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It’s a bad sign for Windows when goto reference for a new laptop’s greatness is: "Lets check its real performance by running Linux".
There are multiple like these: Intel just matched Apple Silicon. Seriously. (youtube.com/watch?v=A2B7oI0F…)
#linux #yearofthelinuxdesktop
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Twitter has "For You". Now even on main supposed to just simple timeline of who I follow I see this Popular and Recent.
WTF!
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Better Call Saul has a bittersweet ending. Redemption, repentance and penance give a closure which a feel-good happy ending wouldn't have.
Sympathy for Kim feels deep, but doesn't demand a solution.
A perfect finale to a morally tangled journey.
#BetterCallSaul #KimWexler
ALT Ending scene of Better Call Saul, where Kim and Saul look at each other across jail fencing.
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When signing up for any online service, users receive a welcome onboarding of its features.
Idea: Make it available to existing users to go over again. It’s a great reminder of features and updates.
#UserExperience #ProductDesign
ALT Onboarding dialog of chatgpt.com
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Software that's still useful and powerful, released in70's and then GNU's version in 80's
The Annoying Usefulness of Emacs: youtube.com/watch?v=DMbrNhx2…
#emacs
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@IncomeTaxIndia I made payments for tax using ePay but it failed with server error. The transactions haven't reverted and my money is stuck in limbo. Whom I can contact for this?
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So peak design is simple page, mostly text, minimal images and banners. And to get away from rich web you have to subscribe for it!
ALT Ars Techina's "Neutron Star" page.
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Gossip(ing) by @shrirambalaji at conference @rootconf, like who thoght why people gather 😎
So, we are actually closer to nuclear fusion reactors than before! youtube.com/watch?v=nAJN1CrJ…
Infinite energy and infinite computation would still leave us with only political and economic problems to solve, because there wouldn't be enough for everyone.
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Wasn't this plot point of that old movie about a software company called "Office Space" youtube.com/watch?v=OwfNjGxa…
I’m at Stanford and I research software engineering productivity.
We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies.
Inspired by @deedydas, our research shows:
~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers (0.1x-ers)
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Claude is able to generate images of the Sun and the Earth in proper proportions. Other AI image generators simply draw artistic images but fail at proportions. Earth is not visible in the image by Claude because its so small compared to the Sun.
ALT Image generated by Claude showing Earth and Sun in proportions.
ALT Image generated by Meta AI showing Earth and the Sun.
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