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jrgifford

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About jrgifford

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/jrg; my proof: https://keybase.io/jrg/sigs/3g_SVV7_nHAzXUXiBzOhr12yN91HfA_-ogyVCvbmN7Y ]

blog about software and other stuff: http://armyofminions.com/

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Recent public activity

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    Confirmed on my Neo! Got 4.5 tokens / second sustained.

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    Comment #45047293

    Digits is no more, it’s DGX. Source: signup link in the press release ( https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-puts-grace-blackwe... ) now goes to DGX Spark preorder ( https://w…

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    Comment #45012678

    The more egregious attempts are likely being blocked by Cloudflare WAF / similar.

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    Comment #44286222

    The NYT believes so. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-cha... > “If I went to the top of the 19 story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my …

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    Comment #42889323

    I might be reading into it, but there seems to be a bit of a condescending tone with this comment. The "oddly specific" website has 191K followers on Instagram[1] and has done inte…

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    Comment #39936892

    Wonder what will happen to this… The UK didn’t seem to get that far 10 years ago. I remember this article coming out, but was unable to find any follow up / outcomes: https://www.t…

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    Comment #37989412

    It'll be interesting to see if they can do this better than previous attempts. I remember in 2009 when OneCommunity tried[1], 2014 when OneCommunity launched everstream, their for-…

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    Comment #20620802

    I was #2163 - I responded to an instagram post he made as he was passing through town, and we were able to make something work. I really enjoyed talking with him for an hour!

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    Comment #20040179

    Can anyone else find a source about Etsy being based on Rails? I thought they were primarily a PHP/Node shop.

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    Comment #15761530

    You're welcome! Personal experience outside of van building: His insulation instructions are pretty suspect with even a basic understanding of how insulation works. Electrical is d…

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    Comment #15759370

    As someone who is going through the process of building a van to live in... this is a terrible resource. Better ones are: - Almost anything on https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/…

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    Comment #15686372

    This is true, however he is trying to explain the idea to multiple people, so he's explaining his ideas in multiple ways. So no, it could not be a long form blog post.

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    Comment #15133188

    Still requires a X server, which docker containers won't necessarily have.

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    Comment #14999547

    +100 to StartUp. Fantastic show, even the episodes that aren't as good are fantastic.

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    Comment #14796345

    Maybe I'm weird, but that was a refreshing part. Meant that they're being honest. It's not all always a rocket ship. Sometimes it's a meteor.

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    Comment #14046480

    Which sadly no longer exists. :(

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    Comment #14043716

    What specs for the MBA?

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    Comment #14004506

    Super important, but when I posted this nobody had stated the obvious, so I did. :-)

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    Comment #14003413

    - FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: 1st party hardware - DESCRIPTION: I'd love to buy hardware from Canonical that will just work, just like I do with Apple. Dell comes close, but…

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    Comment #13776810

    "We've got redundant power - you can't!"

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    Comment #13236925

    I read 54 books (might be 56, there's still time!) in 2016. Here's the ones I recommend: Fiction: - Owner's Share by Nathan Lowell I forget who recommended I read the Solar Clipper…

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    Comment #13079924

    It won't just be S3, it could be stored in Glacier. Considering AWS just cut list price for both of those, this makes sense.

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    Comment #13059018

    That's the ROI I'm seeing at some of my clients. That said, there is one that is having great success ($10/conversion, average conversion value $200 @ 40% margin) with it because o…