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it's possible Yann LeCun wasn't the right guy either. He seemed to be more focused at finding the next model architecture rather than iterating on the current LLM architecture to b…

local newspaper with an online version. You can then use the online version to try to use to hook the people into some alternative online platform for the community (a mailing list…

The amazing thing about QuakeLive is that it initially ran in a browser window. I'm not sure how it was implemented, but it was amazing and it supported Mac and Linux as well. I wo…

The author could have mentioned testing. The reason I use python scripts instead of spreadsheets for important calculations is that I can unit test the logic extensively and be sur…

what do you use for syntax highlighting? I have tried a few options but can't quite get what I need. I like url hiding (or is it called folding?) that VimWiki does for md files, bu…

> Last I read the UK intends to centrally retain proximity-contact data for 20 years. Rather than deleting when it is decided it's no longer needed to deal with the pandemic. The U…

> People don't like being tracked and Facebook has a long history of being deceptive around how and when it tracks people. you are mixing unrelated things. As an employee of a comp…

very sorry to hear that. Debit cards are convenient etc, but they don't offer much in terms of fraud protection. The general suggestion is to always use a credit card instead so th…

I remember I accidentally come to know about Masters of Doom which got me interested in Game Programming. Googling around I found a number of interesting articles such as "1500 arc…

wow, didn't know about this. I'm definitely going to attend next time!

what leaves me skeptic about these kind of alternative services like GNUSocial and Diaspora is not much when, if ever, or how they will be able to attract the necessary critical ma…