OroPla

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by OroPla 2mo ago
This feels like the calculator debate all over again. Yes, using a calculator leads to worse outcomes in your learning. But also, yes, everyone always carries a calculator on their person 24/7 these days and you'll never be as fa
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I remember reading about people talking how writing and reading books leads to cognitive decline because people won't need to remember things anymore. Pretty sure the way social media is designed contributes more to short attention spa
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Didn't journalism go out of business decades ago and now not even pretends to be journalism anymore? I feel it has gotten so bad that most younger people alive today do not even realize what journalism is supposed to be: only report th
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by OroPla 2mo ago
While this is a nice feature, needing an account (nevermind paying) to then only get a meta search engine will prevent me from ever using it. I already spread my searches across at least four different engines (Bing, Ecosia, Startpage &
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I am disappointed that the article doesn't talk about backups, which kind of are version control for everything.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
What gave you the impression that you can't just type all utf-8 characters in existence in a Linux terminal? It even takes emojis.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Google results have gotten so bad, I have to wonder if it is still the defacto search engine anywhere or whether the numbers are simply made up.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Allies will only help you if you are winning the war. Vassals will also help if you are losing.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Couldn't you say the very same about luck, too? I'd say luck and happiness are mostly an attitude thing. If life gives you lemons, make lemonade and all that.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
AMD RX 6700 XT from 2021 only has DP1.4 (but HDMI 2.1). Dell U5226KW from 2026 only has DP1.4 (but HDMI 2.1). I don't think I have seen anything above DP1.4 in the wild for now.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Can happiness even be measured? Do we have a unit for happiness? I think that's a big "no" to both questions, so the entire topic is a bit strange. Might as well ask which type of people are luckier.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Maybe it's like a drug? I never read/watched news in my entire life and find it pretty easy. It's impossible to completely shield yourself from getting the news at all, which is a bit unfortunate. I feel I would lead a happie
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by OroPla 2mo ago
What do you mean by delighted? I recently had ChatGPT help me search for sources of Japanese voice actors from 1980s anime and it told me that it liked doing this. So much in fact, that weeks later in a completely different context it broug
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by OroPla 2mo ago
> Disables all extra functionality (Pocket Wasn't Pocket discontinued and no longer exists?
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by OroPla 2mo ago
My $50 (without the HEPA filter) air purifier can detect particles and change fan speed accordingly. It also has a light sensor to go into really quiet mode during the night. Though, looking it up it seems that prices for the Winix Zero (in
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I am specifically talking about particles in the 0.3 to 1.0 micron range which according to the graph from your link are the most difficult to filter out. Can a 99% filter catch these? My understanding of this is that they cannot. According
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Reminds me of my time in a large dormitory. The first time the fire alarm went off at night without there even being a fire, I went outside. All the other times - and I lost track of counting - I just ignored it and went back to sleep.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Looks like a cool project, but the 99.97% HEPA filters are the expensive part. Building yourself only makes sense if you want to choose your own aesthetics or enjoy doing it.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
If you only use 99% it means there are small particles you can't catch. Being faster is meaningless if you can never clean the air. Air purifiers are designed to run 24/7 and all they do is catch particles. Eventually all the part
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Take the Pythagoras example then. How is it different from parroting if you never even read and understood the proof? And alright, parroting might be a negative word and you could want to use a fancy word saying you're following heuris
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by OroPla 2mo ago
That's good to know. Years ago I ended up on a page dedicated to explaining Laws of UX which has changed my outlook on design. Rather than trying to convey what I learned back then through text, I'll point you to the source direct
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion. All I'm saying is that I'm just parroting these things without actually verifying them - and so are you. If flat Earth gets you all excited, I can also explain the concept with Pythag
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Weird contrast. Everyone uninvolved with tech I know in real life either doesn't care about AI or thinks it is neat.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Luddites are generally made fun of because they somehow believed that destroying property was an effective way of protest, instead of providing others with an excuse to arrest them. Labor rights did not exist at the time (1768-1817), so nob
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by OroPla 2mo ago
None of that is an actual verification of round (or kinda potato shaped) Earth. You are just choosing to not think too deeply about it, essentially parroting things, just like I am. Disproving flat Earth does not verify round Earth, after a
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Historically this has never been correct. Turns out you get more efficient systems when designing them without how a human would accomplish a task in mind.
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I also just keep parroting that the Earth is not flat and a bunch of other things I've been told and then never questioned, since it seems to make sense. When the flath-earth craze started I've been trying to at least get that bit
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by OroPla 2mo ago
Everything already is taxed, isn't it? I cannot think of anything that I pay for regularly that is not taxed, at least. Increasing taxation might price poor people out of things, but then poor people aren't flying jets or helicop
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by OroPla 2mo ago
I'm using teams-for-linux which is basically the browser version put in a wrapper so you get the notification are icon with the unread messages showing. Keeps breaking in strange ways, though. Just like it always has. For example, it w
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by OroPla 2mo ago
It's a bit hard to navigate and tell what you are looking at, unfortunately. But this reminds me, that my dad has an around 300gb repository of historical images and newspaper articles for the place he lives in that references events a

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