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by canada_dry 2y ago
> still do housekeeping every day They don't change sheets or towels ("for the environment")... just inspect the room, then leave.
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by canada_dry 2y ago
A Roger's exec used to brag that they were able to release major changes faster than anyone because of their strategy which was "push it out... the customer's will find the remaining bugs". This was more than a decade a
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by canada_dry 2y ago
> build more homes mainly Having effective and readily available mental health programs is a more critical step IMHO.
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by canada_dry 2y ago
> states likely won't hesitate to do just that Especially those that have for-profit prison system - which in some cases have state legislators as investors/stakeholders.
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by canada_dry 2y ago
Are there more transparent (blob-less) equivalents to use??
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by canada_dry 2y ago
Tip: use magnetic ports/cables on your USB devices. Moved to these after that happened to me years ago and love them - quick and easy to connect/disconnect, and less worry about tripping over the charge cord flinging the device a
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by canada_dry 3y ago
> never really felt like Google as a whole really cared about it I mean, their track record for products they initially cared about isn't great... so ya, it doesn't bode well for this one.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
Is there a way to easily/reliably disable ifunc globally on a system (e.g. ubuntu/debian) without breaking a bunch of things? FYI this looks for pkgs with liblzma: > dpkg -l |grep liblzma Versions >= 5.6 are compromised
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by canada_dry 3y ago
Looking ahead, I suspect as AI becomes even more ubiquitous/mainstream, AI service providers will offer various levels of analysis at different price points. E.g. the cheapest service will provide reliably accurate answers, but only to
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by canada_dry 3y ago
The solution I've got (in alpha) is a basic webcam that detects when you're looking at it. The cam is positioned higher than most things in the room to reduce triggering it unnecessarily. When it triggers (currently using just sim
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by canada_dry 3y ago
User: in the sentence "switch off the lamp at 3:45" output the subject, action, time, and location as json Llama: { "subject": "lamp", "action": "switch off", "time": "3:45&qu
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by canada_dry 3y ago
> vision aspect It checks a webcam feed to tell me the current weather outside (e.g. sunny, snowing) though the language parsing is a more important feature. > more recent model Yes... models are coming out quicker every week - it&#x2
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by canada_dry 3y ago
I've been testing various LLMs (that can run locally - sans cloud) and (for example) the llava-v1.5-7b-q4 does a decent job for home automation. Example: I give the LLM a range of 'verbal' instructions related to home automat
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by canada_dry 3y ago
When trying to view this specific episode from Canada (without VPN) I get: > Video unavailable The uploader has not made this video available in your country Which seems especially odd considering there's a segment regarding the ra
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by canada_dry 3y ago
It has one feature that's better than Crunchbase i.e. access Crunchbase with javascript turned off (my default) you get a blank screen with a page title of: "Access to this page has been denied". Whereas cujobay actually pre
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by canada_dry 3y ago
E.g. Not sure if all Sam's Clubs in the USA do this but I've stopped going since their anti-shoplifting policy at the exit requires a staff member scan your receipt, then find and scan several items in your cart before you're
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by canada_dry 3y ago
The Streisand effect will certainly boost enrollment if Apple sues.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
Garmin GPS maps in cars have this bloody aggravating issue too.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
> much easier to avoid huge cars in a smaller car Though, having a higher line-of-sight is advantageous and typically not a feature of small cars.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
It isn't a great sign when a tool as ubiquitous for computer vision isn't getting to its relatively meager $500K goal. I've chipped in - not for the future V5 - but to recognize that OpenCV is a tool that I've been using
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by canada_dry 3y ago
And from what I understand renters have little/no rights or recourse against greedy landlords (i.e. compared to most G7 countries) who can demand rent increases and/or toss out tenants for very little reason.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
Great video (as usual). Andrej has a Feynman like way of explaining very complex topics in a succinct and digestible way. An aside... incredibly, it looks like he recorded in one cut from his hotel room.
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by canada_dry 3y ago
Ok, not really software, but I'm hoping phind does a last minute BF deal (doubt they'll bother/need to) on their annual $300 offering. I'd swap it for my current $20/mnth openAI subscription.
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by canada_dry 4y ago
I'm a long time user of AM4A. Yes, unfortunately the developer has ceased further updates, but it still works great. It is rock solid / bug free as the developer was meticulous at ensuring his releases were extremely well tested
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by canada_dry 5y ago
The article notes: Burkholderia pseudomallei is classified in the U.S. as a Tier 1 select agent — a pathogen that has the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety — the CDC has brought the finding to federal law enfor
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by canada_dry 5y ago
Sadly, MS has locked-out the extremely useful and popular PlatformIO from being available in vscodium.
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by canada_dry 5y ago
> security advantages for end users I'd say about as much as Intel's Management Engine. /s
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by canada_dry 5y ago
IMHO the scale is a terrible idea... at first glance (which is all an ad gets) it presents the 1/4 pounder as the higher/top choice. Not to mention subconsciously, people will see a heavier thing as being bad.
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by canada_dry 5y ago
> I'm not sure who this is for. Especially since many extensions are incompatible.
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by canada_dry 5y ago
Great concept and well executed - the documentation is very good https://atek.cloud/docs/manual/index

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