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flarg··on LinkedIn Larpmaxxing
I know there's a lot of hate for LinkedIn here on HN but it really is the only place to see where ex-colleagues are working at and what competitors say they are up to. It's kind of like a boring version of TwitterX, but essential to those of us in normie jobs.

I wish there was an alternative but at least there's not much right wing propaganda and it does just work.

flarg··on Ameliorate
Relationship to argument maps?
flarg··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
Options can a significant portion of sign on bonus but they typically vest over several years so I guess they are hoping for an IPO eventually. IMHO Databricks will be overtaken by "events" including AI disillusionment, broader open source tools and broader education across the workforce. So the eventual IPO will not happen.
flarg··on Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1
RFP responses. In enterprise sales, there's a huge amount of back and forth with different teams in a customer when you're selling anything but very simple applications. Most enterprise customers require certified or authoritative responses with backup material that is tested later during formal verification.
flarg··on Show HN: Create diagrams of complex data flows in software systems
In case any of you use draw.io note that you can animate lines with a right click. Last time I did this for a presentation I did have to record to gif but it worked really well.
flarg··on The Time I Lied to the CTO and Saved the Day
Even the healthiest large companies do this sort of thing, I've worked in a few and heck I've sold to a few too. Low code solutions that somehow need a team of contractors to deliver business functionality, delayed projects that drop key integrations to deliver something on time but functionally useless, CTOs whose next job depends on giving work to supplier. Worst of all, organisations that insist that they buy not build but then have larger software teams than their suppliers.
flarg··on Ask HN: Guidelines for making clear architecture diagrams
There is. UML diagrams for software, Archimate or C4 diagrams for architecture, value stream for process performance. But depending on the audience you may end up needing to use simple box and line diagrams and they work well too. Draw.io is probably the best drawing tool out there and has enough libraries of shapes to get you started.
flarg··on VNote: A pleasant note-taking platform
I used Zim for over a decade but recently migrated to Obsidian because of the mobile support. Definitely a big change but I can say that after a year it has worked for me and I don't miss Zim as much as thought would.
flarg··on I'm done with dashboards, and likely you should be too
Dashboards are really calls to action hidden in donut charts. I'd rather just see a text message telling me when to start panicking and why.
flarg··on Internet Sacred Text Archive
Wonder what would happen if someone trained an LLM on these texts? A whole new mega religion?
flarg··on StyleTTS2 – open-source Eleven-Labs-quality Text To Speech
Millions of elderly people are already getting scammed by overseas call centers so unless we do something more significant this tech will not make one iota of a difference.
flarg··on Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down
IMHO Twitter drove its own need and now that it has pretty much gone no one wants the hassle of serving a new master.
flarg··on Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data
Outside of main cities and Germany is the same for restaurants and cafes. Pita
flarg··on Germany's terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
Don't be. It is such a nightmare esp around places like Frankfurt.
flarg··on Germany's terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
Aka I Cannot Even arrive
flarg··on The Compact Calendar 2023-2024
Me too! I eventually migrated to a school exercise book and an illegal combo of time blocking and Final Version Perfected and it works reasonably well. Now I know what I am failing to do!
flarg··on T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans
In the EU they send a letter informing of price change and give you the right of cancellation except for rate rises in line with the retail price index or inflation which are included in the contract. Truly fixed price contracts are advertised as such, I have one for my broadband, can only be withdrawn by the vendor.
flarg··on John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity
Elon's Twitter acquisition was exactly to do that but he muffed it.
flarg··on Crux: Cross-platform app development in Rust
I work in the enterprise software space and the last thing regular users want is a flash modern ui. They want familiarity, because enterprise software is like an extension of a user's mind and they want it to stay the same until they retire. I have seen first hand how a auto factory worker can capture data in a green screen terminal plastic covered keyboard faster than using a flash web UI and a mouse. Speed and familiarity are the orders of the day.
flarg··on Why Is TED Scared of Color Blindness?
For a complex and sensitive topic it makes sense to listen to others and potentially change tack.
flarg··on Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Price is the only barrier to desalination. Environmental impact is a problem to be solved, but we never try to solve it for other things, so why for this?
flarg··on Headsets Delayed into 2024
Hardware is either niche and unachievable or commodity and widely available. Maybe you could consider pivoting to software for widely available non mainstream headsets until you make enough to fund the dedicated hardware.
flarg··on The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022)
Pharmacist here. Most pharmaceuticals do actually work but finding the right one for a patient can sometimes be harder than you would think. I suspect your family members are quiet about their opinions for a very good reason.
flarg··on Sword swallowing and its side effects (2006) [pdf]
Ah the Xmas edition of the BMJ! Full of funny studies and articles treated seriously. The one about common case note abbreviations was the best one and ended up being quite influential.
flarg··on Most cancer screenings don’t extend life, study finds
Evidence?
flarg··on Architecture diagrams enable better conversations
I know I'm old guard but uml worked well for me.
flarg··on The ReMarkable Streaming Tool v2: Elevating Remote Work Efficiency
The sorely missed Kent Boogie Board did this out of the box and it worked really well!
flarg··on Show HN: Magic Loops – Combine LLMs and code to create simple automations
This is pretty fantastic, well presented and easy to understand. You definitely need to get in front of enterprise customers with this. It hits a lot of key asks from my enterprise customers, simple AI driven insights and automation.
flarg··on Former intel officer says 'non-human biologics’ found at alleged UFO crash sites
We had a crazy President
flarg··on The magnificence of the bluefin tuna
Surely in order achieve maximum return the animal farming process must become industrialised which leads to unpleasant outcomes for the animals involved. From chickens to salmon, small animals are treated poorly. Fish farms are a case in point, they destroy the local environment as well as constrain the farmed fish in unnatural ways.
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