peter_retief

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1. 61.▲
   by peter_retief 8mo ago

   I offered to host a friends business email on my DO instance. Works 99% of the time but every now and then emails just disappear only to find out that MS and Apple block DO IP addresses, sometimes. Silently. There is a war on small email pr
2. 62.▲
   by peter_retief 8mo ago

   there is a demo user demo demo123 keep in mind it is running on my linux box at home :)
3. 63.▲
   by peter_retief 8mo ago

   I developed a billing system for my own work and is getting some interest. https://peterretief.org
4. 64.▲
   by peter_retief 8mo ago

   Looks really useful to document complex applications, I will give it a try.
5. 65.▲
   Oliver Heaviside: Pioneer of Electromagnetism and Vector Calculus(allaboutcircuits.com)

   2 points by peter_retief 1y ago|0 comments
6. 66.▲
   Physiological-Biometric-Auth(github.com)

   1 points by peter_retief 1y ago|0 comments
7. 67.▲
   I Took a Snapshot of Sound(twitter.com)

   1 points by peter_retief 1y ago|0 comments
8. 68.▲
   by peter_retief 2y ago

   I ask AI to generate diagrams in LaTeX, works well for me.
9. 69.▲
   by peter_retief 2y ago

   Wow that brings back memories!
10. 70.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    I always thought the sentence was too extreme, he broke some laws he should do some time. Not life without parole.
11. 71.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    How does one actually sign up?
12. 72.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Ha, very literal answer, why not use cat to print the file, is that a bit of sarcasm creeping into the LLM's?
13. 73.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Thanks, yes they should update the site.
14. 74.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    https://x.com/i/grok/share/rhb9niOru2tk17SdEqIhLvfhV
15. 75.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    "Print a text file to STDOUT using ffmpeg" ffmpeg -v quiet -f data -i input.txt -map 0:0 -c text -f data - I tried this in a directory with input.txt with some random text Nothing. So changed the verbosity to trace ffmpeg -v trace
16. 76.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    In retrospect it seems obvious now.
17. 77.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    AI is useful as a tool but it is far from trustworthy. I just used Grok to write some CRON scripts for me, gave me perfectly good results, if you know exactly what you want, it is great. It is not the end of software programmers though and
18. 78.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Could this work with roulette betting on color? Seems like you could spend a lot of time not winning or losing
19. 79.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Why not make the whole of OF AI?
20. 80.▲
    The marvelous disappearing capacitor(lcamtuf.substack.com)

    103 points by peter_retief 2y ago|13 comments
21. 81.▲
    Human Entropy(eoht.info)

    2 points by peter_retief 2y ago|0 comments
22. 82.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Is this what is used to find direction of sound or where sound is coming from. Like gunshots?
23. 83.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    I still get a thrill everytime I hear that Voyager 1 is sending us messages. I would rate it as the greatest experiment of modern times.
24. 84.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    It makes me wonder about other games? If LLM's are bad at games then the would be bad at solving problems in general?
25. 85.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Image generated by Grok
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    Shining Light on Photodiodes(lcamtuf.substack.com)

    3 points by peter_retief 2y ago|0 comments
27. 87.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    Probably the first IC I used.
28. 88.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    I just opened a file in VIM and it does look denser/clearer. Cool.
29. 89.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    I cant see the difference?
30. 90.▲
    by peter_retief 2y ago

    I was interested but then saw JDK/Gradle. One of the reasons I avoid android development.