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by foresto 7mo ago
> Blanchard fed the spec to the tool, Yes... > and Anthropic fed the code to the tool, Presumably, as part of the massive amount of open-source code that must have been fed in to train their model. > so Blanchard didn't do any
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by foresto 7mo ago
Rather than indulging the inevitable argument that most users never read log messages, I hope we can remember a more important fact: Some users do read log messages, just as some users file useful bug reports. Even when they are a tiny mino
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by foresto 7mo ago
> Deterministic randomization is a thing if you don't want the numbers to count sequentially. What are your favorite ways to approach this? I think a maximal period linear feedback shift register might fit well.
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by foresto 7mo ago
What stuff do you have in mind? I was disappointed by Go's poor support for human-focused logging. The log module is so basic that one might as well just use Printf. The slog module technically offers a line-based handler, but gett
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by foresto 7mo ago
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be the cause of my one-way serial port issue. Adding the udev environment variable makes no difference, nor does stopping the ModemManager service.
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by foresto 7mo ago
> it turned out some kind of modem manager service was messing with the port, and needed to be disabled. Curious. What service was that? I have an on-board serial port that's only working in one direction, which is something I'
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by foresto 7mo ago
You can map known-bad memory regions to avoid using them. https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist...
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by foresto 7mo ago
Why even consider hand-written SVG when drawing tools like Inkscape exist? Sure, there are occasions to write markup from scratch, but vanishingly few in my experience.
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by foresto 7mo ago
If I'm contacting a company for help from a human, it's because I haven't found the solution in the manual, the out of box experience, tutorial documents, FAQ pages, and so on and so forth. More often than not, I'm calli
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by foresto 7mo ago
For those who don't know how to properly get the active terminal's color escape codes... green=$(tput setaf 2) normal=$(tput sgr0) echo ${green}Color${normal} text. ...or if you plan to run on non-POSIX systems that lack tput... g
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by foresto 7mo ago
I have read that people still use 9term. Its terminfo entry doesn't show any sign of ANSI escape code support. If I remember correctly, ANSI-like terminal emulators in RGB mode (aka direct mode) only support 16-color and red/green
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by foresto 7mo ago
> A happy home: I love having both plants and homemade projects in my living space. This reminds me of various programs I've made to improve the quality of my digital life. Humble little things that I didn't want to build, addr
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by foresto 8mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4HQyqc-aVU
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by foresto 8mo ago
> Mumble should work a bit on that. Mumble is a labor of love, not a commercial product. I expect they would appreciate your help.
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by foresto 8mo ago
Mumble is fantastic for voice chat. Its text features are very basic, though, so people fleeing Discord would probably want something additional to handle that. Maybe Matrix.
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by foresto 8mo ago
> Are you really a hobbyist if you aren't desoldering and reclaiming parts? Fun memory from who-knows-how-many years ago: While installing a Playstation mod chip, I accidentally dislodged a nearby surface mount resistor, pulling off
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by foresto 8mo ago
(And my point regarding support on Google/Facebook was that their users could chat with me over XMPP without having to leave their familiar sites, sign up for anything new, or do anything else special. That put it in easy reach of the
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by foresto 8mo ago
Fair enough. (Although all the XMPP clients that I used supported multiple accounts, so it made little difference from where I was standing.) In any case, it contributed significantly to XMPP's reach and utility, and it's gone now
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by foresto 8mo ago
Google Talk support for XMPP: 2005-2013 Facebook Messenger support for XMPP: 2010-2015 Jabber.org support for new accounts: 1999-2013 First-class integration with two of the world's largest social networks put XMPP in practically every
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by foresto 8mo ago
I haven't used Signal desktop, but I find Electron apps in general to be very wasteful of system resources. Out of curiosity, I once compared an Electron-based chat app to a C++ alternative, and found that the former used about 25 time
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by foresto 8mo ago
(Tangential to your comment but apropos of the Discord news...) Have any of the Matrix/Element teams seriously considered taking advantage of current events by offering a gamer-focused class of premium account, for Discord refugees who
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by foresto 8mo ago
Yes, you could. Whether or not authorities with jurisdiction over you would notice your instance (homeserver) or bother you about age verification is an issue you'd have to consider for yourself.
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Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification(matrix.org)
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by foresto 8mo ago
Reminds me of a comment from a previous time this story was posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41509748
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by foresto 8mo ago
Thanks for sharing. I think the design of MatrixRTC (especially the scaling via hierarchical SFUs) looks promising. It's nice to see someone actually using it at this early stage, even if only for 1:1 calls.
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by foresto 8mo ago
Matrix screen sharing is a feature of Element Call / MatrixRTC (in development). For now, I think they do it through their Jitsi integration. I don't know how easy it is, as I haven't tried it. https://docs.element
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by foresto 8mo ago
Can you be more specific about your criticisms? I have gripes about Matrix, but your assessment doesn't match my experience.
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by foresto 8mo ago
This is incorrect. POP3 does not require fetched messages to be deleted from the server.
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by foresto 8mo ago
> I was able to replicate that protection mechanism just by scratching a diskette with a pin. How did you figure out where to scratch it? Was the laser mark visible on the original disk, or did you have to read the code and orient based
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by foresto 8mo ago
Also: https://micropython.org/

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