounds entirely reasonable to me. They tried to give some credit. The main contribution is the solution that Claude came up with.
baggy_trough··on Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins
Stochastic parrot truthers in shambles.
baggy_trough··on US Rep Announces Congressional Legislation to Protect Video Game Ownership
Easy for you to say, if you're not paying the cost!
baggy_trough··on US Rep Announces Congressional Legislation to Protect Video Game Ownership
Documentation? In the video game industry? Surely you jest.
baggy_trough··on CPI-U rises 7.2% annualized in September (3.7% YoY)
For example, people who want to get society off fossil fuels such as heating oil.
baggy_trough··on Apple HomeView
No, there aren't any iPads as cheap as that, at least not new.
baggy_trough··on New Apple TV 4K
Doesn't seem worth the upgrade at that price. Siri still stinks in general.
baggy_trough··on Apple HomeView
I wonder what 'Apps Available from iPhone' means on their tech specs page. For example, the Apple TV app.
baggy_trough··on Apple HomeView
It's cheaper.
baggy_trough··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Thank you for the explanation. I was reacting to the statement that the economy and the people are the same thing.
baggy_trough··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Yes, that is an accurate statement by him. As with many things, corruption and fraud in the visa process have grown over time and are mostly unremarked upon.
baggy_trough··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
This is an incredibly blinkered view. The economy is important, but there are many other factors as to whether a given policy is overall good for the citizenry or not.
baggy_trough··on Sharing AI progress in mathematics
It’s wonderful.
baggy_trough··on Sharing AI progress in mathematics
Stochastic parrot truthers in shambles.
baggy_trough··on Ask HN: How will the AI endgame play out?
"almost certainly"? Wow.
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