If you can't see the beauty and interest in a description of solving a problem with a visually pleasant and unique UI, regardless of the tools used to solve it, that sounds like a you-problem.
This is something that gets glossed over a lot in the debate. "Writing to convey functional information" has a different set of success criteria than "Writing to convey emotion and shared human experience". One might…
It's _better_ that the illustrations were made by an illustrator, but it still would have been cool and front-page-worthy if that hadn't been the case.
I think this conversation is confusing two things. There are two kinds of exploits that would be possible via the landing pad if certain restrictions didn't exist: * If the landing pad allowed insertion as well as…
> It's meant to be small [...], even if [...] it's not meant to be used that way It is not, in fact, _meant_ to be used that way.
This is a weird perspective. The middle planets can be approached in any order. And mods allow near-infinite variety - especially those that build on the platform of custom planets. > there is only one way to do a thing…
In this sense, it's a synonym for "language". Usually used as "mother tongue" (meaning, the language one grew up speaking).
> expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour from companies, and [another thing, which is not the same thing as the first thing but merely similar or related]
> your naive and self-centered definition of "trust" I never gave one? For what it's worth, I agree with your second paragraph, despite your first being needlessly aggressive.
> The only reason to keep repeating that kind of worldview is to absolve companies behaving in shitty, toxic or downright evil ways. Or...to warn people away from ever expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour…
Ah - I use Usenet, not Torrents, that'd explain it. Thanks!
> bypassing Cloudflare CAPTCHAs Can you say more about this? I've never encountered this problem in nearly a decade of running the same stack.
Not the person you're replying to, but I assume they're referring to the ability to see something like: ``` src ├── app │ └── page.tsx └── components └── header.tsx ``` EDIT: Lol. I'm not even going to edit it. Hacker…
I read it as "a button for re-enabling JavaScript"
He is (inaccurately) known for his engineering _because of_ his marketing.
https://imgur.com/a/p6p5WlR https://www.alzinfo.org/donate/donation_form/, in memory of Terry Pratchett.
I also hate Twitter and cancelled my account. I'm able to read it while logged out - and if I wasn't, there's xcancel.com, and others. You're not doing yourself any favours.
> Discovering they weren't didn't change the quality of the writing - it only changed the implied relationship with the author. > But that's a parasocial experience, not a feature of the words on the page. So?…
> I see nothing wrong with readers gobbling up AI-written books for the rest of their lives. > Because to me, authenticity makes for a better reading experience. This pair of sentences gave me pause, until I realised…
I'm surprised to hear that that was your perspective! I felt that it dealt with otherwise-opaque topics in a very approachable way.
> “Ever eaten scubbo? No? Nothing like a bowl of scubbo when you’re hungry. You can put anything in scubbo. Pork, beef, mutton, rabbit, chicken, duck… anything. Even rats, if you’ve got ’em. It’s food for the marching…
Fair perspective, though I actually prefer this for two reasons: * When it's proposing responses for me to choose between, a description like "I close the PR and you make a followup" is ambiguous - is "I" there "the…
> I am a big YC fan in general Genuine question - why?
Yeah - by comparison with this, "a computer takes over some digital work, thus permitting me to get things done in the real world" is positively benign!
I salute your dedication to understanding and fixing a problem that bothers you - but I must add my voice to those who think that this is not a good design for general use. The viewport is the region within which…
If you can't see the beauty and interest in a description of solving a problem with a visually pleasant and unique UI, regardless of the tools used to solve it, that sounds like a you-problem.
This is something that gets glossed over a lot in the debate. "Writing to convey functional information" has a different set of success criteria than "Writing to convey emotion and shared human experience". One might…
It's _better_ that the illustrations were made by an illustrator, but it still would have been cool and front-page-worthy if that hadn't been the case.
I think this conversation is confusing two things. There are two kinds of exploits that would be possible via the landing pad if certain restrictions didn't exist: * If the landing pad allowed insertion as well as…
> It's meant to be small [...], even if [...] it's not meant to be used that way It is not, in fact, _meant_ to be used that way.
This is a weird perspective. The middle planets can be approached in any order. And mods allow near-infinite variety - especially those that build on the platform of custom planets. > there is only one way to do a thing…
In this sense, it's a synonym for "language". Usually used as "mother tongue" (meaning, the language one grew up speaking).
> expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour from companies, and [another thing, which is not the same thing as the first thing but merely similar or related]
> your naive and self-centered definition of "trust" I never gave one? For what it's worth, I agree with your second paragraph, despite your first being needlessly aggressive.
> The only reason to keep repeating that kind of worldview is to absolve companies behaving in shitty, toxic or downright evil ways. Or...to warn people away from ever expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour…
Ah - I use Usenet, not Torrents, that'd explain it. Thanks!
> bypassing Cloudflare CAPTCHAs Can you say more about this? I've never encountered this problem in nearly a decade of running the same stack.
Not the person you're replying to, but I assume they're referring to the ability to see something like: ``` src ├── app │ └── page.tsx └── components └── header.tsx ``` EDIT: Lol. I'm not even going to edit it. Hacker…
I read it as "a button for re-enabling JavaScript"
He is (inaccurately) known for his engineering _because of_ his marketing.
https://imgur.com/a/p6p5WlR https://www.alzinfo.org/donate/donation_form/, in memory of Terry Pratchett.
I also hate Twitter and cancelled my account. I'm able to read it while logged out - and if I wasn't, there's xcancel.com, and others. You're not doing yourself any favours.
> Discovering they weren't didn't change the quality of the writing - it only changed the implied relationship with the author. > But that's a parasocial experience, not a feature of the words on the page. So?…
> I see nothing wrong with readers gobbling up AI-written books for the rest of their lives. > Because to me, authenticity makes for a better reading experience. This pair of sentences gave me pause, until I realised…
I'm surprised to hear that that was your perspective! I felt that it dealt with otherwise-opaque topics in a very approachable way.
> “Ever eaten scubbo? No? Nothing like a bowl of scubbo when you’re hungry. You can put anything in scubbo. Pork, beef, mutton, rabbit, chicken, duck… anything. Even rats, if you’ve got ’em. It’s food for the marching…
Fair perspective, though I actually prefer this for two reasons: * When it's proposing responses for me to choose between, a description like "I close the PR and you make a followup" is ambiguous - is "I" there "the…
> I am a big YC fan in general Genuine question - why?
Yeah - by comparison with this, "a computer takes over some digital work, thus permitting me to get things done in the real world" is positively benign!
I salute your dedication to understanding and fixing a problem that bothers you - but I must add my voice to those who think that this is not a good design for general use. The viewport is the region within which…