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mrzool

11,847 karmajoined 12 jaar geleden
Broad technologist working in arts/culture, with background in social sciences.

Serial upvoter.

https://mrzool.cc

[email protected]

Berlin, DE / South Tyrol, IT

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“Never use computers, computers are terrible, always avoid computers.” —Ethan Marcotte

“Incurious people terrify me.” —Coda Hale

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[my public key: https://keybase.io/zool; my proof: https://keybase.io/zool/sigs/9JND0TW7QD9xj6as-iFm5IOq9QrLo8t1GfClmzGeL2I]

Submissions

Germany is quietly falling apart

spectator.com
5 points·by mrzool·eergisteren·5 comments

AI Data Centers Are Building a New Political Coalition

nytimes.com
4 points·by mrzool·vorige maand·0 comments

Native Instruments Is Bought Out

the-berliner.com
33 points·by mrzool·2 maanden geleden·9 comments

InMusic will acquire Native Instruments, as NI joins brands from Akai to Moog

cdm.link
1 points·by mrzool·2 maanden geleden·0 comments

[untitled]

1 points·by mrzool·3 maanden geleden·0 comments

MacBook Neo Is the Most Repairable MacBook in 14 Years

ifixit.com
5 points·by mrzool·4 maanden geleden·1 comments

Adobe is killing off software animators around the world are using every day

aftermath.site
1 points·by mrzool·5 maanden geleden·1 comments

4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin

the-berliner.com
149 points·by mrzool·6 maanden geleden·141 comments

Nominations for Words of the Year 2025

americandialect.org
2 points·by mrzool·6 maanden geleden·1 comments

Pink Ranger–Dressed Hacker Takes Down White Supremacist Websites Live Onstage

gizmodo.com
5 points·by mrzool·6 maanden geleden·1 comments

Organizing Principles for Community Software

u2764.com
1 points·by mrzool·6 maanden geleden·0 comments

Against Scale

tante.cc
3 points·by mrzool·7 maanden geleden·0 comments

Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved cat from skunk

theguardian.com
25 points·by mrzool·7 maanden geleden·3 comments

The Game Awards 2025 Nominations

thegameawards.com
1 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·0 comments

The Smellscapes of Cities

nemos.hypotheses.org
4 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·0 comments

[untitled]

1 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·0 comments

iPhone Pocket

apple.com
2 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·3 comments

Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts

gtaforums.com
526 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·362 comments

[untitled]

1 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·0 comments

72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study

gamesindustry.biz
46 points·by mrzool·8 maanden geleden·82 comments

comments

mrzool
·17 dagen geleden·discuss
I guess we’ll see.
mrzool
·19 dagen geleden·discuss
“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” –Some Microsoft guy
mrzool
·6 maanden geleden·discuss
Joke’s on you, got an air fryer for Christmas and I’m roasting potatoes every day, never bought so many potatoes in my life. They’re absolutely delicious.
mrzool
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
I wonder how many meetings where necessary to come up with that name
mrzool
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
> * brand new indie label releases (bandcamp)

> * commercial albums variants missing from musicbrainz/discogs

I fixed those two by adding the missing releases to the database beets uses as its data source (musicbrainz.org), and importing the album in Beets afterwards. I still get notifications for edits to entries I contributed over a decade ago!
mrzool
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
You take the same cut from big players and give the smaller ones a break. I think Valve could afford that without any issue.
mrzool
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
> How much do you think they should take?

A 15–20% fee would be much fairer in my opinion. They’d still be making plenty of money while letting developers keep more of what they earn through their hard work. At the very least, they should differentiate between big players and smaller indie developers.
mrzool
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
No question about it!

Edit: that said, the 30% fee is pretty greedy (Apple-level greedy) and they could be doing better at least in that regard.
mrzool
·9 maanden geleden·discuss
> Is "vibe engineering" a correct term for this?

Anything with the word “vibe” in it sounds silly and unserious imho. What’s wrong with something neutral and descriptive like “LLM-assisted programming”? Not catchy enough?
mrzool
·10 maanden geleden·discuss
Don’t get suppliers in Iran or Russia. Easy.
mrzool
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
This brought back memories, thank you :')