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robthebrew

110 karma · joined November 2, 2017

brewer, chemist, polymath
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robthebrew··on Ukraine Proposes Renaming Part of the Donbas in Trump's Honor
Donnyass surely?
robthebrew··on When Your Digital Life Vanishes
advert?
robthebrew··on I Built a 22k-Line App with Zero Coding Experience. Or, how to control agents
Honestly, your post is spaghetti. No such thing as paragraphs?
robthebrew··on Warning: If you search "Claude Desktop" on Google, the 2nd ad result is a scam
most google sponsored results for MacOS lead to a dodgy curl that they want you to blindly paste. Google needs to get its act together, or lose all trust.
robthebrew··on Why is my MacBook zapping me lately?
Does your charger have 3 pins or 2? It could be a grounding issue (which has gone on forever). Or you have carpets and plastic shoes? You are the problem. It is not dangerous, just annoying to those who sense it.
robthebrew··on There Is No Progress in Philosophy (2011) [pdf]
For me the only benefit of philosophy is teaching critical thought and inventing pointless words that nobody else will use.
robthebrew··on Trump vows to blockade Strait of Hormuz after talks stumble
Could someone (like his doctor) finally admit the guy has dementia?
robthebrew··on Persistent vs. Stubborn / Genius vs. Intelligent
Intelligence has only a cursory relationship with academia. You cannot conclude that because Einstein wasn't (initially) an academic, that all academics are less worthy. Heck, my cleaner knows much more about household chemicals than I do, and I have a PhD in Chemistry.
robthebrew··on Native macOS Multi Agent Development UI
does this work with local LLMs?
robthebrew··on Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
Trump first, please.
robthebrew··on Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
Could this help? https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00009ipZmHSAU/can...

After all the kindle is a hard disk with a nice screen.

robthebrew··on Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder
but can it play Doom?
robthebrew··on Ask HN: Log in issues after macOS Tahoe update?
check the default keyboard, also " and ' can cause issues due to "smart quote" settings.
robthebrew··on Trader Joe's Tote Bag Became a Global Status Symbol
No they don't. I'm in Europe and it really isn't a thing.
robthebrew··on Ask HN: Why so many dead comments?
Because it is really difficult to converse via comments. The interface for finding my own comments is a pain, let alone others.
robthebrew··on What's London's Shortest Pub Crawl?
4 pints? Oh how the world has fallen.
robthebrew··on Using local LLM and Ghidra to analyze malware
https://vx-underground.org
robthebrew··on PetaPerl: Perl but in Rust
Why not for MacOS please? Is this an easy port?
robthebrew··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
4chan is still a thing? I thought it died long ago. Perhaps I grew up.
robthebrew··on I love my dumb watches
"a few seconds a day" why is that accuracy even needed? Sure, if you work with computers (that can tell time too), or are a mariner without GPS. But otherwise, just live with it.
robthebrew··on Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies into the War with Iran
Did you read carefully? USA started it with an attack on Iranian desalination plants.
robthebrew··on Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
Killed by Trump, released free, and then paywalled by the NYT. The Irony is salty.
robthebrew··on macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses
There is a work around if you don't mind lowering the Security settings: https://github.com/aspauldingcode/apple-sharpener
robthebrew··on ClipMason–Clipboard manager for macOS with built-in text,image,and color actions
How does one get the free version?
robthebrew··on Pentagon head to military officers: You cannot study in these 22 universities
Everyone should fail at a second rate uni: follow your ginger pedo's example
robthebrew··on How Terrorists, and Spies Exploit Luxury Watch Network to Launder Millions
As seen in an early James Bond movie
robthebrew··on Foods destroying rainforests, in one simple chart
not a single chart in sight on that site.
robthebrew··on On the emotional weight of a life in medicine
I'm a little emotional about the font.
robthebrew··on Show HN: Hivewire – A news feed where you control your algorithm weights
blocked? Some kinda voodoo. I wasn't really interested anyway. Good bye
robthebrew··on State Department will delete Xitter posts from before Trump returned to office
And the USA complains about censorship in the EU. I guess it isn't censorship if it helps the orange pedo. (p.s. I am not going to the USA any time soon due to their invasive checks on my social media content). Just accept: you made a bad decision making a serial bankrupt and redo a President.
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