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Comment on Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along in ~tech
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Comment on Sci-fi audio drama - The Last City in ~hobbies
VoidSage Link ParentI’ll give it a listen! The only audio drama I’ve ever listened to is Wolf359, which I enjoyed immenselyI’ll give it a listen!
The only audio drama I’ve ever listened to is Wolf359, which I enjoyed immensely
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
VoidSage Link ParentSame! I’m usually in a grunge mood some in the spring, but this year it’s hitting me extra hard. Just watched the whole Alice In Chains MTV unplugged tonightSame! I’m usually in a grunge mood some in the spring, but this year it’s hitting me extra hard.
Just watched the whole Alice In Chains MTV unplugged tonight
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Comment on Under development: WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria (not classic) in ~games
VoidSage Link ParentI agree - MoP is amazing! I’m currently super invested in SoD, but I’ll definitely be playing MoP when it comes out. I’d love to do siege of orgrimmar again.I agree - MoP is amazing! I’m currently super invested in SoD, but I’ll definitely be playing MoP when it comes out. I’d love to do siege of orgrimmar again.
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Comment on Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentI have no confidence in discord being able to do noninvasive ads and also respect privacy. Sounds like it’s time to fire up Teamspeak again!I have no confidence in discord being able to do noninvasive ads and also respect privacy. Sounds like it’s time to fire up Teamspeak again!
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Comment on 2024 Ford Ranger first drive review: A capable truck I don’t want to drive in ~transport
VoidSage Link ParentSounds like you’re describing a Tacoma. I have a Tacoma and love it!Give me a small, RWD/4WD pickup with a manual transmission option
Sounds like you’re describing a Tacoma. I have a Tacoma and love it!
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Comment on ‘Dune: Part Two’ crosses $500m global box office; ‘Kung Fu Panda’ franchise tops $2bn worldwide in ~movies
VoidSage LinkThe title is super confusing because it’s comparing two different things, the box office numbers of a single movie vs a 4 movie franchise. King fu panda 4 itself has done $177m worldwide so far,...The title is super confusing because it’s comparing two different things, the box office numbers of a single movie vs a 4 movie franchise.
King fu panda 4 itself has done $177m worldwide so far, significantly less than Dune 2 so far.
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Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentTBH if you're someone who cares about productivity, using a DE at all is questionable - any time you have to use the mouse to navigate spatially you're losing time. It's far faster to just launch...I can be most productive with either KDE or Windows (10, haven't tried 11). And I know these things are subjective and relative to what you're used to, but I think even things like "program launcher does not have ability to show separate icons for different app windows" make a OS objectively less productive.
TBH if you're someone who cares about productivity, using a DE at all is questionable - any time you have to use the mouse to navigate spatially you're losing time. It's far faster to just launch applications with text search like dmenu or spotlight on macos and manage application windows by workspace
I have to install so much software just to make it a fraction as useful as even Windows
Not sure I can get on board with this, imo the fact that it's a unix like system with a bash (zsh) shell innately makes it more useful than windows
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Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentI’ve been running Linux for gaming for several years not precisely because I felt this way about windows. My solution has been an extremely barebones arch install that just has a tiling window...It's fine OS and I do like it quite a lot, but every time I daily drive it, I feel like I'm constantly fixing and tweaking things that just aren't "Right"; so much so that I end-up messing with the OS and figuring things out when I just want to do a quick thing on my PC. I just don't have the time or patience to continually adjust things until they're just perfect.
I’ve been running Linux for gaming for several years not precisely because I felt this way about windows.
My solution has been an extremely barebones arch install that just has a tiling window manager instead of a desktop environment. In my experience it has been very stable, I haven’t had to reinstall a single thing in 2 years and only had one issue that took more than 15 minutes to resolve (due to shitty nvidia drivers)
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Comment on ‘Dune: Part Two’: How sci-fi space worm epic reared head to $81.5m opening after strike release delay in ~movies
VoidSage Link ParentAs a long time fan of the book series, I couldn’t agree more. This was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long long time and I agree with the LOTR comparison. In some ways I even think the...As a long time fan of the book series, I couldn’t agree more. This was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long long time and I agree with the LOTR comparison.
In some ways I even think the storytelling is as good or better than the book, part 1&2 are more direct to the main story and part 2 especially invokes a lot of raw emotion that didn’t come across as well in the book imo
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Comment on What libraries do you use for implementing web forms, if any? in ~comp
VoidSage Link ParentI’ll second react-hook-form, I haven’t used it much yet, but one of my coworkers recently did some refactoring to use it - seems much simpler than our prior solutionI’ll second react-hook-form, I haven’t used it much yet, but one of my coworkers recently did some refactoring to use it - seems much simpler than our prior solution
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Comment on Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine in ~tech
VoidSage LinkFor anyone who doesn't like click bait, here's the important part of the article title And the useful portion of the articleFor anyone who doesn't like click bait, here's the important part of the article title
We can reuse a very significant portion of the cobalt
And the useful portion of the article
Scientists have experimented with many types of materials in hopes of making EV batteries, their storage, and their recycling more efficient. One of the latest breakthroughs, developed by a team from Linnaeus University in Sweden and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India, is derived from perhaps the most unexpected substance yet: urine.
