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raffael_de

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    Comment #49256440

    the "albeit" gives away that the person you're responding to intended to write "unintentionally".

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    Comment #49249027

    I agree. Maybe that example was chosen because what chose it was an LLM fed with data up until about 2025 and nowadays that is sadly what "hacking" has become - cartoonish, pointle…

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    Comment #49245091

    you're moving the goal post as language models and agents aren't marketed as something like circular saw but a team of carpenters that you just tell what you want and they do it fo…

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    Comment #49223422

    most medical professions have higher rate. it's usually attributed to being constantly subjected to pain and suffering plus physicians can source pharmaceuticals to exit softly. ne…

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    Comment #49223275

    i'm pretty sure that segment has lower than average suicide rate. well paid, well educated.

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    Comment #49220654

    As someone who grew up with Windows the canonical equivalent action would have been to select "install" from the dmg file's context menu (which is opened by a right click). The Mac…

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    Comment #49193974

    also the retrograde auto corrections drive me nuts ... like i type a word (correct) then next word and it adjusts the previous word. attempted several times to deactivate that "fea…

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    Comment #49154293

    > In January 2024, after it came out that far right politicians had talked about deporting people who already hold a German passport That is - as determined by a German court - som…

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    Comment #49138517

    "senior developer deliberately self-sabotaged side-hustle by unnecessarily using kubernetes and kafka instead of docker and rabbitmq - where his employers safe?"

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    Comment #49117755

    next time fifa will introduce the pee break 10 minutes after the hydration break

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    Comment #49111047

    being good at fighting fires is part of the problem as that allows people to keep natural limited area fires from happen regularly and then eventually you get one huge fire.

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    Comment #49085016

    don't forget the legal costs insurance to pay the lawyer making the LTD insurance actually pay and a second legal costs insurance to pay the lawyer suing the primary LCI as they wi…

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    Comment #49067618

    what is the appeal of cassette sound effects / analog cassette sounds? is it nostalgia?

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    Comment #49033547

    > AI contributions using AI is not vibe coding. the difference is whether a developer takes responsibility and the according measures before releasing/contributing or not.

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    Comment #49033440

    Not just an issue with Walkmans but also other device types like digital cameras and Mp3 players. Sad because it seems like more and more people discover the appeal of dedicated de…

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    Comment #49021042

    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti

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    Comment #49009517

    I offer this lesseon: don't bother trying to impress "the average person" (or anybody). do what gives you joy.

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    Comment #48994609

    is it just me or is this one-upping each other every few days getting ridiculous secreting a whiff of desperation?

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    Comment #48967796

    okay, beerware, then.

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    Comment #48961439

    are you speaking from experience?

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    Comment #48961367

    There's a special rung in hell for people who waste good Orval.

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    Comment #48957238

    the key differentiator is it's driven by open source software and leaves you in control over your data. i shouldn't have to tell you this. given the price point nobody would buy th…

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    Comment #48952537

    I'd suspect that a watch like the Pebble isn't syncing time with a Quartz crystal but by counting processor ticks - that would be a lot less precise in the long run.

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    Comment #48945297

    maybe. i don't see the appeal of 30 days battery at the expense of such relevant features. 3 days would be more than enough for me. also, considering that the watch is practically …

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    Comment #48944829

    also recommended for government abuse victims.