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NotJohnSmith

@ NotJohnSmith @feddit.uk

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  • How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American

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  • I'm using it, all I know is it's called "Le Chat", is that what's meant by model? - as you can tell I'm not very technical.

    I use it for generic simple queries. No idea how it compares with the others as I've not used them. I'm using it, as the title suggests "they're not American*

  • What's the best piece of advice you were ever given?

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  • Having just been made redundant this week after 15 years this is so true.

    I managed it very well, very rarely having committed more than my allotted hours each week but I know for many they would have to have been very disciplined to achieve this.

    I leave with no malice or ill feeling as a result. I'd hate to think how I'd feel otherwise

  • Plastic sheds

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  • Ah, thanks both. I have no experience of plastic sheds and thought maybe they'd be superior.

    Wood for the win it is then.

  • Buy European @feddit.uk
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    Plastic sheds

  • Europe built strong booking sites… but what’s the best option now?

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  • I felt bad dropping €600 on a German hotel thro Expedia but that was genuinely the cheapest place, by such a margin that I couldn't afford to buy direct. The hotel wouldn't entertain it at all.

    What isn't helped is the extra discount thro sites like topcashback

  • Duolingo European Alternative

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  • Yeah, it's just me being tight and not wanting to pay/subscribe, but I guess this is the game with most software now

  • Duolingo European Alternative

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  • If I'm honest I've not used duolingo. I anticipate they've just copied that model so the transition should be painless.

    You do have to put up with alot of "subscribe to premium" emails but to be fair, it is a business

  • also don't use brave or vanilla Firefox

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  • I forgot I had it installed. Pulls yt videos without delay, without ads.

    I do have a vpn so could pop off to Albania but I'm unsure of there's less revenue for yt by using grayjay?

  • Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes

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  • As a home owner I'd be thanking you too as I really can't make ROI on solar within an acceptable timescale where TOU tariffs make it alot easier with a home battery (I'd caveat not a given for some use cases).

    This is coming from someone that has had solar pv for almost 2 decades now.

  • Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes

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  • The comment you were replying to was almost certainly being sarcastic, least not due to the exclamation mark instead of a question mark.

    That too is a sign of Britishness! :)

  • What's an online service you happily pay for?

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  • Good reminder, my domain is up soon and I need to do the same.

  • 42 km of 7-meter-high anti-drone screens were installed along roads in Dnipropetrovsk.

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  • You can see it also has a net over the top yes? It means the road is totally enclosed

  • Reddit users hate NordVPN. Are their criticisms legit?

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  • Mullvad really does sound like the only option if you're 100% committed to this.

    I'm using Proton as i hear it comes a close 2nd, is alot cheaper and what I'm hiding isn't massively sensitive

  • Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

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  • Fantastic point, I'd missed the nuance of this. That gap would be a significant concern without all of the more heinous implications of this action.

  • Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

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  • Oh wow, that's a really good point that I'd missed. Thanks for helping me understand the full threat from this.

  • Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

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  • I'm not trans and keen to understand how this impacts a trans person.

    My. Immediate thought was it's intentionally leaving out the part that says you'll be issued with a replacement so won't stop you from driving so no biggie right?

    However, that's diminishing the cruelty of it - it's about the emotional trauma from a government forcing you to officially identify as something you've fought your whole life not to be.

  • Number of Americans applying for UK citizenship hits record levels

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  • It's somewhat telling that you comment implies that everyone else has an accent and you don't :)

  • Number of Americans applying for UK citizenship hits record levels

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  • Ironically the only reform supporter I encountered is my brother who now lives in Australia.

    He doesn't like immigrants, we're English.. .. umm

  • Number of Americans applying for UK citizenship hits record levels

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  • I'm in England and feel you're on the money there. Their economy is booming with lots of US companies utilising their tax efficient policies.

    You get the best of both worlds and hey, Americans are always saying they're Irish so they're going back to their motherland

  • Welppp

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  • This is really informative, thanks for taking the time to reply.

    Of course, I am not kicking Germany as many countries find themselves in difficult times.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Accuweather handling rain and snow differently

  • Ask UK @feddit.uk
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    Actions to take preempting redundancy

  • Travel @lemmy.world
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    Priceline - never again

  • Ask UK @feddit.uk
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    non-US podcast recommendations pls

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    Learning about autism to help my son

  • Buy European @feddit.uk
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    Cat food - UK

  • Padel @infosec.pub
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    Best way to get a game on holiday?