Very cool website! I like the theme picker and the extensive but easily navigable articles and tags.
Readit Newsprecompute commented on How Not to Buy a SSD andrei.xyz/post/how-not-t... · Posted by u/speckx
precompute commented on My other email client is a daemon feyor.sh/blog/my-other-em... · Posted by u/aebtebeten
Maybe give RimWorld a try.
I took three approaches for me over a span of two years to really get into emacs. It was pretty tough (a time before google was a thing).
Now iam spoiled - I recently tried vscode a bit and really was baffled because it seems there is no kill ring like the one in emacs that makes it basically impossible to lose any edits.
Try RimWorld only if you're sure it won't nerd-snipe you.
You are no longer your handwriting.
precompute commented on Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser werd.io/why-im-all-in-on-... · Posted by u/benwerd
In my recollection, Firefox used to ask you which profile you wanted to use on launch. I don't think I've seen that in years.
IIRC you can use the -p flag to open that menu on launch. It also opens when you haven't set a default profile. And it's possible to access other profiles via about:profiles.
precompute commented on Emacs as your video-trimming tool xenodium.com/emacs-as-you... · Posted by u/xenodium
Great tool! I'm always impressed by how versatile a tool Transient is. I use it extensively as well and there's nothing like it anywhere else.
precompute commented on Clojure Async Flow Guide clojure.github.io/core.as... · Posted by u/simonpure
As others have said, Clojure is still a thing. For anyone catching up with Clojure again after some time: check out Babashka! Think bash scripts, written in Clojure. It's delightful.
Babashka is the best scripting environment out there. You just need that one executable and it runs flawlessly. The bundled libs are also very useful.
precompute commented on Why are there so many rationalist cults? asteriskmag.com/issues/11... · Posted by u/glenstein
Because purporting to be extra-rational about decisions is effective nerd-bait.
precompute commented on How I code with AI on a budget/free wuu73.org/blog/aiguide1.h... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
I only use LLMs as a substitute for stackexchange, and sometimes to write boilerplate code. The free chat provided by deepseek works very well for me, and I've never encountered any usage limits. V3 / R1 are mostly sufficient. When I need something better (not very often), I use Claude's free tier.
If you really need another model / a custom interface, it's better to use openrouter: deposit $10 and you get 1000 free queries/day across all free models. That $10 will be good for a few months, at the very least.
>>Author's English (when not written by a LLM) sounds translated
>Doesn't inspire confidence.
I too have confidence only in projects made by those who English good. It's the reason why I'm estranged from my Swahili-speaking parents.
Low language fluency with a purported high social effect / professional pretense is a good indicator for fraud. ESLs often translate English from their native tongue (which carries over the structure of their native tongue) instead of speaking it "natively". The author is pretty abysmal, and this doesn't bode well for his technical ability.
>LLM generated
>Buzzwords
>Author's English (when not written by a LLM) sounds translated
Doesn't inspire confidence.
Use GPG, it's not difficult. For non-technical folks, use signal or disappearing messages. For slightly more secure comms with non-technical people, use a combination of rot13 / caesar / similar.