FearTheCron

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[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hehe, I just grabbed the number off wolfram alpha's size comparison. Wouldn't surprise me if they are wrong, not sure where they scrape the data from. Anyway, my point stands, six microns is still stupidly small. Some dust or hair on the cutting edge and your precision is now out the window.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

six microns

Given that human chromosomes are on the order of 5 to 10 microns, I am thinking this export regulation doesn't apply to the hobby market. This is "use the machine in a clean room" level precision.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

They usually choose a subset of customers to try UI changes on before rolling it out to everyone. This way they can estimate the general reaction before committing to it. They probably also have a dozen different layouts and text for this dialog that they are testing to see what makes people most likely to click yes. Its all just statistics to them.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The USGS has a much better article.

https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/potential-geologic-hydrogen-next-generation-energy

It does sound promising, but it looks like there is a fair amount of work to make it economically viable.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by FearTheCron@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world
 

So I just came across a community being used to solicit fake Amazon reviews. But I don't see a way to report this to the admins. Since the user in question moderates the community they are posting spam to, it seems like the report button will just go to them?

https://lemmy.world/c/amazonreviewerclub

Edit: seems to be gone now, perhaps reporting one of the posts was enough. Not sure what that looks like on the admin interface.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gadgetbridge looks cool. I wish I had known about this before buying a Fitbit. I wonder how hard it would be to add support.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I guess the libraries and schools can make the decision and throw out things they don't find useful.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It probably also depends on the book. I have tons of outdated books on obscure topics within engineering, science, and computing. I doubt anyone would check out my 1995 book on the Vi text editor from a library. Although, if I'm lucky, perhaps it could be a collectors item some day. In reality, I'm probably going to just say "thank you for helping me so many years ago" and respectfully recycle the book.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mind if I ask where? I would love to see the glow worms some day. I have only seen videos, but it looks amazing.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I configured it, a 13" mac pro with 16GB ram and 1TB SSD is $1600 from apple, the 13" framework with 16GB ram and 1TB SSD is $1065. That comes out to a 60% difference for the most basic configuration I would consider.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I bought a framework laptop for my significant other last year and it's amazing. It feels super solid like a Macbook but is easy to open and change out parts. Nothing has broken but adding some ram was probably the most pleasant experience I have had working on a laptop. Plus, the main PCB can run without the rest of the laptop so perhaps a great home automation server or TV computer if we upgrade.

My next machine is definitely going to be one of these. Way cheaper than Apple if you want more than 8G of RAM and a decent amount of disk space.

[–] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

A bit more historic, but still very relevant. The FBI used surveillance in repeated attempts to discredit Martin Luther King JR. It's chilling how they used the information they gathered to try to get rid of MLK any way they could. They were even trying to use information they gathered to convince him to commit suicide.

 

I really enjoy videos about science, but they are getting harder to find on modern platforms. Is there a community out there dedicated to discussing and recommending good content regardless of platform?

There seems to be some really good content out there from various sources and platforms. For example, YouTube has PBS spacetime, Kurtzgesagt, Natural World Facts, and more all of which seem well researched. I even enjoy things that are more speculative as long as they explain clearly where the speculation begins like Alien Worlds on Netflix. I have also found good stuff on various other platforms.

Unfortunately, searching and doing the homework on the reliability of each channel and creator has become a bit of a chore. The channel Natural World Facts in particular is something I could have easily missed just because it's relatively small compared to the others and the name sounds similar to the kind of content I often avoid. I think we all know how bad things can get if you just let "The Algorithm®" choose for you.

 

I would kinda prefer leaving NSFW content hidden for my account if possible but I am worried I may miss someone posting something gross to my community. Is there a way to disallow all NSFW content for a community?

 

Shreddit is a popular tool for deleting comments on Reddit as a means of protest. However, I noticed that after a week or so there were a dozen or more comments from 9 months to a couple years that showed up again. No idea if this is intentional on the part of Reddit or not, but if you want your comment history gone, double check.

 

All are welcome whether seasoned back country skiiers/snowboarders or just curious about self powered snow sports. Spring ski season is still going!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/76533

One of the arguments made for Reddit's API changes is that they are now the go to place for LLM training data (e.g. for ChatGPT).

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk9izp/?context=3

I haven't seen a whole lot of discussion around this and would like to hear people's opinions. Are you concerned about your posts being used for LLM training? Do you not care? Do you prefer that your comments are available to train open source LLMs?

(I will post my personal opinion in a comment so it can be up/down voted separately)

 

One of the arguments made for Reddit's API changes is that they are now the go to place for LLM training data (e.g. for ChatGPT).

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/jnk9izp/?context=3

I haven't seen a whole lot of discussion around this and would like to hear people's opinions. Are you concerned about your posts being used for LLM training? Do you not care? Do you prefer that your comments are available to train open source LLMs?

(I will post my personal opinion in a comment so it can be up/down voted separately)

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