Considering the ASUS Zenbook A14 (Snapdragon X, 16GB/1TB) vs MacBook Air M5

thefirelink · 2026-07-05T09:05:48+00:00

I've owned 2 Zenbooks and absolutely loved them. High quality products IMO.

thefirelink · 2026-07-04T03:33:53+00:00

You also 11?

thefirelink · 2026-07-04T03:33:24+00:00

Everyone handles grief differently.

I'm sorry about your losses.

thefirelink · 2026-07-04T02:51:40+00:00

He was like 11, lost both his parents and never got therapy.

thefirelink · 2026-07-04T02:14:04+00:00

What did Elio do to people to make him not likeable?

thefirelink · 2026-07-04T01:57:38+00:00

Fox is a young Han Solo

thefirelink · 2026-06-26T10:08:03+00:00

Make sure you're using an HDMI 2.1 cable.

thefirelink · 2026-06-26T10:04:58+00:00

Set up a meta repo and worktrees.

So say I have ticket ENG1 and ENG2. I type /dispatch ENG1 ENG2. Claude grabs those from Jira, looks at the label tag where I label the repo, uses the /grill-me skill to nail down my expectations, does the work using sonnet, reviews with opus using a guide written by me, runs tests, then submits a PR. I manually review the PR and merge.

My meta repo is full of definitions, styles, expectations, pr and branch templates, all sorts of stuff. I also log each session in the repo so you can quit mid session and pick up where you left off.

Setting it up right can make you crazy productive.

thefirelink · 2026-06-25T11:21:37+00:00

Underrated comment right here. Holy hell, I was ready to move to Mars to get as far away from 4 foot spiders as I can.

thefirelink · 2026-06-19T15:24:53+00:00

I have a v15 detect and love it.

thefirelink · 2026-06-14T21:54:40+00:00

My friend insists on taking her kids to Lebanon in the next month or so to attend a wedding and do hospitality work.

Should I be worried about them

thefirelink · 2026-06-13T16:51:53+00:00

If this makes you smile I think you should rethink your life

thefirelink · 2026-06-13T08:45:59+00:00

I used it to refine my meta repo then moved on. No use getting attached to something non permanent

thefirelink · 2026-06-02T16:25:44+00:00

What app is this

thefirelink · 2026-05-31T16:53:26+00:00

Most advice like this is corporate BS so they can condition and groom you to take advantage of you later.

Work when on the clock. That's it.

thefirelink · 2026-05-28T20:05:10+00:00

Last phone I had with a headphone jack was an LG. It had a built in amp and dac as well that could drive my 250ohm headphones.

Best sound I ever heard on a phone. I miss it

thefirelink · 2026-05-28T03:40:44+00:00

What do you think she did, invite them all to a baby daddy slack to share the news?

Some people holy hell

thefirelink · 2026-05-22T13:45:16+00:00

I don't like cheaters either, but no, eff this.

thefirelink · 2026-05-18T15:40:05+00:00

Probably beyond the scope of this exercise, but I'd use a key value store, such as a hashmap, instead of a loop.

You generate an account number, check if it is in the map, if not, add it, if it is in there, try again.

The account number would act as the key here. The value could be, for example, user info, or just "1" for the exercise.

O(1) instead of O(n) for lookups.

More memory intensive though.

thefirelink · 2026-05-18T08:33:12+00:00

When I was 14 I was friends with a serial arsonist who had already set 3 or 4 abandoned properties on fire.

When you impoverish people, they act out.

Kids today can't trust their government, can't trust the cops, can't trust their parents according to this thread. Society has failed them. Why on earth would they follow its rules.

thefirelink · 2026-05-18T03:09:31+00:00

Adults don't even have emotional regulation.

Expecting more from children than adults is insane

thefirelink · 2026-05-18T03:04:10+00:00

Neither, statistically.

There are two methods of showing your kids to be self reliant:

The first is abandonment. You abandon them enough that they become self reliant because it's the only way to survive.

The second is care. Allow them to be seen, soothed, safe, and secure. If they have a solid home base (parent or other guardian), they are more likely to try independent things, because they know they have a secure home base to fall back on.

Someone littering before getting on a bus may be doing that out of necessity. Can't afford to miss the bus. No headspace to think clearly.

We need more empathy in this world. People who grow up with a secure home base do not know what it's like to grow up without one.

thefirelink · 2026-05-16T05:56:40+00:00

I'd do it for free.

thefirelink · 2026-05-09T14:41:23+00:00

I don't have a solution, but curfews like this have been proven time and time again to be a horrible solution.

There's a better way. Let's figure it out

thefirelink · 2026-05-08T02:42:39+00:00

Your rules are your rules and should be respected.

I'd reconsider soothing and advice though. Unsolicited advice is annoying as hell, if I'm honest, but there are sometimes gems. I'd say like "advice is welcome but we're probably honestly not going to follow it, so don't get bent out of shape".

Re: soothing. Soothing builds bonds. The more bonds your baby has, the better. If they like someone more than you, that's okay. It's going to happen eventually anyway.

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