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by jwr 1y ago
Incidentally, I've been trying to use the keyboard to scroll webpages recently, and it's a disaster. Nobody does it, apparently. PageUp/PageDown do not work correctly on sites that have a permanent topbar (some of the content
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When I implemented Oauth2 (Authorization Code Grant, both sides), I found this guide to be quite helpful: https://alexbilbie.github.io/guide-to-oauth-2-grants/ One thing I found after a while: even though the refresh t
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Happy to see this, to be honest. Selling SSL certificates was always a borderline scammy business — the companies provided barely any added value, their websites were terrible, buying certificates was always a pain, and one always had to fi
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…and it tells me to install node.js and gulp? :-O
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I don't even care much about cost, but the Bambu Lab printers are simply better. I have been selling my Prusas (MK3S+ and XL), because they are just too much of a hassle. Prusa has fallen behind in R&D, the Bambu Lab printers work
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In Tokyo, coffee shops seem to have embraced the work culture. Tables and seating have been adapted to working, and you often get a receipt with the time when you are expected to leave printed on it. Most (if not all) people in a Tully&#x27
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There is also an amusing (?) catch-22: you could theoretically sign up with a US-based broker and buy through them, which would make you exempt from these requirements. But most US-based brokers and banks will not want you as a customer if
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Oh this is even more terrible than I thought :-/ This means lots of additional reporting work plus 49€ per ETF yearly for tax preparers. US really hates expats.
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Does that affect individuals investing in ETFs through a brokerage account? I thought you only needed to provide information on the total value of each brokerage account?
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The US does not have an exit tax for businesses, but has an absolutely horrible tax system in which expats are treated badly. The reporting requirements for expats are insane: all bank/brokerage/whatever accounts with max levels d
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Yes — that was part of my point, actually. Insufficient adoption. If you read their documents, the concepts are there, quite valid, and the entire system is well designed. But these kinds of solutions are "too difficult" and requi
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I find it sad that all these problems have solutions already (see for example https://sovrin.org ). You do not need a full ID or exact birthday to perform a check for age. As usual, mental laziness means that complexity kills the
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by jwr 1y ago
gpt-oss:20b is the best performing model on my spam filtering benchmarks (I wrote a despammer that uses an LLM). These are the simplified results (total percentage of correctly classified E-mails on both spam and ham testing data): gpt-oss:
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The title is false, because "This app is currently not available in your country or region. "
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> If you have a paid off home, could you sell it and get a better ROI with the cash equivalent and rent instead? (The answer is yes and you should do it) Could you explain how that makes sense? I can't see it working except if you a
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Followup: disappointing. In fact, it's the worst performing model I've tested.
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Yup, that's why I didn't notice! Thanks!
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Can't wait for it to be available in ollama so that I can run my spam filtering benchmarks against it. qwen3:30b-a3b-q4_K_M was very good, and only bested by gemma3:27b-it-qat for spam filtering. But gemma3 is much slower. Looking forw
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> something of a curiosity from the past, a what-could-have-been story This is what I find bizarre: one would think that engineers would take a rational approach and look at technical merit rather than follow hype. Technically today FDB
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I am moving my SaaS from RethinkDB to FoundationDB. It's a long-term project that needs to be done very carefully (thousands of people using the app), but the rewards are significant. Thanks to FoundationDB versionstamps, I'll be
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It is difficult to use by itself: the "foundation" in the name describes it quite well. It is a foundation that you build a database on. It fits my use case very well, for example, because I know my data model and usage patterns v
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Comparing Cassandra to FoundationDB is like comparing a spreadsheet in Google Sheets to PostgreSQL. I mean, both kind of store data, and multiple users can change the data that is being stored. The story of what you'll get back and whe
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There is also MacWhisper which works very well. I've been using it for several months now. I highly recommend getting a good microphone, I use a Rode smartlav. It makes a huge difference.
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I prune my watch history regularly, but something really changed late last year. The algorithm became like "oh, you've watched a single video about X, how about I show you these 89 other videos about X for the next week or so&quot
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> I'll come out and say that I am a full blown Youtube addict. I was a YouTube addict until I think late last year. Something changed in the recommendation algorithm and my recommendations became so bad that these days I can hardly
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> Window buttons are questionable How questionable? In my ID.4 pressing both buttons with windows half-open will sometimes close both windows and sometimes one window will go up and the other down. Does that qualify as "questionable
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Also, where are the AI features? What's your AI strategy? And how much tracking data do you generate and sell? More seriously, thank you for creating this, it's refreshing and fun.
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Well why not just post higher prices with the assurance of "we will not try to screw you over at every step"? I would be perfectly OK with that.
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> Buy German cars VW ID.4 owner here. The car is pretty good mechanically, but the software is garbage, or more specifically hot dumpster fire.
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I am amazed that hotels are still stuck in this old mindset of charging exorbitant amounts to some customers (unpleasant to customers) rather than providing a good service to all customers (good for customers). If I knew that a hotel chain

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