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mrnaught··on Chess Engine Dev Community Openly Hostile to AI Assisted Development
It is a conversation between 3 devs, and the title seems to paint a different picture about the whole ChessEngine Dev community.
mrnaught··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
>> Fwiw I am a c/c++ systems engineer. I think anyone mentioning anecdotal experience like this should clarify. Maybe frontend JavaScript folks have a totally different take and that's expected.

Similar experience, having transitioned from full-stack to a dedicated C/C++ stack, learned/experienced firsthand that there is no one-size-fits-all tool.

mrnaught··on Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
“Just do enough good...”, it is hard to define what is "good". This tech has many dimensions and second-order effects, yet all the tech giants claim it a “net positive” without understanding fully what is unfolding.
mrnaught··on Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
>> enabled by the internet, does the internet exist for this purpose? Of course not.

I think point article was trying to make: LLMs and new genAI tools helped the scammers scale their operations.

mrnaught··on James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
Are you sure ? Have been driving car myself when I visit. Since 2018 I don’t recollect a car without that arrow.
mrnaught··on From web developer to database developer in 10 years
An inspiring story.Recently made a similar transition from backend development (with some frontend experience) to database development in C, current team am part of manages the authentication aspect. Can truly resonate with this journey on a personal level.
mrnaught··on Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on your children?
"analog->digital path" thank you!
mrnaught··on Tsunami Warning for Northern California
Google maps has this neat map : https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4392216,-123.0674806,6z/data...
mrnaught··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
Design looks almost like iPhone. Seems like the design patents have expired.
mrnaught··on Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
https://layoffs.fyi/
mrnaught··on Out-braking the ABS myth [video]
Sometime back watched a video explaining how Fernando Alonso's breaking style is similar to ABS, but with him modulating the brake force he was able to outbrake others and gain time lap over lap.

Got curious, tried at low speeds & surprised how much the brake force modulation reduces the stoping distance. It has become a habit now and when the speed drops like maybe to 40mph or less instinctively modulate the braking.

mrnaught··on Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer
do we know if the commenters claiming to be ex-employee, real ex-employees ?
mrnaught··on Countersteering
This! I think people from south east Asia can relate to this. I’ve been an active rider for over a decade before coming to US. When counter steering was taught in the motorcycle safety program,it felt counter intuitive. One reason I can think of is back in my home country max speeds were under 50mph where you dont have to counter steer that much.
mrnaught··on Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry?
When I came to states in 2012, missed using a phone with physical keyboard. Got a used Bold 9700 on eBay for $100 and instantly fell in love with it. Optical trackpad complimented the physical keypad. Sometimes I wonder why Apple hasn't used the home button as optical trackpad, atleast in the pro models.
mrnaught··on Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’
> it’s the convenience not to enter your details again...

With more and more adoption of ApplePay and GooglePay to power the checkout experience this advantage might away..

mrnaught··on OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana
Why is this comment downvoted?
mrnaught··on Airbnb Racks Up Hundreds of Millions in Losses Due to Coronavirus
this reminds me of the quote "You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out." by Warren Buffet
mrnaught··on Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing
I work with lot of APIS (our team owns atleast 30 of them) switching between different environments and have found Paw (https://paw.cloud/) more productive than postman.
mrnaught··on India has the highest data usage per smartphone
Tethering incurs extra charges too.
mrnaught··on Volvo to Use Google Assistant, Play Store and Maps in Next-Gen Infotainment
https://getcrankshaft.com/
mrnaught··on Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken?
Walk through of each algorithm with visualization is amazing in that course.
mrnaught··on Circular Shock Acoustic Waves in Ionosphere Triggered by Launch of Formosat‐5
Spot on!
mrnaught··on Introducing Atom-IDE
> Autocomplete even on really expensive IDEs runs way to slow..

Not true for jetbrains ones. Autocomplete speed is One of the reasons for me to go for their toolbox subscription

mrnaught··on Ask HN: What do you listen to when you code?
Hans zimmer instrumental.
mrnaught··on Google scored points with its community by supporting Kotlin
More than Google or Oracle it is a win for JetBrains.
mrnaught··on Ask HN: How do I get my first contracting client?
"... accordingly, they cost more." I disagree with this. Contractors pay a significant price by leaving a full time job. No benefits, no company sponsored talks,training, no paid time off. The extra buck you make contracting is not extra.
mrnaught··on JavaScript at 20
They said all those things to Java too. And still it is everywhere. So always bet on Java.
mrnaught··on Show HN: Infinite Loop – simple, free game for mobile and web
Addictive and relaxing. Loved it.