> Reformat any Apple Silicon (M series) mac from macOS, linux or windows with a single command.
and it's only a little lower, in less prominent text,that it says:
> lets you fully wipe or restore a T2 or M series macbook
I think one is safe, one is dangerous, and it would be good to make the capability for both clear. I would personally put them in the order safe-then-dangerous in text, too, 'lets you restore (safe for user data) or fully wipe a T2 or M-series MacBook...'.
The human (or other entity) judging it probably thinks it looks like a sign of thinking or reasoning, and doing a better job -- catching its own errors before they are confidently surfaced. That would be worth rewarding.
For Grok, we do know who, and many of us remember the repeated Nazi salute, the alleged creation of underage graphic material, etc.
I get a sense of tiredness around all this and just wanting to work with some tech. But, in today's world, people and their beliefs matter, and they do have impact. We have to be aware of, and react, to that. There are plenty of LLMs without that baggage. It's ok - and I'd say, something to respect - to say No to Grok and use one of the others. Hardcore nerd or not, it's a matter of what line you draw with ethics. My own line is pretty far on the 'no way' side of what we've seen Grok be associated with.
This is impressive - but is a license change, from the PostgresQL license [0] to AGPL [1].
I like the AGPL and think it's the best truly free open source license, but I worry if this is compatible. Ie, if this is rewritten from the original source, should the original apply? (Yes.) There has been a trend to rewrite open source software with a more restrictive license (like coretools in Rust). This looks considerably more ethical by choosing the AGPL - I just wonder, safer with no change at all?
I totally get it. The triplet was ‘a framework now ready to be used, explored, and built upon by the worldwide community.’ AIs love to claim something is ready or production ready (kinda primed me for thinking AI when I read that), and the triplet is the comma-separated clause, clause, clause.
Why not email HN / dang and ask for a boost? They are very nice and sometimes do, and if it got off to a poor start but is a valuable post, no harm asking. I don’t know the Rust ecosystem enough to judge this, but, good luck.
The blog doesn't explain what Rama is, but it's a network library (?) for Rust: https://ramaproxy.org/
Is it a proxy or more? It seems more despite the name.
OP, I am very happy for you releasing, but I see you have zero upvotes. I think explaining what something is is key in any blogpost. And sorry to say, but the triplet in your text gives AI vibes even though it's a completely legitimate way of writing and I am sure you did write it yourself.
Unfortunately the article doesn't answer the question. I was hoping for an investigation.
Whatsapp is #4 in battery usage on my phone, and has spent more time in background mode (9 minutes) than active (6 minutes.) Not nearly as bad as the author but I have to admit, I don't understand why it could spend anywhere near that much time doing anything. All it needs to do is be sent a new message.
The thing is, other packs of the same wood to the same spec were better. We were able to sort through and get one graded/rated the same, but without problems.
I know about wood quality and I have deliberately bought higher and lower grade wood. But even so, quality varies greatly.
That's also a lesson about what people will sell you. First time I went to a lumberyard, I was (coincidentally) with a friend who did a lot of woodwork. I thought, well, I've just paid for a pack of wood, I'll get it. The worker there was completely happy with that. My friend stopped me, and inspected each piece.
Sure enough, several had cracks at the ends, knots in poor places, and other things that, had I bought it, would have caused me trouble.
I can be a naive person in that I assume good faith. I would never knowingly sell something poor quality to someone else. I had assumed because I was being sold it, it was okay.
I remember switching to Mac OS from Windows. That was back in the days where you had to restart Windows, and Windows apps could steal focus. Mac OS X: rarely restarted, soon moving for a good decade to never; and apps could not steal focus, the Dock icon bounced.
Where are we today? I reboot macOS regularly, deal with the same frustrating issues on login, and when I type sometimes a dialog or app steals my keystrokes. That includes permissions dialogs, 'Foo wants to access your Documents folder'. I do not know every app I have granted permissions to, because I do know that I was typing in a text field and the dialog appeared as I was doing it.
I feel there's a loss there of valuing:
* Uptime, or rather, lack of interruption and losing state, as a value for users
* Control: the user is using an app, respect that and don't allow other apps to disrespect and take control away from it, again as value or attitude towards users.
The worst part about the apps restarting is not that they do it, though today it feels a hack to mostly-not-quite restore state that shouldn't have been lost in the first place. It's how long it takes. I have an Apple Silicon Mac. It can take over a minute for apps to restore, Spaces to switch as they re-maximise, etc. And forget trying to interact during that time: if you want to quit an app (say) it's risky because any other app can steal focus and you find yourself in another app while trying to deal with the first.
And Spaces restoration? I have a permanent black Space. It belongs to Parallels, which is actually on another space. And I have one Space with multiple windows: they belong to Fork, and each one should be in its own Space, but they overlap like a mini windowing system.
The bugs. I realise I sound like I'm complaining, but... I am. I paid money for this and I know how good it used to be. I've been seriously looking at Linux and maybe KDE Plasma recently. There's little barrier to switching, not when you actively annoy your users and push them. I did it once (to Mac), and I've been thinking, well, I can do it again.
Thanks, very nice of you to note that, and I'll fix. The SSG behind it has some updates coming to improve mobile rendering for sidenotes etc already, will add more :)
Drag corner... hmm... seems a change in recent browsers - that has not changed in the website implementation since it worked in all three (FireFox, Chrome, Safari.) And I may have to break my no-Javascript ethos to get it working again!
These are very nice (especially the Betelgeuse set), but -- unless this is just chance from the ones displayed -- don't they mostly all have the same silhouette, a rounded rectangle? While the Betelgeuse ones have more flair and are more differentiable from each other, an excellent thing, locking them in a box is the same kind of jail that this article is about.
I would love to encourage you to free your own icons from the round-rect jail. You have some fantastic designs there.
https://daveon.design or https://vintagedave.com