jamies's comments

jamies | 1 year ago | on: Nix at work: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes

Please keep at it! Doing what GitHub did for Git is a real opportunity I think for Nix. We'll be keeping an eye on Determinate's work...

jamies | 1 year ago | on: Nix at work: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes

I appreciate someone from the project commenting here. I left Nix because it just has too many warts, and unfortunately, they've only increased over time, which is the opposite of what I expected.

- I'd update Nixpkgs, and my build would stop working. The logging was awful, so fixing it took hours.

- The mono repo sounds nice, but selective updates are almost impossible.

- Building our Go project in a Nix package was nearly impossible with private GitHub repos, so we moved on.

- Bash scripts never work because binaries are never where they should be in Linux.

I could go on, but my experience with Nix and NixOS left me with significant scars. I’m hopeful that someone will eventually create a more user-friendly deterministic OS.

jamies | 1 year ago | on: Amazon ordered a return to the office – but research says they'll backtrack

To me, these RTOs are nothing but silent layoffs. Their best and probably most expensive talent, who have the skills to land remote gigs, will depart. Amazon's smart enough to know this; I understand from friends who worked there they believe everyone is replaceable. I disagree.

jamies | 1 year ago | on: Teardown Engine Technical Dive [video]

This game is a lot of fun. Highly recommended if you like destructible environments and puzzle solving.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: I forked SteamOS for my living room PC

If you're interested in running SteamOS on a Linux PC, I'd recommend: https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Kagi – Sourcing from Brave Search, improved image search, and new Safari ext

It’s a bummer indeed, but more an issue of iOS not supporting 3rd party search engines without a wonky extension.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: NixOS has one fatal flaw

I totally agree. I love and hate Nix every day that I use it. I hope that someday they'll make it more user friendly, but I suspect it'll be someone else with a new approach.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Dbrand Is Suing Casetify

The irony here is that Dbrand used to taunt Sony to sue them for making nearly identical, but black instead of white "fins" for the PlayStation 5.

I believe they had to end up changing the design in their 2nd iteration...

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)

I have a similar address. I’m sure you can guess. It’s insane how much daily mail I get that isn’t for me. I get completed contracts, credit card statements, you name it.

One thing I occasionally do after a beer or two is reset someone’s password using my email address — just revenge in my opinion.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

Sometimes the creativity and passion of a child can just completely shake up the doldrums of being an adult! Thanks for sharing this.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: JetBrains Mono Typeface

This, and Roboto Mono, are my two desert island monospace typefaces. Are you allowed to have two desert island mono typefaces? I don't think I could could choose between them.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

I found this on their FAQ: "There have been some problems with downloading .zip files from Safari. The download is tested to work in Chrome and FireFox."

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

I used to go to this machine a lot in high school, and certainly drove past it a lot too; it was located pretty centrally in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

More than 20 years later I sent a close up photo to some old friends who immediately clocked it as “that” vending machine.

Simple curiosities like these make me happy.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost

One feature request please: add an option to open links immediately in Safari (which has my preferred web extensions installed).

jamies | 2 years ago | on: It’s time to embrace slow productivity (2022)

I love that you quoted “slow is smooth and smooth is fast” -- I learned it as a volunteer firefighter! It's a great saying, and can be applied to just about anything.

jamies | 2 years ago | on: NYC skyscrapers sit vacant

Plumbing is a big one. Most commercial floors only have a few hookups and drains. Each apartment typically has at least 6.

Building layout is another. You could only reasonably put apartments on the outside with windows. There would be a lot of wasted space in the core of the building.

It's all possible, but the question becomes is it desirable to live there? Will the rents justify the cost to convert? I doubt it...

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Intel One Mono Typeface

Looks like Frere-Jones collaborated on this. They have a ton of experience with readability and typefaces. Excited to try this out!

jamies | 2 years ago | on: Google employees complain about CEO's pay raise as cost cuts hit company

GitHub, Visual Studio Code, Copilot, Azure. Need I go on?

jamies | 2 years ago | on: DJI Mavic 3 Pro

Cool, yeah, just fly your drone next to wildlife and claim they don't mind.

jamies | 3 years ago | on: Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux

Asahi Lina is truly an inspiration for open source reverse engineering. For those not aware, they also live stream their coding sessions quite often: https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina

I'm excited for the day that I can easily install SteamOS (the modern one that runs on the Steamdeck) on an M2 Mac mini for an insanely powered "Steam console" for my living room TV.