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dawnerd··on MCP Explained
Documentation has gotten so very bad thanks to AI. Outright unusable in most cases.
dawnerd··on Search for everyone
Very happy with it and also extremely happy that you can actually get support from them. Very impressed.
dawnerd··on Images 2.6
I doubt it, same with people that use ChatGPT for everything and don’t see the slip anymore and are confused when you point it out. LLM blindness is a real thing.
dawnerd··on Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
They say it can’t be detected but give it time and someone will figure out some signal that gives it away.
dawnerd··on Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI
Something I keep saying, AI people have a problem with consent.
dawnerd··on Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI
If you searched, whats my ip, you used to get your ip. Now you get an ai answer telling you to use one of the websites. How is that helpful?
dawnerd··on Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now
We’ve also been blowing a lot of retainer hours just patching sites instead of building new features. It sucks. Ultimately going to cost clients more.
dawnerd··on The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
Seriously, we’re in a bubble here and everything thinks everything is touched by ai now. That’s not true at all, people need to look outside of HN and Twitter. Lots of devs are refusing to use them. Quite a number of companies are happily chugging away by hand.
dawnerd··on The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
Reality is majority of websites don’t need highly performant dom ops. Most sites also don’t even need all the JavaScript they have to begin with but that’s another story.
dawnerd··on Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
Sony has treated me well and I don’t have it internet connected. It’s the one brand I haven’t seen nag when you have the internet disconnected. Was also easy to just opt right out of connecting it. Pretty standard google tv too.
dawnerd··on Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
Basically don’t buy Samsung or LG if you really care.
dawnerd··on Frontier Airlines Likely Breached
Norwegian cruise line had a similar thing recently with emails going out with actual booking information. Basically identical to the frontier scam emails. I wonder if there’s some customer service software that’s being exploited that they both use.

Edit: some info from the NcL one with screenshots that look similar https://www.reddit.com/r/NCL/comments/1x2q54e/warning_possib...

dawnerd··on An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them
Ironically that sounds like something an llm would say in a reply. Not saying you did or anything just kinda funny how it reads.
dawnerd··on GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode
Exactly. All of these examples are well documented games. And even then it’s only really good at games that don’t need realtime.
dawnerd··on OpenAI raises less than half of $30B target
Maybe at first, but server hardware doesn't stay deployed tooo long and ends up liquidated. That was always a looming problem with this rapid buildout. Some hosts like OVH or Hetzner might swipe up some second hand gear, they're not afraid of renting old hardware. But eBay will be flooded once the DCs upgrade / downscale. And it wont be cheap at first either I bet. Everyone will try to cash in on the secondary market hype.
dawnerd··on StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
They're also blocking you from using even the new site on mobile.
dawnerd··on The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR
I just wanna say I really love my xreal glasses. Best travel device for long flights.
dawnerd··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
I still use and love the touchbar. That was apple being innovative, then giving up way too early.
dawnerd··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
I love how their marketing is increasingly trying to convince M1 mac owners why they should upgrade. The m1 is still way overpowered for what most people need, including developers. I'm keeping my m1 and m1 max until they stop supporting it.
dawnerd··on New iMac with M6
You might want to do a full restore or something, my M1 Max isn't sluggish at all.
dawnerd··on Somebody please stop the spam texts
I get four per line per day and have two lines on my phone. They all follow the same script with slight variations and the voicemails are all ai that often get confused and repeat things.
dawnerd··on Somebody please stop the spam texts
iOS has that for calls but they still leave a notification you have to manually clear. I wish for an option to just not tell me at all.
dawnerd··on CSS-Tricks has a new owner
Vibe coders / Slopgineers that don't know the foundations of how these systems work are going to fall behind people who actually know how to program. Just because the machine can spit out text quickly doesn't mean it's good. And no, what all of these LLMs output isn't good css.
dawnerd··on Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
The flat design trend really confused me. It really took off when high resolution screens started getting popular too, really made no sense. Wish we'd bring back Skeuomorphic design. Bring back that wood grain and metal textures. Bring back the fun UI's and app themes. Bring back real buttons!
dawnerd··on New iPad mini
It’s weird too I use a 60hz monitor all day and it doesn’t bother me. But if my iPhone switches to 60 it’s really noticeable.
dawnerd··on OLED iPad Mini
I was hoping the next mini would. Guess I’ll keep my 6th gen around.
dawnerd··on New iPad mini
I use it quite often for scanning QR codes.
dawnerd··on Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
People are starting to figure that out with the ALPR / Data Center pushback. There’s a lot of cities that have gone by without much public oversight. I know here the people that started showing up have picked up on things that would have gone under the radar. Local politics matter!
dawnerd··on OBS Studio 33
And yet it's still a quality product pushing meaningful updates proving that you don't need LLMs to do everything for you.
dawnerd··on CVE Tracker
The Shigure mode cracked me up
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