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by bambax 2mo ago
Ah, thanks for pointing it out. "Notoriété" doesn't have any bad connotation in French, but apparently it does in English. The more you know! I meant renown.
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by bambax 2mo ago
If you think about it, the only reason we ever spend money, is to feel a little bit less sad.
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by bambax 2mo ago
Yes it's infuriating to see someone you care about fall for an obvious scam, yet... I don't know... If it's his money and it makes him happy, or a little less sad, a little less lonely... Why not...
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by bambax 2mo ago
This seems to be limited to the English publishing world, at least for now? I self-published a historical fiction book a couple of years ago, in French, that got a little notoriety (I was interviewed on national public radio in France about
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by bambax 2mo ago
That's just not true. Geopolitics isn't maths, never has been, never will be. Maths is an input amongst many, and doesn't decide the outcome.
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by bambax 2mo ago
Exactly. If Canada can do it, who can't??!?
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by bambax 2mo ago
Absolutely agree; but it's never too late to react. Europe could impose tariffs on US tech or forbid it altogether to bid on government contracts. Etc. What are we waiting for.
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by bambax 2mo ago
Negotiating with the Trump administration is completely pointless, and can even result in your own government buildings being bombed while negotiations are still going on. The only argument bullies understand is being punched in the face. I
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by bambax 2mo ago
UI blocking can make sense in some situations; otherwise things "happen" suddenly that are unexpected. I'm making a simple plugin for Gimp that sends the active layer to a model with a prompt; on Macs by default the UI waits
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by bambax 2mo ago
> If you were asked: “Would it be good if this 0day was used to apprehend a terrorist?” you would probably say “this is good”. If you were asked “would it be good if this 0day is used to arrest someone and then torture and waterboard hi
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by bambax 2mo ago
OT, but I feel the title is wrong, or at least ambiguous. For the author, "AI blind" means they can't process text produced with AI. For me, "AI blind" rather means one can't see when something has been AI-gene
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by bambax 2mo ago
Yes. I really liked and enjoyed reading this post, but was a bit frustrated by the focus on "thickness". Great art is not great just because it has many layers that take some time and effort to discover, like great cooking doesn&#
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by bambax 2mo ago
Although comments below point out that this has been going on for a long time, I too think it will be geetting infinitely worse in the near future. Everyone will want their own poisoning factory. One consequence is that one should be extra-
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by bambax 2mo ago
Firefox on Android is excellent.
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by bambax 2mo ago
> I want my browser to prevent random extensions from directly reading web page data. I don't want that! I want to be able to install any extension whatsoever (as we still can, more or less, install programs). And if I'm clue
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by bambax 2mo ago
There's a mystery here. People hate ads. Firefox is the only major browser (save Brave?) that properly blocks ads. Yet people don't use Firefox (indeed its popularity is in free-fall). Why? Is it because they don't know about
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by bambax 2mo ago
The reason Apple or Google or Microsoft don't care one way or the other is their directors rarely if ever suffer from their policies. We should try to make them. The way to retaliate against those stupid lists and the stupid way they a
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by bambax 2mo ago
Earplugs work very well for me. I can't hear anything with them on.
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by bambax 2mo ago
> Recently, as I reached for the play button out of habit, I stopped. I thought: what if I just do this chore in silence today? It seems most people today have headphones on all the time. I don't understand it. I'm not sure,
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by bambax 2mo ago
Excellent! Thanks for the info!
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by bambax 2mo ago
But grandma doesn't use an Entreprise version now does she?
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by bambax 2mo ago
Why Windows Entreprise PCs have 'Images', 'Videos' and 'Music' folders that can't be deleted is beyond me. If I want to store music on my work PC I can create a folder for that, but why force it on me??
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by bambax 2mo ago
True! How did you spot this though? Did you look at every possible position?!?
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by bambax 2mo ago
When I was a kid (many, many moons ago) I found a solved Rubik's Cube in a house where we were staying. I played with it and soon enough couldn't put it back in its solved state. So I took it apart and rebuilt it 'properly&#x
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by bambax 2mo ago
I've been looking for a plugin for "AI inpainting" for Gimp3 but couldn't find any that really works? Which seems weird? Anyway, I decided to make my own. Functionally it's pretty simple: you manage prompts and imag
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by bambax 2mo ago
I used to like Steve's posts. They were all way too long, but a fun and interesting read nonetheless. He started to lose me when at Sourcegraph where he oversell Cody which didn't do anything useful (I even had a commercial meetin
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by bambax 2mo ago
The first time I was in Berlin I had to take a bus. It was just leaving the stop as I was getting there, but stopped at the next red light. So I ran to the bus and knocked on the door. The driver looked at me with a concerned look to see if
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by bambax 2mo ago
This is wonderful and amazing, but isn't there a risk to over promise? Reality can never be as perfect as a 3D rendering...?
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by bambax 2mo ago
> NOVA: So Fermat's original proof is still out there somewhere. > AW: I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. But what has made this problem special for amateurs is tha
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by bambax 2mo ago
> We don't have to value one more than the other. Yes we do. We should evaluate threats and choose our allies carefully.

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