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jk563··on Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on its new PCs
For what it's worth; since the Steam Deck came out the vast majority of my gaming library has become playable on my Linux desktop. The Windows partition was removed shortly after I got a Deck and realised Valve have done such an incredible job with Proton to make games playable on Linux. With my library of games, at least, I've not had any major issues that linger in the memory.
jk563··on How to draw software architecture diagrams (2022)
> no fast local preview

I found their Lite container version perfect for local iteration on diagrams: https://docs.structurizr.com/lite/quickstart

jk563··on The Terraform Registry Terms of Service have been updated
I've seen a lot about OpenTF and I applaud the (very large) effort to get a viable alternative in place in short order. Is anyone aware of corresponding projects for other tools in the HashiCorp suite?
jk563··on The money spent on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
I can understand that reasoning, and it does make sense to me too, but only if all the money goes to the park. Ideally then even only for successful applications.
jk563··on The money spent on lotteries doesn’t go to the park
Am I understanding this correctly: you need to pay for a permit for hiking in some places in the USA, and it's a lottery so you might not even be able to go once you've paid the money?
jk563··on BMW introduces new heated seat subscription in UK
> The company says customers can enable all hardware features for a one-time payment if they prefer.

4th line in the article, this particular service is indeed purchasable for a one time fee.

jk563··on Terraform Scripting Concepts
My circle also just use "code" as far as I'm aware, though I tend to think of it as a definition instead. Template would also fit but you can use templates within Terraform so that could be confusing.
jk563··on Brazil agency fines Apple $2M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box
Personally I'm glad that companies are starting to not ship new cables with phones and would like to see it extended to other rechargables. I've thrown out so many micro-USB cables over the last few years and I still have them all over the place.
jk563··on Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software
They specifically mention rust based backends for curl where the author of curl was funded to integrate as a starting point. I don't see any mention of funding being exclusively for organisations other than the author(s)?
jk563··on Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own safety
I think it's a fairly large assumption to make that they all voted for him specifically. I don't think it's too crazy (given he won <50% of the popular vote in the 2016 primaries) to assume a large number of those voters voted "Not Democrat" or voted Republican instead of voting Trump specifically.
jk563··on M1 Macs Review
8GB integrated memory spec?
jk563··on Endlessh: An SSH Tarpit
Does it only go to level 100?
jk563··on Cloudcraft – Architect and budget cloud infrastructure
At the top right (near the "export" button) is a toggle to go between 3D and 2D.
jk563··on Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using macOS?
It lets you use keyboard keys to move the cursor.
jk563··on Show HN: Random Roads
Being able to see the random seed used in the console and use it in the hash is a nice touch. I found a few large ones and one with a single path between two points (1592751582695)
jk563··on Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life
> So, I forgive myself but still cringe hard whenever I remember it.

This has actually resonated with me as advice in its own right. I have wasted a lot of time worrying about past mistakes that I have made, wishing I could change the past etc. I'm not so bad for it now, but still struggle sometimes and worry myself with what people think of me now remembering what drunk (and sober) me did at university 10 years ago (and at other times in my life). This line has helped reframe it a bit in my mind: it's ok to still cringe at how I behaved and forgive myself for it - the former does not rule out the latter.

jk563··on 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
Please do share the shell you got to after 40 years!
jk563··on AWS’s Elastic Load Balancer is a Strangler
git blame suggests the change was made 15 months ago, though that doesn't take it to account time to publish. Which I guess just goes to show that it can be tough to find information on the docs, despite them been relatively decent as far as docs go (in my opinion).
jk563··on Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card transactions
Not sure where you are or why you experience this - I've made £300+ payments on my phone for sure (car service) and I think I might have done one close to £1000 at one point.
jk563··on Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Cautionary Tale
The "Teacher Effects" paper is demonstrating that the value add to student achievment is likely noise and not representative of the teachers doing a better job.

The "Parachutes" paper is demonstrating that parachutes make no difference when used out of a stationary grounded plane.

I think the point is that both papers are demonstrating that the numbers alone don't tell the full story.

jk563··on Apple Developer Documentation Is Missing
And the author acknowledges that those individuals are not the problem.

> the problem is not individual engineers — who are not responsible for writing docs; that is the responsibility of dedicated coumentation teams. But that does not make it any less a failure of Apple’s engineering organization.

jk563··on Alan Turing to feature on new £50 note
Yes they can. It means they can't sure you for not paying though.

[1] https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-...

jk563··on Terraform 0.12
Many different clients will be happy with many different situations. Current and previous 3 clients all happy with state not on-prem.
jk563··on Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro
Am I reading this update correctly? Is it now impossible to get a new Apple Laptop < 15" with 16GB of RAM?

Looks like a Matebook X Pro next time for me, or an XPS. Thankfully my '14 MBP runs beautifully still.

jk563··on Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue
On Android:

Play Store > Menu > Subscriptions > select subscription > Cancel Subscription

Seems pretty similar to me.

jk563··on A Cashless Economy Locks Out the Poor
> Legal tender has a very narrow and technical meaning, which relates to settling debts. It means that if you are in debt to someone then you can’t be sued for non-payment if you offer full payment of your debts in legal tender. [1]

[1] https://edu.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-...

jk563··on Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup
I dunno how anyone else feels, but I'd add a 21 that's pretty important to me. How is the startup planning on earning revenue?
jk563··on The greatest sales deck I've ever seen (2016)
Sorry, yeah, this is what I meant.
jk563··on The greatest sales deck I've ever seen (2016)
Get where you're coming from, but I don't think they're entirely wrong. Whilst you can't buy Photoshop once now (your point), there are plenty of models where the choice is still there. Netflix and Spotify both have one-off purchase equivalents. You can still buy Jira as a one off purchase instead of SaaS.
jk563··on Build a 100% Serverless Website with AWS in 7 Easy Steps
Why spend $5 when you could spend $1? I've got a site running without using servers and it basically costs the R53 hosted zone cost as it's very low traffic. No servers to configure, no residential connection to potentially fall over, high durability. Why wouldn't I use it?

Different use cases warrant different solutions.

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