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by cglong 3y ago
> I do try and remind myself that we had games and grainy 56k porn far too young and turned out ok, but there was no instagram, and certainly no submissive A.I. avatars. Someone commented here the other day about how going online used to
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by cglong 3y ago
This was likely the HN title autoformatter at work. I knew what the title was trying to say, but I couldn't help but think of that South Park episode :)
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Plex Will Block Media Servers at Hetzner(torrentfreak.com)
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by cglong 3y ago
It makes me sad that the last post was a swan song from a year ago
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by cglong 3y ago
Pretty much everyone dabbles in art, even if very few are good at it. The same can't be said of programming.
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by cglong 3y ago
They're in the Emoji Kitchen (Gboard on Android)! Try combining the magic wand with any smiley: https://emojikitchen.dev/
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Phasing Out Landlines Could Spell Trouble for Seniors and Businesses(dallasobserver.com)
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by cglong 3y ago
Some background about the "Block the Blue" campaign: https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign...
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by cglong 3y ago
Some of the choices may be too similar. I answered one question with "TensorFlow", which was wrong. The answer was Bert, a set of models for TensorFlow.
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by cglong 3y ago
Exa was a nonstarter for me because only LSD supports Windows. Which is unfortunate, as this is a big advantage of the Rewrite It In Rust trend.
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by cglong 3y ago
Shaq played a genie in the movie Kazaam :D
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by cglong 3y ago
Can I ask which country?
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by cglong 3y ago
Not quite the same, but Android has a Guest User mode (similar to macOS). If you switch to the Guest account, it'll create a new user separate from the main one. Then when you log out, it deletes all the data.
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by cglong 3y ago
OpenAI may be ahead in general LLMs, but I get a lot of additional value from Google Maps, Google Photos, and my Discover feed as a result of the data they've collected about me over the years.
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by cglong 3y ago
Yep. Especially fun when Homebrew doesn't provide binaries for your OS anymore and you have to compile the latest version of Rust from source just to get ripgrep.
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by cglong 3y ago
Dupe of this, also posted today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37307653
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Team XLink: Global Network Gaming(teamxlink.co.uk)
1 points by cglong 3y ago|0 comments
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Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law(justsecurity.org)
4 points by cglong 3y ago|1 comments
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by cglong 3y ago
"Restrictive" is probably a perfect word to describe it. I maintain that Zune Desktop was the most beautiful app ever produced, but it definitely had a lot of custom design elements on top of the Metro base.
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by cglong 3y ago
I know you're joking, but don't forget that Metro predated Material Design and iOS 7 by several years :)
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by cglong 3y ago
This is why I love Google's Noto Emoji font: https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/04/what-is-black-and-...
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by cglong 3y ago
Never tried it myself, but the Atari Flashback consoles [1] had an SD card slot that you could use to play your own ROMs. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Flashback_series
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by cglong 3y ago
Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37084677
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The ESRB wants to start using facial scanning technology to check people's ages(pcgamer.com)
2 points by cglong 3y ago|0 comments
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Google Gmail continuously nagging to enable Enhanced Safe Browsing(bleepingcomputer.com)
5 points by cglong 3y ago|1 comments
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Warner Bros. Japan Criticizes U.S. Studio’s Barbenheimer Tweets(deadline.com)
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by cglong 3y ago
Can confirm, it was 989 earlier today and is 981 now...
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by cglong 3y ago
This article was originally published at https://streets.mn/2023/07/19/if-we-want-a-shift-to-walking-...
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by cglong 3y ago
A few examples from my own childhood. Some freedoms were good and some are bad, but my mom said they were all worth it for what I learned: · My dad made a custom boot script that gave me instant access to my favorite games. · I sent a compu
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by cglong 3y ago
The part that worries me is that Apple is stifling young people's imagination for what computers can do.

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