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  1. Comment on What's your quirk? in ~talk

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    Do you carry them with you while traveling? The hotel pillows are the death of me...

    Do you carry them with you while traveling?
    The hotel pillows are the death of me...

  2. Comment on Oblivion Remastered releases today in ~games

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    Absolute dealbraker for me: no mod support.

    Absolute dealbraker for me: no mod support.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on How ‘talk pedometers’ are transforming education in Birmingham, US classrooms in ~tech

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    Cannot read the article. "Your experience is important to us." "Please allow us to make it shit by letting your guard down" (Page asks to disable the adblocker)

    Cannot read the article.

    "Your experience is important to us."
    "Please allow us to make it shit by letting your guard down"

    (Page asks to disable the adblocker)

    2 votes

  4. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    IMHO Kotor had genuinely good story, even for someone who didn't care much for Star Wars (me).

    IMHO Kotor had genuinely good story, even for someone who didn't care much for Star Wars (me).

  5. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Travelled to Marrakesh for business and managed to squeeze a whole afternoon and evening of "doing a tourist thing", in a good company. Relaxed in a nice garden (riad), let some snakes hang from...

    Travelled to Marrakesh for business and managed to squeeze a whole afternoon and evening of "doing a tourist thing", in a good company. Relaxed in a nice garden (riad), let some snakes hang from me, haggled at a souk ferociously, seen some completely illegally looking skins of animals, had a dinner at a rooftop restaurant during sunset and much more.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What are your favorite books with an unreliable narrator? in ~books

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    A Scanner Darkly by Philip Kindred Dick. As a protagonist in a "book about drugs", the protagonist is completely unreliable.

    A Scanner Darkly by Philip Kindred Dick.

    As a protagonist in a "book about drugs", the protagonist is completely unreliable.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech

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    Thanks! I may have overlooked that. Or perhaps it is a relatively new feature?

    Thanks! I may have overlooked that. Or perhaps it is a relatively new feature?

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech

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    I hated when I switched from VS Code to Obsidian for note taking and F1 suddenly brought ... help window :) On Windows, I reconfigured it with Autohotkey; on Linux I found no solution.

    I hated when I switched from VS Code to Obsidian for note taking and F1 suddenly brought ... help window :)

    On Windows, I reconfigured it with Autohotkey; on Linux I found no solution.

    1 vote

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  10. Comment on AI is creating a generation of illiterate programmers in ~tech

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    I'm self respecting enough to not ever learn the nooks and crannies of proprietary platform's quirks and states - I mean AWS - to not consider this exact situation a learning experience. After...

    I'm self respecting enough to not ever learn the nooks and crannies of proprietary platform's quirks and states - I mean AWS - to not consider this exact situation a learning experience. After becoming efficient user of oracle database years ago, I promised myself to never repeat this mistake and never master another proprietary technology with so many nontransferable skill requirements.
    Anyway, that was just a sidenote, what I wanted to say is that there is a middle ground between self-hosting an LLM on a local hardware and becoming dependent on a proprietary solution hidden behind a paywall and an API: you can have someone to host an Open, replacable LLM for you as a service. There are many options like this on the whole spectrum starting at GPU rental to dedicated coding-assistant services running on open models. These can allow you to go above what you can - and have energy to - run on strictly local hardware.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on AI is creating a generation of illiterate programmers in ~tech

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    Both of them help immensly when you are switching the toolchain - frameworks, languages, other tools - even much later in the career.

    Both of them help immensly when you are switching the toolchain - frameworks, languages, other tools - even much later in the career.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on What fictional world would you live in, if you could pick any one? in ~talk

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    Medeiros? ;)

    ideally as a Bob (or equivalent)

    Medeiros? ;)

  13. Comment on What are some passages or quotes that inspire your creativity or encourage your creative process? in ~creative

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    I've heard similar (and bit more forgiving?): "Don't end your week with nothing."

    I've heard similar (and bit more forgiving?): "Don't end your week with nothing."

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Got it. Convenience mods are OK, cheating is not.

    Got it. Convenience mods are OK, cheating is not.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Java version is the best version :) I presume there is no limitation on client-only mods?

    Java version is the best version :)
    I presume there is no limitation on client-only mods?

    1 vote

  16. Comment on The best breakup advice you’ll ever get in ~life

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    I thought the advice is going to be 3-2-1. Then I've reread the title.

    I thought the advice is going to be 3-2-1. Then I've reread the title.

  17. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    How does one join? Do I need any client-side mods or plugins or is vanilla enough?

    How does one join? Do I need any client-side mods or plugins or is vanilla enough?

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Russia-Ukraine war megathread - End of 2024 news, updates, and recaps in ~news

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    Looks like he didn't end the war in 24 hours, what a babbler.

    Looks like he didn't end the war in 24 hours, what a babbler.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What were your favorite books that you read this year, and why? in ~books

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    I've read the Bobiverse books this year and they have been very pleasant. Simple heroic space operas with agreeable characters, bit of philosophy and measured bits of drama.

    I've read the Bobiverse books this year and they have been very pleasant. Simple heroic space operas with agreeable characters, bit of philosophy and measured bits of drama.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 22 in ~games

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    I'm playing it since and am very pleasantly surprised (I haven't heard of the game before). It's a cosmic horror fishing game alternating between pleasant relaxing times with terror filled...

    I'm playing it since and am very pleasantly surprised (I haven't heard of the game before). It's a cosmic horror fishing game alternating between pleasant relaxing times with terror filled encounters. Simple but engaging mechanics and mini games, interesting locations.

    2 votes