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40,765karma·16,215submissions·June 22, 2018
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My impression as a Mutt user (which never downloads linked content) is that spammers don’t really care about whether an inbox is “monitored” or not.
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It’s basically Turing-complete: https://simoncozens.github.io/fonts-and-layout/features.html Once something is Turing-complete, the magic turns from black to white. ;)…
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Side question: Why is nobody making QR codes on web pages clickable (regardless if it’s an image or text-based)? Not every QR code represents a URL, of course, but many do. Maybe there should be a qr…
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They said it in reference to web 2.0 and Facebook (“those”), and the start of both fell into that 5-10 year window.
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As a technical point, note that however there is no legal requirement to follow this reference. Wallet providers can choose a different implementation.
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I was hoping that the author would live in the last 20%, but Pangram says that the article is 100% AI-generated.
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Are RAM prices down?
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That’s no good if you want uncensored DNS.
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I don’t think God has any choice regarding math and logic.
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They only allow it for specific companies and agencies, which are trusted with the less restricted model. The general public is still not trusted to use Fable, apparently.
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https://archive.ph/6KeRV
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Despite the headline, the article is largely AI-positive. > To that end, here are four pointers for politicians and AI companies looking for policies. Extrapolating from the past, none of these are…
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Using the same design system doesn’t make you accidentally create the exact same UI screens.
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You can bypass the account requirement using https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU . Of course that isn’t endorsed by Microsoft.…
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The tool linked by the parent doesn't download ISOs from non-official sources.
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You can use https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU to bypass the account requirement.
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You can’t even unit-test for correct program logic, unless you’re able to enumerate all possible inputs and states within a short time frame.
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The longer you lock in contracts into the future, the more expensive they get. And Apple also doesn’t want to lock themselves into volume commitments for specific production lines and at certain pri…
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Regarding coding, the characters “:={” are all vertically centered differently.
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Copyright isn’t about information.
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The talk is about this: https://thealliance.ai/projects/tapestry Collaboratively trained open-weight models, is my understanding.…
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IMO the more useful distinction is in analogy to VPS versus SaaS/PaaS. Open models allow you to use any inference provider you like, including local ones, similar to running open-source software …
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