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pkage commented on Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization frameworks, etc apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/thm

focusedone · 3 months ago

I used to think that, not having used an iPad. Now I carry a work-issued iPad with 5G and it's actually pretty convenient for remote access to servers. I wouldn't want to spend a day working on it, but it's way faster than pulling out a laptop to make one tiny change on a server. It's also great for taking notes at meetings/conferences.

It's irritatingly bad at consuming media and browsing the web. No ad blocking, so every webpage is an ad-infested wasteland. There are so many ads in YouTube and streaming music. I had no idea.

It's also kindof a pain to connect to my media library. Need to figure out a better solution for that.

So, as a relatively new iPad user it's pleasantly useful for select work tasks. Not so great at doomscrolling or streaming media. Who knew?

pkage · 3 months ago

There's native ad blocking on iOS and has been for a while—I've found that to significantly enhance the usability of the device. I use Wipr[0], other options are available.

[0]: https://kaylees.site/wipr2.html

pkage commented on Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderful aruarian.dance/blog/japan... · Posted by u/aecsocket

kccqzy · 3 months ago

From the user experience perspective, the Bay Area Clipper card might be the closest to these IC cards in Asia. It's also a stored value card. The official Clipper app allows you to transfer the card to be an NFC card on the phone and inspect the value on it, entirely offline. (Of course to support the use case of automatically adding value to the card when it's below the threshold necessarily requires the fare reader to be internet connected, but such an internet connection is not on the critical path.) From my Apple Watch there is even no need to press any button to activate (unlike Apple Pay EMV transactions): just hold the watch next to the reader and it works. They are weirder than other public transport payment systems like Chicago CTA or NYC MTA, and are also more wonderful.

pkage · 3 months ago

The DC Metro system operates similarly.

pkage commented on Show HN: Nash, I made a standalone note with single HTML file keepworking.github.io/nas... · Posted by u/yevgenyhong

Imustaskforhelp · 6 months ago

This is a truly a great insight from how simple things can create industry giants like google docs.

I believe that a lot of problems can be converted into synchronization problems in browsers.

Are there any general synchronization libraries / applications that you suggest within browser / outside browser?

Thanks in advance.

pkage · 6 months ago

Not OP, but common solutions in this space represent the state as conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs). Some popular browser-based libraries for that are Y.js[0] and Automerge[1].

[0]: https://yjs.dev/ [1]: https://automerge.org/

pkage commented on Beej's Guide to Git beej.us/guide/bggit/... · Posted by u/mixto

nektro · 7 months ago

[1] https://beej.us/guide/bgipc/

pkage · 7 months ago

mispasted, thanks!

pkage commented on Beej's Guide to Git beej.us/guide/bggit/... · Posted by u/mixto

pkage · 7 months ago

I remember reading the excellent Beej's Guide to Network Programming[0] and Beej's Guide to Unix IPC[1] as a teenager, which were incredibly approachable while still having depth—fantastic reads both and very influential on the programmer I ended up being.

[0] https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/ [1] https://beej.us/guide/bggit/

pkage commented on Apple Introduces M4 Pro and M4 Max apple.com/newsroom/2024/1... · Posted by u/griffinli

pkage · 10 months ago

Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41995701 (171 comments)

pkage commented on JabRef – Literature Management jabref.org/... · Posted by u/smartmic

acidburnNSA · a year ago

How do you do the collection per paper? Is that manual or automatable?

pkage · a year ago

For me, that's manual—I make sure everything I've cited is in the .bib file, and move papers into another collection if they end up not being relevant for a particular paper.

This is probably an automatable task, but it's generally not too much of a burden to do manually. I add a 'needs-review' tag to papers I've identified in a literature review, and categorize it when I get around to reading it.

pkage commented on JabRef – Literature Management jabref.org/... · Posted by u/smartmic

Eddy_Viscosity2 · a year ago

I use zotero with the better bibtex extension. But when I finalize a document, I use jabref and its 'make a new library from .aux file' tool which can then create a .bib file with only the references used in the document. Much easier to archive than my full zotero library with thousands of entries. Also makes it easier to fine tune any edits to the .bib references for that specific document and template.

pkage · a year ago

Same here, except that I gather all the bibliography entries into a Zotero collection organized by paper and only export that to the latex workspace rather than using JabRef. Works a treat and keeps the size of the .bib file small.

pkage commented on Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047 gov.ca.gov/wp-content/upl... · Posted by u/atlasunshrugged

jpk · a year ago

> running them at all is the "high-risk situation"

What is the actual, concrete concern here? That a model "breaks out", or something?

The risk with AI is not in just running models, the risk is becoming overconfident in them, and then putting them in charge of real-world stuff in a way that allows them to do harm.

Hooking a model up to an effector capable of harm is a deliberate act requiring assurance that it doesn't harm -- and if we should regulate anything, it's that. Without that, inference is just making datacenters warm. It seems shortsighted to set an arbitrary limit on model size when you can recklessly hook up a smaller, shittier model to something safety-critical, and cause all the havoc you want.

pkage · a year ago

There is no concrete concern past "models that can simulate thinking are scary." The risk has always been connecting models to systems which are safety critical, but for some reason the discourse around this issue has been more influenced by Terminator than OSHA.

As a researcher in the field, I believe there's no risk beyond overconfident automation---and we already have analogous legislation for automations, for example in what criteria are allowable and not allowable when deciding whether an individual is eligible for a loan.