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Cyphase commented on Size of Life   neal.fun/size-of-life/... · Posted by u/eatonphil
simonw · 5 days ago
He was also responsible for one of the worst web pages ever created: https://neal.fun/stimulation-clicker/

(It's utterly brilliant but monstrous.)

Cyphase · 4 days ago
Send help.
Cyphase commented on Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera   varlogsimon.leaflet.pub/3... · Posted by u/TimDotC
Cyphase · 12 days ago
Our crypto cookies implement end-to-end encryption by creating a digest of the input morsels and securing their transit between the front end and the back end. Be warned, certain failure modes can result in over-encryption or return of partially-encrypted ciphertext to the sender.
Cyphase commented on Steam Machine   store.steampowered.com/sa... · Posted by u/davikr
ShakataGaNai · a month ago
Their "launch trailer" shows the Steam Machine running Windows.
Cyphase · a month ago
Do you mean this (~3m04s)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE&t=184s

That was the desktop mode, showing KDE Plasma (a linux desktop environment).

Also, Blender on the left screen and Godot on the right screen!

Cyphase commented on The illegible nature of software development talent   surfingcomplexity.blog/20... · Posted by u/hackthemack
jrowen · 2 months ago
Is it just me or is [il]legible the word of the month somewhere? I suddenly keep seeing this word pop up in contexts I would not normally associate it with.
Cyphase · 2 months ago
This usage originates from Seeing Like a State. There was an HN thread the other day as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45505539
Cyphase commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)    · Posted by u/david927
Cyphase · 5 months ago
Myself.

Been a freelance dev for years, now beginning a "sabbatical" (love that word).

Planning to do a lot of learning, self-improvement, and projects. Tech-related and not. Preparing for the next volume (not chapter) of life. Refactoring, if you like, among other things.

I'm excited.

Cyphase commented on The first big AI disaster is yet to happen   seangoedecke.com/the-firs... · Posted by u/rbanffy
user9999999999 · 6 months ago
the first 'ai disaster' will be a corp shirking responsibility by blaming their unchecked automatic bureaucratic processes on ai. Look no further at what HERTZ did sending out automated arrest warrants for erroneous causes, leading to dangerous confrontations with armed police. Luckily no one was killed, but innocent law abiding people were very traumatized.

This was without 'ai' but the blame was nearly close, "oops automated process did it!"

The 'artificial intelligence' has been here (starts with B). Kafka wrote about it comically.

Cyphase · 6 months ago
B is for Bureaucracy.
Cyphase commented on Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub   github.com/AasishPokhrel/... · Posted by u/petercooper
Cyphase · 6 months ago
I'm wondering if AasishPokhrel created this repo for the purpose of being the billionth.
Cyphase commented on A High-Level View of TLA+   lamport.azurewebsites.net... · Posted by u/blobcode
Cyphase · 6 months ago
I've had multiple occasions to link to this video recently, and here's another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsSDvflzJbc

It's Leslie Lamport giving the closing keynote at SCaLE a few months ago. It's title was "Coding Isn't Programming".

I really enjoyed it. And as someone mentioned in another comment, he's got a fun sense of humor. I was there in person and got to meet him and exchange a few words after, which was cool.

Watch the first 2m10s and see if it hooks you.

Cyphase commented on Person Do Thing   persondothing.com/... · Posted by u/Cyphase
Cyphase · 6 months ago
I was recently introduced to this at PyCon US. A group of us played it for a good chunk of an evening and had a blast. The vocabulary quickly became an inside joke. I've played it a bit since I got back from the conference to great effect.

They've launched pre-orders for a physical set, but you don't need that in any way to play.

Or in other words..

Person and many other person do thing in place before, like thing big big. Many good-feel. Person want do again many many, and want other many person do same.

Before, person-do-thing in think-place, no in real-place, but person-do-thing make-person want make real and hard thing. Person want have real thing before many other person?

u/Cyphase

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