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About redacted

Physicist, tinkerer, procrastinator

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    Comment #44740776

    No one should use ollama. A cursory search of r/localllama gives plenty of occassions where they've proven themselves bad actors. Here's a 'fun' overview https://www.reddit.com/r/L…

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    Comment #43047647

    Can't believe you're getting downvoted for one of Ireland's greatest cultural contributions. Behold The Rubberbandits, Horse Outside (helpfully timestamped to the lyric in question…

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    Comment #42542817

    Nvidia for compatibility, and as much VRAM as you can afford. Shouldn't be hard to find a 3090 / Ti in your price range. I have had decent success with a base 3080 but the 10GB rea…

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    Comment #36549947

    `vmIdleTimeout` in .wslconfig might be an option? Win 11 only though

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    Comment #36494143

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/awake to keep Windows itself awake?

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    Comment #36494110

    If you're able to install PowerToys it includes a utility for this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/awake

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    Comment #34547837

    If anyone is interested in using Foliate through WSL, https://opticos.github.io/openinwsl/ is great - it lets you double-click a file in Windows, then Foliate in WSL2 launches to v…

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    Comment #34112472

    Its more the fact that we're talking about Apple catching up at all . Android SOCs have been generationally behind Apple for a long time (and MediaTek in particular as a "budget" o…

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    Comment #34112284

    I'm really curious as to why Apple has been unable to reproduce their leap in CPUs in the GPU space. It's not exactly surprising when Nvidia parts handily beat the M1/M2, but when …

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    Comment #33174766

    In 22H2 it's fully keyboard drivable - Win+Z brings up the layout menu - number keys select the layout, then where in the chosen layout the current window should go - arrow keys th…

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    Comment #32713101

    The Linux/not-Windows instructions on https://github.com/hlky/stable-diffusion/wiki/Docker-Guide worked well for me using WSL2 with nvidia-docker

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    Comment #32503905

    It's available in Windows 10 (Pro or Enterprise) and all Windows 11 versions, you can activate it using 'Turn Windows features on or off': https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/…

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    Comment #28814313

    Original title - "The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux" Why remove "The best"? Feels like unnecessary editorializing

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    Comment #28757955

    Ironically enough given its reputation, but this is what Bixby is great at - controlling the _device_ with your voice using short commands - "Open Camera", "Take photo", "Delete la…

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    Comment #23204199

    If you're looking for a general-purpose tablet computer I think the Surface lineup is nearly unparalleled, with some important caveats. You get a very well built machine with the b…

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    Comment #23141159

    Just a caveat that userbenchmark (while pretty useful) is banned on several hardware subreddits for _very_ questionable scoring methods, which seem to indicate bias towards certain…

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    Comment #22353021

    Apple's iCloud upsell is far worse than Microsoft's to boot. To disable: MS / Windows 10: Uninstall the preloaded OneDrive app in the standard way Apple / macOS Catalina: Reboot to…

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    Comment #21508867

    The advice we got from our professors when writing theses was: crack open a bottle of fine whisk{e}y [0], get a couple glasses in, write (while keeping your drink topped of course)…

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    Comment #21029787

    This story is a perfect example btw, compare https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/d6v3mo/explanation_o... to the multiple defenses of Apple in these comments

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    Comment #21029741

    For whatever reason, HN is completely uncritical of anything Apple does. It has gotten to the point that _/r/apple_ tends to have a richer debate about the companies actions. It's …

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    Comment #20072538

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

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    Comment #20072199

    How is this at the top of HN? There's a lot to argue against Google and Android, but this is just inane. Complaining about the _splash screen_ of a phone? This is clickbait for /r/…

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    Comment #19198729

    The stores (and iMessage) get brought up a lot, but for the world outside the US they are a secondary consideration if they even factor in at all. There are more _Samsung_ stores i…