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  1. Comment on Meta is releasing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio made simple and available to all in ~tech

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    I'm a pretty vocal critic of Apple and their lack of contributions to OSS, but they have been pretty good custodians of CUPS Even the worst OSS citizen can have a few bright lights. All of the...

    I'm a pretty vocal critic of Apple and their lack of contributions to OSS, but they have been pretty good custodians of CUPS

    Even the worst OSS citizen can have a few bright lights. All of the MANGA companies are bad...and a lot of other companies too.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on "Layered" music that builds throughout the song? in ~music

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    One that comes to my mind when reading your description is Nectar by BT off his album ESCM.

    One that comes to my mind when reading your description is Nectar by BT off his album ESCM.

  3. Comment on Prevalence of AI generated text in Tildes in ~tildes

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    42 years old. Was playing around with something the other day which necessitated me logging into my Last.FM account that needed a new password and as I was updating the password noticed that the...

    42 years old. Was playing around with something the other day which necessitated me logging into my Last.FM account that needed a new password and as I was updating the password noticed that the time zone and zip code on that account was at least 15 years out of date.

    Some of us are getting old.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Weirdest films ever? in ~movies

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    Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

    Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

  5. Comment on How to read House of Leaves in ~books

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    Yeah, scans exist, but you will be miserable trying to read it digitally. You genuinely need a paper version to be able to read the book.

    Yeah, scans exist, but you will be miserable trying to read it digitally. You genuinely need a paper version to be able to read the book.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on It's time to buy some new non-stick pans... need recommendations in ~food

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    Weird. Might be worth reaching out to their support.

    Weird. Might be worth reaching out to their support.

  7. Comment on It's time to buy some new non-stick pans... need recommendations in ~food

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    Interesting. I have a set that’s almost 3 years old now and I abuse them with metal tools and the dishwasher and they’re basically like new.

    Interesting. I have a set that’s almost 3 years old now and I abuse them with metal tools and the dishwasher and they’re basically like new.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on What is productivity, and is it a reasonable lever to force a return to office? in ~life

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    I can’t speak for your employer, but with mine there were more than a few meetings where they didn’t explicitly say “we’re going back in to cull the herd” but it was such an overt overtone that in...

    I can’t speak for your employer, but with mine there were more than a few meetings where they didn’t explicitly say “we’re going back in to cull the herd” but it was such an overt overtone that in verbal conversations with HR & recruiting they unofficially confirmed it.

    If you’re publicly traded, having layoffs looks bad and makes your stock go down in value.

    If you can make work mildly miserable enough that poor performers drop out, you get the benefits without the dip in valuation. The fine line comes in not pissing off your top performers so they leave.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes dev environment on Apple Silicon // Apple M1 in ~tildes

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    As someone with decades in IT Ops and deeper knowledge of containers than I like, let me dig a little into this tomorrow. A good suite of Dockerfiles and a Compose YAML shouldn’t be more work to...

    As someone with decades in IT Ops and deeper knowledge of containers than I like, let me dig a little into this tomorrow.

    A good suite of Dockerfiles and a Compose YAML shouldn’t be more work to maintain than a Vagrant box.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on What is productivity, and is it a reasonable lever to force a return to office? in ~life

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    As someone who up until recently could’ve been easily considered a “middle manager,” it’s been more of #1 and # 4 from my viewpoint.

    As someone who up until recently could’ve been easily considered a “middle manager,” it’s been more of #1 and # 4 from my viewpoint.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Books that changed your perception in ~books

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    This is why I love Stephenson - “after the first 200 pages it gets really good.” That’s also my summary of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle as a whole.

    This is why I love Stephenson - “after the first 200 pages it gets really good.”

    That’s also my summary of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle as a whole.

    2 votes

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  13. Comment on Books that changed your perception in ~books

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    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It's a metafictional horror story about a guy who is editing a book (which you're reading) about a movie about a house that's bigger on the inside than the...

    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

    It's a metafictional horror story about a guy who is editing a book (which you're reading) about a movie about a house that's bigger on the inside than the outside.

    11 votes

  14. Comment on Why is real balsamic vinegar so expensive (Part 1 of 3) in ~food

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    I've enjoyed some of Ethan Chlebowski's other deep dives into other food topics - his video on Olive Oil is particularly fascinating - and this is the start of a multi-video series on balsamic...

    I've enjoyed some of Ethan Chlebowski's other deep dives into other food topics - his video on Olive Oil is particularly fascinating - and this is the start of a multi-video series on balsamic vinegar.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk

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    It does, but there's still a bias for a big jump because the Y-axis doesn't start at zero. I'll defer to @Algernon_Asimov having shown that this is a 36% increase in 2 weeks...which is...

    It does, but there's still a bias for a big jump because the Y-axis doesn't start at zero. I'll defer to @Algernon_Asimov having shown that this is a 36% increase in 2 weeks...which is substantial, but I still stand that the graph is making it look bigger than it is as a result of the Y-axis there starting ~12,000.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk

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    Fair. Good callout. Apologies that this morning I was already grumpy about people misinterpreting data in the way I described at work when I posted.

    Fair. Good callout. Apologies that this morning I was already grumpy about people misinterpreting data in the way I described at work when I posted.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk

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    The graph is also a victim of scaling - something super common in computer monitoring when dealing with large numbers regularly. If you look closely, the baseline (bottom) of the graph is roughly...

    The graph is also a victim of scaling - something super common in computer monitoring when dealing with large numbers regularly.

    If you look closely, the baseline (bottom) of the graph is roughly 13,000 and the top of the graph is roughly 17,500.

    While adding 4,500 people is pretty substantial and nothing to sneeze at, it’s realistically less of a hockey stick to the count than the graph makes it seems.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What was your favorite older social media site/app? What did you like or dislike? in ~tech

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    As a member of Gen X / Xennial, I will firmly disagree that Discord replaces the bulletin board / forum because it’s a synchronous communication tool and not really designed for asynchronous,...

    As a member of Gen X / Xennial, I will firmly disagree that Discord replaces the bulletin board / forum because it’s a synchronous communication tool and not really designed for asynchronous, thoughtful communication.

    Discord is a gamer focused Slack with built in voice and video chat. It’s more analogous to IRC than a BBS/forum.

    14 votes

  20. Comment on GM killed the Chevy Bolt — and the dream of a small, affordable EV in ~transport

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    We have the Mini Electric in select markets and may get the Fiat 500 Electric...the rest of these? Nope. Not getting any of them in the US.

    We have the Mini Electric in select markets and may get the Fiat 500 Electric...the rest of these? Nope. Not getting any of them in the US.

    4 votes