Readit NewsShould do this for human developers too. Can't count the number of times I've been thrown onto a project and had to spend a significant amount of time opening and skimming files just to answer simple questions that should be answered in high-level docs like this.
Biggest difference for me betweeen HN/reddit and the forums of yore is how the ranking/sorting is done. On HN/reddit, "most popular" opinion or "best sounding" post usually "wins" and gets most discussed, as it's at the top of the page.
Meanwhile, forums doesn't re-order things like that (didn't used to at least), you made a post and it ended up after the message posted before you, and before messages posted after. Everyone's view and message was equal, so pile-ons or hive-mind "this is the right way of thinking" seemed less common.
In certain unmoderated Usenet forums, and later web forums (e.g. Slashdot), there were often huge chunks of threads you'd have to scroll past and read between to find nuggets of value. Points systems emerged to separate the wheat from the chaff, and in many ways ushered an improved reading/discussion experience.
Still love OmniGraffle which itself is getting long in the tooth but still has one of the nicest diagram layout engines I’ve used
I miss del.icio.us. That was my favorite, by far.
Interesting, I've been using exactly that combination for ... as long as tmux and iTerm2 have been around?
I am not aware of any color or font issues. What am I missing?
With this in my `~/.ssh/config`, I can just type `ssh tmux` to get back to my remote dev box whenever I wake my computer or change connections.
Host tmux
HostName 1.2.3.4
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/etc.etc.etc
RequestTTY force
RemoteCommand tmux -CC new -A -s 0
I wanted it to be better, and might go back if I could figure out the font issues, but I just don't have the time right now.
It’s a common trend in many domains: universities, housing, jobs. An underabundance of resources means people need to gear up to fight over the things that still exist.
Reminds me of my dad (b. 1945) talking about his HS sports experience in the early ‘60s at a large (~3500) Southern California public school. Not only were there varsity, JV and frosh teams, in high-interest sports like football and basketball there were multiple teams for every grade. Competition was still high if you wanted to play at the highest level, but if you wanted to play, there was probably an option for you.
Public schools are simply not funded the same way today
It seems that LLMs, as they work today, make developers more productive. It is possible that they benefit less experienced developers even more than experienced developers.
More productivity, and perhaps very large multiples of productivity, will not be abandoned due roadblocks constructed by those who oppose the technology due to some reason.
Examples of the new productivity tool causing enormous harm (eg: bug that brings down some large service for a considerable amount of time) will not stop the technology if it being considerable productivity.
Working with the technology and mitigating it's weaknesses is the only rational path forward. And those mitigation can't be a set of rules that completely strip the new technology of it's productivity gains. The mitigations have to work with the technology to increase its adoption or they will be worked around.
The decision to abandon Calibri on the grounds of it being a so-called “wasteful diversity font” is both amusing and regrettable. Calibri was specifically designed to enhance readability on modern computer screens and was selected by Microsoft in 2007 to replace Times New Roman as the default font in the Office suite. There were sound reasons for moving away from Times: Calibri performs exceptionally well at small sizes and on standard office monitors, whereas serif fonts like Times New Roman tend to appear more distorted. While serif fonts are well-suited to high-resolution displays, such as those found on modern smartphones, on typical office screens the serifs introduce unnecessary visual noise and can be particularly problematic for users with impaired vision, such as older adults.
Professional typography can be achieved with both serif and sans-serif fonts. However, Times New Roman—a typeface older than the current president—presents unique challenges. Originally crafted in Great Britain for newspaper printing, Times was optimised for paper, with each letterform meticulously cut and tested for specific sizes. In the digital era, larger size drawings were repurposed as models, resulting in a typeface that appears too thin and sharp when printed at high quality.
Serif fonts are often perceived as more traditional, but they are also more demanding to use effectively. While a skilled typographer can, in theory, produce excellent results with Times, using it in its default digital form is not considered professional practice.
Calibri, by contrast, incorporates extensive spacing adjustments and language-specific refinements. The digital version of Times New Roman, developed in the early days of computing, offers only minimal kerning and letter-pair adjustments. This is especially evident in words set in all capitals—such as “CHICAGO”—where the spacing is inconsistent: the letters “HIC” are tightly packed, while “CAG” are spaced too far apart. Microsoft cannot rectify these issues without altering the appearance of existing documents.
Within this environment the decision to eschew the font that was expertly designed for present needs in favor of one designed in the past for different ones makes perfect sense.