As usual, Apple is ahead of the curve.
How is it?
Readit Newstpreetham commented on Recall is Microsoft's key to unlocking the future of PCs theverge.com/2024/5/20/24... · Posted by u/nsriv
The upscaling doesn't seem particularly convincing, however, the HL2 RTX video on the same page definitely is.
HL2 RTX also has newer textures and other assets
tpreetham commented on Storing dead people at -196°C [video] youtube.com/watch?v=85Byk... · Posted by u/LelouBil
It's not nobody dying, it's only nobodies dying. Eh? Eh?
I thought I uninstalled my reddit app
tpreetham commented on Young people are flocking to astrology washingtonpost.com/lifest... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
western astrology is broken, unreliable and overly complex. because it is based on erroneous assumptions due to early mistranslations from Sanskrit into Greek and Latin, it has required so many patches it's worse than useless. Vedic astrology (jyotiṣa) OTOH, is extremely direct, simple and accurate.
My superstitions are more accurate than your superstitions
tpreetham commented on MdBook – A command line tool to create books with Markdown rust-lang.github.io/mdBoo... · Posted by u/swatson741
Tangent question: What are currently viable Markdown alternatives?
Imho Markdown is a overall terrible and (especially regarding technical writing!) very limited format. But nothing else seems popular. Why actually?
Are there any realistic alternatives?
Thanks for some hints!
org-mode is a brilliant format.
The limitation is that you would have to use Emacs or something which support .org files.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtKhBrRV_ZkPnBtt_TD1Cs9P...
tpreetham commented on Ask HN: What are some life optimization tricks you have discovered? · Posted by u/behnamoh
Am I crazy here? If you're buying a device, why not buy an EFTPOS (credit card/touch pay) machine that facilitates the transaction?
Is Google/Apple Pay not prevelant in India? Given they're paying by their phone, surely it is?
I feel like I'm missing something here, this method seems more complex than the now standard "tap your phone on the machine" in my country. The banks give them out for free or a small fee (they take a fee per transaction) or the vendors use a third party like Square.
The reason could because of how these payments apps evolved.
People already had cheap android phones in their hand. After the 4g boom, many got their first smartphone.
UPI related playment apps started with QR code scanning, just like in China.
There is no extra cost to the vendor. All they need is a sticker with their QR, which customers can scan. Later, they came up with a (bluetooth) speaker which can announce payments. It doesn't even need a connected smartphone.
If they used cards, they need to manufacture it and the readers. Ship them to their home addresses (which is complicated and lossy), train them about card usage.
For many vendors who accepted UPI payments, it was their first time accepting something other than cash as payments.
tpreetham commented on Keeping up with the overwhelming pace of AI innovation ryanshannon.substack.com/... · Posted by u/investinai
tpreetham commented on I unschool my 5 kids. This is how much it costs rosiesherry.medium.com/i-... · Posted by u/rosiesherry
All that is fine, but why would anyone in their sane mind have 5 freaking children? Why are Americans obsessed with having such big families? Do you keep spare kids for ghosts to haunt? (like they show in all horror movies)
In India, we call decision of having more than 2 kids insane & cost even though raising a child in India is much lesser.
What am I missing? It's a big cultural shock.
I doubt if that's the norm.
It's their choice, perhaps they enjoy raising children.