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Comment on Your favourite karaoke songs? in ~music
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Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kari (edited )Link ParentHey, we’re 120V. There’s also Japan where it’s 100V and, depending whether you’re east or west of Tokyo, can have different frequencies (50Hz in half the country, 60Hz in the other half)The wall outlet is generally 230V (or 110V if you're in the US)
Hey, we’re 120V. There’s also Japan where it’s 100V and, depending whether you’re east or west of Tokyo, can have different frequencies (50Hz in half the country, 60Hz in the other half)
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kari Link ParentI always said (to myself) “penis in vagina” => P=IV lmaoI always said (to myself) “penis in vagina” => P=IV lmao
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Comment on What is watts, volts and amps? in ~science
kari LinkPower is energy over time and, like @derekiscool said, 1 W = 1 J/s, so it’s just inherently there. Horsepower is also a measure of power, equal to 745.7 W or 745.7 J/s, but you probably never...the Watt is never written with respect to time, why is that?
Power is energy over time and, like @derekiscool said, 1 W = 1 J/s, so it’s just inherently there. Horsepower is also a measure of power, equal to 745.7 W or 745.7 J/s, but you probably never question why cars aren’t rated in “hp/second” or something like that. It’s the same idea.
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
kari LinkThat's exactly what I was coming here to suggest :) @hpr's suggestion of writing something you actually want to use is the other big one. For me, writing a couple of projects I actually use every...Normally, I try to do the first 5-10 days of a previous advent of code to pick up a lang
That's exactly what I was coming here to suggest :)
@hpr's suggestion of writing something you actually want to use is the other big one. For me, writing a couple of projects I actually use every day is the main reason I was able to learn Zig.
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Comment on Anyone else enjoying OSRS leagues? in ~games
kari Link ParentI’m on Linux and use Bolt Launcher through flatpak to play on RuneLiteI’m on Linux and use Bolt Launcher through flatpak to play on RuneLite
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Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech
kari Link ParentYeah, of those 140ish I applied to, most were hybrid (which I think is just most software engineering jobs at the moment), but even though weren’t giving me consistent interviews (obviously, based...Seems even worse this year for my sector, be it remote or local.
Yeah, of those 140ish I applied to, most were hybrid (which I think is just most software engineering jobs at the moment), but even though weren’t giving me consistent interviews (obviously, based on my stats, lol).
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Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech
kari (edited )LinkI somehow actually just started a fully-remote job this week that I found on LinkedIn... but I think I'm kind of an outlier there. I also found all of these boards a while back:...I somehow actually just started a fully-remote job this week that I found on LinkedIn... but I think I'm kind of an outlier there. I also found all of these boards a while back:
- https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/
- https://www.workingnomads.com/jobs
- https://remotive.com/
- https://weworkremotely.com/
- https://www.flexjobs.com/
- https://github.com/yanirs/established-remote
Some of them seemed better than others, at least for the positions I was interested in, but I figured I'd share.
I think @Narry's advice about using recruiting firms is probably the best, though. That's what my mom kept telling me to do when I was looking and I kind of ignored her, but it ended up meaning I applied to ~140 jobs, got interviews for ~10, and got 1 offer. The offer was definitely my favorite of the interviews, so it worked out, but definitely pretty rough just applying without someone actually looking and helping you.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
kari LinkI use Gentoo because portage is the best package manager I’ve ever usedI use Gentoo because portage is the best package manager I’ve ever used
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Comment on Zig 0.16.0 release notes in ~comp
kari Link ParentOh that’s so much better. It’ll even help with my window manager some just w.r.t. scaling certain buffers.Oh that’s so much better. It’ll even help with my window manager some just w.r.t. scaling certain buffers.
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Comment on The center has a bias in ~tech
kari Link ParentHeroin Bob :( but also when they beat up Nazis :)Heroin Bob :(
but also when they beat up Nazis :)
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Comment on The center has a bias in ~tech
kari Link ParentAt least for me, the issue is that LLMs are trained on copyleft code then their output is put into proprietary code bases. I’d love for people to use my code, but I want the improvements to be shared.At least for me, the issue is that LLMs are trained on copyleft code then their output is put into proprietary code bases. I’d love for people to use my code, but I want the improvements to be shared.
