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by creata 3y ago
I don't think I've ever seen a page load in 52ms (`load`, not `DOMContentLoaded`) with caching disabled.
482.
by creata 3y ago
And, you know, it should be "their transpose is equal to their inverse", not "their transpose is equal to themselves".
483.
by creata 3y ago
I'm using the built-in Firefox accessibility pane.
484.
by creata 3y ago
Really? Firefox says the contrast ratios meet WCAG AA. For me, the main problem is the font weight. I'm sure it looks better on high-density displays, but it is way too thin to read comfortably at a regular pixel density.
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by creata 3y ago
To a layperson like me, the "try random things" part of machine learning doesn't seem to lie in optimizing the parameters, but in designing the model.
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by creata 3y ago
> https://jdan.github.io/98.css/ Subpixel antialiasing (I think) turns the text on that site green.
487.
by creata 3y ago
Did people really suggest that Librem was "the future"?
488.
by creata 3y ago
The commenter you're replying to doesn't seem skeptical of the technology, but rather fearful of it.
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by creata 3y ago
> If a line of code doesn't look like a function call, it's not calling anything. Why is that important to you?
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by creata 3y ago
> much less likely to do on accident than in C++, but still possible Tangent: I can't think of a single other language that's like this: the higher-level languages tend to pass by reference, and the lower-level languages tend t
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by creata 3y ago
If you're using the data yourself, how is that "sharing" your data?
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by creata 3y ago
Can someone explain why std::unordered_map has to be slow? I vaguely remember that it's because it isn't allowed to invalidate references when inserting elements.
493.
by creata 3y ago
I'm not at all an expert on survey design, but "How much do flashing or changing elements distract from your enjoyment of websites?" doesn't feel like an unbiased question.
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by creata 3y ago
I never need to read all the sources, only the sources that are relevant to the bits that I'm referencing, no?
495.
by creata 3y ago
If a site as big as DeviantArt tries something like "draw it to a canvas", people will just build automatic workarounds.
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by creata 4y ago
1. Can't you just use the style inspector in your browser? 2. Imo, Grid is a much easier to read alternative to most uses of tables.
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by creata 4y ago
1. You know images can be used as evidence in court, right? 2. You know people can just follow up on references in papers, right? 3. You know things don't have to be exactly the same in severity to be comparable anyway, right? 4. I w
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by creata 4y ago
Yeah, it's like how I'd prefer JPEG artifacts to an upscaler that completely fabricates the details.
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by creata 4y ago
> It's not the receptionist's problem, he/she just wants to get on with their day. Sorry for my ignorance, but why isn't it the receptionist's problem? Isn't it part of their job to address these sorts of
500.
by creata 4y ago
If you're suggesting that the author could have avoided all of this by simply not using online services, don't these two lines address that? Emphasis mine: > At both providers, upon my arrival the staff would hand me a tablet
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by creata 4y ago
> AKA, a Kalman filter where your model is that the data is constant This feels like nuking a mosquito.
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by creata 4y ago
I don't care how bad it is, I just want something from your heart. And I'm sure you can still make something heartfelt with the help of a chatbot, but I'm afraid that people won't .
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by creata 4y ago
(source: https://youtu.be/b2F-DItXtZs?t=143 )
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by creata 4y ago
> After a few years I even learned how to write justified text on blank white paper, it feels very satisfying. Neat! How do you justify text by hand as you go?
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by creata 4y ago
1. Because it's fun . 2. Because "all the machines will learn how to create and control themselves and powerful elites will offload the burden of governments to control us?" is a ridiculous sci-fi scenario, and the chatbots
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by creata 4y ago
> I was this way for a few years. Out of curiosity, what changed?
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by creata 4y ago
This was Ted Kaczynski, wasn't it?
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by creata 4y ago
The payload consists mostly of a lot of absurdly high-resolution images (that are very small on-screen).
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by creata 4y ago
As pretty as it is, this is not a page that should transfer 116.28 MB of data while I'm on it.
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by creata 4y ago
> it surely doesn't do anything to help the browser ecosystem. I'm sure it doesn't do anywhere near as much as it would if Edge had its own browser engine or JavaScript engine, but surely it does something to have a comp

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