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  1. Comment on How many battery-operated devices do you have in your home? in ~tech

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    I may be forgetting some things, but so far 13 items 2 laptops (although I've technically sold one to a friend) 1 smartphone 1 smart band 1 set of wireless headphones 1 E-reader 1 wireless mouse 1...
    I may be forgetting some things, but so far 13 items
    • 2 laptops (although I've technically sold one to a friend)
    • 1 smartphone
    • 1 smart band
    • 1 set of wireless headphones
    • 1 E-reader
    • 1 wireless mouse
    • 1 digital body thermometer
    • 1 oximeter
    • 1 wireless Bluetooth transmitter
    • 1 small digital scale.
    • 1 electric razor
    • 1 battery pack
    1 vote

  2. Comment on Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia in ~news

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    I can't wait for this to happen in Mexico when Morena loses the presidency next year. Or maybe the opposition will do it if Morena wins. Who knows? 😬

    I can't wait for this to happen in Mexico when Morena loses the presidency next year. Or maybe the opposition will do it if Morena wins. Who knows? 😬

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Are Brazilians Latinos? What their identity struggle tells us about race in America in ~humanities

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    The real question is why there's so much emphasis to use a single word to categorize people from a region that has 20 countries, and basically twice the area and population of the USA. It is like...

    The real question is why there's so much emphasis to use a single word to categorize people from a region that has 20 countries, and basically twice the area and population of the USA. It is like asking "Are Canadians Americans?" and concluding that Yes, because both groups live in the same geographical region, are mostly white, and mostly speak the same language, without taking anything else into consideration.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Why the super rich are inevitable? in ~finance

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    Many of us assume it's because some people make better financial decisions. But what if this isn't true? What if the economy – our economy – is designed to create a few super rich people?

    That's what mathematicians argue in something called the Yard-sale model.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway Thread: Holiday 2022 in ~games

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    It just so happens that I live in one of those countries. Could I get a copy?

    It just so happens that I live in one of those countries. Could I get a copy?

  7. Comment on Looking for smallish feature suggestions for an open source project in ~comp

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    I just found this feature request for Firefox, seems like a good way to start contributing to it.

    I just found this feature request for Firefox, seems like a good way to start contributing to it.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Tales of the M1 GPU in ~comp

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    In April this year, I decided to start trying to figure out how to write an M1 GPU kernel driver! [...] it was already clear this was no ordinary GPU. Over the first couple of months, I worked on writing and improving a m1n1 hypervisor tracer for the GPU, and what I found was very, very unusual in the GPU world.

    Since I was already writing a GPU tracer for the m1n1 hypervisor and filling out structure definitions in Python, I decided to just flip it on its head and start writing a Python GPU kernel driver, using the same structure definitions. Python is great for this, since it is very easy to iterate with!

    With the eldritch horror Mesa+Python driver stack working, I started to have a better idea of how the eventual kernel driver had to work and what it had to do. [...] At around the same time, rumours of Rust soon being adopted officially by the Linux kernel were beginning to come up. The Rust for Linux project had been working on officially adding support for several years, and it looked like their work might be merged soon. Could I… could I write the GPU driver in Rust?

    Normally, when you write a brand new kernel driver as complicated as this one, trying to go from simple demo apps to a full desktop with multiple apps using the GPU concurrently ends up triggering all sorts of race conditions, memory leaks, use-after-free issues, and all kinds of badness. But all that just… didn’t happen!

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Megathread for news/updates/discussion about Musk's takeover of Twitter – Part 1 in ~tech

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    Check twitterisgoinggreat.com for your daily dose of Musk/Twitter drama.

    Check twitterisgoinggreat.com for your daily dose of Musk/Twitter drama.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on AI’s new frontier: Connecting grieving loved ones with the deceased in ~tech

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    The podcast Endless Thread is working on a miniseries about bots, and coincidentally this is what their latest episode is about. In it they interview the CEO of HereAfter, one of their users, and...

    The podcast Endless Thread is working on a miniseries about bots, and coincidentally this is what their latest episode is about. In it they interview the CEO of HereAfter, one of their users, and a psychologist that has an skeptic POV. Check it out if you have some time.

    The first episode in the series also has some interesting bits about ELIZA.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Telegram is auctioning off rare usernames on the TON blockchain in ~tech

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    Here's the auction site, there are some interesting usernames on the list. And looks like some people already started to hoard usernames.

    Here's the auction site, there are some interesting usernames on the list.

    And looks like some people already started to hoard usernames.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on First thing: Twitter sued by former staff as Elon Musk begins mass firing in ~tech

  16. Comment on First thing: Twitter sued by former staff as Elon Musk begins mass firing in ~tech

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    Also relevant to the topic: Ex-twitter employees live tweeting their termination A layoff guide for tweeps So... Elon acquiring Twitter has become the "Depp vs Heard" of the tech world, there have...
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    Also relevant to the topic:

    So... Elon acquiring Twitter has become the "Depp vs Heard" of the tech world, there have been 10 posts in the last 7 days about it on ~tech (including this one), and there definitely will be more news about it, how many of them will get posted on tildes I don't know, but I think is time to start thinking about a single mega-thread.

    15 votes

  19. Comment on That time when my skin changed color: A Spaniard in the USA in ~life

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    In my home country, in Spain, I was part of the majority. I enjoyed white privilege.
    When I walked around town there was always somebody like me. When I talked to
    strangers, they were always supposed to know my language. My skin tone was the rule,
    theirs an exception. I was unaware of my privilege, and it is not excusable. It is
    shameful. I am in fact embarrassed about my ignorance. However, now it is different.
    Now I can see the whole picture.

    1 vote