dgeiser13

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dgeiser13··on Ten Years of JMAP

Gmail supports IMAP.

dgeiser13··on As Drugstores Close, Older People Are Left in 'Pharmacy Deserts'

For $5 a month my local pharmacy delivers to my door.

dgeiser13··on An academic Great Gatsby Curve – How much academic success is inherited?

Your anecdotal experience doesn't negate the Matthew Effect.

dgeiser13··on Britannica Didn’t Just Survive. It’s an A.I. Company Now.

Re: Your Brains

dgeiser13··on Britannica Didn’t Just Survive. It’s an A.I. Company Now.

That person didn't die. They are a zombie now.

dgeiser13··on Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter

For the most part the types of people who find Instagram interesting (and would have a Threads account created automatically) are simply not the audience for a tool like Bluesky (or Twitter).

dgeiser13··on Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

https://bsky-follow-finder.theo.io/

dgeiser13··on [dead]

What is ISR?

dgeiser13··on [dead]

Sabine may be many things but she's never "Just Wrong"

dgeiser13··on Ask HN: How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown?

What country are you in?

Sometimes actual medical issues can cause psychosis, e.g. UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections) or brain tumors. Getting him into a safe environment was the correct thing to do. If he returns and you don't feel safe then getting yourself into a safe environment is the correct thing to do.

dgeiser13··on Traceroute Isn't Real

It's interesting how this "not real" tool has helped me find and fix issues over the years.

dgeiser13··on Self-Documenting Code

If future "AI" can write code then it should be able to read code and describe what it does at various levels of detail.

dgeiser13··on Stephen Fry – AI: A Means to an End or a Means to Our End?

The speech was given 4 days ago. Video may still be released.

dgeiser13··on Five Geek Social Fallacies (2003)

Why does the author say they are fallacies and treat them as true? He never describes what makes them fallacious.

dgeiser13··on Ask HN: Did the "killer poke" reduce Commodore PET sales?

Haven't thought about Peek and Poke in awhile.

dgeiser13··on I spent 2 years building my own game engine (Rust, WASM, WebGPU)

No, I'm saying it's a minecraft-like because it's a voxel game.

dgeiser13··on I spent 2 years building my own game engine (Rust, WASM, WebGPU)

7 Days to Die is a minecraft-like game that has sold 18 million copies. As of this moment has 92,580 players playing which is 16th out of all games currently being plated on Steam.

dgeiser13··on Ex-Google CEO: AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to 'clean up the mess'

How much makeup is Eric Schmidt wearing?

dgeiser13··on Show HN: I made a porta potty finder for tradesmen

Grocery stores are good places to find a rest room.

dgeiser13··on Perfectionism – one of the biggest productivity killers in the eng industry

People who complain about perfectionism typically don't provide the proper software requirements.

dgeiser13··on What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024? [video]

Does he install ZoneAlarm on it?

dgeiser13··on Amazon Sold a Used Diaper. It Tanked a Mom-and-Pop Business

Why would a diaper even be returnable?

dgeiser13··on The VR Winter Continues

"Look at this awesome thing we made that you don't want!"