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  1. Comment on The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill in ~tech

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    Same here. I got my first full-time job (IT) in 2019 after graduating and have since switched twice. Still don’t have it.

    Same here. I got my first full-time job (IT) in 2019 after graduating and have since switched twice. Still don’t have it.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books

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    On the other hand this is exactly what kills reading for fun for kids: being tested on what they read. A similar thing happens in language learning at school.

    On the other hand this is exactly what kills reading for fun for kids: being tested on what they read. A similar thing happens in language learning at school.

    8 votes

  3. Comment on Japanese translation request - achievement stickers in ~humanities.languages

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    おぬし is a dated "you"; samurai speak. You can hear this all the time in Ghost of Tsushima for example.

    おぬし is a dated "you"; samurai speak. You can hear this all the time in Ghost of Tsushima for example.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport

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    On the flip side, our hybrid has refused to start twice because the start-up battery was low. Had to call a technician and get it replaced. Apparently you have to regularly drive drives over 30min...

    On the flip side, our hybrid has refused to start twice because the start-up battery was low. Had to call a technician and get it replaced.

    Apparently you have to regularly drive drives over 30min once a week to keep it happy, which we don’t do consistently.. It’s a PITA.

    11 votes

  5. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Sorry I meant Firefox specifically.

    Sorry I meant Firefox specifically.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Sorry I meant Firefox specifically.

    Sorry I meant Firefox specifically.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

  8. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Unfortunately there’s no way to get extensions on iOS.

    Unfortunately there’s no way to get extensions on iOS.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    I was wondering if it's just me. On desktop I have a redlib redirect but on mobile I mostly get in threads from a websearch, so it's annoying having to change the url. That safari trick also only...

    I was wondering if it's just me. On desktop I have a redlib redirect but on mobile I mostly get in threads from a websearch, so it's annoying having to change the url. That safari trick also only seems to work for that specific page and then you have to do it again even if you just reload.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Yeah, but on mobile it sucks. And a lot of the time i'm opening a thread through a search and it's annoying having to change the url on mobile.

    Yeah, but on mobile it sucks. And a lot of the time i'm opening a thread through a search and it's annoying having to change the url on mobile.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on The zero-days are numbered — Firefox team uses AI to find and fix vulnerabilities in ~tech

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    Donations to Mozilla Foundation are not used for Firefox development

    Donations to Mozilla Foundation are not used for Firefox development

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Why Swedish schools are bringing back books in ~books

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    Same thing happening in Finland down to the cellphone thing, as well. I can't imagine having gone through school with a laptop in front of me - I would've been absolutely cooked.

    Same thing happening in Finland down to the cellphone thing, as well. I can't imagine having gone through school with a laptop in front of me - I would've been absolutely cooked.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food

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    No, it's a Japan thing. Makes the rice stickier and easier to eat with chopsticks. Historically probably also to remove undesired insects in your rice.

    No, it's a Japan thing. Makes the rice stickier and easier to eat with chopsticks. Historically probably also to remove undesired insects in your rice.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk

  15. Comment on RetroDECK is more than emulation: an interview with the devs in ~games

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    Been playing a few GBA games on retrodeck lately (Metroid: Zero Mission, Castlevania) and love how easy it is to get up and going. Integrates well to steam and doesn’t mess with anything due to...

    Been playing a few GBA games on retrodeck lately (Metroid: Zero Mission, Castlevania) and love how easy it is to get up and going. Integrates well to steam and doesn’t mess with anything due to the flatpak nature. ES-DE UI can be a bit confusing, though.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    Proven how? Can you point me to those peer-reviewed studies? Here’s one where they found the opposite: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ Devs were in their...

    genAI has already proven itself to be a useful tool in programming

    Proven how? Can you point me to those peer-reviewed studies?

    Here’s one where they found the opposite: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

    Devs were in their mind being more efficient but it was actually the opposite in the long run.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    I view programming as something of an artform; more than just "getting the job done", so it feels a bit hypocritical saying LLM's can replace programming but not art. Couldn't you just as well...

    I view programming as something of an artform; more than just "getting the job done", so it feels a bit hypocritical saying LLM's can replace programming but not art. Couldn't you just as well look at AI-images and say that it got the job done? (not saying I do)

    Its totally reasonable to say that an experienced engineer can produce a virtually identical product with AI that they could have written manually, but much faster. This is not the case with art.

    I think were still quite far from this. The actual coding is still a relatively small part of the job, so in a big picture it's probably not that much time saved, when you think about the planning and maintaining etc..

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Parseword - a delightfully complex word game from Wordle’s creator in ~games

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    Yeah, I feel like I just have to randomly fuck around a bit too much to find the solution. Lot of it is not that intuitive.

    Yeah, I feel like I just have to randomly fuck around a bit too much to find the solution. Lot of it is not that intuitive.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    VSCodium doesn’t have any of that AI stuff if you find yourself needing a gui ide.

    VSCodium doesn’t have any of that AI stuff if you find yourself needing a gui ide.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    I think you can still install them manually. Or copy the extensions config json over was something I saw mentioned.

    I think you can still install them manually. Or copy the extensions config json over was something I saw mentioned.

    1 vote