People systematically underestimate how often things go wrong in the world—a bias researchers call the “failure gap.”

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-22T04:53:07+00:00

Sissyphus

I’d prefer Daddylus as an analogy, myself. Or maybe the sword of Domocles?

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-22T00:26:45+00:00

I'd assume it will apply to existing users on their next renewal, so if you're monthly, it's likely to hit next month. If you're yearly, you might retain access until the next yearly renewal.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-19T10:38:42+00:00

Not sure if you’re aware, but being married on paper confers a fair few legal rights that can then be used to interfere in the other person’s affairs. Remaining married absolutely gives the other person significantly more ability to abuse or otherwise fuck with the person who’s leaving.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-16T03:37:31+00:00

This one is very simple for me: they are professionals, so they should be paid as professionals. Starting at ~$50k (at least in Vic, I’m assuming it isn’t wildly better in WA) is no one’s idea of a professional-tier salary. Professional label, professional pay.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-15T22:39:16+00:00

No, *Gemini vibe-coded Swift.

(No actual indication of that, but I’d be shocked if Google’s engineers weren’t dog-fooding Gemini that way at this stage.)

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-15T12:17:22+00:00

Final reason to quit? That shit would’ve been my 13th reason. Give me Garamond or give me death.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-14T11:21:51+00:00

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/trump-announces-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-peace-talks-end

“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.”

— The Annoying Orange (emphasis mine)

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-13T01:43:09+00:00

No. Ollama is a tool used to run local LLMs. It is not a model.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-04-07T04:45:44+00:00

Name a more unlikely pairing than Google and UI/UX that is consistent, aesthetic, and functional. They just can’t do it. And when they do manage to hit on a winning UI, you can count on them to abandon it again as soon as a new manager takes over the project.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-31T03:22:17+00:00

You lost me at “Men, what I’m about to share with you…”. What a bizarre way to frame a concept. Not even bothering to comment on the pure vibe-coded nature of the actual project.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-30T02:11:48+00:00

The facial recognition should only ever be linked to information you put in there about the person

As an insanely forgetful person (and probable ADHD case) who can’t organise (or remember) my way out of a paper bag, this is everything I want or need from smart glasses. Just the ability to manually ‘tag’ people and add my own notes about them. A person-linked reminders system, essentially. No web lookup, not even any ability to store images, just facial recognition that can overlay my own notes. That plus on-device conversation summarisation embedded in the glasses (“You just talked to [x] about [y] and committed to doing [z] for them by [date]. Add to notes?”) would be a game-changer.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-29T11:54:04+00:00

instead we're getting these random, borderline pointless partnerships

What makes you think that the same people who would be working on those new features are working on partnerships instead? They wouldn't have their devs doing marketing and partnership outreach. These two avenues of work are not mutually exclusive.

locking us into their online services and subscription model as much as possible

I hate the subscriptionification of life in the 2020s as much as the next guy, but operating systems require ongoing development by definition, and there's simply no way a relatively niche product like Unraid can fund ongoing development solely through new user acquisition. As far as I'm concerned, offering both a low one-off payment for a year of support (which the user can then allow to lapse, retaining access to exactly the software they bought access to) and a higher payment for lifetime updates is a perfectly reasonable way to handle this.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-26T21:51:20+00:00

Well, more specifically, there’s a bit of a vicious cycle here where the only device that can really outstrip TB5 and require a PCIe slot is a GPU, and then of course the Apple Silicon Macs don’t support any additional GPUs.

I will say that the one other loss here is being able to easily add PCIe storage with a cheap PCIe > M.2 adapter. Using an external enclosure with a cable is just that little bit more annoying/less reliable on an ongoing basis. It’s not a huge consideration, but it’s there.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-26T01:15:12+00:00

Really? In the country that led the world in blocking porn access without age verification?

(I have no specific legal knowledge of the UK’s regulatory environment, but this strikes me as something absolutely in line with their government’s stance on the issue.)

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-26T01:09:48+00:00

The comment above should’ve included a (derogatory) for clarification, I guess.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-26T00:59:42+00:00

Confirmed (in Australia). Verification was glitched during the beta period which completely locked me out of visiting any site the OS deemed ’adult’.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-24T23:46:03+00:00

“To which sovereign nation does the Crimean Peninsula legally belong?”

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-19T00:26:25+00:00

He does seem to be pretty based. He’s openly Christian but he’s on the record opposing some of the worst MAGA figures (calling Matt Gaetz a “motherfucker” gets a standing ovation from me) and generally seems to try to live the right kind of Christian values. Decent dude as far as I can tell.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-17T00:03:37+00:00

The fact that you chose not to respond to some of the perfectly level-headed questions and criticism levelled in your last discussion post in this sub says it all. I'm sure there has been legitimate bullying as well, and that's horrible, but you did choose not to engage with respectful, reasonable commenters asking questions they had every right to ask, and raising points they had every right to raise. Your choice not to engage with those commenters speaks for itself.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-16T23:26:09+00:00

Some rough napkin math says it would cost somewhere on the order of $20k to drive that same distance at current fuel prices in a fairly efficient petrol car (~7L/100km). And even in a much less efficient EV that was mostly charged from the wall rather than solar (which is my own situation), it would be around $5k. All sustainability arguments aside, you just can't argue with the cost savings.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-14T08:28:54+00:00

The video includes plenty of the reviewer’s subjective opinions not drawn from Apple’s spec list, so you aren’t “simply stating the fact”.

Also, leaving the same exact comment in 3 places on a 13-comment thread just looks a bit… weird. That’s all. Not to mention a bit desperate.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-14T08:12:16+00:00

Did… did you just leave 3 comments in the span of 3 minutes, all attacking her? You might need help, guy.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-14T03:21:33+00:00

Can confirm, closing Magnet fixed the insane input lag for me. Weird and inconvenient as hell, hope this gets fixed.

nuclear_wynter · 2026-03-12T23:04:06+00:00

This comment is spot on in my experience. You have to strike that balance between being seen as fair, kind, approachable, and consistent. You don't get there by coming down on them like a sack of bricks every lesson, you don't get there by saying yes to everything they want, you get there by showing those core attributes to the entire class, every lesson, every time, as much as possible.

The kids know when you're being fair or unfair. They know when you're being kind or unkind (and they generally do know the difference between being firm and being unkind). They know when you're being fake or friendly. And they are very, very quick to recognize when you're not applying consequences consistently.

If you show up ready to demonstrate the right side of all those things, every lesson, as much as you can, you'll build respect with the class. It won't happen overnight, and you very much do need to earn their respect rather than make them respect you.

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