> when your LED screen set has cheesy realtime CGI backgrounds…

Does this happen often? Are there any examples?

There are studios that specialize in this kind of virtual production, and it’s appealing to producers because it’s (theoretically) cheaper than doing things in post.

For example Fireframe in Finland: https://fireframe.fi/

Oh yes. The Mandalorian is one of the first to use it extensively.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/20/how-the-mandalorian-and-il...

Wow. This sucks. Look at how they gloat about how much they change the way they shoot to suit the technology. These kinds of technologies that box film makers in are surely contributing to the boring same-y-ness of modern film and tv.

> The screen needs more effort to keep clean than a normal screen and comes with a special wipe that needs to be used instead of microfiber

> I’ve learned to bring my special wipe when I bring my laptop, and I slip a few rubbing alcohol wipes in there as well.

Not for me then, the extra flexibility wouldn't be worth the loss of convenience; I prefer low maintenance and I work mostly indoors anyway. Still, good to have options, I guess.

In any case, that was a good and helpful review!

How are you dealing with entry updates?

If I want to update the description, or link, or remove my website from there completely (right to delete), what should I do?

Send a PR to https://github.com/hnpwd/hnpwd.github.io/ or create an issue there to ask us to do it for you.

> What do LLMs train off of now?

Perhaps they’ll rely on what was used by people who answered SO questions. So: official docs and maybe source code. Maybe even from experience too, i.e. from human feedback and human written code during agentic coding sessions.

> The fact that the LLM doesn't insult you is just the cherry on top.

Arguably it does insult even more, just by existing alone.

Technically they could get some paper stating “you own one vinyl” and we would use less plastic and storage (and we’d get an alternative monetary system perhaps).

Where the logo is.

And when the port is vertical and you can’t see it?

I’m surprised how tolerable people seemed to find Apples rear ports.

It gets a pass from me. The JS content didn’t annoy me, e.g. it didn’t show me any off topic popups, so I didn’t feel the need to disable JS.

Example output if anyone else is curious:

    def fragile(x):
        lst = [None]
        lst[x - 42]
        return "ok"
    
    def test_fragile():
        assert fragile(42) == "ok"

this doesn't seem like a very useful test...? i'm more interested in the failure modes when input != 42, what happens when i pass NaN to that etc...

jmo, but tests should be a chance to improve the implementation of functions not just one-off "write and forget" confirmations of the happy path only... automating all that just short-circuits that whole process... but maybe i'm missing something.

AeroSpace is a “i3-like tiling window manager for macOS”:

https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UOl7ErqWbrk (video demo)

> Golf cannot be played in tidy 1-yard increments.

Sure, but it requires tidy increments of effort and practice. At least according to advice from a reddit thread about golf[1].

> To make a golden necklace, you must start with gold.

But maybe practice with silver or copper necklaces first, or you’ll waste time and money for no good reason.

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/sgppbe/whats_the_best... e.g.: “Get a lesson to identify flaws and get drills to work on said flaws. Go to the range and practice those drills to get them down. Rinse. Repeat.”

The golf swing is extremely non-intuitive for several reasons, not the least of which is the physics of trying to swing a hunk of metal at the end of a 3-foot rod around your body at 100mph. Fixing one thing will often send something else out of whack. Improving the golf swing requires system-level analysis, trying new things to see what else is affected, and then fixing the regressions.

Ben Hogan once said something along the lines of:

"Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.”