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rudyharrelson

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  • Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"

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  • It’s impressive, just not particularly useful,

    I will have to disagree with this. I have found LLMs to be remarkably useful in a variety of circumstances because they are pretty good at regurgitating API documentation and man pages in a relatively small context (effectively making them a very efficient google search).

    For example, last week I accidentally deleted a partition from a USB drive. I asked an LLM how I might recover my data using GNU/Linux tools and it pointed me in the direction of ddrescue (and subsequently, gddrescue) and showed me how I could use the recovered disk image to recover my lost files.

    I was already aware of 'dd' as a tool for disk management, but was wholly ignorant of ddrescue or gddrescue because I haven't had a data recovery use case in over 15 years. It was a fairly simple affair, and it was much easier than asking StackOverflow.

  • Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"

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  • I dunno if I'd say I'm "unimpressed" with AI. I certainly find the technology itself fascinating. I worked with machine learning for years before consumer generative AI became mainstream and it's profoundly impressive what decades of research and development have yielded. I genuinely do admire the painstaking work that underappreciated computer scientists have put in to make such things possible.

    That said, "AI" is the new "blockchain" insofar as virtually every company on the S&P 500 has decided this is the new be-all-end-all feature that must be integrated into every aspect of every project. I don't need AI to be part of my OS. I will open a new tab in my web browser if I decide I have a task for it. Granted, I am not a representative sample of a typical computer user (I use GNU/Linux btw).

    To say nothing of the unethical manner in which these models are trained, using works produced by actual writers, artists, programmers, etc. Obviously profiting from their works while offering zero compensation (and actively taking work away from them by offering AI as an alternative to their craft).

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • I appreciate the insight. I do tend to erroneously use "sanitize" and "sterilize" synonymously in this context. Good to know the distinction!

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • Yeesh. That's a lot of work, but I guess it makes sense that properly sterilizing things isn't easy.

    I have a pressure cooker, but would be a bit anxious about putting glass inside it. Another user said they used Potassium Metabisulfite for beer and wine bottling. Would that be sufficient for sterilization, or would one still need high heat and pressure?

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • fermented honey garlic

    Dear lord. I'll have to look into that one, haha.

    Thanks for the recipes! I'll have to experiment with these as I get more comfortable with the fermentation process

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • Haha, I've contemplated buying my own bottles for the extra panache once I get the hang of the actual fermenting process.

    Until then, I've recycled a dozen or so hot sauce bottles from my hot sauce rack for this purpose.

    I certainly won't say no to a recipe. This is the recipe I'm currently using (though I didn't follow these specific fermentation steps because they are not done by weight) . If you have anything in a similar vein, I'd love to compare and contrast them.

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • Thanks! I'll check it out -- I've been wanting to find a more comprehensive sanitation process for this, since it can be so prone to going bad if not done correctly.

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • Ahh, gotcha. I'll keep it in mind for the next batch

    The jar on the left initially was filled up to around the threads, but then I added the glass weight and it nearly spilled over the top, lol.

  • Attempting to Lactoferment Peppers

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  • Thanks for the advice! I used boiling water to sterilize the jars, lids, and weights in this instance. Would you say that's sufficient compared to the oven? I used filtered water from my fridge for the entire process (washing and for making the brine).

    Weighed everything out using a scale. Did a 4% salt brine by weight. Last time I did 2.5% so this time I went a bit higher to be on the safe side.

    What exactly do you mean when you say "leave a bit more room at the top"? Room for what?

  • Ideas for computer challenges for a 7yo

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  • You could install something like LMMS and let them experiment with making their own music (without needing recording equipment or learning real instruments yet).

  • Ideas for computer challenges for a 7yo

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  • Have him search Wikipedia on something he loves and to look for the sources.

    I like this idea, but with the additional step of vetting the topic in question on Wikipedia before allowing the kid to read the page.

    e.g.: the kid says, "I love MrBeast!" and wants to research him. That Wiki article, while mostly innocuous, has a fairly lengthy "Controversies" section, including blue links to topics like "sexual harassment" and "homophobia".

  • Radio wizards and witches, what is the deal with antenna for the ~7 MHz amateur band?

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  • How do you work at a job where you fundamentally disagree with the company's ethics?

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  • I thought this was an fairly insightful piece on the topic: https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-not-build-the-torment-nexus/

    I think the author is it a bit unrealistically idealistic at times, but I appreciate what they have to say about the subject nonetheless. It's easy to tell someone to turn down a big payday on principle, but in reality most laborers are just trying to pay rent and buy groceries.

  • What technologies were ubiquitous ten years ago and are much less common now?

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  • A decent set of headphones will have an effectively all-day battery, and most people probably aren't listening to their headphones for 8+ hours a day.

    I've had my headphones for about 7 years now and they still last for several hours on a single charge, and they support fast charging. If they're at 0%, I can plug them in for 10 minutes and they'll have about 2 hours worth of charge. I charge them maybe once a week with casual use.

  • Deep Dark Fears

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  • That's what the umbilical cord is for. It's nature's leash!

  • German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email

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  • Kudos to Germany for pulling it off. Was also happy to see them mention

    Last year [...] the government began rolling out LibreOffice as the default office suite to replace Microsoft Office.

  • There should be a name for this

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  • I do love when this happens. I could probably think of more examples if I took the time, but the first that immediately springs to mind is Buffy the Vampire Slayer pulling a rocket launcher on a vampire.

  • What are some of the best realtime scientific data websites out there?

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  • The Walker

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  • And the potential for finding loot.

    I've found neat things on the side of the road by walking around my home, ranging from brass knuckles to a case with 3 Nintendo Switch cartridges inside. I tried to find the owner of the games (probably a kid who dropped it when getting off the school bus) but was unable to.