edoloughlin

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Comment · 2 months ago
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve told it to stop using terms like “evidence boundary” when writing specs. I still have no idea what that means.
Comment · 2 months ago
Me too. Linkedin helpfully keeps finding new people for me to follow and automatically follows them.
Comment · 3 months ago
> What happens to the pages after? No one needs them anymore, so they get mulched and recycled.

Strictly speaking, no one needs the Sistine Chapel or the Pietà etc. It would be a shame if they were mulched and recycled, though.

Comment · 4 months ago
One thing that drives me nuts every time I save a new file or 'save as'. File chooser appears and I automatically start typing to enter/change the filename. But the filter input always gets focus and now I'm filtering the list of visible files instead of naming my file...

(Yes, I know I could try to submit a PR but I don't have the energy to figure out the Gnome governance process.)

Comment · 5 months ago
“a 30% slowing of cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s patients in controlled trials. None of this is in the marketing on the tub sitting in most gym bags”

Why would it be? I’m so sick of reading AI slop.

Comment · 5 months ago
"This is the killer issue"

I have to ask - did you use AI to generate this response?

Comment · 5 months ago
I’ve started using HTML for reports recently. But I always use a markdown file as an intermediate and tell the LLM to generate a fancier version of it with SVG for graphs/pictures based on tables in the markdown.
Comment · 6 months ago
Comment · 7 months ago
I switched to Niri (https://github.com/niri-wm/niri) about six months ago and I find it does wonders for focus.

Set the default window width to 1/4 or 1/3 of the screen width (depending on the screen size) and it's easy to keep just the right context visible.

Comment · 7 months ago
And that’s fine because that photo (probably) has some utility to you.

The 39.99MB of ads accompanying the 2KB of text you want to read possibly has less utility to you.

Comment · 7 months ago
An absolute mess for you. A tidy profit for them.
Comment · 8 months ago
I set up Elementary OS for my 79 yr old mother. No issues.
Comment · 9 months ago
It’s reductio ad absurdum to make a point. But you could argue that income from Patreon forms part/all of a creator’s salary.

I don’t agree that this is an Apple hating thread. Its commentary on a pretty despicable action that Apple is taking.

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