AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Joined Jan 2020
My friend discovered something odd when experimenting with AI. It's a brief looking into a particular error.
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OpenStreetMap mapping parties
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/mapping-party-tips.html
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Im a little crazy about shaving. Though i dont always shave or shave often but when i do im a bit anal about it. First off i use an old school safety razor, but the three half blade kind rather than a single double blade. I also only use the razor for about 3 shaves then replace it. I also remove clean and dru the individual blades between shaves, oil them and store them outside of thr bathroom to avoid humidity. I even rotate the blades between shaves.
In case you arent familiar with half blade safety razors i attached a picture.
@freemo You mentioned shaving preferences. This is my favorite way. It feels like nothing else to get a good shave with one of these.
Maintenance isn't too bad.
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Today I took a lot of photos (more than a hundred), but in the end, I only selected 14 that were usable. I used Affinity Photo 2 to process these RAW files. Although I have Lightroom Classic, I wanted to try Affinity's software as an action to resist and break free from Adobe's subscription model.
The 50MP RAW from the main camera of the Samsung did surprise me a bit. There is more flexibility in post-adjustments compared to JPG, but it still doesn't compare to a real camera. However, considering the cost-performance ratio, I am satisfied. So far, including the phone, the equipment I use for photography doesn't exceed 13,000 RMB, which is roughly the price of an entry-level camera and lens.
Unfortunately, these photos are too large, averaging around 15 to 20MB each, so I can't upload them to Mastodon. I will try other platforms instead.
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Note: This toot is translated from Chinese into English using AI. I'm too tired to speak in English...
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"Don’t expect the #Embedded community to ditch C / C++ for a Memory-Safe alternative anytime soon"
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My blueberries seem to have survived the storm.
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I used to know a blissed-out hippie-chick in Baltimore, she once told me that she used to do acid (the drug, not music) and lay down on the field by the Yoo-hoo chocolate soda factory. Flying out of her body, etc etc. It seemed like such a tacky kind of transcendence… but it was real! A new kind of religion being born out of heaps of rusted cars and fast food joints. And this girl was flying above it all, but in it too.
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[2023] "The Billion Dollar Death Trade: The International Arms Networks that Enable Human Rights Violations in #Myanmar" (Russia / China / Singapore / Thailand / India)
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"OpenTofu team vehemently disagrees with any suggestion that it misappropriated, mis-sourced, or otherwise misused HashiCorp’s BSL code" (Terraform)
https://opentofu.org/blog/our-response-to-hashicorps-cease-and-desist/
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The Nucleo board lives. Had to dig out an old mini-USB cable for it. They haven't updated the design in years. Two USB generations behind!
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@mike @meshtastic not yet, I tested them in my house and small garden 😅
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History of Silicon Graphics
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics
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Now that is a complicated question. But usually the main way its accomplished with what we call antitrust laws. When enforced (and the usa has enforced thrm but not as strongly as it should) they effectively make monopolies illegal.
Of course the other key is keeping corruption in check and money out of politics, which isnlikewise a difficult task to do, but critical to a healthy capitalism
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I wish i had a waterproof ereader. If i did i wouod put on my scuba tanks, go sit at the bottom of a pool and read a books for a few hours.
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Deindustrialize they said. We can reboot it when needed they said… they have no idea how industry and logistics work.
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Apparently the main lens won't give you 50MP by default. It's 12MP. You have to switch to 50MP mode and lose a lot of functions.
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Hopefully, I'll get more students to tutor about computer science. It feels good to interact with actual humans face-to-face. It also gives me a good reason to take care of myself and stay sober.
Joined Jan 2020
