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juujian··on The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo
I honestly don't understand why there isn't more people talking about debian. Ubuntu is always mentioned, but it's going down hill, and debian is the obvious alternative. When I went from Ubuntu to debian, I got way more recent versions of my software. That used to be the only complaint people had with debian.
juujian··on Nvidia RTX Spark encrypted firmware slows inference speed to 35% on Linux
This is unfortunately the normal release cycle for Linux, especially with Nvidia. If you buy the latest and greatest, some features just aren't available. Eventually, manufacturers work with Ubuntu to unlock some of those features and other distributions then adopt those drivers. Takes a few months though. If you're lucky, the drivers become part of the Kernel, and that process takes even more time. Some features never land at all (looking at you, AMD XDNA gen 1).
juujian··on Never Complain, Never Explain
I am not sure whether the motto is the cause there or the fact that Charles had a lot of drama going on...
juujian··on Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5
Good for them, having a frontier model that nobody can actually use.
juujian··on DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17B, Uniting 2 Delivery Giants
Dear Santa Claus, for Christmas I wish the Federal Trade Commission would block this terrible monopolization of this sector.
juujian··on I told people I'm a convicted felon after 20 years of hiding it
People can change when you have a justice system that is aimed at reforming offenders rather than simply locking them away or punishing them. America's justice system is the opposite of that, socializing even petty criminals that incidentally land in the system into doing more crime. That's why America has so many more people locked up compared to other countries, which is significantly more expensive in the long run, too...
juujian··on The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
The key difference is that it is easier to control and extract profits for a narrow set of people from fossil fuel.
juujian··on Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs
Or maybe they could have listed well on Google, too, if they had splurged on ads and SEO...
juujian··on DeepSeek Harness Desktop for macOS and Windows
I, too, enjoy CocaCola™ for its natural flavors and smooth mouthfeel...
juujian··on US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS
Of course you would want to procure products that work for all of your employees. The idea that you could just cut off certain elements of a foreign government was really shortsighted.
juujian··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
Even Ontarians don't speak kindly about wine from Ontario lol
juujian··on The darker side of being a doctor
Maybe I would rather be treated by such a doctor with time on their hands than a burned out brilliant doctor?
juujian··on Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits
150% gang here. Actually 200% on my laptop but the resolution of that display is just ridiculous.
juujian··on US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution
Fossil fuel power plants are unfortunately still profitable for their owners (billionaires...). The cost of building them has mostly been written off a long time ago. None of this is about what is good for America in the long run...
juujian··on I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
See also Bourdieu's Outline of a Theory of Practice.
juujian··on Cpak – OCI application package format for Linux desktops, servers and devices
Yup. Ubuntu promises the best of both worlds, and in my experience the end result is noticeably worse than Debian. You notice when things are deliberate and tested versus cobbled together and made to work.
juujian··on iPhone Duo
I suspect there are plenty of people out there who habitually buy the most expensive of what Apple has to offer in any category. I guess Apple was leaving money on the table by not having anything in this price range in the first place.
juujian··on Git hosting that never leaves Europe
Interesting team, what does Bella bring to the table?
juujian··on Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?
Yes, I have carefully composed a twenty page report, mostly quantitative, and then I condensed it into this short comment.
juujian··on Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?
Users perceiving the products as largely interchangeable and quickly DDoS'ing the other providers when one is down. So much for the possibility of a moat.
juujian··on ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Are Down
Users perceiving the products as largely interchangeable and quickly DDoS'ing the other providers when one is down. So much for the possibility of a moat.
juujian··on Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children
> pay a maximum $16.68 billion

Why "a maximum". Do can we expect that in practice it will be much less?

juujian··on Show HN: Graft – Claude Code hooks that cut grep tokens by 42%
"It tested well with the focus group..."
juujian··on OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
I much prefer Claude, but this move may actually get me to pay for a subscription again.
juujian··on My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”
I remember Google maps working well for walking around in Europe. Ever since I've moved to America, not so much. Go figure...
juujian··on U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123%
Upsetting how we are reaching these lows while the administration is accusing everyone else of wasting taxpayer money except for themselves. At least under previous administrations you would get something for your money, like science funding and healthcare for the needy, not just bombing runs and posturing.
juujian··on French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
Nope, read a couple stories about climate credits over the years, and this is a problem. The credits are permanent, even if the new grown forest burns down.
juujian··on Show HN: IKEA Complexity Index
Time estimate is way off for the Smastad loft bed, that thing was such a pain.
juujian··on Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources
I don't know if popular is quite the right word. It certainly is widely used though...
juujian··on Ditching Zotero for a Text File
Zotero obviously stores data in an SQL db. It's not quite a text file, but it's been around forever, and it's easy to parse directly, too.
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