Rotundo

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by Rotundo 3d ago
One feature I miss with the current file deduplicator I miss, and yours also doesn't seem to support is as follows: I have a largeish archive of files (dir_A) that I want to keep and several other directory trees (dir_B, dir_C, ...) I
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by Rotundo 4d ago
The language is perhaps ambiguous. "Sickness absence" can be read as "absence of sickness (thus being healthy)" or "absence (from work) due to sickness". A reduction of sickness absence can be interpreted as a
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by Rotundo 19d ago
Export in mbox format. Every mail client, now and in the future, will be able to read that.
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by Rotundo 1mo ago
Microsoft Word 2024, part of Office 2024. One-time purchase, or via subscription: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/get-started-wi...
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by Rotundo 1mo ago
This is, trivially, not intelligent nor conscious: function add(x): return x + 1; end. An LLM has a bit of randomness to its calculations but that does not change the fact that function add_random(x): return x + rand(1, 10); end
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by Rotundo 1mo ago
Useful robotics are heavy and use a lot of power.
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
Honestly, I could use a timer that pings me for diverse chores in and around the house. A fixed schedule is easy, but it could react to events and circumstances. Consolidate everything in one app or device: - (ding!) It's Thursday even
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
Using PWM to dim lights should be banned wholesale. Many people, me included, get crazy headaches from the worst lights and mild discomfort from the best ones. It's also completely unnecessary as non-flickering bulbs do exist and are r
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
Over here, joggers are frequently wearing headlamps to illuminate their way. Often combined with a light on their back. They can see and can be seen, which is safe.
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
Looks like Kennedy Approach from mumble years ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgi2fuSL9tk&t=28s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Approach
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
The point of the article is that the EU should have moved faster to achieve energy independence after 2022 gas crisis. Dependence on foreign oil and gas is a limiting factor for the EU. So, more heat pumps and more electric vehicles. What t
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
The manuscript starts with: > All men by nature desire to know. I'm not sure if I can take this Aristotle guy serious or not. In present day most people are not interested in knowledge at all, some are actively pursuing to stay igno
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by Rotundo 2mo ago
I've seen pictures of the cockpit of a large plane where the gear lever has an actual wheel on the end of it. I think that is exceptional good design.
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
Depends on age of the listener, on average, 30 to 50 year olds hear a maximum frequency of 14 to 16 kHz.
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
The blog post sums up why users of Windows might want this. However, this is not what Microsoft wants or needs. Microsoft is doing just fine by providing businesses what they need: a platform that can be tightly controlled and is easy t
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
It's hot. Temperature is at or near an all-time high. But also, the sun feels a lot stronger! You can feel your skin starting to burn in a couple of minutes. That's new. Is the air cleaner than it used to be? Is the sun at a maxim
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
> how do you stop yourself from hoarding tasks and decide what to work on next? By realizing most tasks aren't important, if you let them mature for a bit. Things only seem important in the moment. Three days later the world (or
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
Amazing. Thank you for giving me a new mental tool.
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by Rotundo 3mo ago
I got back to writing longer texts by mentally separating writing and editing. When writing, just write. Even when you think the paragraph could be better, keep on writing. Only start editing when a substantial piece is ready. Clean up some
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by Rotundo 4mo ago
I'm not sure I agree with the article, or at least not its title. It argues mostly about things the Pope didn't say. I'm sure he could have said a lot more, but he wasn't wrong .
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by Rotundo 4mo ago
> I would like an audio device which can play mp3, podcasts, internet radio. Get a second-hand Apple iPod Touch, remove all apps you don't need. For just mp3 and podcasts: get an iPod Classic (or Video) and install Rockbox. Rockbox
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by Rotundo 4mo ago
Looks like a useful project. Wish there was a picture to see how it looks though.
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by Rotundo 4mo ago
Creating more software does not solve anything if that software is mostly a functional duplicate of other software. Or, in other words, all companies re-invent the wheel many times over. It doesn't matter if you 10x the development of
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by Rotundo 4mo ago
No, absolutely not. Unless it's to do official government business like taxes, I won't use any website requiring official digital ID. If that means I can't use most of the internet, so be it.
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by Rotundo 5mo ago
Yeah, 1993 here. Same. Not only one thing after another, but often the same things all over again after a decade or so.
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by Rotundo 6mo ago
For command line you won't go wrong with abcde ("A Better CD Encoder") or cdparanoia if you don't need all the bells and whistles. For GUI take a look at asunder.
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by Rotundo 6mo ago
Removing the bitterness makes it an orange. We already have those. I like grapefruit as it is. Let's not do this.
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by Rotundo 6mo ago
Software will be even more a commodity than it already is. A hundred apps that do the same thing, what's the point? Rebuilding everything in a new framework every three years, why? The money is gone, or will be very soon. We've be
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by Rotundo 6mo ago
I have everything set up as direct debit. I see, maybe, two invoices a year, if that. To be honest, I don't "do" my finances. I look at my bank statements (on my phone) once every couple of months or so. It never goes wrong.
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by Rotundo 7mo ago
Consider storage requirements. Strings (ASCII? UTF-8?) are not as efficient as integers or UUIDs. You're not storing UUIDs as strings, are you? They are binary , only converted to the string expansion for display and/or export.

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