ThunderSizzle

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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
Interesting perspective. I toyed with rust a bit from the perspective of a c# background (and a bit of java, php, classic asp, JavaScript, typescript, etc) . I like rust, but I've come to still prefer c#'s object oriented features
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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
I have backup cards. If one gets stolen, I can switch to a backup card instantly. If my phone is lost, then apparently I need to buy another one with the...phone I don't have? A single point of failure is horrible design.
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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
Strawman, but you raise a good point. Credit card terminals can still work in certain disaster situations more reliably than trying to get everyone to not lose their phones and keeping them charged and wasting precious energy on a transacti
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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
No, but it shows up in the bill just like everything else. Cost of doing business
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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
What happens if you don't have a phone that supports the App, or if you forgot your phone or lost it (aka stolen)? How are you allowed to function if the App is missing?
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by ThunderSizzle 6d ago
If you use it, that's great. If you don't use the gift card, then cash is obviously better
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by ThunderSizzle 10d ago
Well, in my state, you don't "apply" for a gun like you apply for a license. It is just document that you purchased it after the seller runs a background check. The government isn't attesting to your capabilities - that
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by ThunderSizzle 12d ago
Corruption has been rampant under multiple administrations. I actually had hoped Trump might root out more corruption in his 2nd term, but two things happened: Congress wouldn't go afraid the corruption that was being found, and Charli
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by ThunderSizzle 12d ago
I still run with u matrix though, and most third party requests can be limited, but I no longer have enough patience when a required page doesn't work - I'll just rely on ublock origin to work.
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by ThunderSizzle 17d ago
Right now, at least, I haven't found an AI capable of replacing a software engineer. Ive seen AI that can easily replace basic programmers, however. I also think AI can replace non-coding artitects, and probably most middle management
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by ThunderSizzle 20d ago
I use comments for external domain constraints (e.g. this table has three types of records in them that we use for different purposes - I might have the LLM agent be a bit thorough and clearer with the explanation, but I found those type of
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by ThunderSizzle 21d ago
I think MAGA would be okay with the...fly over provinces..is that what they would be called? The rest is too woke, too British, and too CCP oriented to work with.
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by ThunderSizzle 21d ago
Most code I write these days are never directly consumed by anyone or anything. Daily or monthly batch jobs that help keep the data flowing correctly.
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by ThunderSizzle 23d ago
Buy a card. Run your own. It'll be some time to optimize it, but an AMD R9700 is one of the cheapest by $/vram. Sadly, its been increasing in price slowly, and there seems to be some inventory issues, but I've switched to it
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by ThunderSizzle 27d ago
Ive made SPAs in Blazor that make it a point to update the URL whenever a "navigation" occurs. I also made it a point to ensure refreshing or loading the URL restored the state. It's a small problem compared to the ease of us
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by ThunderSizzle 28d ago
Well, they also need to ensure they aren't spending past their premiums coming in... Alot of insurers the past few years have actually gone bankrupt from ballooning costs and claims. So, they want costs to go up, so the next year they
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by ThunderSizzle 29d ago
It's even worse when they claim to be "in-network" and they make you sign that. To me, the entire point of being in network is I shouldn't have to worry about the provider filing claims correctly on my behalf, and if the
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by ThunderSizzle 29d ago
Insurers can only spend 15% of premiums on admin spend (e.g. salaries, etc). That means if the CEO (and everyone else) wants more money, they need to pay more money to the hospitals, so their 15% cut grows. Also, for beyond that, unspend pr
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
Welcome to the world of trade offs. I also want a half decent camera. When I switched from. a Google Pixel to a Samsung s20+ to keep a headphone jack, the camera got worse, even though the pixel was at least half a decade old. I can't
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
My understanding is the last consumer card that supported that was the 3090. A Google search seems to agree the 5090 does NOT support NVLink...
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
How is this any different than traditional media? Cable news creates fake problems and controversy constantly, and pay their news anchors well to do so. In return, many companies that rely on these problems, turn around and advertise on the
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
This must be the new linked in strat. What I learned about using the best model after talking to a homeless person.
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
So you buy their sugary crap to hide the shit coffee. Pumpkin spice lattes.
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by ThunderSizzle 1mo ago
That's me. I've just moved the puzzle to figuring out the CC optimal "language" and mode of working with an LLM. At the same time, I haven't lost my love/expertise... Yet. I explained it yesterday that it'
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
Well, thanks to evergreen and auto updating systems, there's no guarantee that X app will be the same today and tomorrow. It's probably what I hate most about Android- apps shouldn't need an update as often as they do.
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
I have issues with the vulkan backend. It seems to cause over all GUI sluggishness, but maybe that was actually Firefox. I'll give it another go.
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
An AMD R9700 gets 20-50 TPS at ~300 watts on 27B. 100 TPS for the 35B MOE model. And there might be some more optimizations to that as AMD software support gets better with ROCm's latest versions.
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
Is two generations ago before 2020? Everything is 100% more expensive than pre-2020 prices. Eating out is there. Power Tools are there. Land is beyond that and Housing has been there for 6 years now. I'm not surprised. The March of inf
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
I've never purchased rental insurance from a landlord or their recommended place. I used my insurance company I already had.
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by ThunderSizzle 2mo ago
I think the point is that an i7, even from ~15 years ago, is probably sufficient for most gaming needs, especially if the game is primarily GPU-bound. As long as you give the older CPU enough RAM, an SSD, and a good GPU, it probably is suff

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