rantallion

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by rantallion 2y ago
> They're already well aware of the concepts Are you suggesting, despite many experts stating otherwise, that LLMs have awareness?
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by rantallion 2y ago
When deciding they have the largest collection, I guess they missed the shoe collection at Northampton Museum. Though having escaped that town in my youth, I don't know why anyone would want to visit! https://www.northampton
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by rantallion 2y ago
The problem being that the time spent fixing the bugs in that 25% outweighs the time saved. Now that tools like Copilot are being widely used, studies are showing that they do not in fact boost productivity. All claims to the contrary seem
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by rantallion 3y ago
Surely there's something between shaming and acceptance. Neither are helpful, after all. The recent 'body positivity' movement just sends a message that it's _okay_ to be obese.
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by rantallion 3y ago
How about off being the default?
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by rantallion 3y ago
They could, but I'd be surprised if they do. Firstly, we can see that they're using the email exactly as provided (for sending, at least), else filters on the mail we receive wouldn't work. Secondly, the + trick works because
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by rantallion 3y ago
It's a shame that the exodus from London prompted by the Covid lockdowns didn't last. Perhaps we might have seen at least some equalisation across the country. Alas, anything outside of the M25 might as well be another country a
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by rantallion 3y ago
Thanks. This makes more sense. I was curious why the _inner_ point mattered, when the fourth point is actually the one on the side.
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by rantallion 3y ago
I'd love to see a three-legged table stand up with the fourth corner under load.
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by rantallion 3y ago
What makes this a four-point egg if only the first three points are required to derive the rest of the shape?
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by rantallion 3y ago
> There is no reason to assume this is a matter of proteins. Except that there's increasing evidence that specific proteins do in fact play a part in various forms of dementia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/a
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by rantallion 3y ago
Of all the things you could label as gatekeeping, I don't feel that excluding hate groups is one of them. We should never be tolerant of the intolerant, otherwise intolerance wins.
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by rantallion 3y ago
I can almost see how they'd get away with a review process under the guise of security, then add an app's fingerprint to some blacklist and automatically remove it from all devices. Charging fees for sideloaded apps though? Even i
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by rantallion 3y ago
Copyright laws vary between countries. I imagine a UK court might treat things differently, given our Copyright Service's rules: > Legally only the copyright owner has the right to authorise adaptations and reproductions of their wo
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by rantallion 3y ago
> Still have 250miles range out of 310 originally. I appreciate that batteries degrade over time, but think this will deter many would-be EV owners. Losing 1/6 of your total range in the first 5 years of owner just doesn't happ
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by rantallion 3y ago
> as close as possible to Pokémon while still staying legally distinct I'm definitely not an expert on the matter, so this is just curiosity. How can something be so similar that the average person looks at it and thinks it's a
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by rantallion 3y ago
Assuming we start from the position of having a unique, never-before-seen password for each account (which is what we should all be doing, right?), rotating doesn't do anything. And if we accept that most people don't use unique
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by rantallion 3y ago
> Today, important units of productivity and organisation are: - Urls - Screenshots (and images) - & notes According to whom? I can see the value in storing and organising notes, but screenshots and bookmarks managed outside of notes
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by rantallion 3y ago
In-line calculations. Improved file/folder searches. Ability to write custom workflows, especially those that might call other scripts/APIs. I can't remember the name now, but there was a JavaScript-based launcher that did _a
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by rantallion 3y ago
I use Alfred on my Mac and would kill for something with the same feature set and performance. Is Keypirinha the Windows equivalent I should be using? Nothing else I've tried in the past came close.
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by rantallion 3y ago
> and the software would translate ... in real-time Depending on the pair of languages being translated between, isn't this literally impossible? The ordering of sentence parts is not the same in all languages (coincidentally, Japan
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by rantallion 3y ago
The average internet user doesn't know how to run a home server, safely expose services, or configure a domain name. Even Home Assistant has a fairly high barrier to entry in that you need somewhere to run it, and even then a good ch
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by rantallion 3y ago
Not sure what geographies it covers as I've only used it for UK-based roles, but I love the experience on cord.co. It's what I believe recruiting should be. Potential applicants upload their bio and skills, say what they're
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by rantallion 3y ago
If we're going deaths by distance travelled: in 2016 (the latest year in the study linked below) the US had 7.3 deaths per billion vehicle-kilometres, while Germany had only 4.2. Interestingly, the same report shows a reduction of 12.1
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by rantallion 3y ago
> Looks like they tripled-down on features to change it. Always seeking DAU. The irony is that all the extra nonsense keeps a lot of us away even more. I think even the next time I want to change jobs, there are platforms I'll use b
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by rantallion 3y ago
If this 'disappearing street' interests you, you may also want to check out the causeway that takes one out to Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) in Northumberland. Tides allowing, you can drive out to the island and back. And inevitab
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by rantallion 3y ago
This is way above my level but a quick skim seems to suggest that not only are the cells not rejected, but that they can actually enhance the recipient's immune system. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles&#x2
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by rantallion 3y ago
Real. A recipe bot, of all things, which makes it even worse that it's suggesting not only a combination with toxic side effects, but something that wouldn't have been edible anyway. https://www.theregister.com/202
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by rantallion 3y ago
> Whereas fossil fuels add to the overall level of CO2 by emitting carbon that had been previously locked away, SAF recycles the CO2 which has been absorbed by the biomass used in the feedstock during the course of its life. Source: htt
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by rantallion 3y ago
Not all abuse is physical, and not being physical doesn't necessarily diminish the trauma the survivor has experienced. Why is 'survivor' not apt here?

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