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While I can dev in a container, I don't enjoy the XP nearly as much due to the current state of tooling re remote debuggers. I do ship containers as a top level .exe equivalent.
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> But the dependency I need is built and packaged differently for different operating systems and flavor of GPU, and now my coworkers can't get the project to install on their laptops. This is why containers are great IMO. It's
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When I screen share, people don't realize I'm not using zsh and dozen plugins. It's just fish and it's beautiful out of the box.
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> No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day. > > The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet. > > Anyone else relate? This was my first 8 yrs in professional development. I had no way to
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> ...and that's precisely why some on the left won't sit with him. (But not Thompson and Klein, because they actually have something to say.) Im sorry but what evidence do you have to support such a claim?
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1y ago
Congratulations on the next release. I really like using ollama as a backend to OpenWebUI. I don't have any windows machines and I don't work primarily on macos, but I understand that's where all the paying developers are, in
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> It's making excuses for layoffs of employees that companies got on loans that carry interest now. > If you had an employee that you could actually replace with AI you should probably not have hired them... Seems like the first
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FTA >According to the latest StatCounter Global Stats for June 2025, Linux now holds 5.03% of the desktop operating system market share in the United United States of America. This is fantastic news!
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I learned about the Zone of Thought series through another commenter here who mentioned the concept of a "programmer at arms" and "software archeology" and pointed to his second novel, A Deepness in the Sky. I loved the
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1y ago
Go Hokies!
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1y ago
Neat idea, need to investigate how targeted the disruption is. You can do a lot with very little power and noise by doing targeted disruption. EG target the sync window. The 30m range to me indicates they might just be trying to blast noise
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> Depending on the range/power, I'd be INCREDIBLY CAREFUL of disrupting emergency services. What emergency services are you contacting with Bluetooth or wifi (or any 2.4ghz signal) when out on a hike?
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> I wish these were legal. May I assume you _always_ drive within the speed limit? Context matters when we personally evaluate legality and use that as a moral justification to do or not do something.
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> Projects like this often refer to them being "For educational purposes." > > I presume the "education" is the user learning how the legal system works, the laws that get applied when they are caught and the ty
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I've had more sr devs than I tell me they don't see a benefit to using a debugger, because they have a type system. Wtaf?
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It's not on "things they like" it's on productive output. Because as long as the folks who buy your Countries bonds believe you are spending the money in a way that will eventually return on the investment, your bonds ar
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> Rather you discard the heads and the tails from a fractioning still because that's where stuff that isn't ethanol comes out. This is also incorrect. It comes out throughout the distillation process, with a higher % concentrat
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> But is it always pure when amateurs do it? Yes. Arguably, because amateurs are not cost bound, they tend to make a less "containinated" product due to the way the collection and blending works. You discard the foul flavors an
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> Distillation, when done improperly, can result in very toxic substances. You're talking methanol right? That's a byproduct of fermentation of fruit. >It requires care and craft It really doesn't, it's a very basi
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1y ago
I only have 8gb of vram to work with currently, but I'm running OpenWebUI as a frontend to ollamma and I have a very easy time loading up multiple models and letting them duke it out either at the same time or in a round robin. You can
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The weird and gross thing is when you apply this to all the people attacking trans folks with lies.
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It must of have been "deep-twitter" because a billionaire must be smart right?
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Smoking near you, and forcing you to actively consume second hand smoke are not the same. It's bad practice to equate an offensive order with drug consumption.
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So what you're saying is the data doesn't support the claim that trams are particularly dangerous, or more dangerous than passenger vehicles?
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> Trams here in Amsterdam are already the deadliest vehicle for pedestrians and cyclists no need to make it worse Where are you seeing this supporting data?
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Sitting in traffic is unhealthy, eating junk food is unhealthy, living with excessive heat is unhealthy, poverty is unhealthy, too much water is unhealthy. Lots of things are unhealthy. Some of those are many degrees worse than others, and
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1y ago
LoL nah
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2y ago
I would make use of such a bootstrap project!
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This was my plans a few years back, and again now. I'd rather bring a fresh wiped device through security. But US gov has access to any business records, including these conversations.
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And everyone knows, policies being followed is the current administrations strong suit.
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