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New comment by repler in "AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'"

repler — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:21:47 +0000

That is a very cynical take which completely ignores his contributions through the decades.

In many cases he helped build the bandwagons you're implying he simply jumped onto.

New comment by repler in "Microsoft Edit"

repler — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:35:57 +0000

> I am surprised Micrsooft didnt use the opportunity to create a micrsoft specific Linux distro

The last one didn’t do so hot, they named it “Xenix”

New comment by repler in "End of 10: Upgrade your old Windows 10 computer to Linux"

repler — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:22:04 +0000

Did you try Linux Surface?

https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

New comment by repler in "AI Saved My Company from a 2-Year Litigation Nightmare"

repler — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:19:15 +0000

> not learning from the LLM how to understand his lawyers arguments better

The leverage came in the form of reducing costs. When you ask your lawyer to explain, they happily bill you for that time.

New comment by repler in "Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset"

repler — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:04:00 +0000

> the media is largely dominated by institutional players

and also tech journalism as a whole is pretty abysmal to begin with

New comment by repler in "Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf]"

repler — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:19:32 +0000

I wouldn't count Toyota out. Their mega battery plant in North Carolina is coming online this year, and the biggest drag on their current EV/PHEV lineup is the batteries. New EV/PHEV models are on the way, and frankly if they just update what they have with better batteries they will be absolutely phenomenal because they are currently great to drive and run extremely well despite lackluster battery range.

New comment by repler in "Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features"

repler — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:17:43 +0000

It's just like putting on glasses but for your ears!

I had the same experience as you did - what a difference.

New comment by repler in "Engine Sound Simulator"

repler — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:38:07 +0000

I think you’re the only one.

I wouldn’t mind as much if the volume wasn’t 5 times louder in reverse than drive.

New comment by repler in "How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed"

repler — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:38:15 +0000

some of the newer WiFi setups have an IoT subnet that works like a guest network.

Worth using if your gear has it.

New comment by repler in "Reports: Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper"

repler — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:57:07 +0000

> I don’t foresee it ever being there.

I understand where you’re coming from - have you considered how advances in AI Video generation might pair with a premium headset?

The output from Sora (OpenAI) looks pretty compelling already. I also recently read that Apple is already using AI image generation to create stereoscopic images from any plain old 2D image.

Combine all this together and it’s not impossible to envision (pun intended?) a halfway decent on demand interactive experience.

Kind of amazing to think a holodeck-like experience is in the not too distant future.

New comment by repler in "Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud"

repler — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:14:09 +0000

Exactly - nothing is for free. They explicitly state that PCC data gets destroyed after a response is returned.

Are the anonymized queries (minus user data context) worth anything?

It’s gotta be some kind of subscription/per query charge model to pay for the servers, electricity, and bandwidth.

New comment by repler in "Who killed the network switch? A Hubris Bug Story"

repler — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:23:02 +0000

> The list of argument is called "args" (short and descriptive)

You’re proving the original point - it should be named “arguments” because that is what it is.

Saving … 5 bytes? by naming it “args” instead is exactly OP’s point.

New comment by repler in "Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16"

repler — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:13:31 +0000

You may be surprised to learn that when asked, teens would actually prefer that everyone give up social media.

The key word is “everyone” and it’s a collective action problem.

Excellent article in The Atlantic titled “End the Phone Based Childhood Now” which covers this extensively.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-...

The study cited in this excellent - but paywalled - article is here: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/2023-131/

New comment by repler in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

repler — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:34:19 +0000

and how’s the data privacy?

New comment by repler in "OpenAI and Elon Musk"

repler — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:33:32 +0000

isn’t this the old: free as in speech, not as in beer

New comment by repler in "If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least do nothing correctly"

repler — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:23:23 +0000

the new formats are actually zip archives believe it or not

New comment by repler in "Toyota to invest $1.3B in Kentucky factory to build battery packs and new EV"

repler — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:55:52 +0000

Test drive a RAV4 Prime.

All it needs is more battery capacity, which apparently they are indeed investing in.

New comment by repler in "Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union"

repler — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:27:04 +0000

> Apple is going full frontal attack and saying the DMA creates security risks

Because it does create security risks.

App code in 3rd party app stores is not going to be reviewed, which means anyone is free to craft a rootkit embedded in an app and release it to a 3rd party app store.

Enjoy!

New comment by repler in "OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pentagon"

repler — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:46:11 +0000

> The USA is not under threat from anyone.

That is demonstrably false.

In fact, should Texas ever actually secede from the Union they would very quickly find out exactly how much our enemies dislike us.

Hard to believe someone actually typed that sentence.

New comment by repler in "He spent his life building a $1M stereo"

repler — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 01:50:15 +0000

the album Folk Singer by Muddy Waters was an ear opener for me. (1964!)

I had always thought Clapton Unplugged was really nicely mastered and then after I heard Folk Singer, I realized they were trying to replicate it almost in its entirety.