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SpectralPineapple

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  • Org-roam is not for me

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  • I am not really versed in federation. I just use beehaw and I treat it like a standalone website.

    Even though I am writing about Emacs, I am not really that technical. I didn't even know these groups existed since they're not listed here. I just kinda use the website :/

  • Crunchyroll accidentally confirmed it uses ChatGPT for subtitles

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  • Sure. But company policy and failure to regulate employees are different things. They are both bad but they are not the same.

  • Crunchyroll accidentally confirmed it uses ChatGPT for subtitles

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  • Although it seems likely that Crunchyroll uses an LLM for translation in some way, I wouldn't call that "confirmed" since that might be the result of an individual translator using it.

  • Tinder tests letting users set a 'height preference'

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  • Is that the best you can do? Put some effort into it.

  • Tinder tests letting users set a 'height preference'

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  • I did find my wife in there. Our son is almost 2.

  • Tinder tests letting users set a 'height preference'

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  • Yeah... I used to date plus size women exclusively. Now I am married to one. I had to go throught lots of skinny women to find what I wanted.

  • Org-roam is not for me

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  • If there was an Emacs group on this website I would certainly post there instead. In any case, Emacs is a well-known FOSS project, and Org-Roam is very popular among Emacs user.

  • Org-roam is not for me

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  • Org-roam is "a plain-text personal knowledge management system" for Emacs inspired by Roam Research.

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Org-roam is not for me

    daviramos.com /org-roam-is-not-for-me/
  • Literature @beehaw.org
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    A review of 'Spock's World', a Star Trek novel

    daviramos.com /spocks-world/
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    Cynicism is tiresome

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    Cynicism is tiresome

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  • Entertainment @beehaw.org
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    My late suggestions for Noirvember!

    daviramos.com /noirvember-suggestions/

  • Compassionate Interpretation

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  • I wrote this some time ago. It is rather personal, but maybe some readers will find this useful.

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    Compassionate Interpretation

    daviramos.com /compassionate-interpretation/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    How John Deere robs farmers of $4 billion a year

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    My impressions of the Retrobat emulation front-end

    daviramos.com /my-impressions-of-retrobat/

  • Ellen DeGeneres Is Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable in Her New Netflix Special

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    ‘SNL’ debut cast and crew look back on fifty seasons

    www.nytimes.com /2024/09/27/arts/television/snl-1975-cast-crew.html
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    Orson Welles' 'Touch of Evil' lacks a soul

    daviramos.com /touch-of-evil/

  • My impressions of Bear Blog

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  • I'm 42, dude. Limited mental energy. I would gladly be part of your server, though ;)

  • My impressions of Bear Blog

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  • That is way over my head as I am genuinely a non technical user. I tried many times to have a statistic page and every time I failed. It may be hard to believe but some things that are trivial for hackers are not trivial for most people. For years, my domain name was going to waste. So my choice was between having a webpage on someone's server or none at all. If a professional programmer wish to dedicate their very valuable time to make a static page for me for free, I'm all ears :) Until then, Bear Blog seems rather reasonable.

  • My impressions of Bear Blog

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    My impressions of Bear Blog

    daviramos.com /my-impressions-of-bear-blog/
  • LGBTQ+ @beehaw.org
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    Will & Harper | Official Trailer | Netflix

  • Amazon cloud boss echoes NVIDIA CEO on coding being dead in the water: "If you go forward 24 months from now, it's possible that most developers are not coding"

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  • That was a a fairly short article reporting on another article. The title gives the impression that the assertion was made with certainty when the actual quote makes it clear that this was meant as speculation, a calculated guess made on a conversation that was not meant to be public. I truly have no inclination to defend corporate leadership, but perhaps it would be more productive to direct our sentiments towards the article that is being quoted instead.

  • I spent a week with black Republicans

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    "You give out too many stars" (2008)

    www.rogerebert.com /roger-ebert/you-give-out-too-many-stars
  • Humanities & Cultures @beehaw.org
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    I spent a week with black Republicans

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Mental illness account for a very small proportion of mass shootings in the US

    www.columbiapsychiatry.org /news/mass-shootings-and-mental-illness

  • Trying to find the title of a book I read once...

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  • I hate to advertise Reddit, but the people at /r/tipofmytongue are crazy good at this kind of stuff.

  • Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge

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  • I use Linux currently and have for many years. It is a wonderful operating system. However, if you wish to switch to Linux, it is in your best interest to understand that enthusiasts will oversell whatever they love, and they will do so without even noticing it.

    Gaming on Linux is impressive and it's getting better every day, but it is still not the same as Windows.

    Depending on the games you wish to play, you may feel frustrated at times. Also, barely any peripherals have official Linux support on a software level. I'm talking about fancy keyboards, mice, gamepads, cameras, microphones, headphones, and all kinds of RGB contraptions.

    If something doesn't work, the next recommended steps can range from installing a complicated third-party interface to essentially programming your own. If I read the word "kernel" as part of a solution, chances are that I'm just buying something else instead.

    People also forget that even supported games sometimes malfunction, and all tips and fixes will assume you're running Windows. Besides, not every game is on Steam, and even when they are, some may require the use of external software to install and manage mods. So using Linux for games is awesome, but significantly less so if you are not an advanced user and want more than the defaults for your games.

    When it comes to work, you might find yourself restricted to LibreOffice or Microsoft Office Online. It is possible to run Office via Wine, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea (more on that here). A bit off-topic, but I've been trying to purchase a legit license for local Microsoft Office and I don't think they even sell it anymore. They're completely focused on the cloud version.

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    A terminal window periodically flashes on my screen every few minutes. It goes away in one second. I have no idea what it is, nor how to stop it.

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    Notes on conciseness

    sentientrelay.wordpress.com /2024/02/11/notes-on-conciseness/