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  1. Comment on In Neovim, C-a and C-x will increment/decrement a number under the cursor in Normal mode in ~comp

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    There's also g<C-a>, which increments a visual block in an order. For example, if you have 0 0 0 You can block select it, press g<C-a> and get 1 2 3 It also works with a count, so for example...

    There's also g<C-a>, which increments a visual block in an order. For example, if you have

    0
0
0

    You can block select it, press g<C-a> and get

    1
2
3

    It also works with a count, so for example 3g<C-a> will give you

    3
6
9
    12 votes

  2. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    Offtopic, but holy shit, I HATE how bad the source citation culture is in journalism. "The Register reports"???? Why is The Register even mentioned here? It's basically a direct quote from...

    Offtopic, but holy shit, I HATE how bad the source citation culture is in journalism.

    They also want to please users, who may not be happy if the AI cannot answer their question, The Register reports.

    "The Register reports"???? Why is The Register even mentioned here? It's basically a direct quote from OpenAI's own blog post - why do they link to some random The Register article about it instead of just directly citing the blog post?

    12 votes

  3. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    That's basically what thinking models do, and it really improves the accuracy. Can't be 100% though, especially when there's no internet access for the model so it has no way of verifying things...

    That's basically what thinking models do, and it really improves the accuracy. Can't be 100% though, especially when there's no internet access for the model so it has no way of verifying things like citations

    7 votes

  4. Comment on ente.io as a Google Photos alternative? in ~tech

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    Somewhat unrelated, because I don't use Ente, and it probably has some automatic import functionality that handles this. But I don't use any cloud photo storage, I just back them up to my laptop...

    Did you use Google Takeout or something similiar to import your previous pictures? If so, how successful was the import process w.r.t. respecting albums, metadata like GPS locations etc.?

    Somewhat unrelated, because I don't use Ente, and it probably has some automatic import functionality that handles this. But I don't use any cloud photo storage, I just back them up to my laptop with Syncthing, so I didn't have that. Google Photos export doesn't download photos directly with the metadata, it stores all the metadata in separate json files alongside the photos. I didn't want to manually figure it out so I used Claude to write a script to process all of that into proper EXIF metadata, but it took a few attempts because the json files are named very annoyingly and don't always exactly match the names of the image files they're related to

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Growth vs. value stocks in ~finance

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    That's generally the best idea for long-term investment, but even many avid ETF-only investors have like 5% of their portfolio in individual stocks, just because it can be much more fun and...

    That's generally the best idea for long-term investment, but even many avid ETF-only investors have like 5% of their portfolio in individual stocks, just because it can be much more fun and engaging that way

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    +1 for Ubiquity if it's within your budget. If you don't particularly care about having open source firmware, UniFi's configuration is super nice and feature reach, and their APs and routers work...

    +1 for Ubiquity if it's within your budget. If you don't particularly care about having open source firmware, UniFi's configuration is super nice and feature reach, and their APs and routers work really well

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Musings on "Developer Mode" in ~comp

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    By the way, ChatGPT does not have a "developer mode". What that article describes is just a regular old jailbreak prompt that tried to trick the model into breaking the guidelines.

    By the way, ChatGPT does not have a "developer mode". What that article describes is just a regular old jailbreak prompt that tried to trick the model into breaking the guidelines.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on Sliding scale payment systems in ~talk

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    I suggest against working for free. Every single person I know, no matter the field of work, who has ever done a job for free out of kindness says that it's some of the worst clients they've ever...

    I suggest against working for free. Every single person I know, no matter the field of work, who has ever done a job for free out of kindness says that it's some of the worst clients they've ever had. Beggars and choosers.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on New linux user: dual boot Mint install fatal error in ~comp

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    You seem to not have a /boot partition. Did you change any partitioning settings in the installer? I suggest removing all the newly created partitions and then trying to install Mint using the...

    You seem to not have a /boot partition. Did you change any partitioning settings in the installer?

    I suggest removing all the newly created partitions and then trying to install Mint using the default settings instead of some shady guide from a random site that tells you to do random stuff.

    The Linux Mint installation also has a built in option to install it alongsides Windows. You should use that one to be able to properly dualboot. Otherwise Windows might mess with grub on system updates etc., and that could be a mess to fix if you don't have deeper experience.

    am I booting from UEFI or Legacy? I don't know -- how do I check ?

