ericbarrett

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by ericbarrett 5d ago
“Froogle” was an actual Google offering (years ago) that now redirects to Google Shopping.
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by ericbarrett 11d ago
If I may compare written work to restaurants, a title and byline are like the storefront; I get an idea of what's being served, and if I'm hungry, I'll walk in and order. Sometimes the meal is amazing. Usually it's prett
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by ericbarrett 29d ago
It would orbit the moon as a satellite, presumably in a fairly tight and low orbit; the article says a 2 hour period, which is < 100 km above the surface. About half the time it would be on the "far side" and Earth would be bl
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by ericbarrett 29d ago
It takes a bit of stationkeeping to stay at L2; like keeping a ball at the top of a low, smooth hill - needs a nudge every now and then. A circular Moon orbit can last years with no fuel use if you pick your inclination correctly. Look up &
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by ericbarrett 2mo ago
I lived in a high-rise that let you unselect a floor with a double press. Try that next time. Can confirm it's very nice!
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by ericbarrett 2mo ago
This is a cool finding; I did not know it was still an active area of study with all the work on ML and LLMs these days. I have done some amateur exploration of the space and the result does not surprise me: https://github.com&#x
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by ericbarrett 2mo ago
Same. This is why I switched to Apple Maps. Sometimes the Google detours would end in dangerous situations, like a left turn with no light across a major road. And it would be to save 2 minutes-ridiculous!
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by ericbarrett 2mo ago
But which one - SMS/RCS? iMessage? WhatsApp? Signal? Telegram? Discord?
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by ericbarrett 3mo ago
The Linux kernel had strlcpy over 20 years ago. It was removed in favor of str s cpy because the latter was judged a better interface. Here's a 2022 article: https://lwn.net/Articles/905777/
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by ericbarrett 3mo ago
What is "IR"?
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by ericbarrett 3mo ago
This is true of XFS too; I have run it in production on both RedHat and Debian/Ubuntu based distros for decades and have never had issues after an FS full event. I usually reboot a server that has had the root FS full because sometimes
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by ericbarrett 4mo ago
Yeah, just tangentially pointing out that asset depreciation rules in the U.S. changed recently. Could explain some of the crazy magnitude of this year's spending spree.
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by ericbarrett 4mo ago
> depreciate over 10 years I believe the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows full depreciation in the first year: https://www.bassets.net/blog/obbba-depreciation-2025-2026-gu...
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by ericbarrett 4mo ago
You don't, but it's so much cooler when you do! Not everything needs to be a beige utilitarian module optimized for business consumption. I didn't need to implement an Intel RDRAND streamer in C and assembler, but it was a
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by ericbarrett 5mo ago
Coreutils are not only used in interactive contexts. They are the primitives that make up the countless shell scripts which glue systems together. Any edge case will be encountered and the resulting poor performance will impact somebo
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by ericbarrett 6mo ago
> the tour is rad As others have noted, the guides are full of tall tales. I grew up in San Jose and remember when the property next to the Winchester Mystery House was a drive-in theater, and before the House was fire-damaged. The B.S
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by ericbarrett 7mo ago
> rather than just tearing others’ work down as I’m currently doing. Your criticism looks authentic, based on real study and expertise. I think it is a valuable gift. It is only when such a thing become compulsive that it can fairly be c
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by ericbarrett 7mo ago
I also had old Google backup codes fail a few years ago. Anybody who hasn't regenerated them in a year or two, I recommend you do so.
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
It's a much saner number, though probably easier to pocket dial as well. I'm not sure how far back it was chosen, but 112 would also dial a lot faster than 911 or 999 on a rotary phone.
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
It is astonishing how one's motor skills degrade when the adrenaline is flowing. I once tried to dial 911 on an iPhone in such circumstances. My hands were shaking so badly I kept dialing 922, 811, 914, and so on. Terrible in the momen
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
I disagree about baseball. I played it in school and have always enjoyed it casually, but I attended a game with a friend who was very into MLB. He pointed out many interesting defensive and offensive moves through the innings. Some were
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
> GPT-4 now considers self modifying AI code to be extremely dangerous and doesn't like talking about it. Claude's safety filters began shutting down similar conversations a few months ago, suggesting the user switch to a dumbe
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
you should use your own words. i like them a lot more than with the LLM filter.
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by ericbarrett 8mo ago
> After it’s over, they’ll like you a little more or a little less. They’ll be more or less likely to bring you problems. They’ll be more or less likely to recommend you or avoid you. And just as important, you’re training them on the ty
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by ericbarrett 9mo ago
The timeline this complaint lays out gets more and more disturbing as it goes on, and I encourage anybody interested to read it through. In my opinion this goes way beyond LLM puffery. From the Statement of Facts, page 8 (by the footer), li
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by ericbarrett 9mo ago
New York City has a more European balance of cars versus light trucks than most of the USA. Not easy to park a modern American pickup in any bourough except maybe Staten Island. Source: lived there
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by ericbarrett 10mo ago
I have a Modi DAC I've used for years with several different gaming and development rigs and I've never had a problem like this. Sounds like a failing component, maybe a capacitor or regulator—the article author should contact Sch
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by ericbarrett 10mo ago
California did not require numbered paper plates when Jobs did this. Car dealers would put paper plates advertising themselves on the car, but you could remove them. Your temporary registration was taped on the inside of the front windshiel
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by ericbarrett 10mo ago
One of the most striking things about this article were the photos of the disguised cameras, especially the ones dressed up as traffic cones and electrical boxes.
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by ericbarrett 10mo ago
Thanks! The first study is interesting because it links axial eye growth inhibition to high light levels, not necessarily being strictly outdoors (UV) nor avoiding close-up activities like reading. Interesting.

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