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He even got hansmayer's original comment flagged. Truly a champion of the open web we should all be backing!
Readit Newsdrowntoge commented on MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 anildash.com//2025/05/20/... · Posted by u/freediver
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drowntoge commented on Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening seven39.com... · Posted by u/mklyons
An isolated subdomain for each timezone, with no way to interact between them, cet.seven39, est.seven39, etc.
One simple script that automatically connects to your account on the current time frame's server and unifies all into a single timeline will kill the fun.
drowntoge commented on Microsoft cancels leases for AI data centers, analyst says bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/suraci
Correct, Apple changing the UI before changing the backend might be one of the more stupid things I’ve ever seen.
The messiest launch ever. The renewed UI makes it easy to assume that the LLM-backed Siri is already here but just isn't much better than the old one. A marketing disaster.
drowntoge commented on HP Acquires Humane's AI Software humane.com/media/humane-h... · Posted by u/colesantiago
The notion of a class-action lawsuit was born for this day.
drowntoge commented on Apple’s closed-source approach is losing out to AI app builders telkins.dev/blog/how-appl... · Posted by u/trevor-e
AI assistance in IDEs was the final nail in the coffin for Apple's development environment, which had already —and consistently— been lagging behind for over a decade.
drowntoge commented on SRCL: Open-source React project to build web apps with terminal aesthetics sacred.computer... · Posted by u/CharlesW
This is awesome.
I was going to say "when I was a kid, raves happened out in the woods where there is no real estate cost", but then I realized the lack of socializing or risky behaviours pretty much eliminates this form of partying today, haha. It's also impossible for kids living in most population centres. I guess it was just a weird rural-kid thing here in Western Canada.
I wasn't a raver but I went to a couple, and wow, what a time. There's nothing quite like the smell of a diesel generator and the sound of earth-shaking bass surrounded by dancing zombies inventing dance moves on each beat, deep in a pacific north west forest. I had a few of friends who were into that scene.
Gen≠Z here, and that does sound like the best party ever.
drowntoge commented on In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work slate.com/life/2024/12/wo... · Posted by u/mooreds
For what it's worth, this article has given me ample moral justification for the disdain I show for cold-callers and relationship-based sellers alike (though typically I'll be openly hostile only to the first group): I don't owe them anything, even people I work with over a period of years. As long as they're trying to sell me something, I have the thing they want and not the other way around. What's truly astonishing to me is that so many people I work with don't see the con and think their "relationship manager" actually cares about them and is genuinely trying to get them a good deal. No, they're trying to sell you underbody coating and should be treated accordingly.
I remember one guy, years ago, who ended a 45-second year-end cold call with me with a "Come on man, I have a family. At least hear me out!" I responded, "Get a better job then. I have work to do." As a moral human, I feel sort of bad about that response, but then I remember there's a substantial likelihood he was lying to me to keep the call going to score a sale and the grift depends on me being moral.
I hang up the moment I realize it’s a sales call. If I’m in a particularly great mood that day, I might mutter a quick “No thank you I’m not interested.”
The way I vindicate myself morally is by knowing I’m not wasting their time this way. People like me are dead ends —— I know that I’m never going to be convinced to buy whatever they’re selling in a million years. By ending the call quickly, I feel like I’m doing them a favor. They can move on to someone who might actually be interested.