Nifty, but what I'm curious about is how you created the drain/fill effect on the cube.
Readit Newsdanans commented on "Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec" github.com/whatwg/html/pu... · Posted by u/troupo
danans commented on "Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec" github.com/whatwg/html/pu... · Posted by u/troupo
That is a VM, and actually maybe eventually it will be on top of Webassembly, how things are going.
> That is a VM...
So is WSL on Windows. I wouldn't call Windows "just the web".
There's also nothing stopping me from building and running local desktop GUI software on the VM.
In fact, a VM is better in that I can back up and restore the image easily.
danans commented on "Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec" github.com/whatwg/html/pu... · Posted by u/troupo
> ChromeOS is for all practical purposes, the web.
Fixed that typo for you.
> > ChromeOS is for all practical purposes, the web
I'm very practically using Debian Linux on ChromeOS to develop test and debug enterprise software. I even compile and run some native code. It is very much more than just the web.
danans commented on Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/geox
Most electric appliances are much cheaper to operate, even in places with expensive electricity like MA and CA.
> Nope. I'm in PG&E territory. Electricity is too expensive and natural gas is too cheap.
Yes, the electricity rates in the IOU territories (PGE, SCE, SDGE) are horribly high.
But in publicly owned LADWP or SMUD, the average rate is around $.22/kWh, depending on usage patterns. Not Pacific Northwest cheap, but definitely better than PGE.
danans commented on Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/geox
I suspect that GP meant "service upgrades" are expensive (e.g. 100A to 200A from the street).
Panel upgrades are just the most visible, but not individually expensive, part.
> I suspect that GP meant "service upgrades" are expensive (e.g. 100A to 200A from the street).
I understood that, but my point is that smart panel and smart circuit splitters upgrades can eliminate the need for a service drop upgrade.
danans commented on Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/geox
I thought we were supposed to be replacing natural gas appliances with electric ones, but it's become ruinously expensive to do so. Not only are they more expensive to operate due to high electricity rates, the panel upgrades for higher power draw are outrageous.
> Not only are they more expensive to operate due to high electricity rates,
Most electric appliances are much cheaper to operate, even in places with expensive electricity like MA and CA. This is especially true for appliances like heat pumps due to their >100% "efficiency", and if you are somewhere with cheap clean electricity (Pacific Northwest) they are a no-brainer.
> the panel upgrades for higher power draw are outrageous.
With smart splitters and some planning, panel upgrades can often be avoided:
https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/articles/electrical-panel/...
danans commented on Is chain-of-thought AI reasoning a mirage? seangoedecke.com/real-rea... · Posted by u/ingve
Am I the exception? When thinking I don't conceptualize things in words - the compression would be too lossy. Maybe because I'm fluent in three languages (one germanic, one romance, one slavic)?
Our brains reason in many domains depending on the situation.
For domains built primarily on linguistic primitives (legal writing), we do often reason through language. In other domains (i.e spatial) we reason through vision or sound.
We experience this distinction when we study the formula vs the graph of a mathematical function, the former is linguistic, the latter is visual-spatual.
And learning multiple spoken languages is a great way to break out of particularly rigid reasoning patterns, and as important, countering biases that are influenced by your native language.
Being deliberate hasn't helped me. Hell, I've learned quite a bit about this one company. In my last interview, I asked a question that surprised the interviewers. It was about something they had yet to start work on which came up in another interview for a different position which I had already been rejected for. They still rejected me. At this point, I'm guessing I'm black-balled.
I've been there, but just because you did things the "right" way and got rejected from one company doesn't mean you should throw away what worked. After all, they did interview you for a second role after the first one.
That said, especially in a tough labor market, finding a job is like dating, and the vibes matter a lot. While you control your side of the vibe, you don't control the other side. Technical people especially often don't want to think about the interpersonal factors, but they are a real part of the process.
https://webvm.io/
I'm not sure how that supports the argument that ChromeOS is only "the web". It's running a native VM for Linux today. What would be the advantage of porting it to WebAssembly?