jamesgill

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US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space(apnews.com)
3 points by jamesgill 1d ago|0 comments
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by jamesgill 13d ago
I'm old enough to remember when 'automatic transmission' was a luxury option that cost more; standard (transmission) was the default. Auto makers are always looking for ways to differentiate, upsell, and tap demand.
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How to Use the Method of Loci(artofmemory.com)
1 points by jamesgill 15d ago|0 comments
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by jamesgill 20d ago
A fun story, but what really grabbed me was the story he linked to about the author's father, the engineer: https://lostincyberspace.substack.com/p/son-of-a-son-of-a
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by jamesgill 21d ago
Omarchy is not a distro, but that's not worth nitpicking about. I have no problem with Omarchy, save one: it seems to (ironically) create a walled-in Linux environment that requires giving up a fair amount of control for a (lengthy) be
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by jamesgill 21d ago
All closed loop systems require human action--maintenance,filling reservoirs, changing sites, dealing with the inherent variation of CGMs, estimating carbs, etc. even if glucagon delivery were on board (it's being worked on). But most
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by jamesgill 22d ago
Automated glucose control is already available via wearable insulin pumps combined with CGMs in a 'closed loop' system.
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by jamesgill 26d ago
Humans have always eaten carbs; it’s the body’s preferred energy source. But human bodies can get energy from three sources, in order of preference—carbs, fat, and muscle (when all else fails). Our bodies evolved to store fat for this very
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by jamesgill 1mo ago
A nitpick about the title: Not strictly abdominal fat, but visceral abdominal fat, which surrounds the organs. Not all abdominal fat is visceral; in fact, in many people the majority is not. The article mentions visceral early on, whic
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by jamesgill 1mo ago
I’ve recently taken to calling it GNU minus Linux.
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A Rant About “Technology” (2005)(ursulakleguin.com)
148 points by jamesgill 2mo ago|86 comments
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by jamesgill 2mo ago
Hugh gets one thing right: his success was luck and timing. He self-published a modest story at an opportune time for cheap, and the easy accessibility of Kindle books for pennies made him enough success to quit his day job. "Pulp&quot
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Everybody's Weirded Out by AI–Except the People Who Foist It on Us(newrepublic.com)
68 points by jamesgill 2mo ago|77 comments
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A Year On: The DOGE Disaster(donmoynihan.substack.com)
43 points by jamesgill 2mo ago|24 comments
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by jamesgill 2mo ago
I found this useful: https://seeingmachines.com/understanding-advanced-driver-dis... From that article: "Like DDAW systems, ADDW systems must function without the use of biometric information, including facial recognit
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OpenAI Courts Trump administration as Its Latest Investor(axios.com)
7 points by jamesgill 3mo ago|3 comments
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You Can't Fight Enshittification (But We Can)(doctorow.medium.com)
13 points by jamesgill 3mo ago|1 comments
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by jamesgill 3mo ago
I know this runs on Linux too. As a Linux user, I'm unclear on why I might use this instead of apt or dnf, for example. Any Linux users out there have experience with both Homebrew and one of these?
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by jamesgill 3mo ago
Maybe I'm wrong, but this seems to strongly undercut Apple's claims about privacy.
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
Because I'm such a longtime fan of HP models.
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
I'm a lifelong fan of HP calculators. I have a 15c in front of me right now that I've had since the mid-ish 80s. Still works perfectly. But the 15c 'Collector's Edition' had some issues, and I wonder about the build
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
It's not a framework, and it requires no diagram. It's just trusting and empowering people to do the job, then getting out of their way. People tend to rise to your level of trust. I wrote about this, because after a long career I
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
The thing is: it already is the year of the Linux Desktop for me. I don't care about 'OS market share' or how many people use something; I have no control over them. I also don't care about "OS-maxxing", eith
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
It's not a science. At best, there are best practices--and some of the best, most famous writing has ignored them. "Writing" is broad, means a lot of things, and defies algorithms.
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
Which god?
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Derek Sivers' Minimal .vimrc Is Only 4 Lines Long(tilde.club)
3 points by jamesgill 4mo ago|0 comments
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
Which god?
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
Linux was always exempt--because it's not an operating system.
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
At first, I thought the saddest part was: "The nonprofit Common Sense Institute reported student interest and enrollment was low — with just eight students in one class. The report said enrollment is unlikely to grow unless the state m
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by jamesgill 4mo ago
‘Fertility’ is one of those misleading terms that sounds like it means one thing (capability) when it really means another (output). TL;DR: People aren’t unable to have more children; they’re just choosing not to.

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