kefabean

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by kefabean 2mo ago
Does anyone know whether https://mygrid.app/ is trustworthy? Development had been glacial, but looking at their website it seems they finally support degoogled android which is a huge step forwards.
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by kefabean 2mo ago
If ARPU for Google Search is estimated to be around $50-$80 per internet user and potentially way more in certain geographies, there could be significant financial savings to be had by switching to Kagi depending on where you sit.
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by kefabean 2mo ago
I always wonder how things would be reconciled if something similar happened to a bank. What would be the simplest way to ‘download’ one’s balance whilst proving that the downloaded files were signed by the bank?
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by kefabean 2mo ago
So does this appointment signpost a likely industry-wide token squeeze requiring Benanke’s specific domain knowledge to navigate?
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UK to ban under-16s from 'high risk' social media apps(theguardian.com)
4 points by kefabean 3mo ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 3mo ago
I call them Bit Shepherds
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by kefabean 3mo ago
well, they also needed the initial release to facilitate a 'speed bump' in the new release, so perhaps!
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by kefabean 3mo ago
I purchased Mudita Kompakt phones for my kids when they started secondary school. There has been some pushback but overall it’s been a success. The fact that they occasionally forget to take it with them or they leave it downstairs when the
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by kefabean 4mo ago
Looks like it's resolved now.
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Cloudflare is down(cloudflarestatus.com)
6 points by kefabean 4mo ago|1 comments
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by kefabean 4mo ago
And e) although more relevant for wing mirrors, you can also move your head around to change/increase the field of view if needed. Try doing that with a camera + screen.
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by kefabean 6mo ago
Totally agree, as an iPhone user it’s literally the only ‘innovation’ that would make me lust after a new device.
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by kefabean 8mo ago
I also have fond memories of gallo pinto in Costa Rica from 1997 but when I describe it to family they just look at me blankly in mild disgust. Would love to know what the secret sauce is.
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by kefabean 9mo ago
That’s if they pretend to stream the music. If they are using throwaway free accounts I imagine they can download the DRM-stripped files much more quickly.
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Disney to invest $1B in OpenAI, allowing use of characters in video(theguardian.com)
2 points by kefabean 9mo ago|1 comments
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Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem(theguardian.com)
4 points by kefabean 9mo ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 1y ago
Email bubbles? Rookies. (you know you can make those bubbles go away?!)
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Mudita Kompakt minimalist phone for tweens (dumbphone plus) [YouTube] [video](youtube.com)
2 points by kefabean 1y ago|0 comments
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by kefabean 1y ago
One of my favourites https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4fBbhyzE9A
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by kefabean 2y ago
> To support that, it looks like music festival attendance is going up over the years. This isn't global nor is it specific dance music but at least in the UK, festivals are struggling and have declined significantly since the begin
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by kefabean 2y ago
In a similar vein, I was delighted to discover that my rather elderly Audiolab M-DAC (used as a pre-amp) exposes its master volume control over USB digital input when plugged into a RPi. Although I don't use USB for audio (rather buggy
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by kefabean 2y ago
Indeed, far more damage caused than any actual malware!
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by kefabean 2y ago
Jevon’s paradox? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
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by kefabean 2y ago
But it has the air of the banal. For something supposedly so creative it seems to totally lack....creativity. I suppose 100% in keeping with a tech company's vision for what a computer desktop should look like.
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by kefabean 3y ago
Now that’s what I call a productivity hack!
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by kefabean 3y ago
I do agree it's very zen using zed. As you say the interface is elegant and distraction free by default, no twiddling required to get a happy place. So far I've only used it for my personal projects and don't yet have full mu
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by kefabean 3y ago
They are indeed hypnotic to use, cheap and quite practical. The trouble is I've never been able to get coffee to taste as good out of one of these compared to almost any other method of making coffee - eg. filter, espresso, French pres
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by kefabean 3y ago
Or even something like this https://thepihut.com/products/adafruit-rotary-trinkey-usb-ne...
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by kefabean 3y ago
There’s a widely quoted myth that the UK’s ‘dig for victory’ campaign during WWII deemed a standard allotment plot (~250m2) sufficient to feed a family of 4.
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by kefabean 3y ago
And Safari on MacOS. It occasionally gets into a state where it becomes unresponsive to clicking on links.

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