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Comment #49219179
I tried to find a way to read the entire translation of a given work but I found only being able to highlight a word to see it's meaning, not the entire translation. Maybe I missed…
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Comment #49219024
> Most often at 5 am, for whatever reason. Poo time?
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Comment #49205324
If only it could do things as predictably as a steak machine. I guess flexibility comes at a price.
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Comment #49205264
I have introduced my son to online Quake III servers where people still play regularly. The Quad Damage voiceover is still cool as hell.
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Comment #49205243
I remember the days where our data center PC had CDROM drive so someone installed Quake (can't remember II or III) and we would play while the overnight multi-hour batch jobs were …
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Comment #49205215
Alternative form of delivery required for Singapore.
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Comment #49205046
> Of course the real answer is to just never expose the model to situations where an adversarial input could possibly lead to an undesired output. But that drastically limits what …
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Comment #49195259
I have said it before: the only practical solution is two phones. Use a budget one for boring banking and government stuff. Use Linux phone for all that stuff that ad companies are…
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Comment #49194968
Sometimes there may be keybinding conflicts. Since when we have started to push back on bog standard expectations like usable buttons in a UI?
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Comment #49158350
I broadly agree with you about improving quality through working together. But even with tons of discussion, they still write code that seems fine from a distance but is weird when…
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Comment #49140411
I can't make up my mind if the simplistic narrative typical of Chinese romcom shorts is more funny or more weird.
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Comment #49131170
Simplified: Who are you and what do you want?
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Comment #49131048
I apologize for bringing you to the 29th floor instead of the 3rd floor as you requested. That's on me. I will do better next time.
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Comment #49109463
Sometimes the payoff is simply feeling good about yourself. Anything extra is just bonus.
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Comment #49109301
I remember reading about Elixir (or was it Erlang) and tried to follow a tutorial and trying to solve some simple exercises. I don't remember the details but I do remember writing …
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Comment #49095116
I use two mice just to be able to switch from the fatigued hand to the other without shifting the mouse repeatedly. I wish it was easy to have two cursors in KDE.
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Comment #49054810
All is not lost. Congratulations on taking the first step by acknowledgeing your mistake. Surrender and return the buttons and we will wipe your record clean.
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Comment #49049157
I have used tab groups and found then to be basically eating into horizontal tab space, once I created a bunch. Workspaces don't have that problem. I have tried vertical tabs but n…
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Comment #49049081
Yes, it is a saving grace and I do use it in case of accidental closure. However, the workspace feature avoids having to manage multiple windows and generally feels snappier becaus…
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Comment #49047101
Please Firefox, just implement workspaces. I'm tired of 10 windows, that I have created to segregate for each type of browsing, launching at startup and then me accidentally closin…
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Comment #49046745
The pendulum has swung way too much to the other side. Now, people have to fight for just doing a reasonably basic job testing the code while the manager breathes down their neck w…
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Comment #49045625
> I gave GPT's analysis back to Opus and it admitted its mistake How do you know if it was not mistakenly admitting its mistake?
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Comment #49029989
If I was a writer, I wouldn't use paper not because I want to write faster but because my brain works best in iterations. I want to try out an idea and see how it feels and course …
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Comment #49029940
Or maybe just use a pencil to make notes. The buyer of the second hand book can still enjoy your opinions while being able to erase them at will.
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Comment #49016053
Now I don't need to imagine how a conversation on maths between two highly intellectually advanced aliens would go like.