abraxas

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by abraxas 6d ago
The word "cases" is already plural. Why does it need an article in front of it? It's one of the usages that trip me up. Why isn't it just "all cases"?
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by abraxas 6d ago
Close. It's Polish.
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by abraxas 6d ago
Here I have no idea why in the last sentence you wrote "all the cases" even though cases is already plural. This is not covered by any of the rules people have been posting in this thread. I'm the GP who started the article u
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by abraxas 7d ago
What gets me as a non-native speaker far more than "a vs an" is the "a vs the" conundrum. I still don't quite get when something needs to be "indefinite" and I've been speaking English for close to fo
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by abraxas 9d ago
> writing the laws becomes a bigger problem than writing the code itself. Of course because at its limit programming is basically defining desired behaviour under all circumstances and logical conditions.
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by abraxas 9d ago
I'm not following the local mdoel scene too closely but this seems quite amazing. Is this able to be run on Apple silicon too?
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by abraxas 9d ago
And a somewhat lighthearted meme to go with it: https://i.redd.it/v8h0q00xs2371.jpg
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by abraxas 10d ago
The UK wanted it the opposite way. They wanted full access to the EU market but forbid the movement of people because they wanted to get rid of the Poles. The EU would never agree to that and rightly so.
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by abraxas 14d ago
I'd not hang out near windows in tall buildings if I were him.
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by abraxas 24d ago
Meh, it is the sacred text of Scientology. Mostly pseudo scientific made up bullshit, wrapped in the buzzwords of the day and conveying little actual information. Just like opus 5.
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by abraxas 25d ago
This sounds like a Dianetics chapter by L Ron Hubbard.
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by abraxas 1mo ago
Yes, propaganda is increasingly not about what you say on a topic but what topics are being talked about. Decades of loose policy around financial regulation and ZIRP made living unaffordable for most western citizens but politicians redisc
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by abraxas 1mo ago
So with #2 they are betting that the future models will be able to reign in the mess that the current generation leaves in its wake. It's a bold bet but not an outrageous one either.
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by abraxas 2mo ago
I need something basic to keep track of swimming pool laps. Is there a simple fitbit that can do it reliably and holds a charge for at least a couple of weeks?
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by abraxas 2mo ago
Probably wrong proportions of the sourkraut and fresh cabbage. Good bigos is truly great.
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by abraxas 2mo ago
is there a xitter free version of the video?
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by abraxas 2mo ago
No, it's been consistently like that. I sampled their episodes over a number of years and the theme was the same. It was sad to see Dvorak gradually adopt the same views after a while. At first he would attempt some mild pushback but l
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by abraxas 2mo ago
I'm going to post something that contradicts this outpouring of fondness for the late Dvorak. While I did enjoy his friendly curmudgeon act in the days of TWiT, I was very dismayed by him jumping in bed with that paranoid crackpot and
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by abraxas 2mo ago
Because doing chores is not a complete waste of time. It's a mild physical activity and at the very least some rest for the brain and they eyes from the glowing screen. As for who decides what is hedonism and what is a necessity? I thi
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by abraxas 2mo ago
Some things are necessary for survival and flourishing while others merely remove inconvenience from our lives. Agricultural technology feeds the people we have around the globe (arguably we have too many people for the planet's capaci
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by abraxas 2mo ago
Wow, some people really dislike any inconvenience in your lives, don't you? What will you do pray tell with that extra time? I doubt it will be spent on loftier pursuits. In fact I'm quite certain that for the vast majority it won
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by abraxas 2mo ago
it was a seamless sandwich of glass on both sides - no camera tumour. The metal band around it felt solid (likely stainless steel) and had nicely masked antenna cuts. The phone felt both very light and very solid at the same time.
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by abraxas 2mo ago
I still remember the wait lists for OP1, 2 and 3. OnePlusX was the sexiest looking phone anyone ever released, before and since.
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by abraxas 2mo ago
loving the comintern neckerchief on it!
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by abraxas 2mo ago
so the post-AI landscape is software as a shanty town? That's not a bad analogy. We won't like the looks of it and it will barely function but like real life shanty towns it will function nonetheless.
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by abraxas 3mo ago
Something seems afoot at Google. The real tell will be if Demis makes a move. Jeff Dean seems more like a lifer to me.
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by abraxas 3mo ago
Moreover, he conveniently forgets the millions of aspiring founders who did not even get into his puppy mill to get a chance to play the 5% odds. In many cases their only obstacle was not being born in the United States and living in Califo
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by abraxas 3mo ago
A manual toothbrush. For some reason I enjoy it better than an electric. Same for shaving. I use a safety razor shaver and a shaving brush. I like my morning ritual to be more of a mindful zen style activity.
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by abraxas 4mo ago
Some oligarchs are making out like bandits. This is russia level kleptocracy.
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by abraxas 4mo ago
I think a lot of users likely use these models on small hobby projects and not some convoluted enterprise code base. When you're making yet another Space Invaders clone it really won't show much difference. Messy, complex code bas

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