Tempest1981

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by Tempest1981 9mo ago
> It's really not that hard, I've learned not to say this. Different things are easy/hard for each of us. Reminds me of a discussion where someone argued, "why don't all the poor/homeless people just go get
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by Tempest1981 9mo ago
Thanks, I can even somewhat remember that. AI gave me args like -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset medium -crf 18 \ -c:a aac -b:a 192k \
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by Tempest1981 9mo ago
Yes, VLC works fine for playing. The user wanted to edit some mp4 videos with iMovie (vs ffmpeg). I think it was an M4 Mac. Does iMovie need a codec pack? I know some PC OEMs don't ship an h.265 codec, pointing users to a $0.99 downloa
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by Tempest1981 9mo ago
I was surprised that macOS (QuickTime/Preview, iMovie) can't read .mp4 files. Not sure if it was due to H.265 or the audio codec. I tried using ffmpeg to convert to .mov but that also failed to open, since I guess MOV is just anot
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by Tempest1981 9mo ago
One that older AI struggled with was the "bounce" effect: play from 0:00 to 0:03, then backwards from 0:03 to 0:00, then repeat 5 times.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
> Our North Star is "1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code" Can someone explain this? Are they suggesting that (eventually) one engineer can produce 1 million lines of Rust code in a month? Or replace 1 million lines of
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
iirc, there are 5 ways to put something into a std::map operator[], insert(), emplace(), try_emplace(), insert_or_assign() And 2 of them don't overwrite an existing value. Lots of people are surprised that insert() can fail. And
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Re: keeping it off the network LG also has a setting for "Wi‑Fi Direct / Wi‑Fi Screen Share". Can the TV connect to LG servers via that route? (Even if LAN and regular Wi-Fi are not configured?)
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Yep. Top search result was this, amusing: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install But 2nd was this: https://www.linux.org/pages/download/ It shows 24 distributions, but no newbie
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
I think it would be less daunting for many if there were 1 or 2 popular alternatives to rally around. Including window managers / desktop environments. (Granted, it's nice they can all coexist peacefully.)
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
My job requires me to work indoors during high-UV hours. But I'll look into weekend exposure, thanks!
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Shockingly unnatural, I assume, not shocking scientifically.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
How did FSD Teslas do at the traffic signals? Or Nuro?
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
My friend's kids would ride their bikes to school in the morning, and on rainy days, check Dark Sky to find the driest time window. It was usually quite accurate.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Feels very "right-brain". I'm a brain-hemisphere equality advocate. Good for sites like Pinterest. But also Home Assistant.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Nevada has a gaming dept that certifies the firmware in "slot" machines. It shouldn't be hard to do the same for TVs. Maybe include cars too... they like to phone home more than they should.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
So now we're debating compile-time feature flags vs run-time, and the overhead of running/maintaining multiple build configs. And picking good names for each... "Firefox Pro with AI" vs "Firefox Lite for Engineers&q
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Forcing everything into a plug-in is architecturally more complex, and less performant... I'm imagining proxying from native code through JavaScript APIs, then back to native code for LLM operations and context storage. But might lead
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Brave is great. Takes just a few seconds to turn off the bloat. Anyone try Helium?
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Very nice. Most posts are classified as "Non-technical post" these days. Was hoping for a way to filter on "technical", for when I need my dose of hacking and technology. (Filter on category could also help, but I assume
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
That's part of the marketing tease... sign up to find out, or move on if you're not interested. Or get the pitchforks if you hate being teased.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Damned if they do AI, damned if they don't.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Ouch...
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Reading this thread on HN made me sad. Massive negativity/cynicism. Where have all the hackers gone? Those who enjoy discussing technology, or appreciate something clever. Discussion of CPUs and sensors, or miniaturization and packagin
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Au contraire, you'll look like a Secret Service agent talking into your wrist.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
> if there was a single button audio recording app Would the watch require 1 or 2 hands to record audio? The ring seems easier to use while biking. Or driving.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Design inherently involves trade-offs. Size, weight, cost, water resistance, etc.
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
> requirements that you sacrifice your retirement and financial well being Holding index funds seems reasonable (Total Stock Market, S&P 500)... not a huge sacrifice imo
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
Original, for the curious: https://web.archive.org/web/20251203002619/https://lenowo.or... [id Software was Lazy - DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music!]
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by Tempest1981 10mo ago
I think we have our hacker/power-user blinders on. It was cool to hate Clippy. But many non-tech-savvy users felt differently, and were accepting of the attempt to provide help.

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