ragall

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by ragall 9mo ago
What you describe is definitely not a person with hard skills, so it's not relevant to the current discussion.
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by ragall 9mo ago
As far as I can tell, PanGUI is a drawing library not a graphical toolkit. Its primitives are geometrical, not widgets. Its showcase is an audio app, which is as far away as possible from a boring productivity application that I'd like
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by ragall 9mo ago
Anything that forces a specific language is a no-no.
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by ragall 9mo ago
> The main consensus in the native space is that Qt is still miles ahead of any other cross-platform desktop framework (including WxWidgets). Doesn't mean that Qt is anywhere good - it's just the least worst option out of all.
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by ragall 9mo ago
You started it buddy.
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by ragall 9mo ago
> It stands to reason that if a manager can demotivate you, then they must be able to do the opposite. You share that with no justification. There's no such "reason".
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by ragall 10mo ago
Vinyl is also better for all the old ones still around that haven't been republished as CD.
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by ragall 10mo ago
Mozilla also has its own Apt repository, which can be more convenient.
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by ragall 10mo ago
AMEX cards are being used by both large and small businesses. It's accepted by hotels, restaurants, airlines, suppliers, utilities, etc... Small shops are of little importance.
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by ragall 10mo ago
> For semantic purposes But semantic purposes are not all possible purposes.
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by ragall 10mo ago
Denoting a translation is not the only thing that "stands for" stands for.
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by ragall 10mo ago
No, it means they contain the damage and run the system in a healthy manner.
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by ragall 10mo ago
Colonial my arse.
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by ragall 10mo ago
I gather that this is an average of all trains. In Italy, the high velocity train are quite punctual, but the slow regional trains drag the average down.
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by ragall 10mo ago
Lots of people use Amex in Europe. It's very popular as a business card.
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by ragall 10mo ago
Replacing the motherboard is just not an important thing, and that's demonstrated by how Framework has remained a very niche product.
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by ragall 10mo ago
You do realise you can upgrade RAM and SSDs, as well as replace most components on ThinkPads too, right ?
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by ragall 10mo ago
High-end ThinkPads were always very repairable (even if not upgradable wrt. motherboard). The P50 I bought 10 years ago came with 4 RAM slots (and ECC capable), 3 disk slots, removable battery and way more ports than a Framework. It really
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by ragall 10mo ago
Github 3.11 for Workgroups.
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by ragall 11mo ago
Quick reminder that it's not "Google" that killed JXL before, it was the Chrome team. Jpeg XL was designed by a Google engineer (JyrkiAlakuijala here) who is not part of the Chrome team, but in Google Research in the Zurich o
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by ragall 1y ago
It's very well possible to get 500k kilometers out of a Mercedes or Audi. They're mechanically quite reliable as long as maintenance is done religiously.
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by ragall 1y ago
If a company's supposed advantage is predicated on using LLMs, it's an AI company. Of course, if that strategy fails, it could pivot to a non-AI approach which would make it cease to be an AI company.
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by ragall 1y ago
> This does give me goosebumps. In earlier times, Slashdot used to make stories.
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by ragall 1y ago
> Would you want a photograph that faded away a significant amount each time you looked at it? Yes! > A book that had the ink on its pages visibly rub off? Yes, old paperbacks were exactly like that.
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by ragall 1y ago
Kagi is a better alternative.
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The Political Economy of AI(moneypower.substack.com)
1 points by ragall 1y ago|0 comments
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by ragall 1y ago
Far from "standard", more like occasionally used.
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by ragall 1y ago
Nah, it's working as intended. The whole point of a CEO (boss) is to have veto power.
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by ragall 2y ago
Saying you despise it only shows how ignorant you are.
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by ragall 2y ago
Your ignorance must be blissful.

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