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New comment by interstice in "CSS: Unavoidable Bad Parts"

interstice — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:04:53 +0000

>> So, don’t think “how can I do my layout in a given system”, think instead “what possible layouts are allowed by the system”

Spoken like someone that hasn't been handed designs and expected to 'just figure it out' for a living.

New comment by interstice in "Domain expertise has always been the real moat"

interstice — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:53:13 +0000

Until AI can take responsibility I don't see the accountability issue being solved, hopefully this doesn't just mean humans become responsibility machines.

New comment by interstice in "Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos"

interstice — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:37:29 +0000

This only works if you believe in something unknown which we can't detect or measure, which is by its definition not provable.

New comment by interstice in "The dead economy theory"

interstice — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:31:23 +0000

We already live in a world where supply would greatly outstrip demand if we weren't constantly being convinced (or convincing ourselves) to spend money on services we don't need. The only real lack of supply is around things like housing and food as far as I can tell, which is curious considering how long those problems have been around.

New comment by interstice in "Perry Compiles TypeScript directly to executables using SWC and LLVM"

interstice — Sat, 30 May 2026 08:42:12 +0000

I got the impression from the first comment that it was speaking from experience not the docs

New comment by interstice in "The dead economy theory"

interstice — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:06:38 +0000

Each time people found something else to do that someone would pay them for. This doesn't automatically mean there is an infinite supply of that - unless you believe in it as some kind of fundamental law.

New comment by interstice in "Expertise in the Age of AI"

interstice — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:43:13 +0000

This is a valuable insight, Seniors engineers have often built a career out of building intuitions around when to trust people, not AI.

New comment by interstice in "Deno 2.8"

interstice — Sat, 23 May 2026 08:36:56 +0000

Although the attacks on the NPM ecosystem are making that sound more like a liability by the day.

New comment by interstice in "Sam Altman makes 'mic drop' offer to every Y Combinator startup"

interstice — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:04:33 +0000

Like sci-fi with currency based in kwh or life minutes but this time it's tokens

New comment by interstice in "Sam Altman makes 'mic drop' offer to every Y Combinator startup"

interstice — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:03:14 +0000

It could be at cost, but probably not

New comment by interstice in "Archaeologists find Egyptian mummy buried with the 'Iliad'"

interstice — Thu, 21 May 2026 08:55:01 +0000

Local origin not global

New comment by interstice in "Who will buy your services if you fire us all?"

interstice — Mon, 18 May 2026 22:25:16 +0000

I don't really get this, you still have to go outside once in a while as an ultra rich person surely? Why not spend some relatively tiny amount of resources on fixing terrible roads + picking up trash + healthcare for the homeless? Does this happen and I just don't know about it?

New comment by interstice in "US is starting to see heavy job losses in roles exposed to AI"

interstice — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:05:00 +0000

Okay but - if an industry can afford more employees than it has is there a real reason not to have them? Aside from shareholder greed etc.

New comment by interstice in "Kids can bypass some age checks with a drawn-on mustache"

interstice — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:16:01 +0000

Collectively we have fought long and hard for internet freedom, it's depressing that all it takes is a generation and some bureaucratic idiocy for all that to be undone.

New comment by interstice in "Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS"

interstice — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:08:33 +0000

Oh neat! Bookmarked

New comment by interstice in "Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security"

interstice — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:31:45 +0000

The panels and controllers are mostly interchangeable are they not?

New comment by interstice in "Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS"

interstice — Sun, 03 May 2026 03:16:38 +0000

Oh and while I'm here the single layer non editable menu / weird grid is also the worst. I grew up texting under the desk on a nine key and only checking after I'd selected the contact to send to. Give me that level of muscle memory again someone, anyone, please.

New comment by interstice in "Six years perfecting maps on watchOS"

interstice — Sun, 03 May 2026 03:10:32 +0000

Because they don't allow deeper integrations maybe? I still don't have a watch face layout I like.

New comment by interstice in "AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights"

interstice — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:55:24 +0000

"I'm not just good, I'm amazing"

New comment by interstice in "Snowball Earth may hide a far stranger climate cycle than anyone expected"

interstice — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:20:31 +0000

This explains something about why I haven't understood casually mentioning 40c+ temps, 34c in Hong Kong with no breeze is about as much as I can handle.