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alaudet

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About alaudet

old chill IT greybeard

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49244870

    That's probably already happened. This is smoke and mirrors. Monorail...MoNoRail...MONORAIL!!!!!

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    Comment #48812661

    Been using Openwrt for years, router and access points. Any new AP I buy has to has to be supported by Openwrt. I have probably bought 7 or 8 old AP's at yard sales over the years …

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    Comment #48746271

    What software do you run on the streaming boxes.

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    Comment #48746186

    They could make so much money selling them. I hope they do. I bought a M920 tiny Lenovo with 32GB of RAM and an i5-8500. Stuck a 2TB NVME (when they were reasonable) and the whole …

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    Comment #48746109

    The old internet is still there, people just choose to use the modern services of the internet instead. I was around in the 90's and remember very well usenet,irc and gopher sites.…

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    Comment #48697474

    You don't even have to go that old. There are so many companies that upgrade tiny pc's its created a whole self hosting community with the tiny lenovo, hp and dell unit's. It's not…

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    Comment #48634620

    Actually, rich people and not so rich people who don't mind borrowing more than they can afford. I'm not rich by any means and there are much worse of than me dumping a couple mont…

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    Comment #48619003

    https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10301952-updates-to-o... "These updates apply only to consumer accounts (Claude Free, Pro, and Max plans)."

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    Comment #48618988

    100% the exact second I get some popup telling me to upload documents to continue is when claude pro gets decommissioned.

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    Comment #48534940

    I've been building a retirement income optimizer much like you see financial analysts use to optimize different sources of income to minimize taxes during retirement and ensure you…

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    Comment #48424878

    It's amazing how many intelligent people don't understand this. People on the internet just like to complain. Not one single person is being denied anything, each and everyone one …

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    Comment #48170363

    I had a conversation with Claude yesterday about this very topic. The AI was pretty candid about the issue and said many of the same things the author said. Now I am not sure if I …

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    Comment #48123622

    Looks solid, I had never even heard of them.

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    Comment #48121178

    I am not running a company, just a household but this article speaks to me. I have given this topic plenty of thought in the past year as I have a growing unease with large America…

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    Comment #48075778

    Excellent thanks

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    Comment #48075187

    Great info, thanks

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    Comment #48075168

    You got me really interested here, I ran my own mailserver years ago and eventually just gave it up. I am getting rid of Google Workspace and have been planning a migration to Prot…

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    Comment #48062196

    Scaling is a problem. But my mind keeps running in circles as to how you could do this. Maybe organically through a "web of trust" like gpg. Bob trusts Alice --> Alice trusts John,…

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    Comment #48057289

    Some definitely enjoy the dopamine hits and get addicted to the doom scrolling. Maybe I am just too old to understand it and the internet is passing me by. Some of us still like co…

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    Comment #48055982

    The balance is so far out of whack with LLM's now in online communities. People crave human interaction with like minded individuals, and whoever figures out how to give authentic …

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    Comment #48039470

    I'm talking about your personal knowledge base and your processes for getting stuff done, you take that with you when you leave and it belongs to you. Of course what you create bel…

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    Comment #48021520

    I sadly have to agree with this. In a collaborative "give and take" world sharing is good. In an environment that takes only, all you have left is your own intellectual property. I…

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    Comment #48021382

    As a 3 year retired Systems Analyst I feel bad for my younger colleagues. In 2023 I was one of the first in my team to use AI to untangle some legacy code that did something missio…

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    Comment #47996531

    Have you considered Linux on bare metal and a Windows VM for your coding? Two monitor setup and you can have Windows on one side when working then all your other daily stuff is in …

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    Comment #47879281

    I think smart policy would be a good start. I just made a comment on the sign of our times. I could have worded my one line reply better. I do think it will be difficult to regulat…