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post-it··on macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive
It's still there for me, though the context menu option is not.
post-it··on Boltzmann brain
It might very well be internally consistent but it's not a theory of where the universe came from. It's easy to add complexity, but the goal is always to remove it.
post-it··on Boltzmann brain
The antiparticle could be a few metres away.
post-it··on Boltzmann brain
You can always rely on HN to produce a software guy with a unique hypothesis about how the universe and/or the economy actually works.
post-it··on A pretty visualisation of the European power grid (2022)
Something I've wondered for a while: if the whole continent is on a synchronized grid, how can countries tell to or from whom they're exporting and importing electricity. I can see how they can measure their total imports or exports by comparing generation to consumption, but how do they figure out which neighbour they're getting electricity from / sending it to?
post-it··on Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles
Your writing style is very reminiscent of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. I'm a fan.
post-it··on M4 MacBook Pro
Degrading the SSD is a good point. This is thankfully a work laptop so I don't care if it lives or dies, but it's something I'll have to consider when I eventually get my own Mac.
post-it··on M4 MacBook Pro
I haven't done measurements on this, but my Macbook Pro feels much faster at swapping than any Linux or Windows device I've used. I've never used an M.2 SSD so maybe that would be comparable, but swapping is pretty much seamless. There's also some kind of memory compression going on according to Activity Monitor, not sure if that's normal on other OSes.
post-it··on I designed a Dieter Rams-inspired iPhone dock
I've had a very good experience with the Sovol SV06.

It was around CA$300 when I bought it a year ago. I'm considering getting a second one.

post-it··on Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB
Granted, it is hard. It's a whole extra version to QA on. If it works fine, fine, but if there are consistent negative user reviews on a version with < 5% market share, it's not worth it.

We don't support old iOS versions at all. We can't source new devices on old iOS versions so we can't reliably develop or test on them.

post-it··on Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA approval
Good luck!
post-it··on Apple Watch sleep apnea detection gets FDA approval
If they're on Mac, they can import it into XCode and install it as a development app.
post-it··on We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi
Obviously there are a lot of errors by a lot of people that led to this, but here's one that would've prevented this specific exploit:

> As part of our research, we discovered that a few years ago the WHOIS server for the .MOBI TLD migrated from whois.dotmobiregistry.net to whois.nic.mobi – and the dotmobiregistry.net domain had been left to expire seemingly in December 2023.

Never ever ever ever let a domain expire. If you're a business and you're looking to pick up a new domain because it's only $10/year, consider that you're going to be paying $10/year forever, because once you associate that domain with your business, you can never get rid of that association.

post-it··on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
It's telling me CA$120 for an iPhone 12 mini.
post-it··on Greppability is an underrated code metric
All you need is `<keyword> =`

Really, all you need is `<keyword>` and if the first result is a call to that function, just jump to its definition.

post-it··on US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
What's American tech? I'm a Canadian employed by a Canadian company that is contracted by an American company to develop software for an international, but primarily American, audience. Am I working on American tech?
post-it··on A forged Apple employee badge
Why? What works, works.
post-it··on Bar exam will no longer be required to become attorney in Washington State
We should also remove food standards regulations. Free market and who customers choose to rank the safety of their food is their own prerogative. /s
post-it··on Meta outage
> before having to increase the ceiling/find new users.

Or raise the prices of ads.

post-it··on I'm a Supercommuter. Here's What It's Like
Not sure why you'd say that, bud. Hope the rest of your day is better.
post-it··on I'm a Supercommuter. Here's What It's Like
> Entering my supercommuter era, I had visions of flying to New York on a weekday morning (8,500 points one way on American Airlines), spending the day meeting sources and filing stories

Not everyone can or will meet with you on a Zoom call. Often, journalists need to go to their sources.

post-it··on Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation
Beeper hasn't necessarily agreed to Apple's ToS.
post-it··on Wasm3 entering a minimal maintenance phase
Are you safe?
post-it··on Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
No, but it makes you feel warm and has a ton of Calories, both of which jive with your fellow's observations.
post-it··on Gemini AI
UX/UI designers will use AI as part of their jobs. They'll be able to work at a higher level and focus less on boilerplate. That might mean fewer UX/UI jobs, but more likely the standard for app UX will go up. Companies are always going to want to differentiate their apps.

It's like how, in 2003, if your restaurant had a website with a phone number posted on it, you were ahead of the curve. Today, if your restaurant doesn't have a website with online ordering, you're going to miss out on potential customers.

API developers will largely find something else to do. I've never seen a job posting for an API developer. My intuition is that even today, the number of people who work specifically as an API developer for their whole career is pretty close to zero.

post-it··on Unix shells are generally not viable access control mechanisms any more
Yeah, this post is giving https://xkcd.com/2071/
post-it··on CatalaLang/catala: Programming language for law specification
Whatever statute you're looking at likely defines "intangible right of honest services" and "defrauding."
post-it··on CatalaLang/catala: Programming language for law specification
Sure, but this new language wouldn't help with that.
post-it··on Apple’s new Transformer-powered predictive text model
I do have the keyboard enabled, but the long press translation feature is a separate thing.
post-it··on Apple’s new Transformer-powered predictive text model
My biggest multilingual gripe on iOS is that highlighting text in, say, Czech and pressing Translate on the popup just tells you to fuck off.

Like, sure, don't support the language, but at least give me a Google Translate link then.

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