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> a decent, modern replacement for...G602 What's wrong with the G502? I like the wired G502 pretty well. Ideally I'd tweak the shape to be a little more like the M500s shape, but I…

> Can I safely uninstall the extension and keep my existing containers, names, colors, icons, cookies, and active sessions? Great question. As a very satisfied, long time user of 2…

Theoretically I'm kinda rich, but I feel the crunch at the grocery store. I buy the highest quality, lowest cost stuff I can find. There can be a positive story here maybe though: …

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> similar to asking Siri to ask chatGPT to ask XYZ Effectively, it sort of does that, but really it just listens to the wakeword and opens/switches to the requested app & modality.…

Yeah, ChatGPT voice is great experience vs. Siri on that phone. In case you haven't done something like this already: 1. In Shortcuts app, make shortcut named "AI Voice Mode" (or w…

All emails should be 2 lines only, is something I learned when I started working in an office. For example, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHAT YOU NEED FROM YOUR AUDIENCE (RESPONSE OR DECISI…

> Not a great time price-wise to be building a NAS That under-states the matter. It is a terrible time, price-wise, to build a NAS. I'd almost rather have no AI whatsoever and have…

Keychron K1 Max is the best tenkeyless ultra-slim keyboard IMO, and just about perfect. I'd say it's a "small keyboard" in width and in height. Mechanical, can be fairly quiet (wit…

Correct. It does not require a "service" to consume multiple blogs efficiently, just simply "software" (an app will do). The below RSS readers pretty much do their job and get out …

Discourse has one major technical challenge currently, that I know about. It doesn't work (for being logged in and interacting) on iOS 15 and older as of the past year. It's view-o…

That's true, and avoiding (direct) argument may well be the #1 takeaway in How to Win Friends And Influence People. I read it in my early 20s and at that time my main takeaway, as …

Underlying reproducibility is integrity. Underlying integrity is rigor. Underlying rigor is education. It goes deep, for sure, IMO.

Following up, after comparing all the options, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Thanks, those are pretty good!

Did anyone generate a pelican riding a bicycle? I tried two of the Krea 2 models in LM Studio, but loading the downloaded models errored out. (Maybe I'm doing it wrong, since it's …

>> > Software is now very easily replicable > any evidence of this. "Any evidence" you say? I think something has moved. As of Autumn/Winter 2025, I can say "Here's a complete enou…

I think we agree. I certainly agree with what you've written. You may not agree with my opinions, and that's fine. In any case, you've inspired me to post the original reply I had …

Points taken and appreciated. Thanks.

I appreciate the feedback.

> She has cried a lot in the last one year for the mess science research has become. At least it's a good thing that we're able to a) observe and b) talk about and c) acknowledge o…

What's the best alternative? Flickr? I don't want to self-host my photos, too much management. I don't want to use Apple or Google or MS Clouds for various reasons. I do want to su…

I loved the n900 daily from mid-late 2010 to ~mid-2012. Text editor on "Debian". "Desktop" Firefox. Terminal. Maps. Some decent other apps: a good drawing app that I used on the tr…