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by bartread 1y ago
You’re replying to somebody from the UK. They want it warmer than 18C inside. In winter it is typically much colder than this outside so they’re saying their heating won’t get the house warmer than this even if windows are only cracked open
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It's the same as the old joke about Microsoft Word: people only use 10% of Word's functionality, but the problem is each person uses a different 10%. Of course this is an oversimplification, and there will no doubt be some sort of
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by bartread 1y ago
I mean a lot of the investment scams you see on places like Reddit - like the "testing the network" crypto scam - are pretty hamfisted. People still fall for them though.
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It’s neat: I like it a lot actually. But the problem with you billing yourself as a graphic designer and reimplementing Windows XP is that you’re copying a design that already exists rather than showcasing your own design skills, so I can’t
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by bartread 1y ago
I don’t think it invalidates the argument at all. I think it’s more a reflection that people mostly use other devices, like phones and tablets, for tasks they might have used a PC for 20 years ago - at least outside an office environment. T
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by bartread 1y ago
This is no argument at all. When the Apple II was released microcomputers were still very much in the realms of enthusiasts, and were beginning to make inroads into education. The Apple II was never used by “everyone” and nobody expected it
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by bartread 1y ago
I’ve never liked that this behaviour is described using the term “hallucination”. If a human being talked confidently about something that they were just making up out of thin air by synthesizing based (consciously or unconsciously) on othe
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by bartread 1y ago
Yes, but that doesn’t stop companies from putting a disproportionate amount of effort into squeezing it out, instead of directing that effort towards developing better products.
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I’m a big fan of Greasemonkey scripts for this, although these days I prefer Violentmonkey because it has several capabilities that the OG doesn’t.
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That's a pretty exhaustive list, but I think you forgot, "What X taught me about B2B sales..." type posts. These do seem to have died down but 2 - 3 years ago my feed was absolutely awash with them. They were like a really be
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by bartread 1y ago
> Any halfway decent therapist will spot these behaviors and at least not encourage them. LLM therapists seem to spot these behaviors and give the user what they want to hear. FWIW I agree with you but, to some extent, I think some porti
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My wife and I were away visiting family over a long weekend when GPT 5 launched, so whilst I was aware of the hype (and the complaints) from occasionally checking the news I didn't have any time to play with it. Now I have had time I r
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by bartread 1y ago
I was talking about what was on the card itself rather than the interface, because the poster I was responding to mentioned the card, but your point about interfaces is well made. Back in the day - late 80s, very early 90s - I’d see Amstrad
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> some unnamed AGP video card Do you mean VGA rather than AGP? AGP came much later than the 386 and wouldn’t have been supported by its motherboard chipsets.
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Yeah, exactly. Lots of people use AI, if they can afford the subscriptions, but it’s only the tech oligarchs who can control AI, including controlling access to it. Until you can run high quality models on affordable devices on your desk or
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by bartread 1y ago
I’ve had people come back at me after giving feedback, which I always do give for anyone I’ve spoken to. They argue, they ask for a second chance, etc. I simply tell them my decision is final and stop responding to further communication att
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by bartread 1y ago
It's 100% this. Anyone who's run a website or web app for any length of time in recent years and makes a habit of inspecting their logs will quickly realise that they're being scanned by bots looking for vulnerabilities multi
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> aggressive driver Hi. Although I’d call it spirited rather than aggressive. I’m not out to intimidate people or drive dangerously: but when I have the space and time I enjoy throwing a car around.
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by bartread 1y ago
In four years of plug-in hybrid ownership, and maybe 50k miles, I haven’t even had to replace pads, and the car wasn’t new when I bought it. I even commented on the longevity at the dealership the last time I took it for a service, and they
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by bartread 1y ago
Well, and especially because the “fixed” version is still - if I’ve read correctly - consuming 12% CPU before any user interaction on a page that’s otherwise substantially a plain or possibly RTFish text editor. How is that considered accep
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by bartread 1y ago
I think there's certainly an element of tall poppy syndrome here. Windows, for example, used to be targeted because its security was a complete joke until quite late in the XP era (SP3 IIRC). But there's always been, and still is,
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by bartread 1y ago
Yeah. HN doesn't really have a sense of humour, which I used to find frustrating, but which (having now spent a lot more time on other forums, like Reddit), I fully appreciate the wisdom of. I am, along certain axes, a big fan of DIY f
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It's a long time since I've visited the Oracle website but, the last time I did, which was sometime just pre- or early- pandemic for some work-related reason that I can no longer recall, I remember them doing exactly this. They ha
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I think you're right: that was definitely the bet, but it really should have entered their heads that being more expensive than actual meat[0] would guarantee the bet wouldn't pay off. [0] Again, in the UK: I'm not familiar
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We have a number of Ring devices and are overall happy with them but your 12 menus deep comment is on the money. Even workaday settings for devices are scattered haphazardly hither and thither through the many pages of their app’s interface
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And this as well: > The company expects the figure to reach about $330 million in 2025, roughly 10% higher than it was six years earlier despite a huge increase in the number of products offered. It’s not like they have any growth potent
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I don't know why you're getting downvoted for this. That seems like a pretty frustrating bug when generalised to other word stems. It's also pretty standard to prioritise exact matches when ordering search results so, again,
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If it was me running the project there's enough information in that thread to piece together an exploratory testing plan around the issue that might allow us to isolate it, and I'd set aside some time for the team to do that. Whil
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Yeah, I mean, I didn't type it out longform, but step 1 is obviously to find out what's going on. There might be some very strong underlying cause for the behaviour that means it's going to be difficult or impossible to chang
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We have kids of various ages playing outside all the time when the weather is good and, yes, they are loud. At least, sometimes they're loud, but they aren't always, and you get used to it. I think it's good for kids to get o

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