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"interfaces are not copyrightable"

That shorthand rule of thumb is often applicable, but can lead to risky / incorrect assumptions.

The central distinction isn't simply interface versus implementation. It's functional systems and constraints versus protectable expression - a distinction that can cut through both an interface and its implementation.

regular LLM calls can't provide a meaningful confidence score

Agreed fnm is much better than nvm. But mise is potentially more compelling bc it can do more than just node.

what is "=3"?

nvm is not node. and there are better options for managing node versions (eg mise).

IME a huge proportion of people who exercise do so (at least at first) because they enjoy the results (including how they feel afterwards, eg endorphins), not doing the exercise itself. The idea that only some people are wired to enjoy it and you're not one of them sounds like an excuse not to endure some discomfort to reap the benefits.

rear -> rare

Ha! Yes. One of my favorites.

Different explanations work better for different people. See for example this post outlining various ways to develop intuition for adding the numbers in a series: https://betterexplained.com/articles/techniques-for-adding-t...

Awesome, thanks! See also https://betterexplained.com (no affiliation, just a fan)

Interesting points. Regarding intuition, I highly recommend https://betterexplained.com as a great example of an alternative approach that aligns with your ideas.

Cool tool, thanks for sharing.

"the owner is logged in as the administrator"

this is a majority of macos users (including many who are "technical")

nice that you can simply run your favorite OS (virtualized)

please share your setup

(facepalm) I meant Sequoia. (15.7)

ah, so 15ms warm and 25ms cold. that makes much more sense.

Yikes! I'm still on EDIT: Sequioa (15.7) ~~Sonoma~~ and sticking with it as long as I can. Thanks for sharing. Good luck.

nope

did you get the warm and cold numbers reversed?

Hmm... "resource management benefits you get from sharing a kernel" costs the security risks you incur from not having kernel-level isolation.

These days I'm looking at microvms (esp. smolvm from smolmachines.com) by default, for anything where I'd previously have reached for docker (via colima or more recently orbstack).

you beat me to it (I'm singing the praises of smolmachines.com "smolvm" microvms all over the place)

reader mode: easier-peasier ;)

Beautiful! Thank you for creating and sharing this! :) It's really inspiring.

> "Not a fit? That is fair. If all you want is another query tool for SQL-fluent analysts, Strata is not it. We are built to take powerful self-service to everyone else, the people who could never write the query in the first place."

Every product should include this kind of disclaimer. Clarity on what it's NOT is often more immediately illuminating than (usually more verbose) descriptions of what it IS.

Anyway, this looks like it could be useful - though I'd find it much more compelling if it were OSS.

Agreed that's annoying too - but in this case, the speech recognition worked fine (Alexa echoed back the "6 minute green beans timer"), but -- astonishingly -- instead of using a dirt-simple tool call to a timer (a primary use case for the device), it invented a different timer duration (maybe 12 minutes?) and when confronted about it, replied with utter nonsense about the timer being "too ambitious". I'm flabbergasted that in late 2026 such a ridiculous regression was deployed in production, let alone in my kitchen. I've always despised Alexa but tolerated it for the sake of my wife's preferences (esp for hands-free timers). But this is the last straw, it can't even do that.

The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer

(I'm familiar w the heuristic but didn't immediately grok the acronym, hence sharing)

Matt Pocock's skills library includes "grill-me" which is precisely this. It's excellent.

First I've heard of "Zoo Code", on HN or anywhere else - and I pay attention. Got links to share, making the case for it?

How about Alexa - given a "6 minute green beans timer" - later reporting 11m remaining on said timer? Confronted with the error, "You're right! That 6 minute green beans timer was too ambitious."??!!

I can't even.