marpstar

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by marpstar 1mo ago
"I want to be an influencer/speaker/thought-leader/motivational-guru" -- the Tony Robbins / Zig Ziglar feel-goodery structure where everything that ever happens has profound meaning.
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by marpstar 2mo ago
On more than one occasion I've told an LLM "Do not use em dashes". It's one of the easiest tells.
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by marpstar 5mo ago
Not everyone has the money to buy whatever book they want to read and it's wrong no matter who does it.
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by marpstar 5mo ago
I don't know why I was so surprised when my kids told me there was nothing called a "computer lab" at their school... why would there be when each kid has their own device?
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by marpstar 5mo ago
Glad to see this on here. I've been using an iPad as the "brain" in my music setup and found this project not long ago. I've since opened PRs for a couple of Line 6 pedals I've got. I've also got a Novation Lau
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by marpstar 5mo ago
These days I'm programming drums on dedicated hardware but Logic Pro's Drummer feature had been immensely helpful for me as a guitarist who hadn't done much drum programming but wanted to play along with interesting drum beat
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by marpstar 6mo ago
MyLifeOrganized was the biggest thing I gave up when I switched to Mac in 2013. Still miss it -- nothing else (Omnifocus, Things, outliners, etc) has been as effective as a system for me. They've been talking about a potential Mac app
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by marpstar 7mo ago
In many cities there are "Emergency Call Boxes" throughout the streets that are distinct from payphones but operate similarly in that they allow you to get in contact with emergency services.
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by marpstar 7mo ago
I maxed my M1 out when I bought it because I was frustrated with the 16GB max in the previous machines. I use my machine for all sorts of things and some days you just don't feel like exiting apps to make space for new ones. I still do
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by marpstar 7mo ago
Honestly, even better. It's the wet snow that's especially heavy (and risky for your back), so not having to lift it is invaluable. Only when the snow is considerably taller than the scoop does it begun to show its weaknesses.
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by marpstar 7mo ago
The most recent thing I've learned after a lifetime in the Midwest US: There's nothing like the 'Snow Wonder Snow Scoop'[1] for moving snow manually. Someone left theirs at my wife's previous home and she's kep
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by marpstar 9mo ago
It goes far beyond that. The Iowa legislature has already moved to make changes to how libraries work in Iowa as a result of all of the attention these issues are getting here. They're essentially trying to condense the power to the st
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by marpstar 9mo ago
We were also on TCI when I was a kid. I begged for Sega Channel. My mom tried to sign us up, but being across the river from the city meant we got half the TV channels, no PPV, and no Sega Channel.
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by marpstar 10mo ago
I took an 8-week, 1-credit badminton course to fulfill my PE requirements. I wouldn't be surprised to find a marksmanship course.
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by marpstar 10mo ago
This is what has kept me from working on amps. I'm comfortable working inside of pedals (9v) or with USB-powered circuits, but anything with a large transformer just seems a lot scarier.
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by marpstar 11mo ago
The enthusiasm around Bernie in 2016 was palpable. The DNC took it from him.
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by marpstar 1y ago
Deployment of the National Guard within a state is at the discretion of that state's governor. DC is the only place the president has jurisdiction in this scenario.
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by marpstar 1y ago
You're right that N64 did not have Game Genie (Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis also did), but N64 did have Gameshark, which was the spiritual successor to Game Genie (along with Action Replay). There is a project ( https://gi
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by marpstar 1y ago
People with more money than reason to play who can't seem to find "the one" have been supplying me with excellent second-hand guitars for years.
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by marpstar 1y ago
I think GP was speaking tongue-in-cheek about the situation.
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by marpstar 1y ago
Post was deleted.
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by marpstar 1y ago
Did not say "computer science" == "science with a computer", was merely trying to focus on exactly what I said: "doing science with a computer" versus "engineering software".
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by marpstar 1y ago
Yeah, was fully expecting the replies but just didn't care enough to spend another 20 minutes articulating it further. Whatcha gunna do? (shrug)
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by marpstar 1y ago
This was something I didn't understand when choosing between "Computer Science" and "Software Engineering" as a major in college. At its simplest: "Engineering Software" is what people who build software p
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by marpstar 2y ago
I'm skeptical of your claim because if there's any additional margin to be made doing it artificially, at big-pharma scale history shows that they plenty willing to squeeze every penny out that they can even if it's less effe
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by marpstar 2y ago
Not everyone is constantly scouting for political reasons to dismiss ideas.
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by marpstar 2y ago
Vaguely interested in the topic, this was a nice breakdown. I felt like I had to actively go looking for an article making the case for tariffs, and I thought this article[0] from The Atlantic made sense. [0]: https://www.theat
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by marpstar 2y ago
I'm using it inside of LM Studio ( https://lmstudio.ai ), which has a "Discovery" tab where you can download models.
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by marpstar 2y ago
"Super Switch" would've been pretty bad-ass.
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by marpstar 2y ago
a "quarter" means 1/4th -- it's a "quarter" turn of rotation on a physical clock, but 60/4 is always 15. or were you making the distinction between "quarter past" and "quarter after", b

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