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49531 commented on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account   theverge.com/news/793579/... · Posted by u/josephcsible
sersi · 3 months ago
At this point, there are very few games where I've personally had to switch back to windows. I don't play online though so not impacted by Anti-cheat systems
49531 · 3 months ago
Yeah it really comes down to online gameplay. The _only_ thing keeping me in microsoft's orbit is online gaming.
49531 commented on Resurrecting flip phone typing as a Linux driver   github.com/FoxMoss/libt9... · Posted by u/foxmoss
Izkata · 6 months ago
> there are lots of repeated key-hits, right?

Nope, one key per letter. T9 uses an internal dictionary to figure which word you meant, with some memory for preferred words when there's multiple matches and adding custom words.

49531 · 6 months ago
Exactly this, and occasionally you'd have multiple words come up for the same number combo, but in a consistent manner where the user could learn how many times you needed to hit the 'next' button to get the word you wanted.
49531 commented on I'd rather read the prompt   claytonwramsey.com/blog/p... · Posted by u/claytonwramsey
austin-cheney · 8 months ago
> Don’t let a computer write for you!

To play devil's advocate original code alienates you from many programming jobs. This was true before LLMs, and remains true now. Many developers abhor original code. They need frameworks or packages from Maven, NPM, pip, or whatever. They need to be told exactly what to do in the code, but copy/paste is better, and a package that already does it for you is better still. In these jobs, yes, absolutely let a computer write it for you (or at least anybody that is an untrusted outside stranger). Writing the code yourself will often alienate you from your peers and violate some internal process.

49531 · 8 months ago
I don't think using dependencies or frameworks is any different than using a word processor for writing. They're tools that get you to the real work of writing original code.
49531 commented on The pro-Israel information war   jackpoulson.substack.com/... · Posted by u/anigbrowl
matrix87 · 2 years ago
> But saying all criticism of Israel is antisemitic deflects legitimate criticism

Who is saying this? All I've heard are people on one side insisting that people are saying this, sounds like a straw man

49531 · 2 years ago
The US House of Representatives passed a measure on Tuesday which "clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism"[1]; so at least 311 congress members are saying it.

1. https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hres894/BILLS-118hres894i...

49531 commented on A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely   nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
_marlowe_ · 2 years ago
Can someone explain to me in minimally technical terms how scientists can determine the molecular composition of an exoplanet's atmosphere? It boggles my simple mind.
49531 · 2 years ago
I thought it was just light? Light bounces off of different molecules differently?
49531 commented on I don’t buy “duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction” (2021)   codewithjason.com/duplica... · Posted by u/Akronymus
49531 · 2 years ago
I think mislabeling something as a duplication is where most of these issues stem from.

Humans love to pattern match, we find patterns in things that often have no real pattern. It is not uncommon in my experience to see patterns in code, label the code as not DRY, and attempt to DRY it up. If the "duplication" detected was, in fact, not a duplication but rather code that just happens to be similar, the abstraction will often go awry.

My rule-of-thumb is to prioritize maintenance over authorship. Am I writing this code in a way that makes it easier for future me or another programmer to change it, or am I optimizing for a sleek diff in my code review? I think our code can look like breadboards instead of a bespoke printed circuit board, we have compilers for that.

49531 commented on US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples   bbc.com/news/world-us-can... · Posted by u/lakis
jaywalk · 2 years ago
What you're saying is nonsense. How is the desire to have something drawn for you all that different from the desire to have a website created for you? It's essentially the same.
49531 · 2 years ago
Because producing an image of Muhammad is an explicit prohibition in Islam. Providing services to same-sex couples is not a prohibition in Christianity.
49531 commented on US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples   bbc.com/news/world-us-can... · Posted by u/lakis
paulddraper · 2 years ago
Did you completely miss the part

> Ms. Smith is “willing to work with all people regardless of classifications such as race, creed, sexual orientation, and gender.”

To your credit, it appears you are far from alone in missing this.

No less than a Supreme Court Justices apparently missed this fact:

"Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people. The Supreme Court of the United States declares that a particular kind of business, though open to the public, has a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class. The Court does so for the first time in its history." - Justice Sotomayor

:/

49531 · 2 years ago
Building a wedding website for same-sex couples is not a prohibition in Christianity. In fact, it's closer to a tenet of the faith than a prohibition.

Perhaps if she was asked to make a website called www.thebibleisfake.com you might have a case for infringement of speech.

49531 commented on US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples   bbc.com/news/world-us-can... · Posted by u/lakis
kyrra · 2 years ago
Bad headline is bad.

The court ruled that creating a website was considered speech. The government cannot force you to produce speech you are against.

The state stipulated (agreed with) the following:

> Ms. Smith is “willing to work with all people regardless of classifications such as race, creed, sexual orientation, and gender,” and she “will gladly create custom graphics and websites” for clients of any sexual orientation.

> She will not produce content that “contradicts biblical truth” regardless of who orders it.

This would also protect a Muslim artist from being forced to produce a drawing of Muhammad if requested by a client.

49531 · 2 years ago
> This would also protect a Muslim artist from being forced to produce a drawing of Muhammad if requested by a client.

I think there is a difference here. It is not a prohibition in Christianity to create a website for a same sex couple, whereas producing an image of Muhammad is a prohibition in Islam.

I'd also argue that a wedding website for same-sex couples is not something that "contradicts biblical truth"; there is plenty of homosexuality in the bible.

49531 commented on How my children (n=2) acquired absolute pitch   furiouslyrotatingshapes.s... · Posted by u/bluecalm
musicfan1 · 3 years ago
As a person without absolute pitch, here is my take on its utility. It does not help technique, does not help for sight read music, and does not grant musical taste or compositional creativity.

AP helps improvisation (mostly keyboard and strings, less so brass, and even less so woodwinds, I can explain later). Also, ease/speed of composition, allowing you to focus on the creative aspect of composing, or just simply composing more.

You can become a great improviser with relative pitch, but it is much harder, as you have to calculate the intervals between notes in real time, whereas AP spits out the exact note automatically for you.

You should ask your daughter if she would be interested in Jazz improvisation! That is where her AP would actually shine. We need another Stephane Grappelli! :D

I am a violinist myself, and although I can play every scale and arpeggio in the books, I still can't play freely what I hear in my head vs my fingers even after years of working on my real time relative pitch.

49531 · 3 years ago
I'd argue interval training is more valuable than absolute pitch in improvisation. It's rare you find yourself in a scenario where key is unknown and unknowable, especially playing with other musicians. Being able to hear and distinguish a minor 3rd from major 3rd is much more valuable.

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