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by quag 1mo ago
Thank you. I love using duckdb and frequently query directly from zstd compressed files (and write out new ones). They’re easy to inspect using visidata and make outer use of. I found the talk interesting and enjoyable.
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by quag 3mo ago
Sadly, Microsoft 365 is not “pixel perfect” compared to word. I often run into headaches where line numbers are different between the two and content ends up on different pages. If Microsoft can’t get consistent rendering of word docs betwe
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by quag 5mo ago
I agree with you on the Casio fx-115ES Plus 2nd Edition. I picked one up two years ago for $11.41. It naturally writes out equations, has a backspace and is generally excellent. I still love my HP RPN calculators, but the fx-115ES works nic
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by quag 5mo ago
I’ve spent many hours using Basilisk II.
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by quag 6mo ago
It reminds me of around 2002 when Microsoft named everything ".net".
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by quag 6mo ago
iOS seems to mute the web audio apis when the phone is in silent mode (the switch on the side of the phone). If you toggle it on, then this site (and many others) play sound. I have no idea why it works this way and it’s frequently annoying
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by quag 6mo ago
That .zig-cache seems massive to me. I keep mine on a tmpfs and remove it every time the tmpfs is full. Do you see any major problems when you remove your .zig-cache and start over?
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by quag 8mo ago
After implementing a number of dithering approaches, including blue noise and the three line approach used in modern games, I’ve found that quasi random sequences give the best results. Have you tried them out? https://extremelea
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by quag 10mo ago
How do you update the software in the containers when new versions come out or vulnerabilities are actively being exploited? My understanding is that when using containers updating is an ordeal and you avoid the need my never exposing the s
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by quag 10mo ago
Thank you! I’ll have to take a look.
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by quag 1y ago
I recommend starting here: https://youtu.be/nKCT-Cdk0xY Once you understand and use this approach, you can figure out most other approaches you need to use.
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by quag 1y ago
Thank you for the description of CBC. I'm curious about it and your thinking on how to track things over time and see what has surprised us since we got started. It is useful to note down every time you (or your team) sets an expectati
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by quag 1y ago
Ok, I'll bite. From the article I can't really figure out what collaborating by contract (CBC) is, how it works in practice or how to introduce it to an organization. A search in Google for "Collaborate by contract" give
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by quag 1y ago
It sounds like you've got something specific in mind when you say, "modeling". The term modeling is used in a lot of different situations to mean different things. For example, it could mean to make a 3d model in Blender, it
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by quag 1y ago
Thanks for that! Here is a longer video about the scanimate, including demos of a currently working machine and an interview with an operator and an engineer. https://youtu.be/i1aT_CqhyQs
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by quag 1y ago
Yes and no. The H-1B visa is "dual intent" [1] and you are allowed to apply for and receive a green card (permanent resident card) while on an H-1B. After 5 years with permanent residence you can apply for citizenship. It is a com
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by quag 1y ago
Yes. Most MacBooks used in businesses don’t have an iCloud account associated with them. The store doesn’t work, but that doesn’t seem to be an issue. Downloading and installing applications by dragging them from the installer to the Applic
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by quag 2y ago
That sounds interesting. Can you say a little more about how this works?
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by quag 2y ago
Motion sickness in Far Cry is why I stopped playing first person or any 3D games. It has taken about 20 years before I seriously tried again and figured out that with higher frame rates and wide enough FoV I could actually play them again.
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by quag 2y ago
I have a DM42 and have had it a few years. I haven’t had to replace the battery yet. There are times when I used it everyday, and times I leave it sitting on the shelf for months. I also have an HP42, and it eats batteries. I assume it has
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by quag 2y ago
Wouldn’t two symbols with a 1:1 ratio have four possible bit patterns for two bits? (00,01,10,11) With the ratio only happening on average over a large number of bits? Id there really could only be 01 or 10, then those are the two symbols i
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by quag 2y ago
The free book on partial evaluations: http://www.itu.dk/people/sestoft/pebook/
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by quag 2y ago
Is the microsd card holder like this one? https://www.printables.com/model/691366-apple-watch-wristban...
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by quag 3y ago
Thanks for the reply! I think I've figured out why I couldn't get any of the examples to run. I was using the debug build rather than the release build. Take sqrt.candy for example, it takes 26 seconds to compile (25s) and execute
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by quag 3y ago
Thanks! I’ll give Matrix a go. It is fun packaging software up and getting it out there.
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by quag 3y ago
I have take a weakness for languages like Candy. A word of warning for those eager to dive in like myself. Candy seems to require a nightly build of Rust from 2024-02-22 (that's two days ago). After building, it gave me a 157MB binary
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by quag 3y ago
While trying to get reviews, I posted on a forum a few times (I think it was this one). Got a little traction, got great advice and updated the patches. Sadly I hit the forum’s new user posting limits and was unable to get the reviews to gi
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by quag 3y ago
The article about types of one on ones has stuck with me: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-update-the-vent-and-t...
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by quag 3y ago
SOON is new to me. I think it stands for “Success, Obstacles, Options, and Next steps”. Which is a decent list of things to zoom in on when people are working on things for you. https://trainingindustry.com/articles/per
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by quag 3y ago
Is the author claiming that LLMs are Markov Chain text generators? That is, the probability distribution of the next token generated is the same as the probability of those token sequences in the training data? If so, does it suggest we cou

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