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Steller's Jay [OC]
When I first heard the name of this bird, I thought it was "Stellar Jay", which IMO is a superior name.
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Steller's Jay [OC]
When I first heard the name of this bird, I thought it was "Stellar Jay", which IMO is a superior name.
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‘Not going back’: Ford will cancel Starlink-Ontario deal even if tariffs are lifted
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He’s a Conservative douchebag in general.
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‘Not going back’: Ford will cancel Starlink-Ontario deal even if tariffs are lifted
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He could actually be patriotic for all I know but he has tried to enrich himself and his buddies at the expense of the public before so I trust him about as far as I could throw him.
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mikroPhone project is designing a smartphone with an emphasis on openness and privacy
For fuck’s sake, stop making company/product names that are homophones of normal English words with “creative” spelling.
“I bought a mikroPhone the other day”.
“Oh, I didn’t know you sang?”
“…what?”
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Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk
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So you sitting there in your cozy armchair know better than somebody in the industry?
Come on, don’t be an asshole.
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List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs
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As somebody who has been trying to decided which of the RAW photo editors to use, I can tell you that Darktable has a steep learning curve over Lightroom. The UI is incredibly dense and the names of sliders don’t make sense unless you’re an image science expert.
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Is it normal that cheap mechanical keyboards break so easily?
Yeah you’re running a big risk with random keyboards from AliExpress. It’s better to spend a little more and buy a known budget brand like RoyalKludge.
And then once you’re truly hooked you can spend half your next paycheque on a premium brand keyboard. 😉
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Joe Rogan issues brutal three-word reaction to Mike Tyson's performance in defeat to Jake Paull
Who the fuck cares about Joe Rogan?
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What are you using AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity AI) for in your daily routine?
I’m a professional software dev and I use GitHub Copilot.
It’s most useful for repetitive or boilerplate code where it has an existing pattern it can copy. It basically saves me some typing and little typo errors that can creep in when writing that type of code by hand.
It’s less useful for generating novel code. Occasionally it can help with known algorithms or obvious code constructs that can be inferred from the context. Prompting it with code comments can help although it still has a tendency to hallucinate about APIs that don’t exist.
I think it will improve with time. Both the models themselves and the tools integrating the models with IDEs etc.
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Protip for Apollo users: Wefwef is a lemmy client with Apollo's UI
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Memmy is great and the developer is working on it at a breakneck pace.
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U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products - National | Globalnews.ca
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“Fragrantly aggressive” is tickling my funny bone but I think you mean “flagrantly”. 😉
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Woody the Woodpecker
Here's another angle:
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Absolutely Legend
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“Actually”… man pages also include information about the standard Unix C functions.
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Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League win
I think the only solution is to ban football.
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Northern Cardinal - Mississauga, ON
Another one of the same bird:
A different one, female I believe:
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As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity
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Only Docker Desktop has the AI feature. You can install the Docker engine and CLI tools without it on Linux. Or Podman, a similar alternative.
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Ontario tracks spread of tick borne illnesses; top doctor links it to climate change
This is a bit selfish but I’m bummed about this upsurge in ticks because it’s put such a damper on plans to go hiking etc.
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My friend gifted me a "fighting RPG" that turned out to be something else entirely
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There’s a genre called Adult Visual Novels which can be a more … refined experience. Not so much games but more like illustrated choice-driven stories. Some may include mini-games or other game-like aspects.
https://f95zone.to/forums/games.2/ filter by VN or Completed and sort by descending rating. The first couple pages are full of excellent examples. However, note that a lot of them are still being developed and may only release updates once or twice a year.
You can find a lot of these on Steam, itch.io or on the developer’s Patreon page.
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Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk
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To be honest I didn’t even bother reading the links. Mainly because he was being an asshole and I don’t owe him my time.
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Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk
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You can make your point without being an asshole about it.