nelblu

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by nelblu 19d ago
THIS. My comment is somewhat tangential but I thought still relevant. I used to work for huge financial investment company with over a trillion dollars of assets for over 10 years. I never thought I was making positive difference in people&
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by nelblu 4mo ago
> We’re introducing more helpful ads in AI Mode I always chuckle when ad companies say that. I have never seen a helpful ad in google search, but well I have been using adblockers forever so I would not know.I am honestly curious though,
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Another Vibe Coding Story(moneyplus.in)
2 points by nelblu 6mo ago|0 comments
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by nelblu 7mo ago
https://archive.ph/LdA0d
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by nelblu 7mo ago
caste system will likely never die in India. I once even joked to my friend that one day when Indians will start accepting gay marriages they would post a matrimonial ad something along these lines - "Looking for an intelligent, well-b
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by nelblu 8mo ago
tangential comment, but if anyone is interested in one of the best (imo "legendary") audio books on LOTR look no further than Phil Dragash : https://archive.org/details/tlotrunabridged .
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by nelblu 8mo ago
As much as the UI was fluid, smooth and probably best for a touch interface, I distinctly remember I hated it and frantically wanted my Start button back on my PC. It is kinda funny reading all the comments about its nostalgia, when all I c
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by nelblu 8mo ago
> Also, sitting around doing nothing feels so much better when it's either before work or after work. This comment reminded me of a book I read recently - Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anne Lembke. She talks about how pleasure and pain and
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How examining our regrets can make for a more meaningful life(text.npr.org)
2 points by nelblu 8mo ago|0 comments
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by nelblu 8mo ago
This is correct, but it is still a slippery slope. At some point the dev ends up adding internet permission (might be for legit reasons too), and lo and behold you are sharing your data. For something as sensitive as notifications, I really
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by nelblu 8mo ago
I really enjoyed reading this. I can totally see where the author is coming from. I have a dog, and this holiday season my wife went away to her parents for a month and I was all alone with my dog. My daily routine was to just take him for
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by nelblu 9mo ago
> and use a wireless keyboard with integrated touchpad to control it. Which wireless keyboard do you use? I've pretty much exact same setup - TV + Linux Mint + Logitech K400+. I'm just looking to see if there are better options
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by nelblu 11mo ago
Long time ventoy user. For someone who loves to flash or try out different Linux distros all the time, this is a godsend. I would also highly recommend iventoy, if you want to just boot using network device : https://www.iventoy.
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by nelblu 1y ago
During my college days (2000~2004) KDE (I think it was Fedora/RH 8) was hands down my favourite desktop. After that when I joined the corporate world, I lost touch with Linux. Few years ago (thanks to a ton of dark patterns in Windows)
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by nelblu 1y ago
https://archive.is/824JT
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by nelblu 1y ago
Another happy mailbox.org user here who dumped gmail since a little over 4 years now. I'd highly recommend them to anyone who prefers more control on the client app they can use to access emails, calendars etc. Their web interface may
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by nelblu 1y ago
> I’d like to believe there’s a market for smaller, simpler, EV-based “retro-inspired” cars that aren’t jam-packed with modems and sensors to phone home. Maybe someday I’ll be proven right. This might come close: https://www.s
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by nelblu 1y ago
> LLMs should also use citations. Mojeek LLM ( https://www.mojeek.com ) uses citations.
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by nelblu 1y ago
> “It is regrettable that we now have to spend time and resources strengthening the security of a popular service rather than further developing functionality for the benefit of our customers.” Based on all the data leaks that happen con
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by nelblu 1y ago
This really saddens me. The fingerprinting even works when using Mullvad browser with VPN. I am so tired of this new internet, I hope someone is working on figuring out an alternative to this type of fingerprinting. I understand it is a cat
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by nelblu 1y ago
This is all nice while the AI overview has no ads in it. Wait until it gets enshittified, and I have a feeling AI overview would be so infested with ads that people would rather block it and proceed to reading the actual links. All this sai
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by nelblu 1y ago
Happy GrapheneOS user here since 3+ years now. What's next now? People can't fucking use Linux because Microsoft or Apple can't spy on it?
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by nelblu 1y ago
Love it :-). Do you also need to log the gps co-ordinates as you are flying? I would love to see how you avoid the airspace in the war hit areas.
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by nelblu 1y ago
Technically you are right, the SIM card isn't roaming, but I am physically roaming outside of my home network (internationally). Some phone plans in my home network do not support international roaming, or if they support then it is ri
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by nelblu 1y ago
Some of the comments pointed out that this is hostile behaviour for people roaming as well, and I completely agree. Here is my solution for this : When I am roaming internationally, I leave my SIM card in a spare android at home plugged int
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by nelblu 1y ago
Same. This is why I am rooting for Slate ( https://www.slate.auto/ ) to succeed. I hope everyone in this ridiculous software war loses and in the end they realize that there is a huge market for just basic no-frills car.
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by nelblu 1y ago
> can't fathom how huge it is not just geographically I grew up in India but I don't agree that people in the west can't fathom how huge it is geographically. Geographically speaking India is the 7th largest country, and e
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by nelblu 1y ago
That is not true. There is a popular mod of Signal called Molly - https://molly.im/ . It allows multi-device access, which I find very useful. I have been using this on Signal network for a long time now.
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by nelblu 1y ago
I'd give credit to the Hobbits, they were great farmers!
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by nelblu 1y ago
Agreed, this shouldn't be surprising at all, on the contrary it is sad that today's urban generation will never appreciate what it is to look up and only see stars. When I was a kid we used to sleep on the terrace during summer se

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