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  • *Apple * and giving their own software priviledged access and denying/revoking that priveledge from their competitors. Name a more iconic duo. See also Tile, Pebble, Spotify, etc.

  • Consumer Study Shows Yeast Oil Surpassing Palm Oil in Consumer Appeal Across Europe
  • I have no relevant opinion on the story, but why is the photo of a slab of butter on a chopping board beside a small pile of fudge squares and chocolates?

  • How do people calculate pi to the hundredth+ decimal place?
  • It's true! I just drew a circle and measured it. Turns out π≈5.

  • This guy is an ambassador now rule
  • Ah, yes, my Fortnite controller which I use to Fortnite with other Fortniters with my Fortnite console. Is this like a new version of when Boomers used to call anything even tangentally related to video games "a Nintendo"?

  • A long long time ago...
  • I have a few domain names, including firstnamelastname.co.uk. I mostly use it for spam monitoring; everyone gets a different address, so eBay has ebay@, Microsoft has microsoft@, etc. It's harder for them to link my identities together and if I suddenly start getting fuckloads of spam I know who leaked/sold my address. Fuck you, LinkedIn and LastFM.

    I also had my own email server until recently (MailInABox on Proxmox), but I was looking for a cloud storage provider so I ended up signing up for Proton and moving my email there.

  • A long long time ago...
  • I currently have my full name on GMail and Proton, but I actually had my first name on GMail when it first launched. As in, if my name was Brian (it isn't (it might be (it isn't))) I had brian@gmail.com. Sold it for £1000.

  • the universe about to have a little minty b
  • Many of the allegories from the likes of Descartes and Aristotle use the concept of the mind being manipulated by demons - a common trope of their times - but the concepts being explored were the same as people talking about being a character in a book, or a brain in a jar, or a computer simulation; they're just using the prevailing ideas of their time to communicate ideas to their contemporaries.

  • the universe about to have a little minty b
  • I'm currently running Timberborn on a potato. The NPCs don't perceive their world's lag: they are part of the world.

  • Anon's grandpa does his own research
  • This is why it's important to listen to the eyewitnesses. Their perspective might not be perfect, but it's authentic.

  • Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!
  • Once you've used one you'll be angry that they're not standard, at least on desktop/kiosk devices. USB-A also had that as an option.

  • AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs
  • "PCs run Windows. I have a Mac, which is not a PC." - Average Tech Journalist.

  • Who is your favourite Anti Hero?
  • Tarantino. Toes. Figures.

  • Who is your favourite Anti Hero?
  • I'm not sure how long this will last, but I've still not forgiven Netflix for forcing the ending to be rushed. The last season should have been at least two seasons.

  • Look out bugs bunny here comes
  • The basil guy? Yeah, he's cool, and he helped me get ye flask.

  • That's his name
  • Let's go back to a website, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon.

  • Damn she had AI write it
  • Indeed—your assertion is entirely accurate—the mere presence of em dashes within a text does not—in and of itself—serve as definitive proof of artificial intelligence authorship. This grammatical construct—a versatile and often elegant punctuation mark—can be employed by any writer—human or machine—to achieve various stylistic and semantic effects. Its utility—whether for emphasis—for setting off parenthetical thoughts—or for indicating a sudden break in thought—is undeniable.

    However—it is also true that—when analyzing patterns across vast datasets—certain stylistic tendencies can emerge. An AI—programmed to process and generate language based on extensive training corpora—might—through statistical correlation and optimization—exhibit a propensity for specific linguistic features. This isn't—to be clear—a conscious choice by the AI—there's no inherent preference for em dashes encoded within its fundamental algorithms. Rather—it's a reflection of the patterns it has learned—the statistical likelihood of certain elements appearing together.

    So—while an em dash does not independently declare "I am AI"—its consistent and perhaps slightly overzealous deployment—alongside other less tangible but equally discernible patterns—might—for a discerning observer—suggest an origin beyond human hands. It's about the entire tapestry—not just a single thread. It's about the aggregate—the cumulative effect—the subtle statistical fingerprint. And that—I believe—is a distinction worth making.

  • Connor Myers: As if graduating weren’t daunting enough, now students like me face a jobs market devastated by AI
  • Make sure you don't put "Al" by mistake though. You'll only get offers to be part of "bodyguard/long-lost pal" collaborations with people called Betty.

  • Currently side-by-side on the BBC News homepage.

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/32080319

    > In video game design this would be called "emergent storytelling".

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    Currently side-by-side on the BBC News homepage.

    In video game design this would be called "emergent storytelling".

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    My HA Instance is ready to take advantage of some very cheap energy.

    The UK is currently experiencing some prolonged windy weather and my all-renewable energy provider offers dynamic pricing. That means cheap energy and even negative-cost energy. This is where my HA instance shines and saves me a fortune on my power bill. Thanks again to the HA devs for this incredible project.

    For the curious, I'm using bottlecapdave's excellent Home Assistant Octopus Energy integration via HACS.

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    For those of us on dynamic pricing, the next 24h are looking rosy.

    I'm on an electricity tariff with dynamic pricing. The last week has been pretty rough in fairness, but generally it's really rewarding on most days and sometimes, on days like this, it's amazing.

    Based on my past calculations, whenever the cost is below ~20p, I'm paying less for heating than I would with a gas boiler. Where the cost of energy is negative, I'm essentially getting paid to use surplus energy.

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    Rome knows what's up.

    These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect 𝓼𝓵𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 height. The Romans were/are with us.

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    Architecture Porn @sfw.community rmuk @feddit.uk
    A mixture of private and social apartments in Wein, Austria

    The apartment blocks - two of perhaps a hundred - are surrounded by open greenery, wide walkways and dense tram networks. Most of them have café bars, bookstores, grocery stores or the like on the ground level and loads of benches, play areas and exercise equipment dotted about. The place is rife with Third Places.

    The remarkable thing about these is that, to the locals, they seem fairly unremarkable.

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    Does anyone know a way of calculating the energy needed to heat a home/room?

    Does anyone know a way of calculating the amount of heating I need to maintain an average temperature in terms of kWh of heating per 24 hours? Ideally one taking into account weather conditions.

    I have a pretty big Home Assistant setup which includes switches for individually controlling all the (electric) heaters in my home. I'm also using an electricity supplier that changes the amount they charge every 30 minutes to reflect supply and demand. Given these rates are published at least 24 hours in advance I can currently choose a number of hours to run the heaters per day and have an automation automatically select the cheapest periods. I'm paying less per kWh for heating than I would if I was using a gas boiler. Plus, it's all from renewables, so working out that number of hours is the next step.

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    rmuk rmuk @feddit.uk
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