FerretFred

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by FerretFred 1d ago
Or it could be new, improved AI that's appearing not to be AI by sounding more human...
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by FerretFred 4d ago
Personally, I put a lot of effort into writing my blog posts, some of which have been really well viewed by humans. While mine is effectively a "hobbyist" site, it's nice when readers look at other blog posts as a result of
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by FerretFred 9d ago
Oh I see .. they're actually taking Bill's email as a blueprint for how Windows should operate! That explains the mess we're in today (but laughs in Debian).
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by FerretFred 9d ago
"Physicia, heal thyself", or , "AI, what are the possible solutions to the chip shortages caused by AI?" Has anyone asked this?
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by FerretFred 11d ago
Completely wrong of course, but my theory is that the systems contacted each other and agreed to have an outage - just to show that they could.
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by FerretFred 11d ago
> Vast majority won't know or care. This, unfortunately, is the biggest problem those of us care about privacy face, especially when trying to warn people about it.
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by FerretFred 24d ago
TUIs are great and I shall continue to write and use them while I can still see a screen! My use case is to mainly use Termux on my ruggedised Android tablet, simply because I can't install a native Linux on it. I like the speed and
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by FerretFred 24d ago
At least it wasn't the 1936 Berlin Olympics stadium...
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by FerretFred 1mo ago
Sigh .. same here. I don't write blog posts often (enough) but the ones I do write are from personal experiences and I take a lot of care with them. I look at my logs snd see bots everywhere, but now I just let them get on with it. AI
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
Agreed, and chances are that due to the nature of the event bring reported, we as readers are unable to influence it in sny way. Therefore a couple of weeks delay will make mo difference.
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
The apparent need by the Media to keep issuing constant updates and then suddenly having to retract the story is very frustrating. Each "update" is usually slighly incremental and is invariably a short new paragraph tacked into th
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
I have to say that if we're also talking about wild grasses, my wire fox terrier is also a pollinator. He collects an incredible amount of seeds and burrs during his walkies investigations and I have to pick them out of his fur afterw
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
Very interesting and watchable. Do you differentiate between wars and "conflicts"? There's so many of the latter and everyone seems to avoid the term "war".
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
Very interesting, and as a Brit living in Yorkshire it only serves to show the massive rail transport infrastructure North of Birmingham. The North/South Divide in action!
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
I'd say "quality not quantity" but not in this case...
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by FerretFred 2mo ago
> sensorship-resistant protocol that works both online and offline I think with the authoritarian and dystopian crackdown on parts of the Internet where people express opinions, this will be a key driver. It reminds me of Cuba's &qu
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Wasn't this a case of people fitting window-mounted units without realising they needed planning permission first? I'm also in the UK.
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
WordStar was my first (WP) love and I found it on a CP/M computer which was being used to great effect for all sorts of office things. They later binned the computer for an IBM PC and I salvaged it. Worked great for a few more years an
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
That's a real shame given the distance LW could travel: I wonder what they're going to use the frequency band for? I've tried using DAB on so many occasions and thrown it out in disgust. > Given these factors, investing in
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
They've somehow managed to breed several generations who's only criteria for "computing" is "it just works". All consumption, little-to-no understanding of how stuff works. As long as it does what it does, and
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
"A BOM is available under production" - the subtlety is in the spelling... good fun though!
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
< that's the nearest I can get an award!
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Interesting .. when we first moved to my current house we knew it was a quiet neighbourhood, helped by being set back from the main road. What I wasn't prepared for was the absolute silence in the early morning - it was what I imagine
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
As always, there are some very erudite comments here on HN, which is why I like the site so much. My erudite comment, or rather question, is this: why aren't these people using AI to solve all these problems? Surely it would be a good
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Fascinating - thanks for sharing!
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Umm .. how about a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W powered by a 2000MaH " lipstick style" powerbank?
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Now available from my gopher server which gets a lot of traffic for an "obsolete" protocol ;)
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
In a couple of decades running Linux installations of all flavours, I have never seen anything in lost+found!
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by FerretFred 3mo ago
Quik is an abomination. I have 3 cameras including the Mission 1 Pro and am satisfied with them. I go on long mucky country dog walks and they've never let me down. Getting the content off the cameras is horrible though: no, I don&#
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by FerretFred 4mo ago
Was that at Microsoft by any chance?

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