callalex (u/callalex)

callalex commented on Don't animate height granola.ai/blog/dont-anim... · Posted by u/birdculture

bobthepanda · a month ago

The problem is that everyone (browsers + developers) need to agree on a replacement, which is notoriously hard to do. Chrome got laughed out of the room with Dart/Flutter.

callalex · a month ago

Dart/Flutter was never a technical issue, but a political/monopolistic issue. The underlying monopoly has not changed, so I don't really see a path forward unless the chromium team magically changes leadership.

callalex commented on I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022) smallandroidphone.com/... · Posted by u/asimops

dmonitor · 2 months ago

The SE has always seemed, to me, a way to repurpose older iPhone components into a more modern shell, which is why the SE line has been replace by the 16e. 16e uses iPhone 13 dimensions.

callalex · 2 months ago

Expanding on this, it's specifically to reuse older tooling in a factory that's not in China like their mainline products.

callalex commented on Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network · Posted by u/HoyaSaxa

TYPE_FASTER · 2 months ago

Did it transcribe the dog? How long until we get a LLM that can translate dog barks...

callalex · 2 months ago

People are doing some interesting work in an attempt to categorize whale and dolphin communication https://blog.padi.com/talk-to-whales-with-ai/

callalex commented on Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network · Posted by u/HoyaSaxa

meindnoch · 2 months ago

>Our PMs don't like making things opt-in

Then refuse implementing it. Have some dignity for God's sake.

callalex · 2 months ago

Having that kind of power as an implementer requires the backing of a union.

callalex commented on TypeScript types can run DOOM [video] youtube.com/watch?v=0mCsl... · Posted by u/franky47

SXX · 6 months ago

By now there is more than one story how some open source developer wasn't hired because their skills with the project they created was not sufficient for the job.

callalex · 6 months ago

I go back and forth on my opinion for this one. You wouldn’t necessarily want a mechanic or engineer to drive a race car, for example.

callalex commented on What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch blog.koenvh.nl/what-does-... · Posted by u/Koenvh

afh1 · 9 months ago

Information can be sold or leaked, abused by a single employee for personal reasons, or used en mass for surveillance, regardless of what's written in the paper. Faith is actually an accurate term for this level of trust in government. I for one reject the notion of being tacked at all times by law.

callalex · 9 months ago

Do you have a phone?

callalex commented on Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with comprehension ourworldindata.org/data-i... · Posted by u/therabbithole

DiggyJohnson · 9 months ago

I challenge you to say one nice thing about Musk’s achievements.

callalex · 9 months ago

He is legally the “founder” of Tesla.

callalex commented on Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz krebsonsecurity.com/2024/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

9cb14c1ec0 · 9 months ago

There aren't "people who fall for phishing" and "people who don't", generally speaking. I know highly intelligent and talented people, well educated in general online security, who have fallen for phishing links and scams.

callalex · 9 months ago

Very true. My dad (late 60s) has written a DNS server, but still nearly fell for an email scam when he was sleep deprived and at the airport believing his flight was overbooked and he was going to be kicked.

callalex commented on Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz krebsonsecurity.com/2024/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

nemomarx · 9 months ago

bitwarden can list multiple domains in one entry for a password - it might be good to find out if you're manager can do that and merge some?

callalex · 9 months ago

That seems like the textbook definition of a bandaid solution. Does that even work for the new hotness, passkeys?

callalex commented on Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with comprehension ourworldindata.org/data-i... · Posted by u/therabbithole

polishdude20 · 9 months ago

This makes me think of how neuralink and Elon keep saying how their tech will revolutionize communication where people without it will seem so slow and utterly disadvantaged.

Literacy and comprehension allows vast amounts of data to be transferred between humans. Anything that increases that even more will be a game changer and really bad for those who won't have it.

callalex · 9 months ago

He also said cars would drive themselves in 2017, so you probably shouldn't listen to anything he has to say. https://fortune.com/2015/12/21/elon-musk-interview/

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