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by dwd 1y ago
Sometimes security theater is what you need to not trigger a false positive on a static code analysis. I haven't needed to use a service like Fortinet recently and am now wondering if a LLM is part of their tool and if it's better
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by dwd 1y ago
Oskar Stalberg has used it a bit, notably with Townscaper. https://www.townscapergame.com/
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by dwd 1y ago
The Australian Government can be dissolved if any bill fails to pass on second introduction, with some caveats. In most cases the executive (formed by the holder of the lower house majority) didn't also hold a simple majority in the Se
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by dwd 1y ago
Between personal and home, I've had a: M1 (16Gb) M1 Pro (16Gb) M2 Pro (16Gb) M3 Pro (32Gb) M4 Air (24Gb) Currently switch between the M2 Pro and the M4 Air, and the Air is noticeable snappier in everyday tasks. The 17' M3 Pro is t
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by dwd 1y ago
I hate to be right sometimes (got downvoted back in 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38705857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706074
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by dwd 1y ago
Bit small at 19m, unless it's managing to hide most of the bulk and only presenting a smaller cross section. If it's an asteroid it could be a good opportunity pick up some samples, given its proximity. You would wonder if it coul
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by dwd 1y ago
India very recently banned sports betting due to the affect it is having on society - particularly due to gambling on cricket which has been a problem for years. Here's a list of cricketers that have been banned over the years. Many we
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by dwd 1y ago
I have a D25 Laplink Cable somewhere and maybe even a copy of Netware 4.
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by dwd 1y ago
His houses lend themselves to being recreated in Minecraft. Personally I have always liked his style and Falling Water was my favourite house when I was young.
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by dwd 1y ago
Actually didn't know Frank had an architect son. Personally I prefer the Millard House which is similar and probably an inspiration. The Millard House is the archetype Minecraft House.
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by dwd 1y ago
There are multiple moves outside the US to address this, but the cost of setting up a refinery is at least USD1b. Iluka (Aus) has a mineral sands stockpile from their zircon/rutile processing, and are constructing a refinery next to th
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by dwd 1y ago
From 2004... https://inthesetimes.com/article/magnet-consolidation-threat...
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by dwd 1y ago
Visited it in 1984, and it has come a long way since then. I don't think it had a roof at the time. Have to go back to see the inside which looks amazing.
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by dwd 1y ago
The credit score provided by someone like Equifax is just a number - cheap and quickly requested via an API. And yes, bureaus don't have operations in every country - but my point was that credit scores don't just exist in the US.
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by dwd 1y ago
Anil Seth recently wrote a book "Being You", which very much states that we can only know what it is like to be ourselves. Basically, to know what it is like to be a bat, you need to have evolved as a bat. His theory that our perc
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by dwd 1y ago
Near instantaneous credit checks is their business model, and they operate worldwide. Their business replies on collecting and storing vast troves of data that influence your credit score. Were the likes of Experian and Equifax taken out of
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by dwd 1y ago
Definitely sometimes. I generally avoid vh, and rely more on calc and vw to calculate any height that needs cropping, padding or scaling. For example dynamically equalising the height of boxes with unequal content - used to be something you
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by dwd 1y ago
I don't agree with his "Do not the vw/vh". I find vw very useful for a scaling pixel-perfect mobile portrait view that looks identical whether your mobile is 320px or 440px viewport width.
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by dwd 1y ago
Tobacco tax in Australia is an interesting example. A lot of people may have stopped initially but there was a more gradual decrease over time as the tax increases annually by CPI + 5%. The problem is not everyone will stop and they now fac
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by dwd 1y ago
"Second, although it's undoubtedly sad that one of the Five Towers came down, there were actually 12 towers to start with – they got shortchanged on the name because only five are visible against the sky from below. So, the fact t
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by dwd 1y ago
Seeing an Underground, Overground sign triggers an instant memory. You don't even the "Wombling free" grafiti they often attract.
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by dwd 1y ago
Personally, I find they are more health-conscious and likely to do some sort of exercise. They may not have had the free-roaming childhood of many Gen-Xers where you spent all day out riding bikes and playing ball games in the street, but t
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by dwd 1y ago
It's common to see them get stuck in a loop on online stores trying every combination of product filter over and over. Even Googlebot has to be told to not crawl particular querystrings, but the AI crawlers are worse.
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by dwd 1y ago
There is an emerging link between COVID-19 and long-term DNA damage. They noted this group was under-vaccinated so were possibly more likely to have contracted the virus, and also more than once. But this story could be about more recent en
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by dwd 1y ago
> 1: When I put a Pixel on a table, it sits there stable. That was the first thing I noticed. I assume the extra protuberance is to enable the insane zoom level but it goes full width for stability. I have G85 Motorola - great phone (and
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by dwd 1y ago
Typical stock market reporting bullshit. Nothing to see here. On any particular days stocks will go up and down 1% - 3% just on trading and more when larger investors decides to profit take. Drops over a certain percentage can trigger autom
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by dwd 1y ago
The twist was the one thing that made me think it was human written. I quite liked her story after the second read. But sad to say, I actually preferred most of the AI ones over the rest.
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by dwd 1y ago
The best fantasy/sci-fi literature involves a lot of world building. For some, the world building came first and the stories were an offshoot of that. Tolkien needed a world and stories to bring life to the languages he was inventing.
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by dwd 1y ago
Big fan of Janny Wurts, particularly the Empire series she co-wrote with Raymond E Feist. Very surprised she was outed as an AI, though she is the only author I've ever had to pull out the dictionary as she used a word I had never seen
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by dwd 1y ago
Fortunately this model is still partially used for some careers like medicine and veterinary practices where you have a mandatory internship of at least a year before you can be admitted as a practicing GP or Vet.

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