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New comment by bariswheel in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

bariswheel — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:13:46 +0000

How was the battery held up? I have the same one, but the battery lasts only 25 minutes max, pretty sure it's shot. Any tips on making sure battery lasts a while? I might even switch out the battery myself.

New comment by bariswheel in "I miss thinking hard"

bariswheel — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:58:14 +0000

Good highlight of the struggle between Builder and Thinker, I enjoyed the writing. So why not work on PQC? Surely you've thought about other avenues here as well.

If you're looking for a domain where the 70% AI solution is a total failure, that's the field. You can't rely on vibe coding because the underlying math, like Learning With Errors (LWE) or supersingular isogeny graphs, is conceptually dense and hasn't been commoditized into AI training data yet. It requires that same 'several-day-soak' thinking you loved in physics, specifically because we're trying to build systems that remain secure even against an adversary with a quantum computer. It’s one of the few areas left where the Thinker isn't just a luxury, but a hard requirement for the Builder to even begin.

New comment by bariswheel in "Prism"

bariswheel — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:50:46 +0000

I used overleaf during grad school and was easy enough, I'm interested to see what more value this will bring. Sometimes making less decisions is the better route, e.g. vi vs MS word, but I won't speak too much without trying it just yet.

New comment by bariswheel in "A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth"

bariswheel — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:06:26 +0000

No they don't, it's permissionless technology. Read the web site.

New comment by bariswheel in "A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth"

bariswheel — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:38:28 +0000

Indeed, it's immature to disclose an opinion without being forthcoming and add some objective rationale behind a bold conclusion as disliking an entire person. It may be something they said, or did, getting specific would help, ideally something that is relevant to the original thread. It's not entirely helpful and potentially a negative impact to just imply you don't like someone. Do what you want obviously, that's my 2 cents.

New comment by bariswheel in "Neural Networks: Zero to Hero"

bariswheel — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:43:53 +0000

This new? Hasn't the zero-to-hero course been around for a while?

New comment by bariswheel in "OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026"

bariswheel — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:27:32 +0000

thank you!

New comment by bariswheel in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

bariswheel — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:46:15 +0000

Gross clickbait title, do better with your article titles.

New comment by bariswheel in "Size of Life"

bariswheel — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:13:47 +0000

The music is so moving, tear inducing. One of the best links I've seen posted here and I've been here 15+ years. Well done Neal. I wish credit was given to the music, anyone know who created it?

New comment by bariswheel in "The death of industrial design and the era of dull electronics"

bariswheel — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:20:53 +0000

This is why companies like teenageengineering.com has a niche slice of the market. We need similar companies out there, albeit with much lower prices.

New comment by bariswheel in "30 minutes with a stranger"

bariswheel — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:16:29 +0000

Not really though. When people are busy and attempting to go from A to B, they may want to eliminate variables to better focus on their friends or something else in the Waymo. This is similar to the experiment where an incredible musician played violin in the subway terminal and people 'ignored' him. It's all about intention, when people plan to talk to a stranger, they're geared for that, if they are on their way somewhere, it's not the time or place to stop and 'smell the roses' most of the time as they are in a rush, doesn't have much to do with how great the musician is in the subway. When people go to a concert, and if that's same musician in the subway, they'll most definitely enjoy it, because they're planning on enjoying music at that time.

New comment by bariswheel in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

bariswheel — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 01:16:49 +0000

Similar to this idea to increase accessibility:

Just use tasks.google.com

Add your todos, when finished, type DONE in front of it, this way it' a journal and you get to feel good about all the things you've done since you're always looking at your list. Anything without a DONE needs to be done. You can write details in each entry, too.

No subscriptions, no fees, accessible from your phone, computer. etc. Keep it simple, folks.

New comment by bariswheel in "Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude"

bariswheel — Sat, 31 May 2025 02:51:42 +0000

I really want to like Claude, but I hit their limit WAY too early when I PAID for it, 9 months ago, WAY before I hit any type of limit on gippity. (gippity - gpt , gimminy - gemini).

New comment by bariswheel in "RIP Val Kilmer: Real Genius .. the Film Nerd Culture Deserves (2015)"

bariswheel — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:31:10 +0000

Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Why do you do it? Doc Holliday: Wyatt is my friend. Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends. Doc Holliday: I don’t.

Goodbye Doc Holliday.

New comment by bariswheel in "Decline of cash credited for drop in surgery for children swallowing objects"

bariswheel — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:48:21 +0000

Terrible headline.

New comment by bariswheel in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

bariswheel — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:06:46 +0000

Post-scarcity world will likely make these scenarios more common.

New comment by bariswheel in "AnandTech Farewell"

bariswheel — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 07:40:36 +0000

So much nostalgia from my teen and 20s, this site was not only entertaining but equally educational and always looked forward to reading the next review. I hadn't thought much of this website frankly in decades, but this is a bittersweet encounter, thank you for all the great memories and all the knowledges bestowed upon us.

New comment by bariswheel in "Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet"

bariswheel — Fri, 24 May 2024 05:54:47 +0000

I'm surprised by this and it sort of came out of nowhere, how'd you all beat Amazon and other big tech to the market?

New comment by bariswheel in "Roberta Williams – King's Quest 40th Anniversary [video]"

bariswheel — Sat, 11 May 2024 06:49:15 +0000

I have such great memories playing all the Sierra games back in the 80s on my IBM PC, overcoming all that difficulty over weeks and weeks of trying to figure out what to type to get to the next stage of the game. No internet, giving us all that space to imagine and wonder what those world may be like, imagination going off with the help of all the constraints of EGA/VGA graphics, that was a special time. Roberta and Kenneth, all my respects.

New comment by bariswheel in "Reflecting on 18 Years at Google"

bariswheel — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:13:56 +0000

Though one key issue: Winning hearts and minds matter, public perception matters, they do indirectly affect the bottom line. Requires some nuance/between the lines sight to see this.