Hacker News: code_witch_sam

New comment by code_witch_sam in "A design system for the federal government"

code_witch_sam — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:54:02 +0000

i'm not sure i would call this a "big government initiative." this is pretty cheap, obvious stuff.

you might pull an off-the-shelf component library for a demo app or even a startup, but the value of building in-house/from-scratch in government, especially military, cannot be understated. the web ui ecosystem is rife with security risks and accessibility footguns.

it looks fine to me. it's a design system, not rocket science.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "To make dishwashers great again? (2020)"

code_witch_sam — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:41:38 +0000

Did the euro brands like Bosch and Miele ever do a bad job? From what I've read, they've been consistently good over the decades.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "To make dishwashers great again? (2020)"

code_witch_sam — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:35:52 +0000

My Miele is absolutely perfect. Quiet, convenient, and very, very effective. Stylish, too.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast"

code_witch_sam — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:57:22 +0000

i only skimmed the home page, but it seems far too opinionated for general use. if you're starting fresh and plan to use tremor as your all-encompassing ui kit, it seems fine. but at that point, why not grafana, retool, or some other no-to-low-code dashboard solution?

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Blade-Runner-Tailwind: A Collection of Blade Runner Themed Tailwind Components"

code_witch_sam — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:21:45 +0000

seems good for low-interactivity sites, especially if everyone is generally looking at the same content. i'd consider it for my company's front-of-site, sales sites, blogs, that sort of thing. i certainly wouldn't write discord, vscode, or even a simple no-code tool with it.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

code_witch_sam — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 07:02:48 +0000

the fact that the latest 100 gecs album has a spatial master was a big tell for me. spatial is definitely going to stick

even just their boiler room set in spatial sounded more realistic than any other live thing i've ever listened to. hearing the crowd around you is surreal

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Falcon 40B LLM (which beats Llama) now Apache 2.0"

code_witch_sam — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 23:07:20 +0000

analog chips like what MythicAI is developing seem like the next obvious leap forward for deploying inferences broadly. ASIC/FPGA wouldn't be much different than a GPU. ASIC seems like a brittle solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsUOuSjvcg

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Beej's Guide to Network Programming"

code_witch_sam — Mon, 22 May 2023 01:22:54 +0000

learned sockets with this like 20 years ago programming IRC fserve bots in C

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Ask HN: What's your favorite software testing framework and why?"

code_witch_sam — Sun, 21 May 2023 23:22:23 +0000

my favorite is the one that is most ergonomic for the tools i'm building with

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

code_witch_sam — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:19:59 +0000

Not to mention access to chips. That's becoming more and more difficult for uncooperative states like China and Russia.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

code_witch_sam — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:17:28 +0000

>Is military capable AI in the hands of few militaries safer than in the hands of many?

Yes. It is. I'm sure hostile, authoritarian states that are willing to wage war with the world like Russia and North Korea will eventually get their hands on military-grade AI. But the free world should always strive to be two steps ahead.

Even having ubiquitous semi-automatic rifles is a huge problem in America. I'm sure Cliven Bundy or Patriot Front would do everything they can to close the gap with intelligent/autonomous weapons, or even just autonomous bots hacking America's infrastructure. If everything is freely available, what would be stopping them?

New comment by code_witch_sam in "US Supreme Court Justices get lavish gifts; Raise bar for bribery prosecutions"

code_witch_sam — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:58:01 +0000

the supreme court has a history of "going rogue" when the legislature is divided and weak. ezra klein did a good podcast on this a few months ago

New comment by code_witch_sam in "McDonald's temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepares layoff notices"

code_witch_sam — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 01:33:04 +0000

i absolutely loved McD's spicy crispy chicken sandwich. is spicy mccrispy something different? it was quite a bit spicier than i expected (which is why i loved it probably)

New comment by code_witch_sam in "GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help"

code_witch_sam — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 02:38:59 +0000

i see it going two ways: 1. they do skeumorphic design in a way where comes out as a giant touchscreen with a bunch of static buttons like you see with physical interfaces on a car 2. very deep menus. e.g., a dozen taps to switch from radio to bluetooth

in either case, it'll have a 15hz frame rate and 800ms of lag between input and response. i expect nothing better.

meanwhile, if we had a full-on apple car, it would probably have a 120hz truemotion display, well-calibrated spatial audio, and a fully-utilized M2 Max chip

i was bearish on the idea of an apple car years ago, but now with tesla withering, i'm practically begging for it

New comment by code_witch_sam in "I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney"

code_witch_sam — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:50:08 +0000

paralegals seem like they're very much at risk

New comment by code_witch_sam in "I lost everything that made me love my job through Midjourney"

code_witch_sam — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:45:23 +0000

why not have a system to write the tests as well?

New comment by code_witch_sam in "How to smooth and spread A* paths for an RTS"

code_witch_sam — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:42:06 +0000

best i can tell, dragoons in starcraft 1 used A- paths. that is, A*, but completely f-ing random

New comment by code_witch_sam in "Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple bring continuity to the Music app?"

code_witch_sam — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 05:37:09 +0000

i opened the music app on my watch, clicked the airplay icon, and i see all of my home devices (homepod, apple tvs) listed. even my mac mini is listed.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "The Twitter Files"

code_witch_sam — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 05:07:38 +0000

what if you use the report button to do the same, and succeed? have you influenced the election? perhaps marginally. your tweets do the same.

New comment by code_witch_sam in "The Twitter Files"

code_witch_sam — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 05:05:43 +0000

what does a particular politician have to do with this? the "leak" literally said both the trump white house and the biden campaign lobbied to have posts removed

i think it's kind of funny that the government is lobbying corporation now, rather than the other way around.