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darkstar_16··on If IPv4 were land
I now live in a "western" country and I have CGNAT. It is extremely common here. On the other hand, my ISP (largest provider in the country), in a "developing" country, gave me a public IP so I think there are more moving parts.
darkstar_16··on Things to know when you get cancer
> A lot of us are preconditioned from birth to trust our clinicians.

As a Asian, this is really fascinating to me. We, in general, are conditioned exactly the opposite. We don't trust our doctors, govt or anyone other than our immediate family. Taking a second opinion is just normal. As someone who now lives in the "west", and is now taking a second opinion for a condition, my doctor here was almost offended when I asked for a copy of my results in order to take a second opinion.

darkstar_16··on Movie Review: Musk
2013-2025 and only 2 linked to FSD ? The rest are human errors ? FSD sounds better than human drivers just going by that data. How many people have, for example, BMW killed in 12 years ?
darkstar_16··on Tmp.0ut Volume 5
I miss the ezines scene!
darkstar_16··on How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)
How much data do you have ? Isn't B2 expensive at certain size ?
darkstar_16··on Have you restarted your computer this week?
If your boss is not able to back you up for something like this, it's time to change job.
darkstar_16··on GLM 5.2 beats Claude in our benchmarks
It's also geeks and engineers using these models and being the most vocal. We always think we're special and need the extra horsepower. Ever been on one of those home lab subreddits ? Same story.
darkstar_16··on OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon
Tesla is still doing that. The CEO is a shithead but that's a different matter.
darkstar_16··on OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon
That's such a cynical take. If everyone does what you're describing, we will never make progress as a society.
darkstar_16··on Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory
I think you're doing it wrong. Use the frontier moddels for the research, planning etc and once you have a plan give it to a local model for implementation.
darkstar_16··on Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?
I think they're at that stage where people know they want it so lack of a trial isn't a deal breaker per se.
darkstar_16··on Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry
They use claude code to code it. Makes sense
darkstar_16··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
I don't think it's even a broad strategy from PM or higher ups. I actually think it's engineers inside the company who want to play with the coolest hardware and the build features for the newest stuff. Features can be made to work with older hardware but that requires more time and optimization which they never get, so someone takes a call that x and y features only work on newer gen hardware.
darkstar_16··on Layoffs at Block
I think it's a bit of both and perhaps 10% AI. Companies like Block are bloated for what they offer.
darkstar_16··on How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but it will happen sooner or later.
darkstar_16··on How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
It's interesting how this comes up when the west is the one that is trying to catch up :)
darkstar_16··on Two kinds of vibe coding
I do the same. Directed tasks with smaller context and start a new "chat" when it's done what I want.
darkstar_16··on Umbrel – Personal Cloud
Even as a techie, I prefer and use iCloud for exactly this reason, especially for stuff I share with family. I don't want me to be the bottleneck for what is considered basic functionality these days.
darkstar_16··on Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
I actually I'd be even willing to downgrade my car one level if I'm not driving and just sitting in the back seat. Will likely be cheaper for me to own even with the increased subscription.
darkstar_16··on Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months
I've been meaning to get more components for a diy NAS since atleast the last year and just been pushing it lazily. I'm literally kicking myself now when I actually started looking up deals for this black friday.
darkstar_16··on Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
GraphQL sure, but I'm not sure I'd put kafka in the same bucket. It is a nice technology that has it's use in some cases, where postgresql would not work. It is also something a small team should not start with. Start with postgres and then move on to something else when the need arises.
darkstar_16··on Build your own database
One of our final projects during university was to design and program a basic database in C. Even after 20 years I think that was one of the most one I've had in a project.
darkstar_16··on Intelligent Kubernetes Load Balancing at Databricks
We use a headless service and client side load balancing for this. What's the difference ?
darkstar_16··on Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day
I get the sentiment behind your comment but I have a few lawyers in the family and they work round the clock. They might be in meetings or pouring over documents all day that might not look like work to the average software engineer but trust me, they do work hard. And it's true for everyone - from junior interns to senior partners.
darkstar_16··on I'm switching to Python and actually liking it
> These days it's less about language wars and more about picking the right tool for the job

You should talk to the Java advocates in my company :) The language wars are still around, it's just Java vs the rest now.

darkstar_16··on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today?
Or you could buy the Lego version :)
darkstar_16··on Apple Research unearthed forgotten AI technique and using it to generate images
I think its just Apple PR pushing these out now to get Apple's name out in the AI era.
darkstar_16··on Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
others have articulated it much better but I think the difference isn't in what it can do. But working with existing docs - subtle things like font differences, formatting issues, working with the rest of the world that is MS dominated, keyboard shortcuts for excel warriers. LibreOffice is very capable on it's own, as a drop-in replacement is where it doesn't work most of the time. And the difference isn't even huge, but people being people give up fast.
darkstar_16··on Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant for essay writing task
You're proving the point in the actual research. Programmers who only use AI for learning/coding will lose this knowledge (of python, for example) that you have gained by actually "doing" it.
darkstar_16··on CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry Step by Step Guide
Jaeger collector perhaps but then you'd have to use the Jaeger UI. Signoz has a much nicer UI that feels more integrated but last I checked had annoying bugs in the UI like not keeping the time selection when I navigated between screens.
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