eclecticfrank

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by eclecticfrank 6mo ago
https://xkcd.com/244/
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by eclecticfrank 7mo ago
Does anyone know what kind of apps Rapidata questions are integrated in? I suppose they are using ad-like integrations to ask users for feedback. Their website only states: By integrating in a large range of mobile apps (3000+) we have acc
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
These quotes are displayed without context and hence have no or a very little value in a conversation.
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
For context: The commentary those quotes are taken from was written by Eugene Kontorovich, a senior researcher at the Heritage Foundation which runs Project 2025.
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Lots of Firefox hate here, but little discussion about the articles kicker, which is the exclusion of uBlock Origin from Chrome. I hope this will mean that in the long run Firefox (and other secondary browsers) will gain more users again. F
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Brave wants to replace "bad" ads from third parties with their own "good" ads.[1] They have also in the past been caught adding their own referral codes to crypto transaction URLs pasted into their browser. [2] [1] http
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Give us an example where Chrome is faster than Firefox, so we can see if it is more important than having uBlock Origin. I use both Firefox and Chrome for work and haven't noticed any speed differences (without measuring).
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
It is always great to hear of another union being formed. Workers representing themselves is not only a benefit for the workers, but also a pathway to healthy and sustainable organisations.
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
This person refers to the German television and radio fee (Rundfunkgebühren).[1] It is a state-mandated system that ensures free (as in free speech) and (relatively) neutral public broadcasting institutions. There is a constant and engaged
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
> Man didn’t evolve in an environment where stories were told by people who’d won a massive intertribe tournament of story telling ability. Stories were told by family. The stories we grew up to were indeed those which won "a massiv
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Germany technically has a wealth tax. However, it is supended since 1997, because the methods of how real estate wealth was calculated were outdated and thus considered unconsittutional. Tax is not collected, but the supporting law has neve
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
It might make sense to split the car analogy into different users: 1. For the majority of regular users the best way to understand the car is to read the manual and use the car. 2. For F1 drivers the best way to understand the car is to con
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Its design exhibits a very dense funtional pragmatism that makes it look like a laboratory or even bomb shelter to me.
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
This concept also seems related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_cavity_system
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Can you give a concise example of good prompt engineering in your case?
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
A lot of words to say "I do not agree with the judgement of a fair and independet court because I feel otherwise".
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
That is a great list. The principle behind this is the defensive democracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_democracy
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
False, it's simply a requirement. French law explicitly states that a candidate for an election must not be ineligible by reason of criminal conviction or judicial decision. Should have thought about messing with EU funds before, I sup
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
Being convicted of a crime is an obscenely high bar.
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by eclecticfrank 1y ago
The temporary loss of the right to stand for election is a common punishment in France when politicians are convicted of corruption and breach of trust.
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
India is on a steady path of improvement and has awareness campaigns running that adress these issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in... https://innovateindia.mygov.in/toil
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
This is not something only younger people are prone to. I work in a consulting role in IT and have observed multiple colleagues aged 30 and above use LLMs to generate content for reports and presentations without verifying the output. Remin
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
I'm using: FreeOTP (OTP tool) Simple Chess Clock (once a year) Binary Eye (QR code scanner) Etar (Calendar) Simple Notes Pro (Very nice and simple note taking app) OsmAnd (Maps with great path details for hiking)
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
This injustice is being adressed by The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to the Sciences and Humanities [1], which a large number universities worldwide have already signed. All employees and students of my university are encouraged to pub
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
Adding to the million monkeys on a million typewriters: There is Project Babel, an algorithm that strives to produce every combination of letters (and then also words) possible. It's "books" are filled mostly with gibberish b
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
This made me cry. Being intimidated by the temporality of relationships but also stunned at how beautiful goodbyes can be. I had seen these photos before and saw them return to reddit during the past few days. Couldn't click on them un
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
I think the previous commenter chose "word" instead of "language" to highlight that a grammatically correct, naturally flowing chain of words is not the same as a language. Thus, Large Word Model (LWM) would be more prec
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
The author's wikipedia page is well worth a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hancock
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
Yes, it's still dying / falling apart / getting worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26460092 (2021) [Ask HN: Has Google search been worse at finding information lately?] https://news.ycombi
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by eclecticfrank 2y ago
I'm curious how you make socks last for 10+ years? I have around 25 pairs of socks, rotate them, wear socks daily and have to retire them after around two years, because they start getting holes. Never had problems with the nylon band

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