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I used to transcribe his articles to a text file and post them to Usenet. Fond memories of that time.

There's a feeling of abandonment online, and the optimist in me is wondering if maybe people would rather be doing something else. This is pollyannaish, but I'd love to imagine tha…

Is higher or lower "better"?

Are there any white label apps for mobile that merely act as a UI for whatever backend chat service you'd like? I want a polished plain UI that I can hookup to my own LLM Chat back…

> Today’s youth are more proactive with their identities these days than we were. I wanted to echo this and say that I believe younger people create a "symphony" with their identit…

Ideogram generated this image on their own site. Fun way to "leak" an update.

I have upgraded to the $200 Pro tier, and, with o1-pro, all of my tasks delegated to the "junior" have been so much better. It takes longer to complete, of course, but the overall …

Sincere question - my mom always told me to never put wooden utensils in the dishwasher, but I never got a great answer as to why. I put my wooden spatulas in there. My question is…

Thirded

There was an episode of the German Krimi series Tatort yesterday that had a plot that centered around Havana Syndrome.

I don’t want to suggest this person themselves is wrong, but it seems that this is just part of the back and forth among scientists and not in and of itself the correct answer. Met…

Anytime I see a photo taken on actual film, even though it's been digitized for posting online, there's a visceral reaction of beauty. To you point of DALL-E being the disposable c…

I wrote a paper for a class a few months ago. In a previous life, I was a tech-audience editor that required writing article titles with a hook to lure people into reading. On my f…

This is true, but that law (BIPA) applies to private entities. i.e., government orgs and contractors are exempt. Regardless, this new legislation is good. I would like to see the c…

This is what the data is based on. I've read the book and it's totaling all square footage in the country devoted to parking lots vs. housing. Essentially after the math, each car …

https://apps.ankiweb.net/ There should be a link there to the official app.

This is my #1 need. I was a paying customer, but eventually got uncomfortable with the remote data and cancelled my subscription.

Not headaches, but I say that "my brain is tired".

I saved my paper route money and was trying to decide between an NES and an SMS. I think I chose the SMS because it was different. Everyone had an NES. But as time went on, I wishe…

I took the leap and tried to log in. It said there was no account, so I guess the delete worked?

Allegedly, I ditched my Facebook account years ago. Not just deactivated but delete, though I don’t really believe it. Is there anyway to see what’s in this (or to see if my accoun…

Agreed. In any large org, you’ll have thoughts and opinions all over the place and I’m sure you could find much more damaging stuff than these comments. Folks just need to learn no…