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projektfu
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About projektfu
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I currently send most "hear me out" tech cold calls to spam.
I may be responding to you but I might not be contradicting you.
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Comment #49194924
On the flip side, a lot of amazing pop artists had incredible musicality as well as the ability to write scores. Mel Torme, for example.
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Comment #49194828
I agree with pjmlp, it's become a substitute for actually interviewing/evaluating the candidate. Especially if they are trying to hire for something they don't already have, it's a…
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Comment #49191844
cf. vanilla
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Comment #49191044
I have used a browser on iOS, but I haven't seen a real ZUI there. Maybe one level like Mission Control. Maps is a different thing, there is just the map. There aren't a lot of thi…
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Comment #49188665
I am too lazy to do the work but in that time frame I considered that a zooming/hierarchical view would be a nice way to browse the web, with followed links appearing as new pages …
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Comment #49188240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooming_user_interface They mostly do not gain a lot of users. Good luck!
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Comment #49158286
I was at a Brazilian restaurant in the US that had TVs showing a well-known Brazilian singer/guitarist performing, and the middle-school-aged kids at the table next to me were disc…
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Comment #49158108
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Comment #49157932
The best read I can give it is that the police like slop just as much as anyone, and when the computer says "found it" they say "ok" and don't bother checking, especially if they'r…
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Comment #49157768
Also, Brave Mobile, by default, seems to block most ads.
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Comment #49157754
The swiftness with which this company went from "We are setting up cameras in neighborhoods where we were invited by HOA, representing the homeowners" to "We set up cameras on publ…
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Comment #49157350
Scout's honor!
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Comment #49154527
Honestly, the only reason why my new laptop was a Mac was because I couldn't get a comparable one without a Copilot button. I use both control keys. Yes, I know about system 76 and…
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Comment #49154030
In medical notes you definitely want the telegraphic. It's both easier to find the keywords, and easier to manually prune extraneous notes.
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Comment #49153788
So often the sources listed by an LLM are just reddit posts, so this will be an ouroboros pretty soon.
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Comment #49123442
For my medical notes assistant I had to set a global "write in a telegraphic, minimal style" because it was fluffing up every aspect of the notes. Nobody wants to read that BS and …
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Comment #49056995
Memories of coding in FoxPro 2.5, with the reference manual on my lap. I wasn't the original programmer, so I had to figure out another guy's copypasta. There were BBSes back then …
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Comment #49053886
"The hottest and most promising operating system kernel in development, the GNU Hurd, has published another summary of its most recent quarter of development." Yikes, is the sarcas…
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Comment #49050091
Latin, but it doesn't have mixed roots as a word.
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Comment #49048235
It is most likely covered (in the US?) unless it was leaking from negligence or was specifically prohibited in the lease. Obviously, read your policy and your lease for details. So…
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Comment #49048190
I know the ship has sailed, but wouldn't something like "zoohydroponics" be more descriptive than just changing from Greek-rooted hydro to Latin-rooted aqua?
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Comment #49046379
I don't disagree, especially with depression, anxiety and ADHD. But many people with more fulminant mental disorders in tribal societies would have been lucky to become shamans, mo…
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Comment #49038620
Yes, VAST is specifically not ADHD, although a disorder is really defined by how it affects you. For example, some people worry too much, other people have generalized anxiety diso…
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Comment #49035490
Before 1992, we browsed newsgroups, watched TV, or played with swords while compiling. That is, if you weren't using Turbo Pascal, with its near-instantaneous turnaround. https://x…