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by theragra 4mo ago
Afaik according to research, the only thing that helps is 1. Lump sum, pretty big (like year worth of salary or close) payment on birth 2. Works for first child only. That's it. So, it kinda works, but very limited. Increasing sum did
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by theragra 4mo ago
Users think otherwise. I agree it is dystopian, but to me it is the same bucket as sex work. There are people that won't be able to get a sex partner in a "normal" way. The only way for them is sex workers. I assume the same
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by theragra 4mo ago
It has an WPF app, which I tried to decompiled already, but firmware is a different beast. App downloads firmware during update proces. I have no idea about format or MCU used. I will try to reverse engeneer firmware with claude when I will
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by theragra 4mo ago
I remember how I started to make a simple text based game, and conditionals (in Pascal) were not enough. Ive asked my father, and he explained that the thing I want is possible with loops. At this moment, I was given all the tools that allo
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by theragra 4mo ago
Part about smell hit me strong. As a child of uni professor, I had some access to university computer lab. The smell in professor room was very plastic, dusty, a touch of burnt rubber. This smell meant a world to me. Access to something abs
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by theragra 4mo ago
Flipper One founders live and operate from London, as is the company. Pavel Zhovner has (or had at least) Ukrainian citizenship. Terrible to always see misinformation from people who don't even check basics.
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by theragra 4mo ago
Brings memories. How my school trashy dial-up was so unbearably slow compared to my father's work 128 ISDN. On latter, I was able to even download several songs per visit from ftp, and later from Napster.
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by theragra 4mo ago
Yeah. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to reverse engeneer firmware for popular TQ ebike motors. This firmware can be downloaded if you intercept dealer tool API calls. I have no experience at all with this, otherwise I would prob
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by theragra 4mo ago
You by default assume all AI code is slop? This seems like an approach that won't be beneficial to the OSS overall. What I found is 1. With LLMs, I was finally able to find time and confidence to contribute a patch. Before, contributi
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by theragra 5mo ago
Hm, then we need dosbox running in dos!
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by theragra 5mo ago
I remember porting or making plugin that allowed scripting in c# for OLW. (Dynamic Live Writer). Good times. Contrary to the author, I was able to export my blog from livehournal to cms blogengine.net and then migrate to WyAm static websit
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by theragra 6mo ago
Moreover, many laptops working on Linux perfectly, are not Ubuntu certified. Lenovo Legion series generally works well, but it is not in the Ubuntu list. Id we'd make a list of all 8/10 or more compatible laptops, it would be huge
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by theragra 6mo ago
I don't remember the book, but some scifi novel had an idea where each visitor to some country needed software installed on their implant. This software allowed any one to be opted out of visitor to see their face and clothing style. B
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by theragra 6mo ago
Yeah. I use bazzite, but had to overlay like 5 apps. Flatpaks are often disappointing or just do not exist. AppImage is awesome, too bad it is used rarely.
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by theragra 7mo ago
Lem is underappreciated. I've recently reread a book with his interviews Tako rzecze... Lem (in Russian, English version does not exist). This caused me to remember some of his works. While he is a bit snobby and complaints too much, y
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by theragra 7mo ago
Read other comments. It is not so simple. Traffic lights often are configured wrongly, when yellow light is too short. So, violations are used to profit from cases when the driver could not have been stopped. In such system, it is better to
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by theragra 7mo ago
As always, copyright is a supressor of creativity, not an enabler. Copyright terms should be 10-20 years max, or up to death of an author. Even current regime is ridiculous.
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by theragra 7mo ago
Ive found that app my student team created for load testing of hammer drills for local factory is still ticking! We created it around 2004, for Windows XP. Used Borland C++ and Windows driver for LPT port. Driver was written in asm, just fo
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by theragra 7mo ago
There is a nuance here. Sometimes, it is not "temporary bad solution" vs "trying to find better solutions", but "temporary bad solution" vs "suicide".
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by theragra 7mo ago
Sr-17018 is making rounds now (ok was a year ago) among people using opiates too much. On forums, it is pushed as the miracle stuff which allows lowering dosage without major withdrawal.
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by theragra 7mo ago
I have very weird and rare @gmail.com and I Still get other peoples mail sometimes.
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by theragra 7mo ago
Some genAI video or image content can be made with creativity and be enjoyable. It gets boring with time, but our current AI boom allows some people to unleash an inner director.
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by theragra 7mo ago
I have 3 old employer laptops and my personal gaming laptop, which I use for work now. I'm happy about this now ;) I probably will only need to return newest laptop if I leave the company.
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by theragra 7mo ago
It would be pointless if you need to get into the cycling clothing. Not what model assumes tho, probably.
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by theragra 8mo ago
Sadly, Linux still has many small issues for desktop day-to-day usage. I encounter different small bugs almost each day, something I don't see on Windows that often. These bugs or inconvenient UI are tolerable for me, but not for every
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by theragra 8mo ago
Countries in exUSSR are quite for a long time used similar stuff. But here, people are poorer and "tech" smarter (blame good STEM ed), so they quite often install software themselves. This software pirates free floating or torrent
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by theragra 8mo ago
Funny how you believe that your illegal usage is good, but drug dealing usage is bad. If we were to believe the government, you should not be able to avoid sanctions. So, maybe you should not blindly trust government when it says Bitcoin is
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by theragra 8mo ago
Well, tool is also partly LLM, so the language is weird here.
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by theragra 8mo ago
It is weird that 15% of Pinterest is 700 people? I don't know shit about Pinterest, but it looks insane.
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by theragra 8mo ago
No joke, it is just I don't like to leave any trail about law issues, even if it is hardly a menace. This last sentence is for law enforcement in the really hard to imagine case it might be relevant sometime.

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