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by rpcope1 3y ago
> Most of the 160-200 million laptops sold each year are replacement purchases. The average laptop is replaced every 3 years (in business) to five years (elsewhere). 3 My 5.7 years per laptop experience is not exceptional. This is one of
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by rpcope1 3y ago
Kind of sucks to see LXD get pulled from Linux Containers. Stéphane's (and the rest of the Linux Containers team) work has been incredible, and honestly it gets slept on way too much. LXC containers have been incredibly powerful and us
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by rpcope1 3y ago
After having suffered through the consequences of "type" enums on MySQL, and see some things go through a long life that used "enums" in the database (in multiple different databases, include Postgres), I'm not conv
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by rpcope1 3y ago
It's funny this came up. I ended up writing a small webapp that runs locally and allows me to catalog my tools, parts and other important odds and ends in a SQLite database (and attach datasheets and other information I've picked
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by rpcope1 3y ago
If someone's going to force me to do this to use whatever computer service, maybe it's time to throw the computer away, and go live in the woods. Like GP, I'm not willingly going to give that data up to any company or state a
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by rpcope1 3y ago
Probably a lot like Simcity 2000 Network Edition.
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by rpcope1 3y ago
Well, a larger context makes it easier to integrate other tools, like a vector database for information retrieval to jam into the context, and the more context, the more potentially relevant information can be added. For models like llama,
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by rpcope1 4y ago
A bunch of reasons (non-exhaustive): * Much better options for flash storage; it's real easy to buy an extreme high endurance m.2 with the device, vs constantly rolling the dice with a microsd card on a raspberry pi. The APU also has a
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by rpcope1 4y ago
Wow this really sucks. I've got a bunch of these...I don't think I've ever seen anything as flexible, capable and stable at this price point ever. It really sucks that AMD is really dropping the ball here.
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by rpcope1 4y ago
I strongly believe there was a optimal point where it was both relatively straightforward to service vehicles (or possibly easier), and their reliability was much better than what preceded them (and frankly also what came after): probably i
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Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT(wsj.com)
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by rpcope1 4y ago
That still seems to be the case. If you tune into some shortwave bands between 6 and 7 MHz where there never seems to be any commercial traffic, there's still regular pirate broadcasts inside of the US (I think it's a neat hobby
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by rpcope1 4y ago
Dad used to rebuild and repair late model Volkswagens, and I got a first hand taste of what it's like servicing those. German cars are the absolute worst, especially in this regard. Everything little plastic piece is hundreds of dollar
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by rpcope1 4y ago
If you're looking for informal evidence, there's plenty of posts on SwedeSpeed and Volvo Forums (and probably Turbo Bricks, for those masochists that own a post-RWD car) bemoaning needing to constantly reprogram tons of things lik
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by rpcope1 4y ago
> Vehicle manufacturing is ruthlessly optimized. Vehicle manufacturers wouldn’t add complexity to common systems if it didn’t pay off. You make it sound as though this intended to be a benefit to the consumer or the end product. Having w
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by rpcope1 4y ago
So something like an optical FPGA?
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by rpcope1 4y ago
It wouldn't remotely surprise me if we don't see a lot of late 90's to mid 2000's vehicles getting run and rebuilt for a long time, kind of like Cuba. Barring perhaps the crashworthiness, for areas with no rust, it'
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by rpcope1 4y ago
I don't get this at all. What was wrong with a simple mechanical latch with a mechanical key? It doesn't need power, there's little to break, and little to understand. There's so much absolute garbage getting thrown on t
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by rpcope1 4y ago
You've basically described the difference between how Windows handles memory allocation and how Linux handles memory allocation, each of which has its pros and cons. Not doing overcommit has it's own serious drawbacks, especially
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by rpcope1 4y ago
Something like bottle.py would be an excellent candidate for inclusion. The real reason to avoid putting anything into the standard library is that it seems to often be the place where code goes to stagnate and die for Python.
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by rpcope1 5y ago
I think the growing popularity of vtubers is probably a sign of things to come. I think once (if it's possible) you can synthesize natural sounding speech and basic emotions/behaviors, it wouldn't surprise me if that didn&#x2
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by rpcope1 5y ago
If it's manufactured in a western country, it's probably fine, I don't think you see too many like that here in the U.S. It's usually either American, Taiwanese or Chinese, and a reputable shop like Angle Repair, for exa
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by rpcope1 5y ago
It's not totally inconceivable that there are Harbor Freight torque wrenches that are initially is on par with a CDI, Precision Instruments (both of whom Snap-On rebrand), or the Tech-Angle with regards to torque accuracy, but good luc
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by rpcope1 5y ago
Fastenal is one of the places you'll probably see tradesmen buying tools and hardware. They certainly sell stuff that's several notches above what you can get at a big box store (both tools and hardware), and it's geared to b
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by rpcope1 6y ago
Maybe of interest in this thread, there is some current regulation in the U.S. for handling GMDs that might be induced by a CME, called TPL-007. Power operators have to start collecting data, like magnetic field data, to plan and understand
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by rpcope1 6y ago
Not only this, but I've always found that for Milwaukee and DeWalt, there's a significantly higher chance that there's parts and information available for repair and overhaul of the tools, especially after the model stops sel
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by rpcope1 7y ago
I think Xubuntu is a good alternative. XFCE doesn't have as much eye candy, but it certainly surprises me far less and usually is very pleasant to work with.
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by rpcope1 7y ago
Yes, if there's a take away for me, having seen how the sausage is made, it's far and above worth grabbing as NAS or nearline SATA drive and jamming it in a good SATA enclosure instead of buying a drive that's already in an e
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by rpcope1 7y ago
If you're trying to bring a new drive to market (and even for many capacities, they get refreshed regularly if only to cut platters or find new ways to cut costs), and your firmware isn't ready for prime time as an internal drive,
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by rpcope1 7y ago
They were never ever intended to be taken out and used that way. You can mask potential firmware problems and ship faster if you also own the enclosure.

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