doublebind

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by doublebind 10mo ago
The history of tech is full of "X is better than Y. We should use X", only for X to die. It doesn't matter what is better; it matters what is used. For better or worse, Markdown is what is used.
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by doublebind 11mo ago
My 32GB RAM M1 is a fantastic machine, but it's getting old for the type of work I do. And I can't upgrade the RAM. I installed Omarchy via Asahi Alarm [1] and have been running it for 3 weeks without issues. I spent half a day se
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by doublebind 1y ago
Twitter/X is what one makes of it. The algorithm is easy to tune to your personal interests. And with Grok available on every post, your options to go deeper on topics are almost infinite. I tried to use Bluesky and it was insufferable
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by doublebind 1y ago
Let's take a step back. If I'm not in front of a tribunal, formerly accused of committing/attempting to commit a crime, who are you to check my private chats? This is not a problem with some messages' content. It's
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Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI(techstartups.com)
430 points by doublebind 2y ago|443 comments
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by doublebind 2y ago
Original story: Microsoft’s AI Guru Wants Independence From OpenAI. That’s Easier Said Than Done, https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-ai-guru-w...
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by doublebind 2y ago
Can you still use the full functionality of the Scribe's pencil? (highlight text, drawing or writing notebooks, etc.) Thanks.
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by doublebind 2y ago
One thing is to have someone visually checking on your ID you're an adult, another thing is to record your full name and IP address, along with the site you access, who knows on what insecure database and probably forever. When you lea
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by doublebind 2y ago
That's great... for the HN reader. However, how is that supposed to work for your significant other, or your mother, or your indifferent-to-technology friend? Don't get me wrong, I also strive to keep my device's information
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by doublebind 2y ago
Apple knows an M4 is a hard sell for M2/3 owners. Except if you have specific workflows that can take advantage of the newer silicon, you'll spend a lot of money on something you probably don't need. I have an M1 32GB with
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by doublebind 2y ago
> I don't see how this is different from disputing the banking sector by conducting a heist. Let's leave aside this logical fallacy; we're all adults here. Buying music on iTunes became popular because it was easier than p
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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat Room (2023)(wired.com)
4 points by doublebind 2y ago|5 comments
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by doublebind 2y ago
Russian antiwar activists placed their faith in Telegram, a supposedly secure messaging app. How does Putin’s regime seem to know their every move?
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by doublebind 2y ago
Do they? https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf As an European, I’ve lost faith on any EU law “protecting” people. The business of trading your data is just too good to ignore.
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by doublebind 3y ago
Two years ago, I had a similar experience with Chainlink. I underwent hours of interviews and completed an extensive work assignment, only to be offered the job _after a personality test_. Simultaneously, I interviewed at a startup. There,
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by doublebind 3y ago
Many of these countries though, finance theirs debts and pay them back in USD, simply because the USD is still the de facto currency in global financial markets.
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by doublebind 3y ago
https://archive.is/20231229055817/https://www.ft.com/content...
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by doublebind 3y ago
Thanks for sharing this. The voice interaction is indeed very impressive. I played with Meta’s SeamlessMT4 recently and I thought the output voice was quite ok for long inputs (whether text or speech). This is infitely better.
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by doublebind 3y ago
> Sadly it doesn't seem to be smart enough to be at that level yet […] It is! Last week, I aked Bing Chat for a reference about the Swiss canton of Ticino. I made a mistake and wrote in my prompt that Ticino was part of Italy, and n
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by doublebind 3y ago
I have the same experience with Invoke.ai or MochiDiffusion in the MBP M1. I can only match the quality of other images with Automatic1111 ( https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui ). You’ll need more tim
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by doublebind 3y ago
I believe the problem is that the situation you describe occurs on a much bigger scale. It’s no longer you and your friend in the cafe; it’s millions of people looking at the headline on the screen.
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by doublebind 3y ago
Yes. According to the OpenAI Whisper repo [0], when you use the 'whisper' command line tool: "Adding --task translate will translate the speech into English." I tried translating a conference with a German speaker. The t
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by doublebind 3y ago
I've been there before. It's frustrating; I'm sorry for you. Here is the thing, you're not going to "fix" that co-worker's behavior, and trying to do so or deal with it can consume you or stress you in way
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by doublebind 4y ago
While I agree that an open and distributed messaging system (such as Waku[1]) can improve things, it’s not enough. Apple Store and Google Play Store are the true gatekeepers. And governments can request Apple or Google to remove an app from