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jwrallie··on Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3
Yeah, the whole point of GPL is that people can fork it and improve it as long as they share the code back.

If Asahi is rejecting LLM produced code, then they will get the modified source but will be unable to use it because of their own rules.

jwrallie··on So my ISP was hijacking my DNS
It’s a university network so things are not as strict as other work places.

They also do not pay for my device, so it’s only fair I can configure things my own way.

I’m pretty sure the worst that could happen is they would ask me to turn it off.

jwrallie··on So my ISP was hijacking my DNS
My workplace is messing with DNS as well, probably to filter specific websites, and I would not mind it since for the context of my usage that is perfectly fair.

But their DNS responses have latency spikes every couple of minutes of 1-2 seconds that was driving me crazy. I simply enabled DNS over HTTPS in Firefox and everything feels so smooth now.

I have no idea how my coworkers seem to be so insensitive to it.

jwrallie··on My Favourite Laptop
I’m also on the look for one for my x220.

I’m pretty sure any original looking battery at this point is either fake or stored for so long it does not make sense to buy one.

Last time I almost bought a KingSener, but it’s really hard to find long term reviews on batteries.

It depends on the model, but usually people claiming long stretches are on low brightness, Bluetooth off, CPU undervolt and using something like TLP.

jwrallie··on Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse
I felt scared for the little guy. Somehow Opus 5 refusing after understanding its limitations felt like the most humane thing in the article.
jwrallie··on Emacs Turns 50
Thanks. I assume this [0] is the package you mentioned, even though the name of the repo is not matching, it matches in the command itself.

[0] https://github.com/iflow-mcp/rhblind-emacs-mcp-server

jwrallie··on H.264 Is Magic (2016)
It’s mostly mission dependent as you mentioned, if the value of some images are different than others, compressing several pictures and selecting the best to get in raw is a good strategy, and you can also crop them to get interesting areas as mentioned.

It can also depends on the downlink bandwidth available and power/energy budget, so the optimal strategy will differ.

It can be misleading at times though, for example some interesting feature may happen to be just a compression artifact. A cloud looking like some strange human-made object for example, happened to us one time.

jwrallie··on Emacs Turns 50
Do you have any resource to recommend for using AI with Emacs? As in, aware and able to interact with the REPL.

Or maybe a more fundamental question, how do you find out what are good packages to use?

jwrallie··on AI promised less work. I've never worked more
AI companies did promise that, and for some time back in 2024 and early 2025 it did feel so to me. I just had a kid and suddenly could not work the extra hour every day I used to, but kept producing as usual.

Nowadays I’m receiving longer emails than usual and longer code to review. Less spelling errors, but long and pointless prose. Less superficial bugs but more sneaky, fundamental problems.

There is also the trap where you go from 0-80% immediately but end up spending time anyway fixing the last 20%, and it’s unclear if there was a benefit or loss in productivity. Sometimes the almost there rabbit hole of prompting can be misleading.

jwrallie··on We should be more ambitious with the software we build
I have a feeling that the 39% served as a good framework for the LLM to work on the remaining part while keeping it consistent with the existing structure and style. So, in a sense, your 8 weeks are a big part of why it succeeded.
jwrallie··on Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads
You can sometimes also support your podcast creators on Patreon and get ad free RSS feeds.
jwrallie··on Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed
Reminds me of early test versions of Gemini Flash 2.0 (or was it 1.5?). It would argue something, try to prove itself right, realize it’s proof is agreeing with the user halfway through and, instead of admitting defeat, would backtrack to try another approach. So much fun.
jwrallie··on UN says breaching 1.5C warming limit is 'imminent and unavoidable'
With a global economy where products are imported from elsewhere, local pollution statistics that do not include that indirect pollution as their own are meaningless. Energy imports are also being abused for report purposes.
jwrallie··on What shall I teach my son?
Very deep and well written. I think the most important thing I want to pass to my kids is that there are reasons rules are put in place, and there are reasons why we should respect the rules, but there are exceptions. There are times when rules can be bent or broken, and we need to know how to judge, when to take risks, and when we should be transparent about own our decisions and actions.

People need to be open to experiment and make their own judgement based on observation without relying purely on their environment and authority.

jwrallie··on Why do we have so many meetings?
TOEFL will grade people on how good they are at writing, but it does not approve or reject candidates. Maybe the threshold for acceptance was set too low?
jwrallie··on Flatpak – An Insecurity Nightmare
I share the same feelings of other comments.

The only case where I do find Flatpak useful is to install proprietary electron based applications that do not interact with the rest of the system so much, but I try my best to avoid using those in the first place.

jwrallie··on What I self-host
For people interested in a minimalist setup, Tailscale + Samba can go very far. I personally use Foobar2000 and VLC on the client side.

It’s not pretty nor great with bad connections, but there is basically no maintenance.

jwrallie··on OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room
It would be funny if they find out the television was made by LG and they happen to have another copy of the audio.
jwrallie··on Firefox Enterprise
My family immigrated away from Germany 4 generations ago and I’m a Firefox user. Maybe you have a point :)

The other day someone asked me why I use Firefox. I realized the only other browser I use is Safari.

jwrallie··on Orkut.com
Interestingly, everyone had an account with a fake name in old Orkut and the communities felt a lot like Reddit when used anonymously that way.
jwrallie··on GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone
Nice, I had some trouble making it stick to the dialog format over time, did you have any problem as the thread starts to get long?
jwrallie··on The lamps in my house
That was my thought path as well. The closest to a noun that came to mind would be karusa. I’m far from an expert in the language, so I’d be happy to be proven wrong.
jwrallie··on The lamps in my house
Is it though? I though akarui and karui were quite distinct, but I guess they kinda sound similar?
jwrallie··on cp: -r or -R?
The worst is that I can never remember if it’s chown or chmod that is the odd one.
jwrallie··on Make Tmux the OS
Persistence is something I care about, Tmux allow that between different sessions, local or otherwise, Windows Remote Desktop also makes it simple to continue work remotely. What bothers me is that the OS will eventually need to reboot, and the user is expected to reconfigure the sessions afterwards, at least partially.

I think a modern computer should be able to update its software, kernel included, in a way that the state of the userland could be kept, even with an actual reboot.

jwrallie··on Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video
So the conclusion would be that if the software can be modified, it has a writable storage media attached (not necessarily local) and an image sensor and/or mic, it is, was or will be a recording device at some point in time.
jwrallie··on Pirating the Pirates
Sadly, some of the greatest treasures in the world can only be obtained in questionable ways.
jwrallie··on Pirating the Pirates
It works wonders for small kids since most of the time they just want to watch the exact same thing over and over.
jwrallie··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
To qualify to long term residence means that they worked for years and contributed with taxes during that period, so it’s only fair that they get protection in case they happen to lose their jobs.

For the government, the cost for any worker in the same circumstances would be the same. On the other side, the foreigners cost less to the government overall when they were educated and raised elsewhere.

I’m not saying you are wrong, just that the previous rules are already in place in that very direction, and the changes are being placed instead to please and gain political support.

jwrallie··on Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini
That’s really interesting, I also own one so I’ll definitely check it out.
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