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Alexa+ the Next Generation of Alexa(aboutamazon.com)
2 points by piqufoh 2d ago|0 comments
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by piqufoh 6d ago
Yes, I guess its a balance - the inconvenience of sorting through odd-shaped defunct USB standards vs actually needing one of those weird cables for an ancient camera in 10 years time. I naturally have the ~< £ from AZ mindset, but I try
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by piqufoh 6d ago
Hot tip - buy a box of small / medium zip lock bags and bag them all up. Duplicates in the same bag are ok (10cm / USB-C) etc. For the last 10 years my "techno box" has been a box of bags - the cables don't get tang
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by piqufoh 15d ago
> weight update during eval: this is a form of test time training and not really cheating. Possibly "not really cheating", but it does make benchmark comparisons unfair - especially as the other models are unlikely to have thei
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by piqufoh 3mo ago
`from plotnine import *` ... I love the idea of a new python plotting library, but why is this anti-pattern so common with plotting libs?
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by piqufoh 3mo ago
> Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies Placing the onus firmly on US tech companies and not the well-being of children. The tech firms (like cigarette manufacturers) have long
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White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s(theguardian.com)
3 points by piqufoh 3mo ago|2 comments
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Agents-CLI CLI and skills for building agents on Google Cloud(google.github.io)
1 points by piqufoh 5mo ago|0 comments
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The Onion launches new effort to turn InfoWars into parody website(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by piqufoh 5mo ago|0 comments
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Pixel Agents: AI agents animated as pixel art characters in a virtual office(github.com)
1 points by piqufoh 7mo ago|0 comments
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Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios(bbc.co.uk)
115 points by piqufoh 8mo ago|115 comments
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by piqufoh 8mo ago
I'm working on something very similar, but I've found that if I'm not doing the work - I forget what has been set up and how its running a lot faster. For example - I have ZFS running with a 5-bay HDD enclosure, and I honestl
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Taxpayers miss out on millions after 'phoenixism' at UK recruitment firms(theguardian.com)
3 points by piqufoh 8mo ago|0 comments
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2025: That's a Wrap and Here Are the Stats(backblaze.com)
4 points by piqufoh 9mo ago|0 comments
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by piqufoh 10mo ago
I love atuin -- the shared shell command memory function solves a problem that I had (recalling obscure CLI commands) I'll try atuin desktop and I hope it succeeds, but I can't say that it solves any particular problem that I have
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by piqufoh 10mo ago
Apparently if a light-bulb blows at a station, two different contractors need to be called - one company has a contract for replacing consumables while another has a contract for repairing faults. https://youtu.be/bNEEJX0VM6
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Bridge or Bust (From Turing Tumble Inventors)(upperstory.com)
1 points by piqufoh 10mo ago|0 comments
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A Philosophy of Software Design vs. Clean Code(github.com)
2 points by piqufoh 11mo ago|0 comments
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by piqufoh 11mo ago
Hijacked? no. For me this demonstrates the temporal differences between the web and the real world. Books are solid things that will be here for a long time. Websites are transitory, ethereal and likely to change. It's clearly ok to re
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URL in children's books redirects to porn site(theguardian.com)
6 points by piqufoh 11mo ago|3 comments
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by piqufoh 1y ago
> Doing the smallest and easiest solution to a problem as a way to get to know the full scope and then iterating after that if needs be is by far the best solution (for me). 100% -- this is YAGNI (or you-aint-gonna-need-it) and should be
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by piqufoh 1y ago
Not patronising, this was exactly my first (and off-topic) thought as well. We have lived in our house for +15 years and we still regularly find small fluorescent yellow ball bearings in the garden soil from the previous owners family. Thes
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by piqufoh 1y ago
While we're here - I've gained a lot from "Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial" by DS Sivia and J Skilling. It's a graduate level text, and I found the chapters very concise and the subject well-laid out. It was one
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Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards(theguardian.com)
10 points by piqufoh 1y ago|3 comments
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We Only Hire the Trendiest(danluu.com)
3 points by piqufoh 1y ago|1 comments
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by piqufoh 1y ago
Anecdotally, "skype" was once synonymous with video calls but it's pretty much never used now.
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by piqufoh 1y ago
In many non-US countries once hired there are employment rights. You cannot simply "kick them out if they dont fit ur needs". Isn't it preferable and less stressful for everyone if you can find the right person without having
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by piqufoh 1y ago
Aaron's suggestion (which seems to have been lost?) "Click here" assumes everyone has a computer and mouse. And it's not even needed: most users of the Web understand how to follow links.
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by piqufoh 1y ago
From the bottom of the page; > contributed Sep 2001 by Aaron Swartz Thoughts -- this advice is 24 years old (and I think largely ignored) -- Aaron Swartz (!)
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by piqufoh 1y ago
Another ridiculous use case is paying for tickets in car parks, some require a smartphone (with no cash or alternative options). And UK primary schools - catching up with the kids homework, messages from the teacher - requires an app and a

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