minutillo

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by minutillo 5mo ago
There is (since 2023) a train that connects directly from Grand Central to JFK AirTrain.
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by minutillo 10mo ago
This demonstrates three problems, in order of severity: 1) The answer is hilariously wrong. 2) The LLM doesn't (can't) know the answer is wrong - it happily spits out garbage. 3) Not one single person at google who can influenc
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by minutillo 2y ago
Step 1: get it to zero Step 2: -Werror Step 3: there is no step 3
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by minutillo 2y ago
To be fair, 'Daisuke Toyoda, an executive in charge of the project from the automaker’s founding family, stressed it’s not “a smart city.”'.
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by minutillo 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer%E2%80%93Moore_string-sea...
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by minutillo 3y ago
It goes back ever further, Java 1.2 was marketed by Sun as "Java 2". https://web.archive.org/web/19991010063140/http://java.sun.c...
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by minutillo 3y ago
Google Twitter-bis was called Google Buzz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz
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by minutillo 3y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/159jojs/scienti...
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by minutillo 3y ago
On iOS you can easily check what permissions an app has in Settings. For instance I can see I have granted Instagram access to location, microphone, camera, photo album. Threads has none of those. I don't use Health and I'm not
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by minutillo 3y ago
Previous discussion on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36640720
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by minutillo 3y ago
Does this link work for you? https://www.threads.net/t/Cu2Ps0mJ4Hv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA...
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by minutillo 3y ago
Oh god, why am I about to defend zucc? Anyway this article seems to be 100% wrong. 1-5: True but not dark patterns. Yes they are using the IG user base to bootstrap the threads user base. So what? Was it a dark pattern when google came
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by minutillo 3y ago
Some examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2007385
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by minutillo 3y ago
The "source" of that Ben Rich quote is a MUFON article by Tom Keller, more amazing quotes: https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/opinion/editorials/201...
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by minutillo 3y ago
Well I have good news for you: you won't need to change your phone! Because they aren't supporting Android Auto either.
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by minutillo 3y ago
Also getting rid of Android Auto, according to the original source: General Motors plans to phase out widely-used Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies that allow drivers to bypass a vehicle's infotainment systems, shifting inst
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by minutillo 3y ago
Yes, many cars with various levels of self-driving are available. Almost every car maker now has basic lane following and adaptive cruise control. Some add navigation, lane changing, and the ability to obey traffic signals. GM has a syst
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by minutillo 3y ago
Based on https://www.bhtp.com/blog/safest-places-to-travel : Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection has a long history of asking travelers where they’re going, why they’re traveling, and what constitutes a safe destinati
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by minutillo 4y ago
And the suggestions will restart in a few days. What we did is add "stop by the way" as a custom command to our "goodnight" routine, so the thing is reminded every single night that these suggestions are unwelcome. The
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by minutillo 4y ago
I worked on a project (not cars, phones) where we replaced an older model that was operated through buttons and LEDs with a newer model that was just a giant multitouch screen. Surprisingly to me, it was way, way cheaper! And cheaper in m
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by minutillo 4y ago
There's another reason why touchscreens are used. It breaks up one of the "long poles" in the project schedule. Hardware buttons and switches have to be designed, tested, re-designed, and validated very early in the process
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by minutillo 4y ago
Why can't I search by restaurant name / type? It's just an endless list of restaurants in my zip code? And why can't I search by food? Like show me all the restaurants near me with tacos. That would be useful. Prices
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by minutillo 4y ago
Mnemonic: “What you have to what you want”
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by minutillo 4y ago
My theory is that one of the inputs to Google's ranking algorithm is now "how much money would we make from this click?" A click to SO has a small number of ads which are obviously ads and easily ignored. A click to the ave
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by minutillo 5y ago
Chesterton's fence.
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by minutillo 6y ago
Wrong information for Better Call Saul. Season six is yet to be released.
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by minutillo 6y ago
Looking forward to Stewart's next attempt at making a game. Third time's the charm!
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by minutillo 6y ago
"A few months ago I said “let’s do a science experiment- if NY has herd immunity cases won’t go up with reopening”. Well here are the results- NY, not going up. There really is no other explanation I can think of for this besides herd
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by minutillo 7y ago
They've been selling it for years, I think since 2016. They've delivered it so far to nobody.
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by minutillo 7y ago
TL;DR: the car battery was dead

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