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dark__paladin··on Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores
why not?
dark__paladin··on Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
Genuinely trying to learn here - what's the major advantage of using uv over conda?

(Transparently, I'm posting this before I've completed the article.)

dark__paladin··on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
Go ahead and follow the steps to order one, then.
dark__paladin··on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads
Yes, this is the answer in an ideal world. In practice, it's nearly impossible to buy Sceptre dumb TVs these days.
dark__paladin··on Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place
This attitude of "let's leave politics out of this" is a major contributing factor to this mess we're in.
dark__paladin··on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous?
I'll save you the read: yes
dark__paladin··on AMD’s RDNA4 GPU architecture
MI300A's are very fun. very fortunate to have one to mess around on at work.
dark__paladin··on Plasma Bigscreen rises from the dead with a better UI
Perfect timing. Was just about to redo my linux set top box (a beelink mini PC with Arch on it). Fucking pumped to try this out.
dark__paladin··on Functions Are Vectors (2023)
assume spherical cow
dark__paladin··on I Switched from Flutter and Rust to Rust and Egui
I'm not a UI dev but I have messed with Qt some. Does egui or some other rust framework the same native look that Qt does?
dark__paladin··on Ask HN: In 15 years, what will a gas station visit look like?
Speaking as an American.

They will be virtually identical, except that there will be far more ads. Perhaps stations in super urban areas will integrate AI into the pump, using your name and level 3 data to market to you hyper-specifically.

Also Arizona teas will no longer say 99¢ on the can.

dark__paladin··on Show HN: I made a site for finding people to build cool tech projects with
That other guy must be having a bad day. You've built something cool, most people have not. Sharing projects like this is what I miss about the old internet. I'm sure you're learning lots along the way. Godspeed.
dark__paladin··on I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]
The fact that people actually want this level of surveillance in exchange for a tiny convenience is astounding to me.
dark__paladin··on TVMC: Time-Varying Mesh Compression
My knee jerk thought was that it was CFD related
dark__paladin··on "Awful": Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kodi
dark__paladin··on So you wanna go on prem (2016)
Hugo is cool
dark__paladin··on Intel's Battlemage Architecture
Thanks for clarifying, went right over my head!
dark__paladin··on Intel's Battlemage Architecture
TAA is temporal anti-aliasing, correct? There is no time dimension here, isn't it just compression + bilinear filtering?
dark__paladin··on Apple Invites
How is this different than any calendar app?
dark__paladin··on Find Your Footing After Installing Arch Linux
I still use X11 because it just works. I understand that Wayland is the "latest and greatest", but I genuinely do not understand why I need to upgrade yet. Could someone provide an actual tangible example as to why Wayland is "better" than X11? I've only ever heard hand-wavy explanations.
dark__paladin··on Say Goodbye to Outdated Footer Years, Forever
What year is it?
dark__paladin··on My favourite computer ergonomics hack
Tight fitting pants + a belt is a sure-fire "stand goal" hack if you drink a lot of water.
dark__paladin··on Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition
Philosophy aside, many users actually do not prefer to have ads and data tracking built-in to the devices they use.
dark__paladin··on Walmart buys vizio to use its TVs as a new way to blast you with ads
Can you recommend the model of TV you settled on? I have been looking for a TV that can be de-smarted for a while now.

Also, are you considering KDE Plasma BigScreen?

dark__paladin··on Ask HN: Greatest books about the history of computing
Chip War - Chris Miller
dark__paladin··on Using BenQ's latest 32" 4k monitor (RD320U) which is aimed at programming
A lot of people in this thread complaining about DPIs and similar specs. Am I really the weird one for still thinking a 24" 1080p (≈92 DPI) display is absolutely fine for 99% of tasks?

The people praising 4K now will be calling it shit in just a few years time. Maybe I am coping for not having grown up with HD TV.

dark__paladin··on M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple's best Mac minis
This a million times over. This is why Apple will always play third fiddle to Linux and even Windows for power users.
dark__paladin··on Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles
Isn't this effectively how the interactive materials behave, or am I misunderstanding? It was my understanding that they all were analogous to DVD-style interactive extras where you essentially choose left or right at points in the story.
dark__paladin··on Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles
I am glad to hear this. I enjoyed Bandersnatch, but I do not think it was the right tone for a launch title for this kind of project, personally.
dark__paladin··on Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles
I really believe that if Netflix launched its interactive media with a miniseries of Goosebumps: Choose Your Own Adventure adaptations (instead of... whatever Bandersnatch was...) the format could have been a huge success.

I still want to Escape from the Carnival of Horrors(TM).

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