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Zarxrax

@ Zarxrax @lemmy.world

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  • Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30

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  • I have windows 11 and I don't have recall enabled.

  • What meals do you cook when very low on money?

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  • I started eating a lot of chickpeas recently. Buy them dried, boil them for a couple minutes them let them soak in the water for a few hours. Then either roast them in the oven or if I'm lazy, toss them in the microwave for like 5 minutes, then add some seasoning. I snack on them between meals, or also toss them into things like soup or curry.

    Also if you want a different take on ramen, boil them until they are al dente, drain the water and then stir fry with some cheap veggies or whatever.

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    Is hummus anything like peanut butter?

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  • You know, you could just buy some and try it. It's not expensive.

  • Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update

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  • What do you mean? Did your phone already have damage to the screen, or they were making you preemptively pay in case the screen broke?

  • Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update

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  • I was going to opt for a battery replacement, but I called the local store that does the replacement, and they told me that it's common for the screen to break during the battery swap process. And if they break the screen, I would be on the hook for the cost to replace it, around $160. I don't know how that is even legal in the first place, but it certainly turned me off from wanting to let them change my battery. And mailing the phone in for a battery swap would leave me without a phone for weeks...

  • Have you ever cheated on a test?

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  • I don't believe I have ever cheated on an exam or big test, but there were a few cases in college where teachers would leave answers for homework or projects unsecured, and I did make use of it whenever I came across it.

    One such case was in an introductory computer science course. We had a weekly lab session where the teaching assistant was giving us an overview of using the Unix systems at the university. At one point early on, he was teaching about file and folder permissions, and gave us all access to his personal folder. And... Then he forgot to lock the permissions back up. His folder was fully accessible for the entire semester, and he posted full solutions to every programming project there.

    I remember another course where the professor would send us a link to the solutions to the homework problems, after he finished grading the homework. But I learned that I could just change the URL to access all of the future homework answers.

  • Vibe Coding

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  • Well since I just program for a hobby, I am able to complete things to the point that they meet my own requirements. If I need error handling for something, I can just ask the LLM to add error handling, it typically works out quite well.

  • Vibe Coding

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  • I consider myself a bad hobbyist programmer. I know a decent bit about programming, and I mainly create relatively simple things.

    Before LLMs, I would spend weeks or months working on a small program, but with LLMs I can often complete it significantly faster.

    Now, I don't suppose I would consider myself to be a "vibe coder", because I don't expect the LLM to create the entire application for me, but I may let it generate a significant portion of code. I am generally coming up with the basic structure of the program and figuring out how it should work, then I might ask it to write individual functions, or pieces of functions. I review the code it gives me and see if it makes sense. It's kind of like having an assistant helping me.

    Programming languages are how we communicate with computers to tell them what to do. We have to learn to speak the computer's language. But with an LLM, the computer has learned to speak our language. So now we can program in normal English, but it's like going through a translator. You still have to be very specific about what the program needs to do, or it will just have to guess at what you wanted. And even when you are specific, something might get lost in translation. So I think the best way to avoid these issues is like I said, not expecting it to be able to make an entire program for you, but using it as an assistant to create little parts at a time.

  • PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation

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  • Fracturing support for a legacy format makes so much more sense than actually supporting a modern format like JXL, right?

  • What do you play in your phone?

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  • I never really have more than one game at a time. Right now it's Pokemon TCG Pocket.

  • As Data Centers Proliferate, Illinois Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water. "This isn’t reused wastewater. This is drinking water”

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  • How about water usage rates that penalize bulk consumers instead of giving them cheaper rates?

  • What is your opinion on ray/path tracing and real time upscaling (DLSS/FSR/XeSS) in video games?

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  • I like upscaling when it's done well (some older iterations of dlss and fsr were not great compared to the current versions). If I have to lower my resolution to get a good frame rate then the image will already look blurry. Using upscaling to hit my monitors native resolution will generally look better. I could care less about raytracing because I don't have a GPU strong enough to handle it.

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  • The Internet of the 90s was such a simpler place. Better in many ways, worse in some. For instance, the Internet wasn't so commercialized back then. Instead of a bunch of services, it was a bunch of nerds sharing information and having conversations. If you liked a tv show, you would search for websites about that show. Anyone could make their own website, so you would find tons of fan sites dedicated to each thing. Search engines didn't provide you with information or answer questions, they just helped you sort through all the different websites, then you could look on those sites to find whatever information you were looking for. There was almost no video, it was all text and (small) images.

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    Browser Alternatives to Chrome

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  • I've been using Vivaldi as my primary browser for years. My favorite feature of Vivaldi is its powerful sidebar. It's a great browser, but because it's based on chrome, ublock origin will eventually stop working on it. When that time comes, I'll be switching to a Firefox based browser. I've been keeping my eye on floorp, but it's not quite where I would like it to be yet.

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    What is an example of the JC Penny's effect ?

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  • Is there any actual proof of that? Because I see plenty of restaurants advertise 1/3 lb burgers these days.

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  • Absolutely. I still don't have a pet because I don't necessarily want the responsibility, but i generally love them.

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  • Absolutely nothing about children has ever been appealing to me.

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    When and why did the US switch to these voting machines that are the subject of ongoing lawsuits and reports of unlawful "updates"?

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  • I guess it varies by jurisdiction. In my state we fill out paper ballots, then you just insert the ballot into a machine which records your votes and prints you a receipt.

  • An AI analyst made 30 years of stock picks – and outperformed human investors by a ‘stunning’ degree

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  • I could care less if it beats someone on data that already happened. Let me know how it does going forward. My guess is that it won't beat an s&p500 index fund.