Liftyee

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by Liftyee 5d ago
It surprises me how the US loves their top-loading washers. Here in the UK, there isn't the complex (though interesting) "transmission": the drum has fins to act as both agitator and spin-dryer. This means it's just a bo
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by Liftyee 7d ago
The premise is interesting but a little unintuitive. As I understand it, an L-seam is defined by having to attach a square by two edges at a time (i.e. two of its sides already have adjacent pieces in the finished part). Consequently, it&#x
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by Liftyee 7d ago
The penalties are interesting. It shows that the design goal is not to maximise interactions otherwise "controversial" posts should stay up. Still though, I wonder what's the point of deranking said posts. Minimise the potent
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by Liftyee 8d ago
YES. This exactly. I work across multiple devices, some of which are nonstandard/uncommon (Linux, Xiaomi China ROM, ...) and I've NEVER had passkeys work properly - yet everything constantly prompts me to add one. Even if they did
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Huawei's τ Chip Was Supposed to Melt?(arxiv.org)
2 points by Liftyee 17d ago|0 comments
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by Liftyee 21d ago
True. Money is just an instrumental goal. I was thinking about how some have 1000x more money but not 1000x more happiness. Enjoyment doesn't scale.
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by Liftyee 24d ago
I used to start the same place the author did with total blocks but kept overriding for real purposes then getting sidetracked. Identified the real problem as feeds which choose what to watch for me instead of me choosing. So I use custom a
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by Liftyee 28d ago
In case you didn't notice, today's solar panels are more efficient and much cheaper than the solar panels of 1991. Also, enough energy for some range ≠ enough power to drive constantly.
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by Liftyee 1mo ago
The US is rapidly catching up with China in the field of authoritarianism.
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by Liftyee 1mo ago
Fittingly for an AI page, the "Easter egg" page lags my phone significantly.
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by Liftyee 1mo ago
I don't get everyone's complaints about the interface. I've been using it for years, once you learn where things are I can get what I need done. The learning curve (finding where functions are, the right tools for each job, e
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by Liftyee 2mo ago
Sleep is Lindy... obesity and constant wakefulness are not. The sad fact is that people will be pressured into taking this. E: Lindy was probably the wrong term. But still, it's like Chesterton's fence. We are far from fully under
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by Liftyee 2mo ago
I don't know much about the specifics of CPU architecture apart from the existence of assembly and different modes. Either way the explanation was still entertaining and interesting. smiiiiiiii
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by Liftyee 2mo ago
Wow, really clean design. I'm surprised that you could get hold of original hardware. Not sure how much of it is commodity industrial equipment Vs bespoke buttons, etc.
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by Liftyee 2mo ago
I don't get how so many large buildings in NYC and Beijing (two cities that I've personally visited) use independent little AC units like the PTAC or minisplit types. A couple per apartment, peppered over the outer walls. Engineer
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by Liftyee 2mo ago
I love reading about the exploits of radio amateurs. This is some seriously impressive engineering too. It's surprising what one can do with off the shelf components assembled on a human scale (instead of microwave frequencies which ne
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I am the 0.1x developer (if not less)(eliyahu.co.uk)
4 points by Liftyee 3mo ago|0 comments
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
While this is neat, it strikes me as the software developer's idea of a "smart fan". The engineer in me says that an actual "smart fan" would be one whose blades are designed to produce maximum airflow with minimum
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
This is an odd and interesting effect. I experienced it and English is my first language. Couldn't figure out "binding" because in the process of permuting the letters it got sounded out as "bin ding" which I immedi
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
Though, the new data centers are not entirely the same. Increasing use of onsite gas turbines to generate power instead of using grid power changes their noise+air pollution profile.
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
I would hesitate to say the IKEA is worse. Inside the IKEA is a reputable Sensirion all in one sensor module. It's much cheaper and smaller because the CO2 sensor in it is using different (newer) technology that only released a few yea
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
Smarter device would just require a little more cost. Current devices can work with no code, just analog electronics.
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
Far too slow to complete and too many clicks. I'm surprised it's not using a binary search method easy-hard-easy ... Then it could show an in progress metric.
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
A factor not mentioned is Japan's cultural sense of duty and honour. I don't think employees in the West generally feel such dedication or perfectionism towards their company but in Japan it helped make all these efficient and met
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
I read about the clandestine midnight destruction of Meigs Field, Chicago - somehow the first one I happened upon. The mayor had the runway bulldozed in the night so that no one could have time to object. Unbelievable and mildly infuriating
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
Regardless of whether this is legal or not, I think this move is subjectively scummy. I know that profit maximisation means going against common ideas of what is "a nice thing to do", but there's a line that's been cross
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by Liftyee 3mo ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding of the economy is that money is earned when someone creates value. Just "giving people money" without having the corresponding value be created increases demand for valuable thing
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by Liftyee 4mo ago
I see Kiro's guess and raise you an anecdote. I just turned animations off on my Android device, and instantly it feels faster and more responsive. Maybe software programs got faster with our faster CPUs but all the animations just mad
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by Liftyee 4mo ago
I wonder if there's a tragedy of the commons effect with hiring. No individual company wants to spend to train employees when they can just use the pool of trained employees from other companies.
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by Liftyee 4mo ago
Very intriguing. This might be the use for my e5-2430 V2 X2 server that's been lying around. DDR3 is (relatively) cheap now too. Could fit 192GB of RAM in it and play around for much cheaper than a new GPU.

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