asimovDev

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by asimovDev 2mo ago
this helped me tremendously when I had to work in the backseat of a moving car. Felt sick pretty quick when I started using the laptop until I remembered about this feature because someone on HN recently posted / commented about it
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
They have an AI assistant on the webpage and it says that the shortcut to activate it is cmd+Q (on Mac this is a global shortcut to quit an application, akin to alt+F4) which is absolutely psychotic. I wonder if in chinese macOS the shortcu
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
I have a HD TV from 2007 and I still vividly remember having to convert videos to a certain format because it was so picky. IIRC it only played .mp4, most of the movies I had on my external drive back then were .mkv and maybe some .avi , so
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
did you mean Slim, the PHP framework? When I google 'slime framework' i get some machine learning stuff
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
As a junior I am glad I happened to start working with PHP on version 7. I had some peeks at our legacy PHP5 stuff (all killed now thankfully) and it looked very different. I am sure it would suck to work with.
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
I hate the vents on my work macbook, when I rest it on my lap, the edges dig into my thighs and leave imprints. One time after getting in the flow, I didn't notice how it was cutting into my flesh and ended up with a bruise
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
why spend my tokens on it if someone else already did?
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
I have had similar thoughts recently when attending language courses where I write a lot of notes by hand. This problem is exacerbated by umlauts. If the language doesn't have letters like ō (are there any? i only see this letter to re
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
TIL OpenBSD doesn't have jails
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
I think Shrek would be pro open source software and hardware if he knew what it was, so this makes it HN worthy
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
they run ads in the current World Cup for example, greatly increasing their exposure I reckon. Although might not matter, I am assuming they do not operate outside of North America
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
thanks, now I will never be able to stop noticing this when watching anything in English
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
when i will be extremely bored, I think I will make two models play chess against each other. I bet there's a chess benchmark / llm tournament already somewhere
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
https://www.doesitplay.org I guess this resource is relevant to the topic at hand. It lists games and whether you can play and complete them fully from disc without an internet connection
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
On PC you can fight this by buying from GOG DRM-free digital storefront or the second more sinister option
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
When a Sony studio Insomniac Games were hacked and a lot of internal documents were leaked, there were statistics for Sony's first party titles and their sales stats and what the split was between physical and digital sales[0] and for
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
in europe it's often cheaper to buy a game new in box from the retailer than from the PS Store. Not for long maybe. I will mourn the loss of physical games as they are such a big part of console experience
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
>Windows PC/laptop though. needs to be noted that it's increasingly uncommon to be able to do so. for desktops you have to build everything yourself - prebuilds (either gaming or workstations) have proprietary PSU and motherboa
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
google IEM. Decent sound quality is very accessible, I have 20 dollar aliexpress Tangzu Wan'er and I prefer them to my airpods pro 3 for pure music listening
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
in-ear monitors rely on you having a good seal in the ear to sound good. I wouldn't be surprised if ANC works worse if the tips didn't seal well
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Thinking Different, Thinking Slowly: LLMs on a PowerPC Mac(theresistornetwork.com)
2 points by asimovDev 3mo ago|0 comments
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
any reason to go with the Pro versus Air if power is not a requirement? Screen quality / number of ports?
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
Current MBPs are such a delight, I really don't want to think about a thinner MBP again, I just get shivers remembering the Ive butterfly keyboard models
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by asimovDev 3mo ago
Really? I didn't know he was sick
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
Is 'ment' a word? I had 'went' and wrote 'ment' on a whim and it accepted it and I was quite surprised. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ment according to Merriam-Webster it&#x2
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
Yeah I agree with micro transaction and obsolescence. It's sad that Valve revived PC gaming while also making it worse (they invented battle passes, lootboxes and DRM), I, nevertheless, still love their games (I keep playing L4D2 to th
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
Final Fantasy 7 Remake games (one of the best modern RPGs with amazing combat and extension / sequel of the iconic PS1 RPG) Balatro (roguelite game with poker cards, very addicting) SIGNALIS (isometric shooter with puzzles ala Silent H
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
Crime and Punishment is one of the very few school curriculum mandatory books that I enjoyed reading and actively got ahead of the required per week pages.
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
>very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my own enjoyment Side question, do you happen to play games that don't have a gun or a ball in it? I always hear people say these things about modern games and it's almos
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by asimovDev 4mo ago
Didn't even read the article, first thing I did was go to comments and Ctrl+F "Canonical". Seeing several results light up was really amusing and validating. What a truly awful hiring process

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