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robotnikman

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Software engineer currently doing full stack Java development.

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robotnikman··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
>Safari is also an awful browser in that it requires someone to buy an expensive machine to see if their site works on it.

I remember a long time ago they used to make a Windows version of Safari you could download and install, but at some point they stopped.

robotnikman··on AI is a tool and using it well takes skill
I remember back in 2014 we had a class in assembly (we used x86 assembly running in DOSbox). One of the projects I most vividly remember was writing a simple paint program controlled using the arrow keys.
robotnikman··on Character.ai has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Seems like the perfect tool for people with bad social anxiety and insecurity, and least that's my guess.
robotnikman··on Character.ai has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy
lawsuits maybe?
robotnikman··on Intel D270 GPU AI Accelerator–Up to 480 GB LPDDR5X
iirc 3090's doesn't have NVLink, or at least the one I have doesn't/
robotnikman··on Solar panels that plug into your wall
I've always wondered if its possible to just buy and install the panels yourself.
robotnikman··on GLM-Legal
>“When our products are used in ways that can affect someone's health, legal rights, finances, livelihood, or access to essential services, we require there to be a qualified ‘human in the loop’ (that is, someone who has the authority to review and, if necessary, change Claude’s recommendations), and for the individual affected to be told that AI was used.”

This is actually good policy imo, if you are using AI in a way that can negatively someone's life there should be a human involved.

robotnikman··on A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
Thats what I thought as well. I think its possible to use the Thunderbolt 1 port for that, but it would still be rather slow.
robotnikman··on Vibe coded browser ports of Halo, The Simpsons: Hit And Run, GTA work well
I'd say its valid if the devs decide to lock a game behind cloud computing, where they can take away the ability to play it at any time.
robotnikman··on Vibe coded browser ports of Halo, The Simpsons: Hit And Run, GTA work well
I could see somewhat of a way around this. Feed AI hours of gameplay footage of a completed gameplay run and have it review it, then have it try to recreate the game to the best of its ability. Won't be perfect, but could work.
robotnikman··on OpenAI fires three safety researchers for "mishandling research information"
TIL Law and Order episodes are still being produced.
robotnikman··on Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
reverse proxy
robotnikman··on GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone
It runs soooo slowly in Firefox
robotnikman··on Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
The shareholders as well.
robotnikman··on Why were Victorian elites so effective?
This basically. I doubt the generations after the boomers will have it as good in retirement, especially with the price of housing right now.
robotnikman··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
They should clamp down on that next. Looking at the past 50 years, offshoring has only caused trouble for the citizens of the country and led things like the rust belt happening.
robotnikman··on US closely monitoring case of lab worker who possibly died of plague in Siberia
Regarding Reddit, there is a lining of truth behind his claim (despite possibly being a troll based on account age). Someone years ago made a well written post about it on reddit (yes I know, kind of ironic)

https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most...

Also discussed on HN 5 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25600274

Things have certainly changed since the introduction of AI, but I still believe the status quo is mostly the same regarding people who create content or write content and people who passively consume it.

robotnikman··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
You're losing a lot of space on a device where disk space is a premium, even more so with the chip shortages. You get 128GB of storage, now almost half is taken by the OS and an AI model
robotnikman··on PS5 Relapse Exploit
Nowadays the average person can just buy a Steam Machine or something similar and stream to anywhere seamlessly, no subscription required. Most ISP's offer good upload speeds now compared to 10 years ago making it very viable.
robotnikman··on PS5 Relapse Exploit
At least GeForce allows you to play games you already own, unlike Stadia where you have to rebuy everything. IIRC in GeForce Now its just a matter of signing into your Steam account.
robotnikman··on Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election
Feels like the future of the internet is every country having their own internet stuck within their own national firewall
robotnikman··on Video CDs Break Windows Explorer
from my experience so far, AI is not the best when it comes to maintaining very large projects. Windows is a massive behemoth with multiple millions of lines of code, fixes and shims upon fixes and shims, built over decades by thousands of developers all with different ideas.
robotnikman··on Video CDs Break Windows Explorer
iirc most of the things submitted to the feedback hub are things from not so tech savy users, think things such us "my mouse is not clicking right", "how do I delete facebook" or "my google is not working". Its hard to separate the wheat from the chaff here.

The idea for the feedback hub was good in theory, but making it easily accessible to any user has basically turned it into a black hole which nobody bothers to probably check.

robotnikman··on Don't Worry About AI Making You Dumber, Nvidia CEO Says It Doesn't Matter
I very much prefer doing mental math than using an AI, so no I'm not going to forget.
robotnikman··on Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot
>Crazy how if they had waited about 2-3 years, and kept windows AI-free and released it today using the latest models, it would absolutely be well received (see: muse, new siri)

But that would make John Shareholder sad! He wants it done now, this quarter!

robotnikman··on Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot
Its so bad you would probably get better answers using a 2b parameter local model
robotnikman··on How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?
The x86 architecture still going strong. I've always though Ryzen was a fitting name, AMD had Ryzen from the ashes and struck a blow to the long dominant Intel.
robotnikman··on People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes
I literally saw a meme image saying this last year. Crazy to see it become reality.
robotnikman··on Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM
Maybe this leads to device manufacturers using HBM memory instead.
robotnikman··on Steam Frame starts at $1059
Same here. I would gladly pay extra just to not be tied to Facebook.
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