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What do you think "a whole swath of our population" means?
I looked in the dictionary while replying. A swath is a broad group. Your example is a narrow group. I replied carefully, not wanting to nitpick. But I think the distinction is important.
When I encounter a site where the first thing I see is a pop up to subscribe, or prompt about opting out of cookies, or 60 second ad to watch a 30 second video, I just leave the site.
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A toaster ASIC… Maybe that's what I could have done with Butterfly Labs[1] Jalapeno (sic, no ñ) devices I was given, all laser-etched with "WARRANTY VOID". They could only do SHA256(SHA256(x)), and man did they put out a lot of heat. Reportedly, the chip was unusually dense and took a long time to validate. I'd have needed to alter the thermal throttling behaviour in the firmware, I suppose. [1] Yes, the one that was…
My grandmother has a toaster from 1958 that has the smoothest glide function I have ever witnessed on a toaster. The toast doesn't pop up, it floats up, quietly. You have to pay attention to is so your toast doesn't go cold because it is so stealthy. It broke after a few years of use way back in the day, roughly 1960 or so, as the story goes) and my granddad fixed it, losing a few screws from the toaster in the proce…
Dear enchanting toaster, I beseech thee to weave a symphony of flavor and texture, guided by the poetic brushstrokes of my desires. Listen, oh marvelous appliance, as I unfold a tale of toast that shall stir the heart and captivate the senses.
In this culinary journey, I yearn for a slice of bread transformed into a work of edible art — a toast that embodies the very essence of ethereal romance. Picture, if you will, my slice of pristine bread within you, its delicate countenance kissed by the gentle touch of dawn's first light. Let it bask in the warmth of your toasting chamber, embracing the fiery caress that will awaken its hidden splendor.
With tender patience, allow your heat to coax forth a golden radiance upon the bread's surface, reminiscent of sun-kissed fields at twilight. Let the transformation be a gradual dance, like the opening petals of a blossoming rose, revealing a spectrum of hues that shall ignite the senses. Let the crust turn into a testament of commitment, a delicate mosaic of crispness that hints at the harmony of opposites.
But, dear toaster, I implore you to preserve the heart of the bread, the very core that holds the promise of softness and tenderness. Let it retain its supple embrace, reminiscent of a lover's touch, inviting and yielding. May its very essence exude warmth, like an embrace shared under a starlit sky, a comforting sanctuary to nourish both body and soul.
And as the toast emerges from your magical realm, dear toaster, let it carry with it a captivating aroma—an olfactory sonnet that weaves itself delicately into the air, whispering of grains toasted to perfection. Let it permeate the senses, inviting the beholder to partake in a communion of flavors, a delicate dance upon the taste buds.
Oh, wondrous toaster with an AI's soul, may you manifest this vision of toast, a masterpiece created from mere bread and heat. As I entrust my desires to your intelligence, I await with eager anticipation, ready to indulge in a moment of pure culinary enchantment.
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> UIs in movies And those little chirp sounds that go with the movie UIs. More than onKeyPress, they happen on every interface event. Text comes into view? chirp-bleep . Our real interfaces aren't that noisy. I wonder who drives these UI design decisions in movies, the sound people, editors, writers?
"Noisy" UI have been made before. Possibly a few times, though the only one that comes to mind right now is the "Audio Finder" experiment at Apple. It did things like play sounds for drag events or the mouse pointer crossing a window boundary. Reportedly, after the beta test users had to give it up, they missed the feedback.
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My grandmother has a toaster from 1958 that has the smoothest glide function I have ever witnessed on a toaster. The toast doesn't pop up, it floats up, quietly. You have to pay attention to is so your toast doesn't go cold because it is so stealthy. It broke after a few years of use way back in the day, roughly 1960 or so, as the story goes) and my granddad fixed it, losing a few screws from the toaster in the proce…
How long before I can buy a toaster that includes an LLM? That way I can describe the toast to it that I want, thusly: Dear enchanting toaster, I beseech thee to weave a symphony of flavor and texture, guided by the poetic brushstrokes of my desires. Listen, oh marvelous appliance, as I unfold a tale of toast that shall stir the heart and captivate the senses. In this culinary journey, I yearn for a slice of bread tr…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec&pp=ygUOdGFsa2llI...
Of course, don't be surprised when we gather up the pitchforks and come for you
https://logological.org/girlfriend Some guy from 1998 explains why he will never have girlfriend
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Premature optimization may sometimes be unadvisable, but in this case the optimized version uses half the memory, is two orders of magnitude faster, and doesn't let your users DOS you by triggering huge file reads on each request.
> uses half the memory this is false > two orders of magnitude faster incorrect > doesn't let your users DOS you by triggering huge file reads on each request. I understood what you were trying to do on your first reply – "Prolly don't want to read the file on every request though" – no need to repeat yourself. plese remember: 1. it's pseudo code, the optimisation is superfluous 2. it never ran, the optimisation is u…
Found this KML email from Linus. Damn! That was a good read though haha
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You can fully use amazon still with javascript disabled. The site even looks nearly the same but it doesn’t spin your laptops fans rendering kindle unlimited ads on the home page.
Just use UBlock Origin.