butterfi

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by butterfi 2mo ago
Its all a bit hand wavy nonsense. Own a physical copy? How long until its unplayable because either the media corrupts or the player isn't available? The only real "ownership" is the IP, everything else is just renting.
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by butterfi 3mo ago
I might argue that we already have data centers, we just call then Colo Facilities.
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by butterfi 3mo ago
I remember when YouTube implemented a new html player and suddenly, unexpectedly, they had all the is traffic coming from rural Africa. Size matters.
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by butterfi 5mo ago
I don't see the return of measles to be a success.
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by butterfi 7mo ago
Thats a pretty snarky thing to say about Apple. They were arguably the pioneers in OS UX... granted, its not the end all, be all, but still. You could do worse.
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by butterfi 8mo ago
Because environments change, it hasn't been immutable.
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by butterfi 10mo ago
Zuckerberg as generational representative made my millennial and Gen Z kids lol
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by butterfi 11mo ago
I'm very curious what happens to that money. I very much doubt any of the actual victims will see it.
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by butterfi 1y ago
It would be nice if some politicians/media outlets didn't subvert or misrepresent science for their own gains. Yet here we are.
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by butterfi 1y ago
Linux has entered the chat...
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by butterfi 1y ago
One of my CS professors told the story about when MCSFT demonstrated their implementation of the Korn shell at a USENIX conference. Gasbag on stage tells the guy in the question line that he (questioner) has misinterpreted something in the
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by butterfi 2y ago
I can’t decide if I want to hear the Douglas Adams interview, his passing still makes me sad.
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by butterfi 2y ago
I can’t wrap my head around how that hat drops in a straight line. Between the propeller and any wind, how is that hat not all over the place?
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by butterfi 2y ago
I took a bootcamp with them many many years ago and have to agree it was one of the better training experiences. Best wishes on your next chapter.
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by butterfi 3y ago
While I don’t necessarily agree with the NYT, I fail to see how or why LLMs are entitled to consume other peoples work for their own material gain.
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by butterfi 3y ago
I had to stop using Safari for development when I discovered the cache wasn’t clearing, even when I asked it to. That was a few years ago, and frankly, I’ve never looked back.
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by butterfi 3y ago
I’m online a lot and I go to a lot of different websites. I believe people when they say they’ve had issues with Firefox, but personally this is never been an issue I’ve only had to turn off ublock a few times over several years.
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by butterfi 3y ago
If you want an experience that includes privacy violations, knock yourself out. Personally, as an end user, that is exactly what I don’t want, which is why I use Firefox
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by butterfi 3y ago
I just got a Qidi which appears, but I could be mistaken, to be using a licensed version of Prusas software.
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by butterfi 3y ago
My impression is that security people already consider Chrome a "virus" application. This is just one more nail the coffin for anyone who cares about such things. (To be clear, people should care)
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by butterfi 3y ago
I tested out GPT-4 the other day and asked it to generate a simple two boxes in a row using Tailwind and hilariously, the resulting code actually crashed my browser tab. I reviewed the code and it was really basic, so this shouldn't ha
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by butterfi 3y ago
If you look on YouTube, you can find up-res versions of Mitchell and Webb that look amazing compare to other sources. Maybe the same technique can be used on Connections
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by butterfi 3y ago
I personally decided not to buy tickets for any event that costs more than $100. There are so many local artists, small music events, and community theatre that are delightful that I ve come to the conclusion that Ticketmaster can go screw
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by butterfi 3y ago
One of the first games I ever played. My mom was a secretary at a local University and the computer lab manager set 15 (1978-79) year old me up at a paper printing PDP terminal and cut me loose. I would take the paper printouts home and pou
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by butterfi 3y ago
I was recently in Istanbul and I’m always reminded of Scarry when I watch the traffic going over the Bosporus. So many ships, bridges, etc.
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by butterfi 3y ago
I was once asked by Target for my SSN because I was returning a product. That was in the early 2000s
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by butterfi 3y ago
As opposed to non-free Linux distributions?
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by butterfi 3y ago
This is such a common problem these days. I have almost 15 years of experience with another framework, but the latest iteration is almost a complete re-write and most of what I knew in the past isn't that helpful. To say I have "x
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by butterfi 3y ago
My Home button always works. Frankly, there’s so much content that I just move on if the service pisses me off.
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by butterfi 3y ago
I followed that link and audibly gasped... omg, thats gorgeous

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