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by DrSiemer 1y ago
That's actually not tinnitus but (from what I've been told) cochloreal hyperacusis, another form of hearing damage. I always have that, but I only hear a random high pitched tinnitus noise in one ear, rising and falling in volume
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
In my experience, a core skill of programmers is that they are people who are able to deal with setbacks and frustration in a good way. Those come with the territory. I've always wondered if there is a correlation between developers an
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
When using a reasonably smart llm, code moves are usually fine, but you have to pay attention whenever uncommon words (like urls or numbers) are involved. It kind of forces you to always put such data in external files, which is better for
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Exactly this. In the early days of image generation I once spent about 9 hours carefully remastering a generated image until I was happy with the result. Are those hours completely without value, because I used genAI during most of them? It
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
So tired of pointing that there is something in between "marketeer story tellers" and "real artists". Bots in the Hall, Neural Viz, GossipGoblin, even Joel Havers animations. All made with genAI and all undeniably creati
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
One of my future hobby projects is developing a low-cost device that can detect pigeon calls and will automatically respond with random audio of whatever local predator they fear the most. I can't stand their monotone calls in the morn
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
These days I'll just dump all relevant code into an LLM and have it explained to me instantly. Being able to ask questions about the parts that are unclear (or just plain wrong) is so much easier than trying to cram the entire thing in
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
You can't stop online stupidity and misinformation with censorship. It would at best create an echo chamber of government supported online stupidity and misinformation.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Sounds good! A German forum I'm on allows members limited invites based on participation. The catch is, you are responsible for the people you invite. If they get in trouble, you will share a part of the punishment.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
I'm not a fan of this option, but it seems to me the only way forward for online interaction is very strong identification on any place where you can post anything.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Ha, I'm working on a similar tool: https://github.com/DrSiemer/codemerger Glad to see I'm not the only one who prefers to work like that. I don't need many different models though, the free version of Ge
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Wish they would stop mentioning AGI. It's like the creator of a new car claiming it's a step closer to teleportation.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Switch space? On any Windows OS ctrl-arrows (left and right) move the cursor by word. I don't exactly understand how people work with code or even do text editing without it.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
I don't think anybody in our team uses tabs, but afaik you still call it tab width
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Meanwhile, the war on tab width marches on. Back when I got tired of inconsistent tab widths, I simply based my preference on the silly fact that some research showed how developers using two spaced tabs make slightly more money. Among our
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Not if you learn to use the right shortcuts for it (ctrl+arrows, mostly).
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
An expiration date could be hard to estimate, but a minimum level of support based on sales might be worth thinking about. As I understand it, that's not the main focus of this initiative though. It's mostly about opening up dead
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
A clear example of whataboutism. It's not like we are donating anything besides a minute or two of our time... It's just a signature. If that was all that was needed to force law makers to fix human rights violations, I'll si
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
We're not that far off from generated pixel art looking indistinguishable from the real deal. Friends working together generally only happens when they are still in school and have a surplus of time for projects that do not generate a
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
For most people, especially younger, pixel art is just a retro esthetic. Most indie developers do not even have the money to pay themselves, let alone hire an artist.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Settings page does not work. Profile page does not work. I've been waiting for my first test for 30 minutes now. Not a great first impression...
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Why would you ask a 1B model anything? Those are only useful for rephrasing output at best.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
It has gotten to the point where I now almost exclusively associate the use of emojis outside of social chat with LLM output. They are on the same level as all the "useful comments" added to my code: trash that the prompter was to
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Would this also work for adding effects to existing audio? A simple reverb and pitch bend on a recorded vocal would make me a lot more excited than experimental synth effects.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
I think articles like this don't garner a lot of attention, because why would anybody even bother to engage? If you don't see this unstoppable steam train for what it is, well, enjoy your screaming in the void. We can all agree th
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
It's a Python script that exports all the playlists, including liked songs.
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
As somebody who has listened to hundreds of audiobooks, I can tell you authors are generally not the best choice to voice their own work. They may know every intent, but they are writers, not actors. The most skilled readers will make you w
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
A valid point of criticism, but I do wonder if this only applies to those who can (still) easily spot LLM assisted output. Many people lack the time or writing skills to produce something elegant by themselves, so for them it's like fa
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by DrSiemer 1y ago
Same here, plus I can finally find related songs in languages I cannot read! At least a fifth of my favorite songs look like cryptic gibberish to me, that would be nearly impossible to find as a download... I'm firmly vendor locked for
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by DrSiemer 2y ago
Isn't it irrelevant that students do not have the answer to a basic quiz though? In a real life situation, they can just _ask an LLM_ if they need to know something. I don't believe having this option will make people a lot less f

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