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by jackjackk0 2y ago
If you are not familiar with the fascinating story behind it, I recommend this podcast episode [1], it's one of my absolute favorites (along with its sequel)! I found out about it on this very forum a few years ago, hope to propagate t
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by jackjackk0 3y ago
I haven't tried it, but I saw people generating VBA script code with ChatGPT that can be then input into PowerPoint macro editor to automatically generate also the layout. I would be surprised if it made reasonable design choices thoug
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Italian regulators order ChatGPT ban over alleged violation of data privacy laws(theverge.com)
6 points by jackjackk0 4y ago|2 comments
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by jackjackk0 4y ago
Good old paternalistic Italian policy-making. They do have a point, but a ban is not the answer. What do you think?
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by jackjackk0 4y ago
Yes, pretty impressive. ----- Write a Christmas card in a sarcastic tone ----- Dear family and friends, Merry Christmas to you all! I hope this holiday season finds you well and ready to spend time with your loved ones, just like I am so ex
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Ask HN: Will you be writing your Christmas cards with ChatGPT this year?
1 points by jackjackk0 4y ago|3 comments
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by jackjackk0 4y ago
Curious timing of this article, possibly related to the plot of Enola Holmes 2, recently released on Netflix.
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Movies and TV shows that most accurately depict developers(stackoverflow.blog)
1 points by jackjackk0 5y ago|0 comments
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by jackjackk0 5y ago
I recommend one of the recent videos by Dave Beazly [1]. He lived through and contributed to the raise of Python in scientific computing first hand in the 90s, and offers some interesting insights. Plus he's always quite an entertainer
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by jackjackk0 5y ago
Just recently bumped into a podcast on the xbox hacker scene ( https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ ) and was really fascinated by the dedication, ingenuity and talent of these people. I am also amazed that you do
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by jackjackk0 5y ago
Please note the Word was at its latest version of the Microsoft 365 package. I definitely sympathize with your approach (as a nerdy engineer) but unfortunately I don't see my wife's profession compatible with such plain text acrob
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by jackjackk0 5y ago
Please note that the problem was not the lack of frequent saving per se, which was done. The problem was that it took just one corrupted save (the last one) to destroy the benefit of all previous saves. Unless you meant save in different fi
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Half a day of work lost thanks to Microsoft Word
11 points by jackjackk0 5y ago|20 comments
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Show HN: I collected 1700 YouTube links to relive 20 years of men's Grand Slams(github.com)
1 points by jackjackk0 5y ago|1 comments
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by jackjackk0 5y ago
As a tennis enthusiast who only recently got interested in the TV pro tour competitions, I wanted to catch up on the historic efforts of the Big 3 (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic) in the last two decades of Grand Slams. Instead of manually search
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by jackjackk0 6y ago
On the related github repo: "If you just want to see what I did, best to read the makefile directly." Sometimes I'm amazed by the power of a good makefile that allows replicating a perhaps fairly complex set of inter-dependen
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by jackjackk0 6y ago
Thanks for the hint, indeed my big mistake was not keeping emotions in check. I think the mistake was driven by: 1) they are relatives of mine 2) Covid19 is a tough topic, so politically manipulated that it hurts me to know that people are
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by jackjackk0 6y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! Once a colleague and I were asked to argue in defense of the other person's view by our supervisor and the exercise really brought the conversation to a more constructive level (although there the probability
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How to engage in a conversation with a relative supporting conspiracy theories?
3 points by jackjackk0 6y ago|4 comments
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SSHelper is going away after recent Android changes(arachnoid.com)
5 points by jackjackk0 6y ago|2 comments
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by jackjackk0 6y ago
I'm an enthusiastic user of SSHelper, a tool that starts an SSH server on your Android phone. For me it is the fastest way to rsync pictures from my phone to my PC. Today I've realized that soon it won't be possible any more.
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by jackjackk0 6y ago
A side note: "Dubious" comes from Latin, sharing the root of "duo", which means two,in this case referring to the possible indecision between two things or ideas.
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
Indeed, thanks. Do you have any recommendations on which ones are the best? They have so many. Also, looking for Italian versions of those games, as some of my friends would be more comfortable playing in Italian, I found out that Quiplash
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Ask HN: What party games do you play with your friends while quarantined?
2 points by jackjackk0 7y ago|6 comments
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
You confirm you are completely oblivious to what is happening around you, good for you. Even visual proof is not enough. Enjoy your "hospitals are not at full capacity" fairy tale, maybe you are lucky enough to not need to find an
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
Thank your god you don't live in Bergamo (Italy) [1] right now and stop writing about things you don't know, you are just disrespectful to those who know better who won't write you here because they are either busy 14h/d
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
Today, one colleague of mine was claiming that he was not able to clone my repository. I'm on Linux, he's on Windows. In disbelief, I fire up my Win VM and try. Indeed, I get "cannot checkout to invalid path aux/foo&#x2F
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Windows does not support “aux” as valid directory/file name(docs.microsoft.com)
1 points by jackjackk0 7y ago|2 comments
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
The only third-party app I received a warning about from Google regarding this issue was FastMail... coincidence?
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by jackjackk0 7y ago
David Beazley just gave a tutorial on Lambda Calculus at PyCon, definitely worth the 3+ hours https://youtu.be/pkCLMl0e_0k

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