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by wkjagt 14d ago
You would feel right at home in the way Dutch (and other Germanic languages) name W with just one syllable. V is "vay", W is "way". Except the W (in Dutch at least) sounds closer to a V, just less fricative. Same mouth s
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by wkjagt 14d ago
I live in a French speaking part of Canada but am originally from the Netherlands. My name starts with a W (Willem). In Dutch W sounds a lot like a V, just a bit less fricative. When someone asks me how my name is pronounced, and hears me s
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by wkjagt 14d ago
I wonder what percentage of pixels is actually from the camera's sensor vs made up / somewhat inspired by the data from the sensor. Maybe I'm too old for this, but I can't imagine people wanting their photos to look like
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by wkjagt 16d ago
Yeah ok good point. I think my thinking around this was too simplistic.
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by wkjagt 17d ago
The way I see it is that a clearly AI generated article is the result of some prompts. So the "author" wrote tens of words, which then got inflated to hundreds and maybe thousands by a computer program. This is a very inefficient
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by wkjagt 21d ago
I think we tend to forget that many things can be implemented without "smart" features / wifi access / apps. Ie my 20 year old oven has a "start time" feature. It just uses the built in clock.
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by wkjagt 21d ago
You're right that today's cars are safer, but the Volvo 240 does have crumple zones. It was considered the safest car of its time actually
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by wkjagt 21d ago
Oh yeah I believe it. This thing is super strong.
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by wkjagt 21d ago
I was replying to j_m_b's comment, not the article. But you're right, the article doesn't sound like they vibe coded it.
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by wkjagt 21d ago
My wife's Ioniq 5 was hit on the bumper while it was parked. Took weeks for all parts to get to the dealer and cost thousands of dollars because sensors etc. if someone hit my 1981 Volvo 240 the same way I'm not even sure it would
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by wkjagt 21d ago
Maybe I'm out of touch with the times, but I wouldn't feel safe riding an e-scooter with custom vibe coded firmware.
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by wkjagt 24d ago
> a speaker that emits 30 pulses per second. That vibration pushes oxygen away from the flames Is that really what happens? Wouldn't the fire be surrounded by the same air?
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by wkjagt 25d ago
I remember the memes when the iPhone 5 came out.
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
My daughter took a 4 hour train home. She brought money for food. But apparently you can no longer buy food without a bank card on Canadian trains.
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
I wonder if the convenience of a smart phone makes social awkwardness worse. As in: I'm already not very socially comfortable but my phone makes it that I never get any practice either.
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
I've always found it impressive that such a small diameter brake can brake so strong. Especially considering it's filled with grease.
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
A little while ago I bought a 386 laptop. It pretty much had everything wrong with it. Spent weeks repairing it. Best $40 I ever spent.
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
I believe you. I'm just telling my own personal experience. What works for you doesn't seem to work for me. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? But also: I'm purely doing things for my own pleasure now, so whatever I enjoy
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
I got out of tech about 5 years ago, before AI really took off. I still do a lot of personal projects and now never use AI. I tried it a bit (only free plans) but noticed how much it caused me to no longer be able to think through a solutio
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by wkjagt 1mo ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20260517212653/https://www.geekd...
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
Oh nice, very cool. Thanks!
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
Do you think you'd be able to find this post (assuming it's still up)? Would love to see it.
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I'm fixing up a 1981 Volvo 240. It would be wonderful if it could replace my EV one day.
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I used to adjust exposure a lot on phones like the iPhone 5s, so I would, for example, get the highlights exposed properly and have the rest be nice and dark. Can't do that anymore, or not as well at least, because my modern phone will
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I miss non-computational phone cameras. I remember really enjoying the camera in my iPhone 5s.
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
When I come home in my car, sometimes my daughter's phone (who's already at home) will connect to my car, and her music will stop in her headphones, and I get K-Pop. What a time to be alive.
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I have been wearing my Casio F91W for so long I can't even remember buying it, and I'm not even a power user of this watch (never use the alarm or stop watch). I wouldn't even know what to do with a smart watch. I'm sure
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I know this is probably a very naive question, but what is the end goal putting so much effort into getting past ad blockers? Surely, someone with an ad blocker installed is not going to click on their ads and buy the advertised products an
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
I have a 1981 Volvo 244 and I'm very happy none of the hoses are hidden.
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by wkjagt 2mo ago
At some point I almost bought a Framework laptop, just didn't click the Order button. I had my address etc already filled in, so because of that I also got that email from Framework this morning. From a technical perspective I guess it

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