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rocketvole

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    Comment #49005679

    man, my respect for kde continues to increase

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    Comment #48977857

    You could replace "robotics" with "AI" in what you wrote above, and it would sound like what people were saying about llms when they first came out. Not trying to glaze one way or …

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    Comment #48914425

    Electronic devices that only need to do a handful of basic things like smartwatches and ereaders theoretically have less software complexity, which makes writing good software for …

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    Comment #48838469

    I feel like these games exist- they just aren't popular, or are typically subpar in one way or another. The problem is that I feel like video games have become like music- there is…

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    Comment #48663907

    if they are using the next gen iphone soc it'll have 12gb soldered on.

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    Comment #48615158

    Does anyone know how to get math and formulas to play well if I am switching to libreoffice? This is genuinely my only concern. It seems that inline formulas are difficult and clun…

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    Comment #48121476

    It's really hard to recommend Prusa for the average person when non-enclosed printers go for 1k usd and multifilament is >2k, while creality and bambu go for 700 for multifilament,…

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    Comment #48075393

    The tech behind this is fascinating- isn't this just how a wiimote works? So simple yet shocked that no one has thought of this before. Pricing seems incredibly reasonable as well …

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    Comment #47978730

    could try lobsters, pretty much everything posted is the same

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    Comment #47933515

    where do open source apps fit into this philosophy?

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    Comment #47905113

    Ada Palmer is also the author of "Terra Ignota" which is a highly philosophical and operatic sci-fi series. Incredibly ambitious and unique imo- highly reccommend

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    Comment #47876141

    From the perspective of someone with a touchscreen windows device, I agree. I rarely used the touchscreen not because it wasnt useful, but because it was unwieldy on windows. I bou…

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    Comment #47854684

    priced at $1,300 for an i5 with no ram, storage or operating system. Macs really are killing it right now

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    Comment #47800611

    ...can I ask why?

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    Comment #47770315

    the fact that I'm into a lot of the topics that you've listed but have never heard of these creators simply underscores the sheer scale of youtube

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    Comment #47468836

    I mean, a lot of the issues that they says they'll fix can be patched with third party tools. They won't get rid of ads or tracking, or anything significant. affect their bottom li…

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    Comment #47236109

    I think its because compsci people know what they need to a greater degree than other majors. It's easier to upsell a computer to someone who doesn't really know about computers. I…

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    Comment #47236016

    i think orcasclicer suffers from the same issue. Not really sure why some oss projects struggle with this issue and others don't (notepad++)

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    Comment #47223513

    this is personal anecdote, but I've noticed that the overall quality of comments has plummeted quite drastically within the last few months. It's a little disappointing since its w…

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    Comment #47077335

    this is truly a seismic shift. I also wonder if it will now be easier to block these ads- there is no need for a sponsorblock type "time skip" when we can just identify ads based o…

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    Comment #46812618

    dang, I thought for a second that they were "Now" getting serious about drivers for linux.

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    Comment #46632708

    a lot of people buy rpis because they are the only reasonable option for connectivity with power. I'm not sure what other devices you can get that have gpio and mipi connectivity w…

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    Comment #46632645

    What? Sure, its technically using technology by hailo, but it's definitely from the RPI organization

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    Comment #46537631

    It was really the only reason I considered getting one. I suspect this will be relevant to more people than you might expect- iirc it's the only titanium (metal?) credit card you c…