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r0ertel

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  • Have you ever used a water treatment system in your home?

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  • I have a full reverse osmosis system at home. On city water. Installed it when my ice cubes melted and left some sandy sludge at the bottom of the glass. I use it to make crystal clear ice and to fill up the aquarium with safe water. Also, for drinking water in the spring when the water smells like dead fish for some reason.

    We had a guy out who specialized in this stuff and he said to install the RO system to the fridge and a tap and leave the toilet water as it comes from the city. Installed it myself for cheap when the system went on closeout.

  • Welcome To The Resistance: Meet The Workers Dodging (And Sabotaging) Their Employer's AI Mandates

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  • Burn all your tokens updating your CV/resume and filling out all those interview coding exams.

  • Curried Rice

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  • When you cook the rice, you said that the cinnamon stick, cardamom & cloves float to the top. Does that mean that you cook the rice with more water than it needs, then drain off the excess?

  • Flock cameras are getting mobbed

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  • I was wondering if the city would allow me to express my patriotism by flying the biggest flag I can find directly in front of every one of these cameras.

  • Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street

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  • This feels like playing a board game with a 4 year old. They'll change the rules when they think they're losing. I expect more from our world leaders.

  • Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street

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  • From the people I talk to, they celebrate that he can do this. To them, he's their hero who can get away with anything. It's a lot like if your favorite sports team can foul but not get called on it. As long as your sports team wins, it's all good.

  • Those who ride a loud motorcycle in the city...

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  • I knew a guy who would wear a high visibility vest like road construction workers wear. Also a bright orange helmet. It seemed to make a difference.

  • Billions spent and hypothetical returns: the AI boom explained with six charts

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  • The last paragraph has the explanation: explanation:

    This means that datacentres – and the AI boom – carry a disproportionate share of US growth, and a large part of why the world’s largest economy, despite significant headwinds, still looks healthy. Any dent in this expenditure could have economic, and thus political, consequences.

  • Billions spent and hypothetical returns: the AI boom explained with six charts

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  • how much of a chief executive or senior manager’s job can be safely outsourced to a bot?

    All of it. Probably more successfully since it's based on research and facts, not emotional speculation. Cheaper, too.

  • Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene

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  • ...and then sue the camera company and then sue the city or property owner that allowed the cameras to be in use and then use the money to buy a politician to write and pass a law to disallow warrantless surveillance.

  • People who are staying on Plex, have you tried Jellyfin? What about it do you not prefer? (real question)

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  • I started with Plex because it was an installable app on my NAS. It worked great with a Roku stick that was given to me. Same for a TV that had the Plex client. It works well for the others in the house. I got a Plex pass on sale a few years ago.

    I'd like to switch to Jellyfin, but would need to find the client for 2 TVs and deal with the complaints if it doesn't work exactly like Plex.

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    Congress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Car

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  • I heard that some countries charge a vehicle tax based on the weight of the vehicle. Some based on the number of cylinders.

    One of the problems with removing the fuel tax is that affluent people will be able to avoid the additional registration tax by registering their vehicle in another state, such as where their summer home is. Having a gas tax allows taxes to go where the fuel is purchased and indirectly where the vehicle is using the roads. This doesn't work for electric vehicles.

    I'm surprised no politician suggested toll booths all over.

  • Freedom Power Go!

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  • Check out the 6th frame again. That seems to be the author's viewpoint.

    In my interpretation, it's less about "AI is bad" and more about an employer's need to turn employees into mindless instruction-following drones. It overlaps a bit with Doctrow's thought that your boss wants to replace you with AI not because it's better or faster, but because you will tell her/him that they're an idiot for doing something stupid.

    TL;DR: humans have free will and were born to create and impart their ideas upon the world, not blindly follow instructions.

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    The AI Layoff Bill Is Coming Due, And CTOs Are Going To Pay It Twice

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  • If you have the view that everyone is replaceable, it all comes into focus. How much would it cost to interview everyone in a department for value, then lay off 10%? How much would it cost to lay off the 10% most expensive employees? Executives will pick the 2nd because in this economy, you can just open the front door and dozens of candidates will flock in, competing with each other for the lowest salary. Win-win (not for you).

    In an employee's economy, firing a person then hiring them back is more expensive than in an employer's economy.

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    Foes of AI Surveillance Get Wins in Wisconsin. But They Fear They’re Playing Whack-A-Mole.

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  • These cameras are popping up all over my city, neighboring cities and even some local businesses. I don't have the charisma to start a movement but would join one if it were available.

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

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  • Ask them if their employer paid for their retirement (pension). Ask if they were repeatedly laid off because the work can be done [poorly] cheaper in another country. Ask if they were union.

    Many companies used to be loyal to their employees and vice versa. That is all but gone now and the companies cry that nobody is loyal.

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

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  • I thought it was, "feed a fever, starve a flu", because you probably shouldn't eat much when you can't keep anything down.

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  • Yes, often. Between being in the car a lot since RTO mandates and being alone in the house a lot and needing to have some noise to help me focus on the task at hand, the radio is on a lot.

    I have the advantage of a great, local, non-profit radio station with real, local DJs that just talk normal. They play an abundance of local and emerging artists alongside classic artists. Since it's non-profit, there are no commercials other than a "sponsored by" message from time to time.

  • Do you feel that use of generative AI and LLMs is ever justifiable? If so, when and where? If not, why not?

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  • I used it this year to write my performance self-review. It successfully turned my usual rambling but valid accomplishments into management friendly synergistic paradigms, saving me the anguish of doing it myself.

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    Smoky Sun

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    Console display options

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    BTT Filament Runout Sensor on Ender 3 Pro

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    Not another email self-hosting question

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    internal certificate distribution?