jlian
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Comment · 1 month ago
It's on Azure now, but limited
https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/gpt-6-astra-frontier-intell...
Comment · 6 months ago
> laptops left open just so tasks could keep running
Too real. We’re currently still sticking to local agent workflows which feel more powerful than cloud native ones. Moving that to your own cloud with no third-party control plane feels like the right middle ground. Nice work
EDIT: the adversarial two-agent review loop is really clever!
Comment · 9 months ago
This is mine https://johnlian.net/
I posted it to Hacker News once, and it seemed to be decently received https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281060
Comment · 10 months ago
This was actually the first route I considered. Unfortunately the latency was too much.
> My first instinct was to lean on traditional automation stacks: HomeKit scenes to chain “TV on” into “receiver on” or wattage triggers via an Eve Energy plug. This kind of worked, but every extra layer added 30 seconds of lag or more.
Comment · 10 months ago
Yes I actually run into the same issue and put it down as a footnote on the post
https://johnlian.net/posts/hdmi-cec/#fn:3
Where I talk about the craziness that happens when more than 3 playback devices are on in my system:
> ...if the one playback device (e.g. PS5) was on, changing input to another playback device (e.g. Xbox) was impossible, I'd get a quick black screen and the input snaps back to PS5. This is wild, but fortunately I only use one console at a time so it’s not a big deal.
I remember when I wad losing my mind diagnosing this, I ended up asking ChatGPT for help with deciphering the HDMI-CEC frames when this was happening. It told me about the 3 device limit being the culprit with the line "You’re not crazy, HDMI-CEC is."
Comment · 7 years ago
I like how WeChat does it for their "Moments" posts, where you can see only the number of Likes from your friends.
https://www.quora.com/Who-can-see-what-you-publish-and-comme...
Comment · 7 years ago
I’m not sure if this is right approach. In fact in the 70’s, the US basically went through this back and forth, largely influenced by one book:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox
Essentially, the book advocates that the only goal antitrust laws should have is to protect consumer welfare, not competitors.
IMO, Apple’s requirement doesn’t feel like it would harm consumer welfare.
Comment · 7 years ago
A short-ish read on how the UN does population projections and major factors contributing to the expected population decline:
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/Key_Findings_...
Comment · 8 years ago
One thing that Apple hasn't addressed is if the Geekbench results [1] over-represents or exaggerates the the throttling effect. Since Geekbench pushes the iPhone to its limits for the duration of the benchmark, iOS needs to throttle performance to prevent shutdown while being tested. This results in lower-than-expected test scores every time. But how much does this map to real-life, visible performance drop?
Edit: Another question I have is how do other devices handle battery degradation? Do Android phones just let devices shutdown unexpectedly or is there also performance throttling? Or is the problem non-existent on non-Apple devices somehow?
[1] https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2017/12/iphone-performance-an...
Comment · 9 years ago
There is a student offer that doesn’t require credit card https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0144p/
Comment · 9 years ago
Back in the days MS used to allow you to create a "Microsoft Account" (MSA) using any email, including an email that's already associated with Azure Active Directory (AAD work or school account).
This was a mistake and has been patched. But it looks like an MSA was created using the same email as your AAD before the fix.
Thus, from MS's perspective, there are two distinct accounts under the same email, hence the UX. It's really quite a mess, and yes the situation is weird. We're working on it make it better.
Try transferring the subscriptions to your work email using this method https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing/billing-subsc...
Comment · 9 years ago
Would love to hear more about your opinions on the first part.
Comment · 9 years ago
This might not meet your needs but you can use Azure App Service (free) to host a static website
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acoat/2016/01/28/publish-a-...
EDIT: also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31653643/how-to-deploy-a-...