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zaphod420on Is this the death of the late night US chat show?

It's true. Research Project Mockingbird. It's still happening, and Colbert is one of them.

zaphod420on Is this the death of the late night US chat show?

Good riddance. Just a bunch of CIA psyops anyway.

zaphod420on I avoid using LLMs as a publisher and writer

It's not sad, it's using modern tools to learn. People that don't embrace the future get left behind.

zaphod420on AI is turning Apple into a "loser"

This is just a dumb article. Comparing Apple to AOL is insane.

zaphod420on TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

100% agree. They know exactly what they are doing. They are playing a long game of subtle cultural warfare.

zaphod420on TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale

We all know how controlling and evil the CCP is... Citations not needed!

zaphod420on TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

Why so much Whataboutism? Can't you just accept the fact that the CCP is Evil?

zaphod420on Decline of cash credited for drop in surgery for children swallowing objects

"An obvious manipulation tactic on the path to abolish cash."

This was the first thing I thought.

zaphod420on Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE

Can anyone tl/dr this? Does this mean that its possible for a maliciously crafted LLM to execute arbitrary code via an exploit in llama.cpp?

zaphod420on Show HN: Nash, I made a standalone note with single HTML file

I can relate to this. I also used typewriters, and my first computer was a mac plus. vim felt so weird and alien to me.

Then I decided to really give it a try and let go of everything I had learned. Now I'm a daily neovim user. kickstart.nvim is really what made it possible to use as a daily coding tool.

zaphod420on Show HN: Nash, I made a standalone note with single HTML file

I actually really like the idea of websites that allow you to edit the content and save it locally... IMO, this is brilliant and should stay as is.

zaphod420on Show HN: Nash, I made a standalone note with single HTML file

This is so good. Thank you for this.

zaphod420on Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

Some of us just actally really like kagi...

zaphod420on I still like Sublime Text

I use neovim, but I also pay for sublime text because it's just good.

zaphod420on I still like Sublime Text

Deep understanding and being able to reason about problems is more important than speed. Offloading too much to LLMs has a detrimental effect on our brains.

I'm not saying don't use LLMs. Use them in ways that increase your skills, and be wary of using them in ways that atrophy your skills.

zaphod420on Trump signs executive order to release more JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files

MLK files are crazy! Dude was having diddy parties.

zaphod420on How to migrate from X to Bluesky without losing your followers

People about to learn the power of network effects.

zaphod420on Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles

I use all three of those things every day... Couldn't imagine my life without them now.

zaphod420on Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript

I would rather raw dog JavaScript than write Typescript. Typescript is an abomination.

zaphod420on No one expects young men to do anything and they respond by doing nothing (2022)

"Born too late to enjoy exponential asset growth."

Unless you bought Bitcoin...

zaphod420on Automerge: A library of data structures for building collaborative applications

I just recently found out about automerge from this youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@localfirstfm

I love the idea of "local first software" https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/

zaphod420on Anti-ageing 'supermodel granny' drug extends life in mice by 25%

Was expecting AI generated images of 'supermodel granny'... Was glad to see pictures of mice.

zaphod420on "Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on without asking you"

I paid for an Orion Plus lifetime license (browser made by kagi). I'd happily pay for Firefox too if it was an option.

zaphod420on Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only

Link for the lazy: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.en.html

zaphod420on To the Bored All Things Are Boring

My wife is always complaining that we need to let our child be bored. There seems to be some benefits.

https://childmind.org/article/the-benefits-of-boredom/

zaphod420on NOFX to retire after final tour without ever having had a job

I spoke with Mike before one of his last shows. I told him that I head they they suck live. He told me they got better.

zaphod420on NOFX to retire after final tour without ever having had a job

NOFX is still one of my all time favorite bands. So strange to see them mentioned on hacker news!

zaphod420on More ARM Linux Laptops Are on the Way

The CCP isn't known for being trustworthy...

zaphod420on C can be memory safe

I think a better term would have been "non-breaking backwards compatible change". hard/soft forks are very much the jargon used when talking about ways to upgrade blockchain based protocols.