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5 points·by b3nji·3 ปีที่แล้ว·1 comments

What's the Best Tech Field to Learn, and Get Involved In?

1 points·by b3nji·3 ปีที่แล้ว·8 comments

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b3nji
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
Because shush, that's why!
b3nji
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
This doesn't ring true coming from the UK. I like in the US now and the healthcare is not comparable.

The UK health care system is an absolute joke, it's a running joke among a lot of the population. It's not free for a start, the taxes the population have to pay are eye watering. You have to wait weeks, if not months for a specialist, hospital beds are few, there is no accountability for regular fuck ups (I've been on the bad end of a horrific one).

The US system from what I have seen so far is a dream. It's cheaper and the service is top notch.

For context I've moved from the Midlands in the UK to the Research Triangle in North Carolina.
b3nji
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This is awesome, does this mean I can filter it all out?
b3nji
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I'm no Trump fan, I have to say that many of these evidences have been debunked and quantifiably false. The raw and hours upon hours of Capitol Hill footage odeant show what the media historically lies about for example.
b3nji
·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Out with the old, in with the Goverment appointed Stooges. That will fix it!

Notice there is no mechanism for the citezens to vote on who goes in. This won't go well.
b3nji
·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...
b3nji
·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I thought the same.

Have you thought that there was a massive physical infrastructure left behind by the original railroad builders, all compatible with future vehicles? Other companies were able to buy the railroads for low prices and use.

Large Language Models change their power consumption requirements monthly, the hardware required to run them is replaced at a rapid rate too. If it were to stop tomorrow, what would you be left with? Out of date hardware, massively wasted power, and a gigantic hole in your wallet.

You could argue you have the blueprints for LLM building, known solutions, and it could all be rebuilt. The thing is, would you want to rebuild, and invest so much again for arguably little actual, tangible output? There isn't anything you can reuse, like others that came after could reuse the railroads.
b3nji
·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I've been using GrapheneOS for years, I can't go back to another OS due to its ease of use, speed, and awesome features baked into my day to day use now.

There is one banking app that stopped working, and you know what? I dont use it now. I'm not about to let a bank dictate how I use my most personal device. I use a desktop if I need to access that info, and it forces me to be deliberate about it too.
b3nji
·8 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
We look forward to your redemption post next year. Sounds like you have a lot of unaddressed things you need to sort out. You know what to do.
b3nji
·8 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Works for me, using Fedora with Plasma. Just fire it up in Brave, and install it as a PWA.

The one thing that bothers me is it can't tell if I'm at my machine when I'm not actively using it. People keep thinging I've bugered off from my desk.
b3nji
·9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I'm not sure these are autonomous. I think these might be just remote puppets tied to a human operating them.
b3nji
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Interesting, I'd like to know more. What makes you say that?
b3nji
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I love this. The graphics on the box alone make me happy.
b3nji
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
What are the chances of Fossil making the software open source? How cool would that be?
b3nji
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
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b3nji
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Yes. You are what you eat.
b3nji
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Absolutely amazing, worked straight off the bat, even works with my 8BitDo N64 controller with no config.

What an age we live in!
b3nji
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Mimium wages are a blight society. Anyone with an understanding of economics knows this. They harm employees and employers.

Government couldn't negotiate themselves out of a paper bag, why let them say what can be paid?
b3nji
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
> Could this replace a media center like Kodi for playing music and movies or is it just for games?

I would like to know this too.
b3nji
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Two words, Fiat Money.