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wfurney

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About wfurney

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    Comment #48954994

    Great idea and execution. Really nice job.

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    Comment #48317787

    Yep. It’s like Act 3 of Baldurs Gate 3, you feel the pressure from the world around you to go fast even though you could take as long as you want

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    Comment #48113370

    A .llm file extension might be in order :)

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    Comment #48082390

    I’m interested in the “non-trivial” point as well, this seems to be a common refrain from the anti-LLM tech crowd, “LLMs aren’t good at doing anything non-trivial”, well is that re…

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    Comment #48082378

    Everybody seems to want them to be scissors, or at least to treat them as such, but even still the reason everyone can use scissors so well is because they’ve practiced with them, …

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    Comment #48049228

    Thanks for your comment. I’m not very familiar with permacomputing so am trying to understand it more. I wouldn’t say im advocating for an apolitical movement necessarily, as much …

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    Comment #48049130

    Thank you for your comment. I certainly am not familiar with permacomputing, so I accept your characterization and understand I have more to learn. With that said I feel like you h…

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    Comment #48046971

    Exactly, their introduction seems broadly applicable: > Whether you are a tech specialist, someone who uses a computer for daily tasks, or deals with technology only occasion, ther…

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    Comment #47290149

    Interesting point that I haven't thought about before, thanks for sharing.

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    Comment #46682837

    > Luxury Yacht reads your .kube directory and loads your existing kubeconfig files. It does not create kubeconfig files, nor will it ever modify them in any way. It's up to you to …

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    Comment #45862030

    Devil’s advocate here. Huge drawback is a relative POV considering the vast majority of people who play computer games do so on Windows, using Steam. I feel it worth mentioning tha…

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    Comment #45754978

    Interesting you say that, I had an instinctual reaction in that vein as well. I chalked it up to bias since I couldn’t think of any concrete examples. Something about the webpage b…

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    Comment #43759333

    I have never heard of Prolog before so this was cool. I did think the "make sure the flashlight is turned on" point was kind of confusing. I have the battery and flashlight, but th…

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    Comment #41617102

    I was at a hotel and called down to the front desk when an obvious “AI” answered. It was easy enough to ask for more towels but they never showed up, who knows why. Maybe the reque…

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    Comment #41384679

    PowerToys run and FlowLauncher both have good plugins that use Everything: https://github.com/lin-ycv/EverythingPowerToys https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Ever…

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    Comment #37517521

    Works for me on a dedicated IP. They were down the other day so maybe some residual issues. Try here https://web.archive.org/web/20230915001212/https://www.theat...

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    Comment #37517464

    https://archive.ph/SkKbm

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    Comment #37489403

    Nice classic email spam at the end of that thread! > "All we require from you is your willingness and ability to receive the funds in question"

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    Comment #37469034

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230911143418/https://www.nasa....

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    Comment #37141788

    I've also been experimenting with the C# implementation https://github.com/trrahul/llama2.cs

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    Comment #36979659

    Or start with more common languages then switch to another type of grouping. For example, Swedish, Finnish, Norweigan, German, Dutch, etc

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    Comment #36979557

    Cool project, I might recommend ordering the language list alphabetically