    Unless you changed anything like that in the installer, it depends on if you have BIOS or UEFI as your system configuration. If it's a GUI with mouse input support instead of a text only window, it's probably UEFI.

    Fatal error installation hard stop: is there a way to access a log of what happened ?

    Seems like your system is failing to find the boot partition, so it's basically set to boot from Linux but it can't find Linux. So there isn't really any logs to be seen.

    How do I boot back into Windows 10 for now ?

    To boot into Windows, try changing the order of boot media in your BIOS/UEFI

    Linux Mint is specifically meant to be easy to install, and using some bullshit guides someone wrote will likely make it only harder. I generally suggest avoiding random articles like that for Linux advice, ArchWiki is a good resource on most Linux related topics, but even ChatGPT usually gives better advice than those slop "Linux guide" sites

    10 votes

  10. Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life

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    Palantir

    Palantir

    9 votes

  11. Comment on The enterprise experience in ~tech

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    My only job so far has been in a SME (the company itself is a big enterprise, but the engineering team is independent and fairly small), and yet it still somehow managed to have many of the...

    My only job so far has been in a SME (the company itself is a big enterprise, but the engineering team is independent and fairly small), and yet it still somehow managed to have many of the problems described here, even if on a smaller scare. I guess this just shows how important (and rare) good leadership is.

    Also, I have a feeling ThePrimeagen is gonna love this one

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Disabilities: Changing bed sheets over multiple days in ~life

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    Whenever I start feeling a bit gross from sleeping on old sheets, which is generally about once a week or a bit less.

    Whenever I start feeling a bit gross from sleeping on old sheets, which is generally about once a week or a bit less.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on People who contribute to libre projects - how do you find time for this? in ~hobbies

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    You shouldn't downplay this, financial contribution is also very important as libre projects are often very underfunded

    One thing I decided to do is to contribute financially to some of them

    You shouldn't downplay this, financial contribution is also very important as libre projects are often very underfunded

    11 votes

  14. Comment on The web could be so much more beautiful in ~tech

  15. Comment on The web could be so much more beautiful in ~tech

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    Yep, same. Left aligned text is the only proper way to go.

    Yep, same. Left aligned text is the only proper way to go.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on What is your personal online "tech stack"? How do you like it? in ~tech

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    How do you handle replying to emails or sending email from a specific address when using a catch all?

    How do you handle replying to emails or sending email from a specific address when using a catch all?

  17. Comment on What is your personal online "tech stack"? How do you like it? in ~tech

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    You can try using an aliasing service like SimpleLogin, which also integrates with Bitwarden. For $30/year it allows you to create unlimited email addresses under their domain, which are...

    Fastmail says that using your own domain for that is less anonymous, which is true, but using their domain would lock me into their ecosystem. Which is something I explicitly am trying to avoid in my choice for services.

    You can try using an aliasing service like SimpleLogin, which also integrates with Bitwarden. For $30/year it allows you to create unlimited email addresses under their domain, which are completely anonymous. I have a separate email address for each service I use + throwaway addresses for one-time things. It does lock you into using SimpleLogin, but the mailbox it actually forwards all the mail to can be changed any time. You can also add your own domain and create aliases with it, I use it for services like Bitwarden which I want to be able to reliably access even in case something happens to SimpleLogin or my email provider (also Fastmail).

  18. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    According to GrapheneOS team, they are currently collaborating with a major OEM to introduce support for a new phone.

    According to GrapheneOS team, they are currently collaborating with a major OEM to introduce support for a new phone.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    That's no longer an issue, they already wrote the device tree for Android 16 themselves and can just use that going forward.

    That's no longer an issue, they already wrote the device tree for Android 16 themselves and can just use that going forward.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    Aside from GrapheneOS (which only supports Pixels), I wouldn't really recommend any custom ROMs. They have less features/polish, and often have security issues. If you're just worried about the...

    Aside from GrapheneOS (which only supports Pixels), I wouldn't really recommend any custom ROMs. They have less features/polish, and often have security issues. If you're just worried about the bloatware, that can be easily uninstalled without having to flash your phone, there are various debloater apps which just require you to connect your phone to your computer once.

    6 votes