askvictor

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by askvictor 7mo ago
Every 5 or 10 years they seem to make a comeback.
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by askvictor 7mo ago
I feel that if xAI worked well for the job, it would have been already been selected.
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by askvictor 8mo ago
I used mine for two things: setting a timer while cooking, and adding things to my shopping list, again, while cooking. I still miss that second feature a bit since I unplugged it, but it isn't too big of a deal
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by askvictor 8mo ago
At the same time, AI-generated code has to be correct and precise, whereas AI-generated text doesn't. There's often no 'correct solution' in AI-generated text.
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by askvictor 8mo ago
Possibly, though most likely because of long standing myths. I've never had a pasta pot boil over, but I cook it without a lid; maybe with a lid it makes a difference. I might also try it next time I boil potatoes, which I usually cook
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by askvictor 8mo ago
It's useful to add oil after cooking pasta if you're going to save it for later; otherwise you definitely don't want to. I've never had pasta foam over as I cook without a lid (though haven't tried it with oil and a
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by askvictor 8mo ago
How much protein do you actually need though? If you're not using it immediately (i.e. shortly after exercise) it's wasted.
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by askvictor 8mo ago
I make steel cut oats in the pressure cooker; you need to put some fat in there to stop it bubbling while it's cooking, so butter has a physical purpose there too. And also tastes delicious.
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by askvictor 9mo ago
And, indeed, Apple.
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by askvictor 9mo ago
Couldn't they target each starlink satellite for jamming as it flies overhead? The sat would still send fine, but you could effectively kill the antenna?
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by askvictor 9mo ago
But then how would you alert people that their wiper blades are wearing down, and automatically ship them new ones?
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by askvictor 9mo ago
In theory, this was a security patch, so you're still at risk of MS pushing a problematic patch to Win10
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by askvictor 9mo ago
A bit like expert sex change.
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by askvictor 9mo ago
Having taught schoolkids both python and scratch, I feel that typing is better, but having the blocks visibly coloured as in scratch would be really useful
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by askvictor 9mo ago
Shoes need to be used, or the rubber and/or glue holding the sole on will deteriorate.
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by askvictor 9mo ago
Could this be circumvented by randomly (or not-so-randomly) adding single-pixel yellow dots to the data sent to the printer?
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by askvictor 9mo ago
What blog systems (either self hosted or easy to move) do folks recommend nowadays? I'm not interested in spending much time tinkering and updating, but have enough sysadmin experience to host one myself. Was last using blogger, though
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by askvictor 10mo ago
There are a handful of popular Linux distros. Ubuntu is probably the most beginner-friendly one with the most staying power; it's the easiest place to start if you have no other ideas/requirements. The thing is, a healthy ecosyste
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by askvictor 10mo ago
> So far only China has that incentive. The US is close to having that incentive, if the rift between the US and Europe keeps widening. The Netherlands has one lever, but damn it's a long one.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
The exist, for commercial/enterprise use (usually digital signage and meeting rooms). They cost a few times more than consumer-grade, because of the word 'enterprise'
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by askvictor 10mo ago
I hear they teach that at business school
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by askvictor 10mo ago
I wrote related kind of thing a while back: https://github.com/askvictor/ChromecastControls . Though I haven't used it since upgrading most of my AV gear.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
The first esp8266 I bought was as a dedicated wifi chip for an arduino (or something) project. I discovered after getting it, that it came with a 'free' MCU (that was default flashed with a UART/AT-command firmware to allow o
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by askvictor 10mo ago
> Linux is a 25 year old f250 that’s been a farm truck its whole life ... that someone occassionally decides to wrap with a shiny covering to make it look like a luxury SUV. The covering sometimes peels off when travelling on the highway
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by askvictor 10mo ago
Agree. Though I read that shark attacks are increasing. Possibly due to changing water temperatures, or humans over-fishing their natural prey, leading them to look elsewhere.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
Unfortunately, even with the best after-market support, banking apps and/or contactless payments becomes a cat-and-mouse game, that, even if it works, can stop working at the drop of a hat.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
Don't worry, it's other peoples' money.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
No-one will pay for it, but the presence of Publisher, as a tool that people know and use, in the Office Suite, would probably be a substantial feature for many people.
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by askvictor 10mo ago
Looks great, will give it a try. How does it handle tablespoon conversions, given that a tablespoon refers to a different volume in different countries? (This is a difficult problem to solve, since it's difficult to determine the count
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by askvictor 11mo ago
> Also model pricing don't very that much. I'm curious when AI pricing will couple with energy markets. Then the location of the datacentre will matter considerably

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