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by dmd 1mo ago
Most of the world’s money is not, in fact, green.
32.
by dmd 1mo ago
Similar, my "play with your hands" one: https://3e.org/hands.html
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by dmd 1mo ago
I'm not sure I've seen anyone drive further than about 10 minutes away without Google Maps in the last 5 years. Or maybe everyone's misunderstanding your question?
34.
by dmd 1mo ago
To be fair, the vast majority of people are stupid, in one way or another. Or do you believe that you are smart in every way there is to be smart?
35.
by dmd 1mo ago
Same. I often feel like my brain is a Ferrari which has a 1 L fuel tank and all the windows are blacked out except for a thumb-sized bit in the passenger side rear window. My digit span is roughly 4 - terrible working memory. And I have tro
36.
by dmd 1mo ago
Given I spent hours timing my signup perfectly almost 30 years ago so I'd get #404, maybe you're the one being woosh'd.
37.
by dmd 1mo ago
https://slashdot.org/~dmd , look at the top right where it shows user number
38.
by dmd 1mo ago
https://slashdot.org/~dmd look at the top right where it says dmd (404)
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by dmd 1mo ago
I was user #404 on slashdot.
40.
by dmd 1mo ago
“I’ve thought about this for five minutes, and it seems so simple. It must be the tens of thousands of vision scientists and psychophysicists who have worked on this for the last century who have all missed how simple it is.”
41.
by dmd 1mo ago
I know probably 10+ people who have paid more than $500 for a mouse.
42.
by dmd 1mo ago
I learned most of the best cursing I've ever done from my grandfather. He took pride in teaching his grandkids to curse. He was involved in setting up the radar systems at Pearl Harbor, much good that did.
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by dmd 1mo ago
Yes, those are definitely phrases that are in the article. What are you adding here?
44.
by dmd 2mo ago
I'm so confused. Does the dev not know that this is what iPhones do by default?
45.
by dmd 2mo ago
Oh, I think it's actually being flagged just because it's a less-than-24-hours-old railway.app.
46.
by dmd 2mo ago
And it's getting blocked by three different malware filters.
47.
by dmd 2mo ago
It would be nice to be able to play with one's own account, so it's not billing you. I know there's a way to do this with A\ powered apps like this, I'm sure there must be for OAI? (By the way, you're exposing the k
48.
by dmd 2mo ago
Pretending to be a tree is, literally, the worst possible strategy imaginable if you’re trying to avoid being bitten by a beaver.
49.
by dmd 2mo ago
That's what the AIs are going to say when they harvest the whole world to make more AIs.
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by dmd 2mo ago
And sometimes, the email bounces, and the sender dies. (Juan was a coworker of mine - this happened in 1998.) https://xana.scru.org/posts/etiamdisco/nototolaryngology.htm...
51.
by dmd 2mo ago
Most of them these days are smart enough to NOT spin their wheels when idle.
52.
by dmd 2mo ago
The only two types of communications I have ever experienced in ham radio are (a) about ham radio or (b) extreme right-wing nutjobbery.
53.
by dmd 2mo ago
I'd say Anathem is the best of the bunch, and has held up best over time.
54.
by dmd 2mo ago
You should read 'Anathem' by Neal Stephenson, which goes into great deal about this kind of establishment.
55.
by dmd 2mo ago
"SLAM" is the term to google.
56.
by dmd 2mo ago
The app doesn't have to do this itself, phones do it for you. ARCore on Android, ARKit on iOS.
57.
by dmd 2mo ago
You wouldn’t download a button
58.
by dmd 2mo ago
I’m curious how much you used AI to write it, as it’s just chock full of Claude-isms.
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by dmd 2mo ago
I've been using an Anatek Pocket Record for the past 34 years. Bought it when I was 14. That's value! https://www.izcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/pm_Pocket-Record.j...
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by dmd 2mo ago
This seems to no longer work, or at least, I clicked over 100 times and didn't get anything.

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