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by bArray 10mo ago
In Universities in the UK, and likely elsewhere, you get extra time during an exam if you have a qualifying disability. As said by Charlie Munger: "show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome". In the UK, 23% (and cli
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by bArray 10mo ago
The Volvo modular engine is worth a short too, it ran for 26 years [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Modular_Engine
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by bArray 10mo ago
I get the feeling that MathML will win out, simply because Firefox supported from early on [1], there is first move advantage. I use an old JS library for backwards compatibility [2] that adds just enough support for any math I'm math&
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by bArray 10mo ago
> Big tech failed us. Uses Go, a language written by and maintained by Google [1]. Uses co-pilot written by GitHub for development [4]. Mu is £11 a month and you cannot see any screenshot of what you are getting [2], the same price you
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by bArray 10mo ago
I've tried it with one of my quick circuits - it does work to some extent. It found a requirement for an IC that I missed in the datasheet. Querying it further did confuse it a bit, instead of talking about the IC it started referring
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by bArray 10mo ago
I think it's possible we see some people now use other OSes, there should at least be an "Other" option. The *BSD's, Nix and some more bespoke options.
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by bArray 10mo ago
> [..] seem to have internalized the internet’s tendency to reach for the least charitable interpretation of every glancing thought and, as a result, to have pathologized what I would characterize as the normal, internal vagaries of desi
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by bArray 10mo ago
The ESP32-P4 [1] could be interesting for running native Linux [2], but as the article suggests it was supposed to be released in January 2023. We're now approaching January 2026 without a final design [3]. I believe there is a strong
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by bArray 10mo ago
> The YOLO series is developed and maintained by Ultralytics. All YOLO code and weights are released under the AGPL-3.0 license.The YOLO series is developed and maintained by Ultralytics. All YOLO code and weights are released under the
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by bArray 10mo ago
I had to disable JS, the site is unreadable otherwise.
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by bArray 10mo ago
Good point, it could be that our existing legislation is just dangerously out of date. Bulbs vs LEDs is night and day.
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by bArray 10mo ago
> Which is why I am delighted that the Mastodon project has shown a better way to behave. I think we should hold our breath for a moment. The wars waged over concession don't always happen immediately, and not always involving the e
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by bArray 10mo ago
It would be more dangerous if we had less people who had not taken the UK driving test? Are you mad?
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by bArray 10mo ago
If only we knew! The real reason we drive on the left is so that our driver's windows meet in the middle and we can use our right hand to do sword battles and jousting with oncoming vehicles.
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by bArray 10mo ago
In my personal experience, ageing drivers drive too slowly, but they are generally safe. They will often stop driving when they feel it is no longer safe, and almost all older drivers I know refuse to drive at night. Whether it is ageing or
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by bArray 10mo ago
It's supposed to already be done at the MOT stations. They are supposed to check the level and adjust it to conform.
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by bArray 10mo ago
Exactly. The signs are different, the cultural norms are different, etc. It annoys me that people believe that all Europeans are somehow interchangeable and universal. It does take time to adapt properly. I almost did the same in France man
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by bArray 10mo ago
The data is based on casualties, but I think there are some points masking the issue: 1. Traffic is slower due to the decreased speed of traffic because of increased number of vehicles, and they continue to improve their safety (i.e. with p
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by bArray 10mo ago
> The source of this claim, which you helpfully did not provide, is Rupert Lowe, a far-right UK politician and shite-merchant who is so toxic he got kicked out of Reform. On another day you would claim that being a member of Reform is to
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by bArray 10mo ago
I think most vehicles are operating with their headlamps adjusted too high. I think the majority are now completely out of spec [1]. My normal lights are very respectably adjusted and are the older dimmer type, but my full beams are blindin
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by bArray 11mo ago
Can back this. Many years ago I purchased a Dell Latitude from eBay. After messing around with a 3D printer, there was a short of mains voltage onto the USB line, frying the laptop and tripping the house electrics. I contacted Dell asking f
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by bArray 11mo ago
It could be that the prompt is accidentally (or purposefully) more optimised for Kimi K2, or that Kimi K2 is better trained on this particular data. LLM's need "prompt engineers" for a reason to get the most out of a particul
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by bArray 11mo ago
What it buys is long-term good will. Engineers will see they know their stuff and suggest them as a solution for projects and people. That said, all it would take is for the wrong leadership to start cutting corners to undo all of this hard
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by bArray 11mo ago
Worth noting is that there is a non-zero number of political stickers on these laptops, and they seem to all tend towards the far-Left. It could make one wonder about the general political leanings of hackers and open source contributors.
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by bArray 11mo ago
> Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act Cute [1]. In the UK, we can rely on fact checkers from the BBC, who are impartial and would never be caught doctoring videos of presidents of ally countries [2]. The UK government would never
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by bArray 11mo ago
> Operating at such low voltages introduces timing challenges, including potential setup time violations. Upbeat addresses these with a second key innovation: a proprietary Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) architecture. This system,
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by bArray 11mo ago
> Often when people talk about bias, they assume it must be bias against their interests. They don't realize that, if there is room for bias, it's just as easily bias in their favor. The article could overstate either side - or
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by bArray 11mo ago
Due to getting some funding [1] they have been able to onboard more paid people [2]. I'm super excited to see this as an alternative to the mainstream browsers. It's also interesting how quickly it pulled in-front of projects such
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by bArray 11mo ago
I mostly agree with Jimmy's statement [1] which is far more neutral than this article. I have concerns, though. It is difficult to find good sources without a large political bent. If we look at the following article "Casualties o
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by bArray 11mo ago
> Just compare comparable products. > So yaaay compare it with source hut ... I'm not saying that sourcehut is the same in any way, but I want the difference between GitHub and sourcehut to be the difference between NextCloud and

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