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I was trying to ignore the classic tells of LLM writing, but I still find them irksome when reading an otherwise informative article. There is just too much fluff in the language

I'm a software engineer and recently got my pilot's license, and the training for the pilot's license increased my (already-high) respect for the aviation profession. All pilots le…

The marketing copy here is low quality. It spends a lot of words explaining what this isn't instead of what it is. It also just sounds like AI in an off-putting way. What does it m…

I have been looking for this on Linux (Gnome) and would love something like it. I can't find a simple way to get system-level voice input.

I signed up for updates! I have been looking for something exactly like this for home automation, to detect occupancy, pets, etc. I am very excited to pair it with HomeAssistant!

"Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Edwards is a good introduction to drawing. I think in particular it is a good explanation of how much of drawing is learning to look at …

Oakland CA USA, symmetric 1 Gbps fiber for $35/mo (but actual speed is usually a bit lower than that) from Monkeybrains

On the topic of PDF tools running in the browser, I made a simple app to split apart large-format pages for printing at home: https://splitpdfs.com/ I use it to print posters and b…

Those previews are great! I like that I can start reading the article before clicking it.

I would say you should try it. If it calls you like it called me, it will feel like you're in the right place. Yes, you can meet amazing people and no, the insane beauty of twin pe…

If you were to for example plug each end into a computer hoping to transfer files between them, both would try to act as the USB host.

Wow, this is exactly the project I have been working on for the past few weeks, down to the abstraction of "tables," "starting a new table," and shuffling around at will! I was eve…

Great introduction to the technology! I rarely see such a clear explanation of how new products work.

Do you have any tips for getting the touchpad to work well? Mine picks up palm touches and the only solution I've found is to disable the edges of the touch pad.

Do you find that managing versions between the different repos causes overhead? Besides allowing independent main branch management, what are the advantages of having many small re…

I also use deja-dup but lately it seems to choke when trying to determine what to back up (I have about 175 GB of files, which doesn't seem outrageous). Have you had any issues wit…

I just got one with the discrete graphics, and it works great with nvidia-prime. I only had to configure the touchpad a bit to avoid bumping it while I type. I upgraded from my bel…