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thallavajhula

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thallavajhula··on CSS-Tricks has a new owner
There was a time when any CSS related question I'd type into Google would ultimately lead to CSS-Tricks.com.
thallavajhula··on No signs of AI payoff outside the tech sector
I can't speak for everywhere else, but here in the Bay Area (California), pretty much all hospitals use AI for transcription, summarizing, and some other stuff that I'm not fully aware of (I should really listen to what my Nurses say before agreeing to being recorded).
thallavajhula··on Tesla Roadster
The demo presentation was horrible.

The somber music, darkness, 3 awkward people presenting it with 0 presentational skills. Just a random comparison - if Steve Jobs were to present this, he would've killed it. I was watching the demo, impressed by the car so much, but I couldn't help but feel irritated at how badly is was presented. The choice or music, lights, everything.

thallavajhula··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
The fact that tools like these exist show how bad the AI integration is. It's outdated and does nothing helpful really. There's a ton of other AI providers that offer more powerful features. The AI integration in Google devices is miles ahead of Siri. This has always been the case. iOS and macOS have terrible Siri features. I've been a believer in Apple for a really long time. I've been using Siri even before Apple acquired them. I've used it for long enough and this year has been the final nail in the coffin. I give up. I can't wait for Apple to "finally" make it better. It's not happening.
thallavajhula··on Getting out of the way: my robotics crash course
Love your domain name!
thallavajhula··on Calling the AI bluff: Adding "Do not guess" cut made-up claims from 71% to 20%
I've tried all of these and nothing really works. I have only 1 line in my CLAUDE.md file and that is "Always ground your responses." and that's it.

Claude didn't care about it. When I pointed that out, it was apologetic and that was it.

thallavajhula··on Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account
not going to be long before they cut access to this app.
thallavajhula··on MAI-Cyber 1
Is it just me or do all the proprietary AI model companies have their blogs styled to have earthy calming tones? This seems like a strategy.

Exhibit A-C

A. https://claude.com/blog B. https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-insi... C. https://cursor.com/grok

Only OpenAI's blog looks like the WordPress _Twenty Twenty Five_ theme.

thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
You seem to be in the farther right side of the spectrum in terms of your laptop longevity. 10 years is solid.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
8 years and still kicking? and with more life left? For a Dell, that's amazing.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Are you able to run any of the LLM apps (not the OSS ones) like codex or claude on your machine?
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Got it. Yeah, 5-7 seems like the common timeframe among devs.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
got it, thanks!
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
I've always upgraded mostly due to battery issues. Since the silicon era of macs, IDK if they replace the battery.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
got it, thanks!
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
I had a MBP 2015, which I upgraded in 2020 to the MBA M1. Now, I'm thinking whether or not to upgrade to a more newer MBA.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
got it, thanks!
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Thanks. Also, 5-7 years seems like a common timeframe from what I've noticed in this comment section.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Would you mind sharing which LLM you're running locally on your F15?
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
How's the Framework laptop? I've heard good things about it, mostly from DHH.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Thanks!
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Thanks for the response. Do you run any LLMs locally?
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Got it, thanks!
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
Thanks! What do you carry when you travel?
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
That's basically one of the main reasons I'm trying to switch my M1 Air.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?
17?! Holy cow that's a really long time. What OS do you run on it?
thallavajhula··on Should DayQuil Be Legal?
I use DayQuil/NyQuil when I get a cold and in my case, it's always worked well. It suppresses the symptoms and lets me carry on with my day-to-day. I did try once going 1 week without it and it was hell.
thallavajhula··on Om Malik has died
Wow. I've been following Om since 2011 and this is such a sudden news. I just opened HN and this title shook me. It literally did. Wow. RIP, Om.
thallavajhula··on Ask HN: Is anyone using the A2A protocol?
In the past 1 year, I think I've moved from MCP to A2A to Agent <> MCP back again. I have agents still talking to other Agents via A2A for some use cases, but for the most part, it's back to Agent <> MCP now; couple that with tool search/code mode (whatever you want to call it) in your Agentic AI harness, MCPs seem to be the way to go for now.
thallavajhula··on Bringing down my ZSH load times from ~3.1s to ~230ms
That's a ridiculously low number. Wow! I don't think my personal mac has such speed either. I should definitely try this out.
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