obloid

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by obloid 3mo ago
>To play a computer game in in the 1990s, you first had to understand how the computer worked. As someone who played plenty of computer games as a teen in the 90s I assure you that I did not know how it worked. I learned how it worked la
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by obloid 3mo ago
I've encountered AI copies of songs from popular artists, hopefully this will stop or at least slow that down. I suspect the only reason those songs are uploaded is because people will accidentally listen to it and then the up loader g
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by obloid 4mo ago
If you're comfortable doing DIY a lot of equipment can be rented at your local Home Depot or similar store. I had a clogged sewer line and rented a drain snake for the afternoon. Much cheaper than calling the plumber. The thing I won&#
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by obloid 5mo ago
Here's an interesting article by the photographer about fake AI generated macro photos: https://www.nickybay.com/ai-abuse-to-skirt-copyright-law/
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by obloid 5mo ago
I got the episode page for the podcast.
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by obloid 7mo ago
That was exactly my first thought. Could I mod this use with boats. I already have some spreadsheets for tracking engine maintenance, etc, but this looks really cool.
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by obloid 7mo ago
This is basically the plot of the Bobiverse novels. They're a fun read.
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by obloid 7mo ago
I've never seen Hackers. It was War Games for me, too.
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by obloid 10mo ago
I recently put Endeavour with KDE on an old laptop (c. 2013). It runs great. Much snappier than it ever did with windows. Great distro.
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by obloid 10mo ago
There's an unexpected optical illusion in the size diagram. The 1/6 block appears narrower than the 1/9 block.
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by obloid 1y ago
I recently saw a patient with overwhelming MRSA sepsis with multiple foci of infection including epidural abscess (around the spinal cord), and meningitis. This person was taking rapamycin presumably for "life extension" purposes.
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by obloid 1y ago
Interesting. Yes, that's basically what I've been going for but none of my prompts ever gave a satisfactory response. Plus I noticed you just copy/pasted from my initial comment and it worked. Weird. After my last post I was
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by obloid 1y ago
So far GPT-5 has not been able to pass my personal "Turing test" which has been unsuccessful for the past several years starting through various versions of Dall-e up to the latest model. I want it to create an image of Santa Clau
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by obloid 1y ago
I also misread it as Gnome editors and was briefly very confused when I started reading the article.
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by obloid 1y ago
I have had tinnitus for years, I suspect partly genetic and exacerbated by spending a lot of my 20s and 30s at loud concerts. But just recently I noticed I now have deafness to certain frequencies in one ear. I had an air leak a tire and re
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by obloid 1y ago
I've used multiple hospital EHR systems and, while it's not great, of the systems I've used Epic is the best of the bunch.
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by obloid 1y ago
A tortoise? What's that?
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by obloid 2y ago
I also use it in cooking, add a spoonful to a soup or a stew and it really adds some great umami flavor. Marmite roasted potatoes are delicious, too.
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by obloid 2y ago
As someone who both loves marmite and is currently learning Rust I was unable to resist clicking.
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by obloid 2y ago
I doubt simply mentioning a forum on HN is going to lead to an influx of "noobs" who will descend upon them en masse. Those people are too wrapped up in their world of tiktok, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
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by obloid 2y ago
Any in particular that you recommend?
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by obloid 2y ago
Same here. I was thinking expecting the nails you fasten things with. Fingernail art doesn't interest me much, but now it's got me thinking about what kind of cool art you could make with hammer and nails.
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by obloid 2y ago
A while back on a whim I put my stainless steel coffee cup in the microwave and it just warmed the coffee. No sparks or drama. The metal didn't even get hot.
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by obloid 2y ago
By the title I was expecting to read about some process to synthesize carbohydrates by capturing CO2 and water out of the air. Which I guess is basically what plants do.
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by obloid 2y ago
Very interesting, thanks for posting.
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by obloid 2y ago
itis = inflammation Infection can cause an itis, but not all itis is due to infection. Such as inflammatory arthritis (noninfectious) vs septic arthritis (infectious).
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by obloid 2y ago
I moved to Linux (Manjaro KDE) as my primary desktop OS about 3 years ago and it's been great. I'm a casual gamer and all of my Steam games run good on Linux. I run Windows 10 in a VM that I use occasionally for work stuff using M
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by obloid 2y ago
Any source for the chatGPT claim? Typically (in the US) when doctors disagree with an insurance denial they have to do a "peer to peer" call, and plead their case with a doctor employed by the insurance company.
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by obloid 2y ago
Longer than that even. Here it is on the cover of Popular Mechanics in 1991: https://img.tecnomagazine.net/2017/07/Moller-Skycar-popular-...
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by obloid 3y ago
I always popped out the silicone valve for that very reason. You would have to squeeze until the pressure overcame the resistance of the silicone valve then the ketchup would squirt out at high velocity. It was nearly impossible to get exac

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