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hebrox commented on OpenAI’s board, paraphrased: ‘All we need is unimaginable sums of money’   daringfireball.net/2024/1... · Posted by u/ajuhasz
andrewstuart · 8 months ago
>> OpenAI currently offers, by far, the best product experience of any AI chatbot assistant.

Claude is noticeably better

hebrox · 8 months ago
And using Claude with Cline, partially because of prompt caching, it's noticeably cheaper as well.
hebrox commented on Dokku: My favorite personal serverless platform   hamel.dev/blog/posts/dokk... · Posted by u/tosh
elAhmo · a year ago
One alternative to this alternative is to use a webui for dokku itself. Such as https://github.com/ledokku/ledokku
hebrox · a year ago
I see that the last commit was 2 years ago. Do you know any other alternatives?
hebrox commented on Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules   wired.com/story/developer... · Posted by u/thesuperbigfrog
callalex · 2 years ago
I don’t understand why I become the exclusive property of a specific corporation through the simple act of using a phone (which is something I am required to do in the modern day).
hebrox · 2 years ago
I think an analogy could be made that you’re walking into a market hall because they promoted it. The stall owners will be paying to be part of that. It’s not that you’re property of the market hall, but you’re on their property and they will want to be paid.
hebrox commented on Ask HN: Why aren't all heaters computers?    · Posted by u/kyleyeats
hollerith · 2 years ago
I use a resistive heater. A heat pump would be about 1000 times noisier, and I live in an apartment, so I couldn't put the heat pump where I don't have to hear it.
hebrox · 2 years ago
Just remember that an A/C is also a heat pump. Lots of apartments around the world with A/C.
hebrox commented on Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft for medium-haul travel    · Posted by u/stuart8ol
stuart8ol · 2 years ago
Thank you! If batteries were 10X lighter than they are today, then we would definitely prefer them.
hebrox · 2 years ago
If we ever get to that point, could your 50 seater be easily equipped with that, or would you redesign it from the ground up?
hebrox commented on The myths we tell ourselves about American farming   vox.com/future-perfect/20... · Posted by u/myshpa
myshpa · 2 years ago
> Grass fed beef with rotational grazing is good for the environment

Grass-fed beef isn't necessarily better for the environment than beef from CAFOs. While grass-fed systems offer benefits like soil health, they often require more land, potentially leading to deforestation. They can also be less efficient in terms of resource use and have variable effects on carbon sequestration. A comprehensive assessment considering land use efficiency, resource consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions is essential to fully understand the environmental impact of different beef production methods.

https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/grazed-and-co...

"About 75% to 80% of grass-fed beef sold in the U.S. is grown abroad, from Australia, New Zealand and parts of South America ..."

"Many U.S. customers who want to support local food are likely unaware of the foreign origin of most grass-fed beef. By law, if meat is "processed," or passes through a USDA-inspected plant (a requirement for all imported beef), it can be labeled as a product of the U.S. "

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/13/746576239/is...

"This report concludes that grass-fed livestock are not a climate solution. Grazing livestock are net contributors to the climate problem, as are all livestock. Rising animal production and consumption, whatever the farming system and animal type, is causing damaging greenhouse gas release and contributing to changes in land use.

'Ultimately, if high consuming individuals and countries want to do something positive for the climate, maintaining their current consumption levels but simply switching to grass-fed beef is not a solution. Eating less meat, of all types, is.’"

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-03-grass-fed-beef-good-or-...

hebrox · 2 years ago
So less and local and grass-fed?
hebrox commented on Evergrande shares plunge as much as 87% as trading resumes after 17 months   cnbc.com/2023/08/28/china... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
NotYourLawyer · 2 years ago
Why isn’t it down 100%? According to the article, they’re in bankruptcy with way more liabilities than assets. Presumably the shareholders are getting wiped out.
hebrox · 2 years ago
As I understand from this "The Plain Bagel" video [0], they're not bankrupt. Instead, they're likely nearing the completion of their debt restructuring.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-n6RN8a2Zo

hebrox commented on Jim Keller and his pioneering work on chip design and architecture   edn.com/the-story-of-jim-... · Posted by u/xrayarx
beebmam · 2 years ago
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
hebrox · 2 years ago
I had the same feeling with a lot of interviews from the past, but somehow, about a year ago, something changed. Not sure if it was a conscious decision or just the result of so much practice, but for quite something I haven’t screamed at my screen when listening to Lex.
hebrox commented on VanMoof, the e-bike darling, skids off track: Sales paused, execs depart   techcrunch.com/2023/07/10... · Posted by u/j-a-a-p
vr46 · 2 years ago
I bought an X2 in July 2019 and still use it most days. There have been a few niggles but nothing major and customer service has been good. Would buy again. Given the cost, however, I really need to sweat this asset (while mildly sweating myself). I think the total cost including rack and basket and insurance was around £3.5K. £875 a year. For a bicycle. That needs to be much lower to really get the value for me. No new VanMoof for me - even though I paid to get early bird on the vapourware V.

However, the landscape in four years is TOTALLY different, e-bikes are absolutely everywhere and at every reasonable price point, so it must be super tough to fight it out in this market.

hebrox · 2 years ago
I have a S2, after a few error codes I had my battery replaced. About 6 weeks ago, before all this news, the same error message appeared, which means they have to check my bike. Next available slot: 2 months later.

I’ll never ever buy a bike which can only be serviced by the company selling the bike.

hebrox commented on A developer's view of Vision Pro   david-smith.org/blog/2023... · Posted by u/ingve
ladberg · 2 years ago
> In short, my brain has crossed a Rubicon and now feels like experiences constrained to small, rectangular screens are lesser experiences.

I left Apple 1.5 years ago but was working on the Vision Pro while I was there. I have spend many hours working in the headset and I know exactly the feeling he's describing! Leaving felt like going back in time to using clunky technology and I've been waiting for outside world to catch up (and will still be waiting until it comes out at least).

For the past week I've been trying to explain to people how certain I am that doing work in headsets will become mainstream but am (understandably) met with doubt, and I think you'd need to try it on to fully understand.

hebrox · 2 years ago
Did team members actually use it to develop it?

u/hebrox

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