manicdave

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[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why though? I've genuinely never had a problem with it. If something is wrong, it was always going to be wrong. Why is it preferable to have to write a bunch of bolierplate than just deal with the stacktrace when you do encounter a type error?

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not from hexbear and I agree. It's absurd that we let anyone who's primary interests are in another country dictate what our government does. That also goes for China, the US, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and anyone else too. The British government should act in the interests of Britons.

I'll also note - while we're accusing people of astroturfing - you spelled labour wrong.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

Random fact: The guy that did the hook a Macklemore's thrift shop was partially responsible for that.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The thing I don't get is why it happens in the summer rather than the winter.

In the UK it gets dark at about 4pm in winter. We basically get no leisure time during daylight but we do get a bit of light during getting ready for work time when we don't really need it.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a failure on the part of mastodon. I don't really care about whatever drama dansup is embroiled in. Mastodon shouldn't imply a post is only readable by followers when it's just a public post that doesn't show by default in their frontend.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly pixelfed should have just not fixed it. It's a fediverse problem that can be fixed and mastodon is just misleading people.

Platforms should either make it clear that it means just that the post isn't advertised by default on all platforms but is always accessible to anyone that wants it or actually implement e2e encryption.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 124 points 1 week ago (7 children)

As funny as this is, I'd rather people understood how the AI actually works. It doesn't reveal secrets because it doesn't have any. It's not aware that Musk is trying to tweak it. It's not coming to logical conclusions the way a person would. It's simply trying to create a sensible statement based on what's statistically likely based on all the stolen content that it's trained on. It just so happens that Musk gets called out for lying so often that grok infers it when it gets conflicting data.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I'm into indie hip hop and medieval beekeepers

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There's an annoying meme that Europe doesn't do tech things and it's infuriating. The world would be a very different place were it not for companies like Raspberry pi, ARM, Arduino and Prusa.

Unfortunately the press and politicians seem to think it doesn't count unless the company is headed by a complete arsehole determined to enclose other people's property.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago

What exactly can they parent here? Hyundai already make the software and SIM racers have been making the hardware for like a decade now.

Don't get me wrong it sounds fun. This just doesn't seem novel enough to validate a patent.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I've got a Miele C2 cat & dog. It's by far the best vacuum cleaner I've ever owned. I've had it for years though, so I can't say if new ones are the same quality.

[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It should be noted that in the UK we have the superior Dennis the Menace

I can't say for certain, but the US one is probably a Christo-fascist.

 
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