The new method, which the scientists described in a study published in the scientific journal ACS Omega, summarized by Anthropocene, can be used during the battery recycling process to extract valuable metals used in lithium-ion batteries. It uses a liquid solvent derived from urine and acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.
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Comment on ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentI agree that this is a problem, but In the event that we end up with a court decision in favor of OpenAI I'm really hoping to see someone start distributing small models trained specifically on...That is a problem, and AI companies probably can/should be liable for that. But from my reading of the article (I haven't looked further) into the lawsuits the article talks about, it sounds like the complain is on the copyrighted content's use for training. Not for the model's ability/tenancy to distribute the copyrighted content.
I agree that this is a problem, but In the event that we end up with a court decision in favor of OpenAI I'm really hoping to see someone start distributing small models trained specifically on certain texts (like textbooks) that can recreate whole pages based on a specific prompt. I would love it if the college textbook industry could be reshaped by AI.
I can imagine an ai model like "General Chemistry AI" trained on "General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications" 3rd edition
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Comment on ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentWe should just expand the library system dramatically! Then the question would be whether or not an AI can get a library cardWe should just expand the library system dramatically! Then the question would be whether or not an AI can get a library card
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Comment on Tachiyomi development officially ends in ~anime
VoidSage Link ParentI'm not a tachiyomi user, so I don't know which version made the change, but you can find all the old versions with APKs here on GitHub https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/tachiyomi/releasesI'm not a tachiyomi user, so I don't know which version made the change, but you can find all the old versions with APKs here on GitHub https://github.com/tachiyomiorg/tachiyomi/releases
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Comment on Easy mode is actually for adults in ~games
VoidSage LinkThis is why I play Classic WoW instead of retail wow! I just had a conversation with my GM about this last week, we both enjoy playing classic because we have busy lives and the content is easy....This is why I play Classic WoW instead of retail wow!
I just had a conversation with my GM about this last week, we both enjoy playing classic because we have busy lives and the content is easy. Our guild is "semi-hardcore" and pretty driven to try hard in raids, but what that translates to is people show up to raid on time, ready to play, with all the buffs and consumes needed to make shit easy and we raid for like an hour or two a couple nights a week.
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Comment on Is GenAI’s impact on productivity overblown? in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentYeah, my workflow has historically been to write the email and then agonize over phrasing, rewrite it some, etc. Now I just wrote the content I want, feed it to an LLM with a prompt about the...Yeah, my workflow has historically been to write the email and then agonize over phrasing, rewrite it some, etc. Now I just wrote the content I want, feed it to an LLM with a prompt about the context of the email, and then touch it up after to make sure it's still using the tone I originally intended.
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Comment on Is GenAI’s impact on productivity overblown? in ~tech
VoidSage Link ParentI agree - however, I do use GitHub copilot for coding regularly and I find it saves me a fairly significant amount of time when learning about code I'm not familiar with or on the trivial stuff...I agree - however, I do use GitHub copilot for coding regularly and I find it saves me a fairly significant amount of time when learning about code I'm not familiar with or on the trivial stuff that would take 5 or 10 minutes a couple times a day to do by hand.
Additionally I find that LLM based suggestions when I'm typing something that isn't code (ex: professional email, summary of something, etc) are extremely helpful and save me some time.
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I think that LLMs are an amazing advancement for specific use cases, but I agree with your skepticism. They are not the path to gen ai, but they may be a piece of the puzzle.
Specific use cases I was thinking of: extracting and summarizing useful data from a large amount of text, generating text based suggestions, (maybe?) translation
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Comment on There has never been a better time to game on Linux in ~games
VoidSage LinkI've had the exact same experience! I daily drove Linux in ~2015 and ended up switching back to Windows for gaming. I switched back to arch again about 2 years ago and have had minimal issues. The...I've had the exact same experience!
I daily drove Linux in ~2015 and ended up switching back to Windows for gaming. I switched back to arch again about 2 years ago and have had minimal issues. The only games I can think of that I just haven't been able to get working are Dead by Daylight and Assetto Corsa
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Comment on Opinions on stand up meetings in ~life
VoidSage Link ParentAt a previous job I did Tuesday Thursday stand-ups with a full team project check in on Mondays - it ended up being perfect imo, Tuesday Thursday stand-ups were plenty and everyone got an update...At a previous job I did Tuesday Thursday stand-ups with a full team project check in on Mondays - it ended up being perfect imo, Tuesday Thursday stand-ups were plenty and everyone got an update from product on Mondays in case there were any changing requirements, new plans, etc.
Topics for standup were: What I did yesterday and what am I doing today
We also did no meeting Wednesdays every week to try to give everyone some deep work time.
Working on learning Svelte + Tauri to help a friend with his startup project, it’s pretty cool to be able to bolt a typescript + html interface onto a rust layer that handles business logic