dwayne_dibley

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   by dwayne_dibley 11mo ago

   '"Working in trade" had a low social status' I think the push in the 90's to drive everyone to university also had a big negative impact on the status of 'working in the trades'.
2. 32.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   I still use PICASA it works fine. However, when google severed the gdrive-photo linking it meant my photos didn’t automatically download from google to my PC. This is what killed google for me.
3. 33.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   Yoto is genuinely one of the most underrated pieces of tech. 10/10 for me.
4. 34.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   I wonder how many people in the UK have actually got their passport out to sign into these services. I'm guessing the average HN user isn't likely to do this, but I'd love to see the numbers for the general populous.
5. 35.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   sure, but your reducing the likelihood of your real data getting out there if it's only stored in one place, rather than hundreds.
6. 36.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   ah, 'newspeak'
7. 37.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   Would you really put it past them? Gmail is after all a free service.
8. 38.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   can confirm, my MS Surface did it all the time, something about shutting the lid before removing the power supply. I can't recall now, but it was the thing that make me switch back to apple.
9. 39.▲
   by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

   This is what I'm banking on. I really want a new mini next year.
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    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I wonder how all this will really change the web. In your manual mode, you a human, are viewing and visiting webpages, but if one never needs to and always interacts with the web through an agent, what does the web need to look like, and w
11. 41.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Well this is lovely. Well done.
12. 42.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    basically just a profile that can only access a single playlist or feed, with which content is added to by another account.
13. 43.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    uncertain what to think about this comment. Are you living under a rock?
14. 44.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    “Why are there no laws requiring device manufacturers to open source all software and hardware for consumer devices no longer sold?” See stop killing games.
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    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Similarly we use the borrow box library website to download the mp3s to the cards.
16. 46.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    If you’re interested there’s a home assistant plugin for Yoto.
17. 47.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Just in case anyone is here for this. IMO Yoto >> toniebox Jake (Yoto daily podcast guy) is a legend in our house.
18. 48.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I’d forgotten about this. What a banging feature that was.
19. 49.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    'Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book.' Why not just check them all?
20. 50.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I fabricated this reply out of my brain.
21. 51.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    But my real frustration is that with some thought the AI tools shoved in those apps could be useful but they’ve been rushed out and badly implemented.
22. 52.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    and all in 4:3! Why, why microsoft.
23. 53.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I don’t understand how it’s not more useful to most people with copilot subscriptions in work. It has access to my works OneDrive, it really should be the most commonly used LLM
24. 54.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Does Mendeley perform any better here than it does with overleaf?
25. 55.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    - AI is the primary audience for our writing I've been wondering about this a lot lately, specifically if there's a way to optimise my writing for AI to return specific elements when it's scraped/summarised (or whatever)
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    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I know this is ranty, but I really miss internet sites that aren't 60% adverts, 30% padding and 10% actual thing. This isn't anything more than an announcement page.
27. 57.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    yup me too, which really defeats the point somewhat :(
28. 58.▲
    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Agreed. That should be the focus of any user interface.
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    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    Huh, that’s annoying. Been using pocket since around 2008, mainly for when I was abroad and roaming was costly. Looks like I’ll need to export my library of stuff. Do I have any other similar options?
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    by dwayne_dibley 1y ago

    I designed some of the kit in that building! (Specifically for the alpha G experiment) Super proud of it.