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shantnutiwari
6mo ago
This is interesting: User what is yoga talkie-1930 Yoga is a system of religious exercises, having for their object the acquisition of supernatural powers, by which the perfon who practices them hopes to be enabled to control the operations
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6mo ago
He wasn't arrested because he posted an AI photo. He was arrested because he was wasting police time during a genuine problem of the police hunting for a escaped wolf. He would have been arrested even if the image wasnt AI. The title a
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Audio transcription is worse in 2026 than it was in 2016
(write.as)
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6mo ago
some years ago when I too sent out short stories: For one story, one editor loved the setting and opening scene, but hated the pacing. The other loved the pacing, hated the opening scene! These were the editors at the top selling magazines
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6mo ago
Nice. Will Apple now also fix the "bug" where you delete a message on your phone, and 3 months later it downloads on your iPad or Watch, and you can never be sure your messages are really gone? Before anyone asks: No , I didnt tur
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FFmpeg Command Generator for Common Encoding Workflows
(ffmpeg-commander.com)
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6mo ago
Reddit's /r/programming banned all AI related posts temporarily. And I must admit, it made the place more interesting. Maybe have AI Tuesdays, where you only post AI crap every Tuesday?
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6mo ago
no probs, site is back up again :)
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6mo ago
yeah, Apple maps isnt so good for tourist info, at least once you leave the big cities. I just use the web version of google maps if Im out travelling somewhere remote
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6mo ago
Here in the UK, Apple maps is the only app I use. I dont even use the inbuilt car gps.
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6mo ago
Surprised to see the negative reaction this post is getting... seems a lot of ai bros are being triggered :) Edit/update: I can't even read the article because evidently I have been "blocked", no reason given. Great, may
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6mo ago
Social media platforms (like Instagram) have always had this problem of "buying" followers. There was an article some time ago where hollywood types would only give roles to people with high followers so people started buying foll
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6mo ago
"believe they have to start with serverless, kubernetes, fleets of servers, planet-scale databases, multi-zone high-availability setups, and many other "best practices"." Its worse than that. Thats how they are taught, a
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Audio transcription is worse in 2026 than it was in 2016
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6mo ago
Just tried llama.cpp NO, it is not simpler or even as simple as Ollama. There are multiple options-- llama server and cli, its not obivous which model to use. With ollama, its one file. And you get the models from their site, you can browse
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6mo ago
All of those options were either too slow, or didnt work for me (Mac with Intel). I could have spent hours googling, but I downloaded Ollama and it just worked. So no, they are not alternatives to ollama
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Core2 Yanked. Millions Effected
(old.reddit.com)
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6mo ago
Is this a joke? > Draupadi-- strength 6, wisdom 8 Are you creating RPG characters? Its clear you used AI to create the whole thing, but did you stop to think if it makes sense?
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6mo ago
Wait till you hear about what these influencers do in India. They will go to the shittiest, poorest slum where even other Indian won't go to, make a video titled something like "Oooh look at these disgusting Indians" and get
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7mo ago
As other commenters have noted, this looks like AI slop. Why is it on the front page? If you go on Reddit, there are at least a dozen AI "vibe coded" shitty local stack alternatives being posted daily. Whats special about this??
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Cursor lied about it's new Browser [video]
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9mo ago
In theory. In practice-- I would spend all my time just filing complaints, because today, in 2026, I get more spam from "legitimate" companies than "Nigerian scammer" types
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9mo ago
> I think we must make it clear that this is not related to AI at all Yeah, many companies do that. I unsusbcribed from newline, they still keep spamming me. Funny thing is, they realised they had made a mistake and promised to remove un
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9mo ago
> it decides, no, you must want to select that whole word Yeah this arrogance where my tool decides what I want to do, and even if I put the cursor to where it will want, Apple will (un)helpfully move it. Because Apple thinks its users
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9mo ago
The autocorrect is a real pain, especially when you are using a correct and grammatical word, but Apple decides, F&ck you, you will use this other word instead. And the text select has been broken for years, as the site points out. I th
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10mo ago
I cancelled my personal O365 subscription for this reason, even though I prefer Word to LibreOffice and the crap my Mac provides-- it wasnt just they raised the price, it was the new "AI" features they kept pushing. When I cancell
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1y ago
sorry, but thats a misleading title. The article is more like "Everything I hate about the AI companies" You can hate (or at least disagree with) how companies like OpenAi work, and still believe in their hype (or at least that th
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1y ago
NEVER get a semi automatic (washing machine), they are too much hassle. It forces you to do half the work yourself
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1y ago
The left blames BBC, calling them Tory shills, the right blames them, calling them woke activists. Dont know--seems to me they are doing the right thing.
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1y ago
>In iOS you can share a subset of your contacts. the problem is, the app must respect that. WhatsApp, for all the hate it gets, does . "Privacy" focused Telegram doesnt-- it wouldnt work unless I shared ALL my contacts-- when
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