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para_parolu commented on Website is served from nine Neovim buffers on my old ThinkPad   vim.gabornyeki.com/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
giancarlostoro · 6 days ago
I like that the author put it on a subdomain, probably a smarter move. I have an old laptop I keep installing Linux on and not deciding what I want to do with it. Maybe I should build quirky web servers on it..
para_parolu · 5 days ago
I recently had a lot of fun while playing with nixos using claude code.
para_parolu commented on Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale   derwiki.medium.com/do-thi... · Posted by u/derwiki
godot · 8 days ago
> Could it be bigger? Sure. But at some point — maybe even before 1,000 people — the vibe breaks. The intimacy evaporates. You stop recognizing names. People talk less because it’s harder to know who’s listening. Growth would make it worse, not better. > > Some things work precisely because they’re small.

I'd argue this is true for social networks like Facebook actually. There was a magical period in Facebook between 2005 to 2010 or so where it was mostly college friends, high school friends, some work friends, and we all actually shared what we thought on our posts, shared links to interesting stuff, etc.

When all the relatives started being added to your network the vibe became decidedly different, and then acquaintances, people who aren't close, etc. and everyone has that one experience where one time they post something and someone who isn't close get offended, whether it's political or not, and they gradually share less and less.

para_parolu · 8 days ago
The best social network I ever used was private one with a few thousand users. Over time you just know most active users.
para_parolu commented on Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year   helsinkitimes.fi/finland/... · Posted by u/DaveZale
para_parolu · 22 days ago
Clearly it’s opposite of killing
para_parolu commented on Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth   twitter.com/premqnair/sta... · Posted by u/rfurmani
sokoloff · a month ago
$1M in one shot leaves you with around $600K after taxes in most states. That’s enough to pay you around $24-30k/yr.

Unless you already had several other million saved already, I bet you’d be working again.

para_parolu · a month ago
$25k/yr can be decent living in some places.
para_parolu commented on AI Friend Apps Are Destroying What's Left of Society   currentaffairs.org/news/a... · Posted by u/florisuga
AlecSchueler · a month ago
It sounds like you recognise that they encourage human interaction, though. Learning how to navigate human interaction is very rewarding and it's at the core of what we're losing.
para_parolu · a month ago
Not sure I want dangerous human interactions and ability to navigate them to learn. Pretty much how I don’t want to learn navigating jungle on practice.
para_parolu commented on AI Friend Apps Are Destroying What's Left of Society   currentaffairs.org/news/a... · Posted by u/florisuga
euroderf · a month ago
Get rid of cars in town and city centers. Then you're halfway to the solution.
para_parolu · a month ago
Is it? I have my personal anecdote. Most outrageous, fearful and dangerous (for my life and health) interactions with other people I had in public transport.
para_parolu commented on NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft begins taxi tests   nasa.gov/image-article/na... · Posted by u/rbanffy
hnlmorg · a month ago
The concord was heavily subsidised. Those ticket prices didn’t cover the cost of the service.

It was also far less pleasant a ride than even most economy class tickets for long hall flights. The space was more cramped and it was much louder inside the cabin. Personally, Id rather spend more for nicer seats on a longer flight than worse seats on a shorter flight. And a lot of people with money felt the same.

Design changes might help with the passenger comfort problem but when the plane is already running at a loss, it’s a hard sell asking for more R&D costs (which would be massive) to redevelop the concord.

para_parolu · a month ago
As a someone who recently spent 13h in economy I would pay double for 6 hours
para_parolu commented on Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement   cnbc.com/2025/07/18/meta-... · Posted by u/rntn
aniviacat · a month ago
Most won't. Remember that this is an issue almost noone (outside a certain bubble) is aware of.
para_parolu · a month ago
5 years ago my parents in Russia didn’t know word VPN. Now they know that witeguard is better than openvpn. Reason: they want to use instagram and youtube (both are blocked).

Chatgpt is more valuable than instagram. I believe people will find the way.

para_parolu commented on Cataphract: Medieval-fantasy roleplaying wargame, in the Black-Sea C. 1300   samsorensen.blot.im/catap... · Posted by u/vidro3
oezi · 2 months ago
Directly reminds me of Subterfuge which is a fog of war and realtime submarine war game of conquering outposts. It has absolutely 0% loyalty though which makes it hard to play.
para_parolu · 2 months ago
I remember when I introduced Subterfuge to my teammates. Eventually people started to trade jira tickets for submarines…
para_parolu commented on Avoiding the Global Lobotomy   jdemeta.net/p/avoiding-th... · Posted by u/bramhaag
AnotherGoodName · 2 months ago
I actually wonder about current co2 levels and concentration.

We’ve roughly doubled co2 in human history. Much of that in the last 100 years alone. They say that measurable drowsiness at 1000ppm and when you consider the atmospheric co2 being well above 400ppm and indoor conditions often more than doubling that i wonder if we’re not going to hit a measurable stupefaction of the world. Perhaps it’s already happening.

para_parolu · 2 months ago
Why would carbon dioxide be a problem? I’ve always thought that oxygen levels are the most important factor. Even if carbon dioxide doubled, it would not make a significant difference. In indoor environments, we use carbon dioxide as a signal that oxygen levels are low.

Am I missing something?

u/para_parolu

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