jermberj

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by jermberj 2mo ago
> Wikipedia quotes a paper saying people make / recycle around 50 kilograms per day. That would imply that people make around 0.5787 grams per second. But this is in tension with the idea that people use 100 watts at rest. Since tha
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by jermberj 2mo ago
Echoing a sibling: yes, apple seems to "get it" just fine. > In 2021, analysts estimated there were 100 million units in use.[1] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210212163703/https://www.tec
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by jermberj 5mo ago
Yeah, I'm starting wonder if this is bs. They don't have a twitter account like the pledge form indicates. The youtuber that purportedly started the campaign only has like 36k subscribers, so it's not clear where such a high
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by jermberj 5mo ago
To make the analogy proportional (according to the article), the difference would be something like "do they notice the difference between 1h 40m and 5 hours" (i.e. 3x more). My money would be on yes, they'd very much notice.
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by jermberj 6mo ago
> once you are plant based for 3 or more years, you just don't really crave that anymore except as maybe a guilty pleasure once or twice a year. This has been the exact opposite of my experience. source: vegan for 14 years, vegetari
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by jermberj 8mo ago
> The most common category is that the models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking. They also don't manage their confusion, they don't seek clarifications, they don't surface
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by jermberj 8mo ago
> You might be thinking "just disable updates, man" or "just install LTSC", or "just run some random debloat script off of GitHub". Why? Why would I jump through all these hoops? I'd rather put in the e
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by jermberj 8mo ago
Ah, yeah, I'd suspect they'd only have plugins. Def understand the need for mobility. I never want to miss a chance to share with folks about the existence of EPTL, though. :P
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by jermberj 8mo ago
Bingo. Also, it's effectively dead. I live in Multnomah county and since that's gone into effect (in 2023), I have only ever pumped my own gas.
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by jermberj 8mo ago
Howdy, fellow east Portlander, you might be interested in this: https://www.eptl.toollibrarian.net/TL/ourtools.php . They have 5 electric leaf blowers available right now. You mentioned you already bought one, but perha
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by jermberj 11mo ago
> Price is reasonable, seems less than Uber or a standard taxi. > Me, in 2015: [Uber's price] is reasonable, seems less than a standard taxi. We already know how this story progresses.
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by jermberj 11mo ago
Bingo
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by jermberj 1y ago
Gets me every time.
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by jermberj 1y ago
> An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models. And this is where I stop reading. You cannot make such a descriptive
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by jermberj 1y ago
The author is applying a universal prescription to ALL museums based on a single experience at a single museum.
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by jermberj 1y ago
I'd wager it's the first (51.1%). Mostly because I simply cannot imagine that nearly 70% of kids in 2005 enjoyed reading. That seems too high. Based on..? My vibes.
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by jermberj 1y ago
> Steve Jobs didn't make the iPad Yes, that's correct.
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by jermberj 1y ago
That detail was sufficient to find it. Cheers
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by jermberj 1y ago
I don't want to beat a dead horse, since sibling commenters have covered this, but I'd implore you to imagine the spectrum of reactions which Meta _could_ have had when discovering their research indicated they were having a negat
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by jermberj 1y ago
Link?
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by jermberj 1y ago
Something that hit me hard about this one is the purported full quote from Alex ends with "See you tomorrow." Given the context of Chiang's story, leaving this off just adds to the gut punch for me.
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by jermberj 1y ago
This should be the main reply to OP's every attempt as well.
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by jermberj 1y ago
> Hillsboro is pretty much a company town No, it's not. Not even close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town
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by jermberj 1y ago
It certainly sounds like you've tried a lot. One approach could be to (and I'm not being facetious) cultivate a mindfulness-in-boredom practice. Seriously. I'm not saying you will initially get onto the treadmill thinking &qu
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by jermberj 1y ago
If I had to guess, they're probably referring to the way that certain devices broadcast their APIs to external services. A lot of them have no intention of allowing open access to APIs (e.g., my mini-split controller requires a slight
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by jermberj 1y ago
Answer from Claude 4 Sonnet just now (I copy-pasted your prompt): > This is a variation of the classic river-crossing puzzle, but with an added complexity - the lion that will eat both the wolf and the goat. Let me work through this step
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by jermberj 1y ago
The canonical advice would be to focus on one thing first and make sure you're doing it well and users want it, then expand.
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by jermberj 2y ago
Ignorant question: why might one need to euthanize a chicken?
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by jermberj 2y ago
Whose actions?
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by jermberj 2y ago
That's ... uh ... not what a rug pull is. They're telling you plainly from the jump that they're going to eventually charge for it. Point taken on your wish to wait, that makes perfect sense.

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