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Comment on Dual national Londoner stranded in Spain by new border rule in ~travel
kari (edited )LinkI believe Canada has a similar rule, but seems pretty dumb. For Canada, at least, there's an exception for Americans IIRC where Americans can use their American passport if they want (I bring both...I believe Canada has a similar rule, but seems pretty dumb. For Canada, at least, there's an exception for Americans IIRC where Americans can use their American passport if they want (I bring both and just use Canadian into Canada, American into the US, but I didn't get a Canadian passport until 2023 despite being a* citizen all my life). It seems like the UK should have a similar rule for the EU even without being in the Schengen zone anymore, but wouldn't surprise me if they're just implementing this out of spite.
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
kari Link ParentYes, I don't necessarily mean outright lying a la Enron, but I do think everything they say should be treated with a heaping of salt.Yes, I don't necessarily mean outright lying a la Enron, but I do think everything they say should be treated with a heaping of salt.
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Comment on Anthropic announces deal with Google, Broadcom, says revenue has tripled in ~finance
kari Link ParentIt definitely sounds like they are, or, at the very least, not being very honest in the way they're reporting. E: Also, while perhaps not fraud, they said they calculate their annualized revenue...It definitely sounds like they are, or, at the very least, not being very honest in the way they're reporting.
Non-GAAP gross margins [are] calculated by Anthropic management…[are] unaudited, company-provided, and may not be comparable to other companies.”
E: Also, while perhaps not fraud, they said they calculate their annualized revenue by multiplying the last 4 weeks revenue times 13... and then report it right after the launch their fancy new models, a time when it's very likely that people are trying them out and then some will stay but many will cancel their subscriptions.
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Comment on Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK in ~music
kari LinkWell, maybe those stakeholders were morons.As with every Wireless Festival, multiple stakeholders were consulted in advance of booking Ye and no concerns were highlighted at the time.
Well, maybe those stakeholders were morons.
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Comment on AI Coding agents are the opposite of what I want in ~comp
kari Link ParentI've tried both qwen3.5 and gemma4 on my 6800XT with 16GB of VRAM, so it's not amazing, but for whatever reason they both quit working as soon as I try use opencode. 🤷♂️I've tried both qwen3.5 and gemma4 on my 6800XT with 16GB of VRAM, so it's not amazing, but for whatever reason they both quit working as soon as I try use opencode. 🤷♂️
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
kari (edited )Link ParentI feel the opposite. I’ve slowly grown less outrightly anti-AI, but as it’s been forced on my team at work, I feel like I spend more and more time either waiting for the LLM to do something or...I feel the opposite. I’ve slowly grown less outrightly anti-AI, but as it’s been forced on my team at work, I feel like I spend more and more time either waiting for the LLM to do something or reviewing code… so the two worst parts of software development. Beforehand, I would spend time thinking about design decisions or how to implement something, but now I’m expected to tell the LLM what I want and let it guide that process with me just making the highest level of decisions.
E: and regardless of its productivity impacts, it still looks like a bubble to me. These companies are spending ungodly amounts of money and going into debt to build these models, data centers, etc., and one day they'll have to turn it around. The difference from Uber et al. is that those companies never spent anywhere near this much. We've already seen tools like Claude repeatedly restricting usage. What happens when everyone has to pay much more for the same tools they're using now?
Finally besides that, I still think there are moral, ethical, and environmental concerns that I'm not really sure there is a way to address.
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
kari Link ParentI've had two similar stories to that. Once, in college, my roommates were moving in with other people so I figured I'd try finding apartments by myself. I found one for a good price and basically...I've had two similar stories to that.
Once, in college, my roommates were moving in with other people so I figured I'd try finding apartments by myself. I found one for a good price and basically applied and signed the lease within 24 hours of touring it, but once I moved in I realized it was dark and cramped. I got used to it, at least, and it was nice living alone (except the roaches in that apartment because I guess that's how I could get cheap enough rent next to a major university to live alone lol).
After college, my girlfriend and I lived in a relatively large, but old, apartment. When our lease renewal came up we looked around for a new apartment and there was one that was recently renovated and a lot nicer. We liked it and ended up moving, but somehow didn't realize we weren't getting the 2-bathroom apartment, and we didn't think about the 8-ft ceilings making it feel a lot more cramped. We ended up liking the location so much that we stayed for nearly 3 years before moving again last year, but sometimes the ceilings/darkness were a bummer.
I'm kind of digressing but my point is that I hope you find something that ticks all of your boxes, but sometimes you have to cherish the ones that are ticked. Our new apartment is actually really nice and large, but is across the street from a shopping center that has garbage trucks come around 2 am every night and frequently wake us up, so the grass is always greener type of thing.
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