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mohsenari | 5 months ago | on: The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

mohsenari | 1 year ago | on: Pocket-size AMD Ryzen PC in a folding keyboard

A cool idea would be if it had an accompanying android/ios app that would turn your phone screen into a screen for this pocket computer. Then the foldable keyboard would make sense and you don't need to hunt for a monitor to be able to use it.

mohsenari | 1 year ago | on: Ambulances called to Amazon's UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years

Let's do a bit of math. 1400 in 5 years is 280 per year. 280 divided by 52 weeks is 5.38 5.38 divided by 7 days is 0.77

So in an average work week of 7 days ambulance is called more than 5 times. On any given day there was 77% chance of an ambulance getting called. That shows an absurdly high percentage of calling an ambulance. But keep in mind a lot of minor injuries don't result in ambulance calls.

mohsenari | 1 year ago | on: Automate Project Environments with Devbox and Direnv (2023)

Hey I'm the author of this blog post. Definitely not GPT-generated, when I was exploring direnv, it was at the same time as I was exploring nix, so the two seemed adjacent in my mind. Admittedly, I should have phrased it better and not confused myself and anyone who read the blog post. What I tried to convey in the blog post was that, trying to setup isolated environments with Nix and automated env switching with direnv, requires investing time in learning about those tools. Devbox abstracts the Nix part and `devbox generate direnv` abstracts the direnv part.

mohsenari | 1 year ago | on: Worldwide Telescope

The website reminds me of Prezi the presentation tool that had fancier transitions than powerpoint.

mohsenari | 2 years ago | on: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor

It's great! I really like it. I would buy the pro subscription if it was a bit cheaper. 19.99 CAD/month seems a bit too much (at least for me).

mohsenari | 2 years ago | on: Canadian internet bill S-210 is a step closer to becoming law

Growing up in a country with internet censorship, I can tell it is a huge slippery slope not to mention the dangers of having to upload government ID to access adult websites. I hope politicians come to their senses on this.

mohsenari | 2 years ago | on: X/Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features

That's optimistic thinking. I don't believe that will happen even if people realize that it is possible. Because tracking is not detrimental enough to user experience that people move off of existing platforms.

mohsenari | 2 years ago | on: NixOS and my descent into insanity

> Now to figure out what a "flake" is…

Flake is a worthwhile addition to Nix that is worth learning. But like anything Nixian, it's not straightforward.

Have you checked out any of the tools that aim to simplify Nix experience? We built Devbox (https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox) with this in mind.

mohsenari | 3 years ago | on: Is it my fault if you can't handle the truth? (2019)

It seems like you're in full agreement with the article.

mohsenari | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: A short guideline for getting stuff done without AI

A very stoic approach to life. But it's also comforting.

mohsenari | 3 years ago | on: Devbox Cloud Open Beta

We announced Devbox Cloud open beta today. Devbox is a tool that let's you create isolated development environments built on top of Nix. Devbox Cloud gives you a cloud shell with port-forwarding to run your applications directly in a cloud environment. Happy to answer questions anyone might have.

mohsenari | 3 years ago | on: DALL-E for Playlists

I just took a glance and the playlists (aka prompts) are top laughter material.

mohsenari | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Launchpad – Zero DevOps Kubernetes

Nice work, glad this is finally out and open sourced.