Fundamentally tying the OS to the cloud and AI makes me think this is really a pretense to move windows to a subscription model, and likely to end data privacy on windows as we know it, paving the way for ad supported OS. Two huge wins for their shareholders and upper execs. I think whether these features a good idea for users, are wanted by anyone, or if they will even work remotely like they are pitching it, is all incidental to achieving the two goals above. Just my guess though.
Readit Newsolkingcole commented on Senior Microsoft official shares what next major Windows version will be like neowin.net/news/senior-mi... · Posted by u/defrost
olkingcole commented on React Still Feels Insane and No One Is Talking About It mbrizic.com/blog/react-is... · Posted by u/mbrizic
More likely they don't even need to use useMemo if it's not an expensive calculation. They can just calculate the dependent values during rendering, which is explained in the docs: https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect#updatin...
If `getLinkedCats` calls an external API, then the calculation can instead be all in the same useEffect.
The number one mistake I see people inexperienced with React doing is using too many useEffect's in their code, which is both hard to read and hurts performance, since it results in more renders than necessary.
I'll point out that just on this comment string from telmac are 3 different interpretations of what is wrong with the code and what should be done instead.
Google, even with all the trillions in additional productivity it has added to the world, has left the world at a net-negative. We can't even quantify it, and every person will tell you a different way in which it has impacted the world negatively.
E.g. for me, how much Google (and silicon valley in general) have enabled twisted ideologies to flourish. All in search of ad-dollars by virtue of eyeballs on screens, at the detriment of everything.
I was just wondering what has come out of silicon valley since say 2003 that has been a net positive for humanity. Just because something is profitable doesn't mean it's progress.
This form is basically always used for enumeration.
Might as well just do (x != y); unless you're specifically looking to guard against erroneous bitflips that would be caught by the prior (x < y), but not the former. But at that point -- it's likely your result is going to be garbage.
In essence they're the same; but one you never have to think about whether you're using it correctly.
Can anyone find a reason not to swap out (x < y) for (x != y)?
(If I'm understanding correctly) one example is if have two places where you x++ in the loop, so if you make an error in there you might end up hitting both of them and incrementing from y-1 to y+1.
olkingcole commented on Apple’s new headset meets reality bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/sudheer_paturi
One thing which I don't get why people don't seem to get is long term (and perhaps with this release from Apple) headsets should be replacing tv's for at least a substantial amount of viewing. For example I have a fairly high end 4k projector setup but in an apartment with limits on light control. Even with a dedicated room and $3k allocated to a projector and a screen and high enough resolution (which i'm expecting this headset will be) headset should be able to blow away in terms of perfect light control and thus black levels (assuming OLED) and resolution. And then the ability to not just render a normal home scale theater but trivially an IMAX style if you so choose. Further in a home environment I can see still having a small theater room literally just for the audio equipment which will beat out headphones obviously for a theatre experience but replacing the projector and screen and not requiring as large of a room.
Really I think social home sports viewing is the only situation for an argument of physical tv viewing and the comfort level (which i'm expecting apple to have improved on here similar to what Bigscreen is doing).
People talk about killer apps for VR and i'm like this is clearly it, we have just been hardware limited so far. People very comfortably spend $1-3k+ on decent TV's and that is just a tiny aspect of what VR can do.
I can't see VR being a better home video experience for most people. For one thing, watching is often a group experience with friends, spouse, kids, etc regardless of content. But even alone I don't think most people want to feel so completely disconnected from their environment just for regular casual viewing. I think most people just won't see the appeal beyond the initial novelty. It's already only a subset of people who care much at all about video quality. There could be niche for enthusiasts of course.
On a personal level I also dislike the idea of being home in the evening and myself or my spouse decide to watch something and put on some goggles and completely shut off to the outside world and the other person. Or going in the living room and seeing 3 kids with goggles locked away in different worlds. If we actually did start using VR as the main way to consume media I think it would do us a lot more harm than good. Just my opinion.
This is wild. Chess feels old-school and boring to me. Don't understand how it's competing with modern sources of entertainment.
I think the main reason, besides chess being fundamentally a great and timeless game, is streaming. Popular streamers picked it up and many top level players also started streaming online chess, which can be very entertaining. Often they are playing fast, exciting time controls like 1 or 2 minutes. Chess.com and others brought flavorful tournament coverage and hosted events with guests from outside the chess world. Chess.com and lichess have great apps and strong competitive communities.
Basically, it's all there. Chess is born anew for the 21st century.
olkingcole commented on Lofi air traffic control – LAX lofiatc.com/?icao=KLAX... · Posted by u/hot_gril
Great vibe. My only gripe is the music doesn't seem to be lofi at all, just like slow beats. Maybe it's just where I'm at in the playlist though.
olkingcole commented on AI-enhanced development makes me more ambitious with my projects simonwillison.net/2023/Ma... · Posted by u/duck
> How many colleagues could you ask "Can you write me a PoC for a horizontally scalable, probabilistic database in Rust, using Raft-based consensus?
I couldn't agree more. I work as a software engineer in the medical field (think MRI's, X-rays, that sort of thing). I've started using ChatGPT all the time to write the code, and then I just fix it up a bit. So far it's working great!
Funny but I have to say that satire has lost a lot of its appeal in these times. It is far too apparent how vulnerable we are to people who don't get it and who will walk away happily unaware and, in this example, MORE confident about using AI for just anything. But surely out institutional safeguards will protect us, right? /s
olkingcole commented on Senate Bill to Ban TikTok congress.gov/bill/118th-c... · Posted by u/WUMBOWUMBO
> China's seemingly made a point of outsourcing their most polarizing algorithmic decisions to the rest of the world but not to their own population
Exactly. We're a decade into the social media experiment now, and it's absolutely clear that it in its current form it doesn't make us smarter, it doesn't make us happier, and it doesn't bring us closer. If anything, it makes people sick and it weakens the social fabric. The proposed solution of "more free speech better" is clearly not working in the face of organized, AI-fueled, nation-state manipulation efforts.
Hacker News is made up of people with a birds-eye view of social media technology. Most of us understand how it works and who operates it. I think it's important to know what an incredible position this is to be in, and to remember that most people aren't like us. Most people can't just say, "screw it, I'll get my information elsewhere."
I think we'll improve over time, but we're at least a generation away from any kind of widespread media literacy. What do we do in the meantime?
Thank you for this comment. I would like to add that social media and foreign manipulation thereof has been demonstrated to be spectacularly capable of affecting peoples' mental states and beliefs and by extension our stability as a country. We haven't figured out how to deal with it yet in a way that balances with our values of free speech and enterprise but a platform with tiktok's pervasiveness taking orders directly from the Chinese government is a huge, bright and shining risk that our government knows it needs to address.
Not to mention the data collection.
Does this mean they got access to unencrypted vaults? I have had a few beers and cannot comprehend from the article or lastpass's statement.