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malablaster··on Warner Bros shelves finished ‘Coyote vs. Acme’, takes $30M tax write-off
Someone who knows what they’re talking about can correct me, but I would guess that a $30 million tax write off would “earn” them $6 million given a 20% tax rate. Maybe they believe the movie would earn less than that?
malablaster··on Toyota’s advanced battery technology roadmap
932 miles is suspiciously specific.
malablaster··on "Full Self-Driving" doesn't imply autonomy, Tesla engineer says
Between the lies about battery capacity and this, Tesla is not to be trusted.
malablaster··on Kagi finally let me lay Google Search to rest
I almost bought Kagi. Initially I wanted Universal Summarizer. Then I realized I could install Edge browser (which is essentially Google-free Chrome) and the integrated, free GPT-4 would summarize for me. And I still haven’t had an “ah ha” moment comparing Kagi’s search results. I’m happy to keep trying for free next month, or whenever my free trial searches reset, until I’m sold on the value.
malablaster··on Contour: Modern and fast terminal emulator
I don’t see the point of pitching “fast” as its first selling point. Are people frustrated by the latency of the incumbents?
malablaster··on Insomnia REST client now requires an account
Taking away my data until I register is really shameful and on principle I won't use this app anymore.
malablaster··on Show HN: ElectricSQL, Postgres to SQLite active-active sync for local-first apps
I remember pitching this idea to a team of colleagues about 11 years ago. People weren’t ready for it and I never took it anywhere. I really hope this works like my dreams!
malablaster··on Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline
I’m still holding strong with my occasional cereal concoction of half Alpen, half Fiber One with skim milk and plain yogurt.
malablaster··on Mastering curl: interactive text guide
I love cURL and have been using it for development, POCs, and documentation for years. I’m curious though… are people using it in production much?
malablaster··on The curl-wget Venn diagram
No, OP said…

> you would have to do `curl url://to/file.htm > file.htm` or some other, less ergonomical, incantation

… which begs the conclusion that OP is unaware of `-O`.

malablaster··on A plot to steal the secret Coke can-liner formula
Who else feels embarrassed for her daughter?
malablaster··on A plot to steal the secret Coke can-liner formula
> give them juice

Juice is nutritionally out of fashion now.

malablaster··on The curious case of hybrids in watchmaking
> Second hands on Quartz jump once / second.

Some quartz movements tick more. Grand Seiko 9F has a multi-step tick that is so fast it’s mostly imperceptible. Bulova Accutron too.

malablaster··on Show HN: Shaq, a CLI for Shazam
I hate it. Something magic related would have been so much better. Like “wand” or “tophat”.
malablaster··on Docker Is Four Things
In a software context, “build” implicitly means to use as instruction. The clarification was unnecessary.
malablaster··on Docker Is Four Things
How do you keep docker compose and leave the rest? Unless you’re talking about Docker alternatives.
malablaster··on West Point discovers time capsule from 1828
Firstly, it’s a military school and we’re talking about military achievement so the things are hardly unrelated. Secondly, it would be more surprising if there were low or no correlation between their school and military achievements.
malablaster··on Grades of quality of Panama hats
The prices set themselves based on market conditions, so to call the buyer suckers is reductive.
malablaster··on Architecture diagrams enable better conversations
How does this post have no diagrams?
malablaster··on Doctor GPT: A Large Language Model That Can Pass the US Medical Licensing Exam
GP to a tee.
malablaster··on My $0->$100M->$0 in 5 years story
Yeah, it’s about as reliable as the claim that it’s unreliable.
malablaster··on Show HN: Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI
A GUI for homebrew is totally unnecessary.
malablaster··on Las Vegas approves 68 miles of underground transportation tunnels
How is Vegas in desperate need of transportation between the airport and the strip? Of all the airports I’ve flown to Vegas was the closest to the downtown core and had the least traffic.
malablaster··on The back-to-office backfire: Companies ending WFH perks lose out on top talent
That’s the cost of productivity. /s
malablaster··on Venture-backed startups are failing at record rates
An appeal-to-nature fallacy is even more silly than usual when used in the context of venture capitalism.
malablaster··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
What does any of this have to do with the fact that Tesla is lying to its customers and the other EV manufacturers are not.
malablaster··on Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from them about it
> there’s a lot of bullshit

…proceeds to make a bunch of non-factual statements.

malablaster··on As a therapist, I know what’s breaking couples up
Literarily, gibberish.
malablaster··on Hurl 4.0.0
Hurl looks like a game changer for me. The fact that there’s a session shared within a file means as a backend dev I may be able to trivially eliminate the browser from my dev flow (without a bunch of annoying scripts). I’m on vacation and can’t wait to try this back at work.
malablaster··on Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
Stevia’s on the WHO list of artificial sweeteners they advise avoiding.

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2023-who-advises-not-to-...

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