jamesgreenleaf

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by jamesgreenleaf 4mo ago
"Smart: no start-ups put rats on trams." Let's hope this remains true.
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by jamesgreenleaf 2y ago
People keep telling me to use Dreamweaver but I stick with what works: FrontPage 98
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by jamesgreenleaf 2y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250220174125/https://www.wired... I forget where I read this, but shutting off the cards was part of the playbook when Musk took ownership of Twitter. If I remember correctl
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by jamesgreenleaf 2y ago
Everything older than me is boomer, everything younger is zoomer.
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by jamesgreenleaf 2y ago
I wonder how much of it has to do with the reward. In D&D you get experience points, gain levels, get powerful magic items, etc. There is generally immediate positive feedback when you accomplish a goal or overcome an obstacle in the ga
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by jamesgreenleaf 2y ago
Stephen Wolfram is a national treasure.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
What's trite is often true.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
If the elite are defined as those who benefit from the system, then we are all the elite.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
> Why would aliens expend the enormous energy required to engineer this? So there are these great big buildings in Egypt...
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
I've used Backblaze for years and it's worth the money. I've only done a full restore from it once after a laptop was bricked and it was seamless. There have been a few times that I needed a recently deleted file and it worke
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
You can tell what a person is like by how they treat the waiter. That goes double for chatbots.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
De gustibus non est disputandum.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
Torvalds did name it "the stupid content tracker" after all. You were warned!
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
You just know that every theater audience will be shouting all the lines along with the movie. That alone will make it worth going.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
It's not unhealthy until you buy a Topre.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
If you like this, read House of Leaves.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
That's funny, I was thinking about that poem just this morning. One of those ones that sticks with you, and rings true for so many domains, whether you want it to or not!
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
The D&D cosmology is bonkers too. Every solar system exists inside its own separate "crystal sphere" which floats in the chaotic fiery substance called phlogiston that fills the universe. There's a hundred different dimen
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
The irony of "don't give people unsolicited advice" always gets me.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
> Nothing is too quick for them. Cats even have a faster average reaction time than snakes.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
> I like to read the negative reviews on Steam to help talk myself out of purchases. Hah, I do the same thing. On other sites too - the well-written negative reviews have a lot of value. Although, on some of the best games on steam, I&#x
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
I don't believe that no one predicted the overwhelming success of a long-anticipated sequel to one of the most legendary and deeply-loved games of all time. Maybe I've played BG2 too many times, but for me this was a no-brainer. Y
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
This is really well done. Great concept and execution. I love the Baba Is You style. Only issue for me is that the instructions did not pop up fast enough.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
There should be laws & regulations around this type of thing. Critical devices that run your home should always be able to disconnect and continue to run. Any cloud-connected features should be entirely optional.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
That's a good one. I've also told it to avoid blanket disclaimers, which pop up all the time if you ask about anything related to nutrition or fitness.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
If xAI produces a competing product (which Elon stated is their goal) I wouldn't be surprised if it is less "limited" than ChatGPT/Bing/Bard/Claude/etc.
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
Look at that graphic! The mouse, as Pied Piper, leading those kids (whose eyes roll back as they proceed, trancelike) away from the safety of their castle — their home. The kid closest to Chuck is so far gone that he has become part animal
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
https://chiptune.app/?play=Nintendo%20SNES%2FChrono%20Trigge...
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
I'm convinced that using the "mac layout" for your main modifier key (Cmd) is a huge improvement when it comes to comfort and reducing strain. If you're on another OS, you should remap Control to your Alt key. I've
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by jamesgreenleaf 3y ago
Snow Crash: Y.T.’s mom pulls up the new memo, checks the time, and starts reading it. The estimated reading time is 15.62 minutes. Later, when Marietta [her boss] does her end-of-day statistical roundup, sitting in her private office

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