This is terrifying. Truth is dead.
Readit Newssmlavine commented on United States Antarctic Program Field Manual (2024) [pdf] usap.gov/usapgov/travelAn... · Posted by u/SheinhardtWigCo
Related: a cool blog from a year or two ago from a participant in this program: https://brr.fyi
smlavine commented on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla manualdousuario.net/en/mo... · Posted by u/rpgbr
> Does anyone want AI in anything?
Yeah, they do. Go talk to anyone who isn't in a super-online bubble such as HN or Bsky or a Firefox early-adopter program. They're all using it, all the time, for everything. I don't like it either, but that's the reality.
> They're all using it.
Not really. Go talk to anyone who uses the internet for Facebook, Whatsapp, and not much else. Lots of people have typed in chatgpt.com or had Google's AI shoved in their face, but the vast majority of "laypeople" I've talked to about AI (actually, they've talked to me about AI after learning I'm a tech guy -- "so what do you think about AI?") seem to be resigned to the fact that after the personal computer and the internet, whatever the rich guys in SF do is what is going to happen anyway. But I sense a feeling of powerlessness and a fear of being left behind, not anything approaching genuine interest in or excitement by the technology.
I had a good laugh. Why does anyone want this? Put Linux on your laptop and nuke the network stack. Done.
Because then you'd have to do that.
What does "re-enabled" mean in this context? Does it mean you disable the app at the Android OS level and then later it becomes not disabled but still inactive? Or does it mean that this feature/app actually becomes your lock screen again without you turning it on?
It means that every now and then, the Glance weather widget will pop up. I'll click on it, then it will bring up the full UI and ask me if I actually want to use it. I click "Disable Smart Lock Screen" instead, then it goes away from my lock screen. For a while.
It's opt-in, isn't that what we want for these things? I'll never have to use it. I don't get it but I wouldn't say it's creepy, I won't judge people who like different apps than I do.
On my Moto G, Glance keeps getting re-enabled every month or so even after I disable it every time. Annoying.
smlavine commented on 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence alecmuffett.com/article/1... · Posted by u/alecmuffett
>The first amendment doesn't give people rights: people already have those rights.
Says who? Prove it. Go to Russia and say something bad about the government and see how well this right you think you magically get holds up.
Says God, would say the framers.
smlavine commented on Getting syntax highlighting wrong tonsky.me/blog/syntax-hig... · Posted by u/robenkleene
It is hard to take color advice from someone who thinks it's a good idea for their blog to be black on intense yellow, with code samples light on black background.
I'm not being facetious. The author is trying to show comparisons to the reader of various syntax highlighting schemes, but any difference between them is overwhelmed by the massive contrast between the bright yellow background and the black background of the code samples.
I think it's fine. Better than purple on dark-grey that I've seen posted here.
smlavine commented on Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup tomshardware.com/software... · Posted by u/layer8
That answer is not as obvious to me as you claim it is. I don't use any browser extensions except 1password, which I would have no reason to use on a phone (at least assuming Android has builtin password manager functionality like iOS does).
I think you overestimate what fraction of people care about extensions.
I would guess that of people that would ever go out of their way to use a non-Chrome browser on Android, the fraction who care about extensions is pretty significant.