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by taftster 20d ago
I'd love to play a game that uses these as building blocks. Is there anything that approaches it?
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by taftster 1mo ago
Interesting. I thought it was because the river emptied into the Gulf closest to the state of Mississippi. Like, it would have been slightly unintuitive to have named it the Missouri River all the way down past those Gulf Coast states. The
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by taftster 1mo ago
I was noticing that when I grab and spin the globe, most of the river systems shown on the map disappear (as do the wind flow indicators). But a few major river systems still remain on the map. In the United States, I thought it was interes
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by taftster 1mo ago
This is probably true. Today. But I think we're finding the problems LLMs are solving to be both paradoxically predictable but surprising at the same time. Not saying you're wrong, but scheduling and bin-packing seem like cards th
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by taftster 2mo ago
I mean, "breaks down" is different from "scheduled maintenance". Most definitely the later can be scheduled during less busy hours.
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by taftster 2mo ago
Yes, it's definitely more likely for an individual already in an upper floor to return to ground than a stop above or below. The people queuing up in simulations don't seemingly get this right all the time. Also the group of peopl
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by taftster 2mo ago
In these various elevator algorithms, it's not commonly discussed the overall wear and tear on the elevator. More movements would typically translate to faster repair times. Hydraulic fluids needing to be replaced, parts breaking, etc.
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by taftster 2mo ago
Could you put that in units of HP Printers and Toner please?
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by taftster 2mo ago
Easy for you to say, assuming your PC is clean. I don't think negligent is the right word though. Ignorant maybe? Or some form of naivety? The negligence might be on software or hardware vendors, but grandma isn't to blame for the
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by taftster 2mo ago
I'd suggest just ensuring that the entire rules of chess are first evaluated or supported in a chess program, before worrying about ELO rating, etc.
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by taftster 3mo ago
I mean, since we're doing reddit style, no need?
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by taftster 3mo ago
Have we become reddit here? I mean, you probably have some sympathy and upvotes from fellow readers, but this isn't pushing the conversation forward at all. Any citations to your statement that NSA produces nothing? Or do you have a st
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by taftster 4mo ago
And maybe not even the tests. Just a specification for the tests.
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by taftster 5mo ago
Yes. And truthfully, I try to remember to only ever navigate my project folders (particularly those under revision control) using command line and/or IDE folder views. But eventually, for whatever reason, I use Finder to go looking int
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by taftster 5mo ago
> That said, never seeing another .DS_Store should be a system-wide option! Yes please.
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by taftster 6mo ago
I need this for the junk in my life. Like, did I even use such-and-such thing in the past decade? If not, toss it out (ideally to a reuse store). I'm trying to get to a place where I think of all my purchases as rentals. That it's
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by taftster 6mo ago
Or that it's taking into account the Dunning-Kruger effect. In that, if you think you are an expert in all cases, you are really a beginner in everything.
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by taftster 6mo ago
The modern age of video games, that's probably correct. And you're right, music probably compares at some level, especially given that it predates cinema. I wonder if ancient theater (Shakespeare, et al) would qualify. Probably. I
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by taftster 6mo ago
Agreed. To say "good riddance" to Hollywood scares me. Like we are giving up and accepting generated slop and influencers from now on. There's a lot of bad movies, but just as you said, very few mediums have thusly pierced th
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by taftster 6mo ago
I like your comment, but it seems the author acknowledged this as a caveat to the algorithm. >Many home routers try to preserve the source port in external mappings. This is a property called “equal delta mapping” – it won’t work on all
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by taftster 7mo ago
"good laptops" yes. But I haven't seen a "great" one in a very long time. The Windows market is asleep at the wheel and a copilot button is not going to resuscitate it. I think the Surface is as close to great as yo
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by taftster 7mo ago
> Other than Microsoft nobody even makes decent laptops in the Windows world. I completely agree. I actually quit like and get along with my Surface Laptop. It's a really nice computer overall, worthy. It's the closest you ge
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by taftster 7mo ago
Well, it should be the approver of the PR, not the author (AI slop or human slop) that is accountable. I don't ever want an AI to auto-approve a PR (or maybe only for very small things, like dependency-bot kind of tasks). Not saying
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by taftster 7mo ago
You overestimate my ability to keep mental context for 6 months. And additionally, most of the PRs I have seen reviewed, the quality hasn't really degraded or improved since LLMs have started contributing. I think we have been rubber s
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by taftster 7mo ago
This used to happen a lot. But I don't think that many modern builders require existing directory these days. Your point is valid though. It would be much preferable to include build/ in your root .gitignore so that the directory
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by taftster 7mo ago
Both points here are appreciated. One that a README file as a "placeholder" for a directory gives the opportunity to describe why said empty directory exists. I would be slightly concerned though if my build process picked up this
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by taftster 7mo ago
I agree with you. Empty .gitignore would be a "smell" to me. Whereas .gitkeep tells me exactly what purpose it serves. I like the semantic difference here that you describe. I don't like when multiple .gitignore files are lit
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by taftster 7mo ago
I'm not sure that governments actually create them, not prolifically at least. There's been some state actor influence over the years, for sure. However, exploits that are known (only) by a state actor would most definitely be a c
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by taftster 7mo ago
I don't want to be called "gorgeous", but I admit that some of my "love language" is positive affirmations. As a man, I want to know that I am making a positive impact on my family, my wife, my community, my work. I
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by taftster 7mo ago
I'm so grateful for flat LCD screens. Man, all those CRT boxes. Yikes. The rest of this video, it doesn't look like the world has changed all that much since 1995. Computing just kind of looks the same. I guess minus the lack of p

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