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phinnaeus··on The Hackintosh Reborn
Agreed, I’m much more interested in the Asahi Linux project these days, even though I went through a hackintosh phase in university.
phinnaeus··on Epic Games Inc v Apple Inc
Yeah those are at the bottom of the list of companies I would trust
phinnaeus··on New Apple TV 4K
Hence “snake oil” — gold plated digital cables are an unfortunately huge market for people with too much money and too little sense.
phinnaeus··on Margaret Hamilton has died
Grace Hopper would like to show you her collection of nanoseconds.
phinnaeus··on F-Droid 2.0
No, it doesn't. It says:

> Should be a default

Meaning the developer should opt-in to this explicitly but choose it as the default option. The actual default is no strategy at all.

phinnaeus··on The Year of Internal Tools
Who pays for ongoing maintenance of all those things you built and now own
phinnaeus··on Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)
They’re flat earthers, they either have no explanation or a completely bogus explanation. Certainly don’t look for any semblance of reason. They just invent whatever to try and feel like they have some secret knowledge.
phinnaeus··on Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era
The biggest benefit of the passport-style foldable is it might actually fit in your hand. Modern phones haven’t been ergonomic since the iPhone 13 Mini.
phinnaeus··on Waymo in Dallas
Seattleite is fine, it is close to satellite
phinnaeus··on Waymo in Dallas
> a magnitude of order

unless I'm missing something, you meant "order of magnitude"

phinnaeus··on GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
Yeah seems like six of one, half a dozen of another. GitHub’s downtime blocks devs
phinnaeus··on GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
I might have moved off for self righteousness but my company might be more interested in moving off because their reliability is absolutely garbage
phinnaeus··on The End of an Era
Nitpick, Silo is the name of the adaptation, the books are WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST
phinnaeus··on Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now
> I'm a developer

Then you must know that the hardest part of software development is getting clear requirements...

> everyone on this planet could create a software for themselves exactly as how they wanted

Even with perfect AGI this will never happen because people will never be able to express clear requirements

phinnaeus··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
Welp, it’s inevitable. Pack it up. No point trying to improve things
phinnaeus··on We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12
> I can't imagine that's many people

Well, I don't know how many people it is but I certainly haven't bothered to use it except once or twice. What's the point in getting used to it as a daily driver when it won't be available in perpetuity?

But in any event, you're still right that it won't affect those of us in that camp.

phinnaeus··on The AirPods Effect
2017 Zero SR
phinnaeus··on The AirPods Effect
Fully agree that its dumb but even on my electric motorcycle at sub-highway speeds, the wind noise was the only thing I could hear.
phinnaeus··on .gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git
package-lock.json shows all your transitive dependencies, package.json just shows your direct dependencies. It is simply not true that the latter is "the real human-readable version". They serve different purposes and it is dangerous to say you can always ignore the diff in your lock file.
phinnaeus··on Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrails
Legitimately not sure if serious
phinnaeus··on macOS Container Machines
Yes, thank you iOS autocorrect.
phinnaeus··on macOS Container Machines
Postman Desktop too
phinnaeus··on CT scans of BYD car parts
I remember playing with my parent's VW key fob as a fidget toy in the 00s. Little spring loaded switchblade style mechanical key.
phinnaeus··on If I Could Make My Own GitHub
A remote execution cluster and CAS for build artifacts is a good way to avoid duplicate work on local vs CI, and avoid the problem of needing to trust local builds.
phinnaeus··on Simplest Hash Functions
Here is a hash function that does not have hash collisions:

  fn hash(data):
    return data
phinnaeus··on OpenAI's fall from grace as investors race to Anthropic
Why pick elixir specifically here? I’m using opus/sonnet via Claude code for a moderately complex personal project built on phoenix and have had a good experience
phinnaeus··on Flighty Airports
Similar in Australia, BNE shows up before SYD.

Edit: actually it's even weirder. Here's the zoom levels I see, from zoomed out, to zoomed in:

- BNE, MEL

- BNE, SYD, MEL

- BNE, CBR, MEL (??)

- BNE, SYD, CBR, MEL

phinnaeus··on jQuery 4
Are those people/products upgrading jQuery though?
phinnaeus··on Worlds largest electric ship launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder
I’m not a sparky but would you need inverters if the panels are just for charging batteries? On the other hand, there is probably already inverters onboard to provide AC power to passenger power points.
phinnaeus··on The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice
The local archaeologist? Incredible
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