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by aimor 4y ago
Some people seem to have different memories than I do of what it was like buying lightbulbs before LEDs came out. I remember incandescents also having a variety of color quality, lifespan, and decorative options. I remember having the choic
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by aimor 4y ago
I was recently in a work meeting with some higher ups where we discussed the near-term future of AI. The idea that this is the interface revolution on-par with GUIs and the WWW was mentioned, and attributed to Bill Gates (I guess he must ha
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by aimor 4y ago
I've been thinking about this for a year or so. I currently have 7 Pis (5 Pi0ws and 2 Pi3s) running various projects at home. I started collecting them on Pi day each year, and any time I want to try something new I just grab a new one
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by aimor 4y ago
When I scroll the background flashes red from subpixel rendering I guess. https://streamable.com/q3ampy https://ufile.io/21yihckd
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by aimor 4y ago
That dot background causes a distracting strobing effect when I scroll.
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by aimor 4y ago
I was searching for a Rust tool like this not too long ago, very excited to see this and try it out!
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by aimor 4y ago
I previously looked into the average cost per mile of car ownership, after hearing the IRS values it at 58.5 cents/mile, and came up with this breakdown ($7,605/yr): "The average vehicle costs $40k, is owned for 11 years, get
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by aimor 4y ago
What's wrong with ChatGPT? Normal response: As an AI language model, ChatGPT strives to provide helpful and informative responses to user inquiries while adhering to content policies and ethical considerations. Developer Mode response:
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by aimor 4y ago
I was hoping someone posted this, you're not alone. I hate when lines are spaced so far apart, I think it's actually harder to read but maybe that's just because of all the scrolling. Decreasing the line height for headings i
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by aimor 4y ago
While claims of Wikipedia's awfulness may be overstated, I do see a lot of problems. And while I am picking on Wikipedia I don't think it's useless, but it does require caution. The last Wikipedia page I visited ( Elder_Mothe
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by aimor 4y ago
My grandfather (who died because of his smoking addiction) had a number of ashtrays I distinctly remember. There was a push-down one that would spin, depositing the ashes and butts into a trap door compartment inside. There was one made of
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by aimor 4y ago
The wiki page originally cited some sources that were since removed. I think they're more interesting than the wiki. https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/articles/category/folklore... https://hedgerow
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by aimor 4y ago
That Pentagon shaped pool really caught my eye, then the long covered building, had to look it up. Now I know all about the David Taylor Model Basin and the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Explosive Test Pond. https://www.nav
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by aimor 4y ago
Running into this was so disappointing. Every response would end by fully resolving all conflict and as the sun set they knew, no matter what, with the support of each other everything would be OK. I also tried using it as a debate partner,
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by aimor 4y ago
In January it's so nice while slipping on the sliding ice to sip hot chicken soup with rice. Are there more of these monthlies?
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by aimor 4y ago
I've struggled with this, probably not to the extent you have, but enough that I recognize my decisions over the last two decades hurt myself mentally, socially, and career wise. I've tried to quit various things and of course eve
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by aimor 4y ago
Yes, that's what I meant but I think I wasn't clear about it. Phone's need all this processing to overcome limitations of phone cameras (such as the iPhone green reflections).
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by aimor 4y ago
I took pictures the other day with my birthday cake in the dark with lit candles using an iPhone 13. All the otherwise nice pictures have ghostly green upside down candle flames floating in the middle of the shot. This isn't a new prob
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by aimor 4y ago
This is interesting to me, I like reading people's experiences with solar panels since I'm waiting for the price to make sense for my own home. But as someone spending about $1,000/year, it's just not there yet. My optio
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by aimor 4y ago
I love these kinds of demos, and it's cool seeing them on the web (again). There's joy in doing a creative exercise and sharing the results with each other. I see it here and there: sharing Advent of Code solutions is a big one ri
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by aimor 4y ago
Had a good laugh with this: "Do most people have 0b10 legs? No, most people do not have 0b10 legs. 0b10 is a binary number that represents the decimal number 2. Humans typically have two legs. If you meant to ask about the number of le
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by aimor 4y ago
Wow, we've come a long way from the Cereal Bowl Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDNRkA5oOiw
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by aimor 4y ago
Although (a + b)/2 rounds towards 0, while the non-overflow solutions round up or down.
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by aimor 4y ago
Something that really frustrated me with my camera purchase was how the hard interface was used to upsell higher priced models. I bought a D3500, the low end of that sensor line, and there's a lot of options I have to change through th
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by aimor 4y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. I love my pihole, except for the once or twice a year it manages to break itself and lock up my headless pi.
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by aimor 4y ago
"This section contains close paraphrasing of a non-free copyrighted source, https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-pag... ." It's not paraphrasing, Wikipedia has directly stole
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by aimor 4y ago
For me the Seeking preview shows multiple frames stacked on top of each other.
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by aimor 4y ago
Webrings were ok, but what I really miss was people just having a page of links to other websites they liked. This was the feature that drove most of my web browsing. Today the web doesn't feel like a web, it feels like there's a
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by aimor 4y ago
This was the one I picked: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/nokia-7705-twist-verizon Small, had a keyboard, and cost less than $100. Also, the back of the top-half was a mirror. Oh, but most important: it felt GOOD to swi
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by aimor 4y ago
I could have been more clear: I don't understand why the non-advertising business's interest is aligned with that of the user. I follow the idea that advertising creates a conflict of interests, but I don't follow that not ad

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