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kevinmalone

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kevinmalone··on To deter bioterrorism, U.S. imposes new rules on ordering synthetic DNA
I’m curious about the hobby itself. What are you learning and enjoying? I mean that genuinely as a question, not sarcasm or trolling. This is fascinating to my 8 year old self who got a microscope for christmas and always wanted to explore more
kevinmalone··on Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
I blame the decades of 50 character limit commit message
kevinmalone··on All my thoughts after 40 hours in the Vision Pro
Have you tried a different facial interface? With width could especially cause trouble. I was also struggling with discomfort and took some time to dial the dual band in, and also changed my light seal to the one that was in the box, and comfort is now a non issue. Have worn it for 3-4 hour blocks of time and only taken it off because human needs (food, rest, etc).
kevinmalone··on Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking
This is an important point. I’ve found that 45x45 pixel buttons are as low as I’m comfortable putting in my Vision Pro apps, with roughly 10px of padding. The eye tracking is good, but there are certainly limits of precision. A spreadsheet has a LOT going on, and each cell has at least two clickable areas. The bottom right drag area is probably impossible to target right now without accidentally going into the next cell. Spreadsheets have good form for what they’re used for. The new input method (eye and pinch) is going to help people rethink methods of interaction in places where “that’s how we’ve always done it” has been a mainstay. Maybe spreadsheets stay the same, but new approaches to interacting with data come to the surface.
kevinmalone··on My Lack of Attention
Unfair and unlucky are different concepts. Randomness could be perceived as lucky and unlucky, but that’s not what they’re saying. Randomness, if truly random, is as fair as it gets.
kevinmalone··on Show HN: Trane, an automated system for learning complex skills
Any plans or interest in a user interface?
kevinmalone··on Ask HN: What small library or tool do you want that doesn’t exist?
The ability to export the call hierarchy from VS code for all typescript files in a directory. Doesn’t have to be pretty or interactive.