I love the Moon+ Reader app. Tons of features. I like that it has a dark mode and you can set the brightness very very low (on OLED) so reading in the dark at night is comfortable.
Parents tearing their hair out over children spending hours gaming should instead be encouraging their creative use of tech, a recently-knighted AI millionaire has told the BBC.
They’re reading the wiki for lore because they’re 85% through the game skipping all cutscenes and lore drops, but they’re finally interested in the story now, if only because of the lore based puzzle they’re stuck at.
For the most part, I wouldn’t change anything about the queries in the OP. It’s pretty representative of what I’d type.
I’m sure you could get similar results with “remove virus guide” but I guess I prefer to use language/sentences that are highly likely to match what’s found on the sites.
I’d probably end up with “how to remove virus Windows reddit”, find out the answer is nuke it from orbit, then I’d have to search about how to safely get files from virus computer.
On the other hand, for simple stuff, I absolutely do stuff like “Jupiter radius”
I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?...
In addition to all the automation everyone has talked about, some of us are also data nerds.
I enjoy knowing the temp, air quality, etc. in every room. How does this change throughout the day/season? Did leaving this door open or this fan on improve anything? What can I automate at what threshold to improve things?
You can also get a lot of data about energy usage too. And if you have solar and battery, it’s neat seeing how much it affects and how much you save.
Automation is useful, but in the end it’s just a hobby like many other things. It’s fine to be into it or not into it.
I recently played Alien Isolation, and I noticed all of the “hacking” she does on doors and computers are different types of games, like press the button at the right time, or match the images within a timer, etc....
And the nature of computers is that they are magnitudes better than humans at brute forcing. Machine learning can brute force (depending on the technique, it can be smarter than brute forcing, being more efficient) test many many many more designs and techniques than we could manually do. Sure it’ll fail many times, but it’s just a numbers game, and it can pump those numbers. It’ll try a lot of weird and unique stuff we wouldn’t even think to try, with varying degrees of success.
Yeah, it makes me think back to the CD days. I think just having a Windows install CD already premade for you made the process at least semi approachable.
Last month when I was installing an OS (it was proxmox, not exactly beginner friendly, I know) the first boot disk creator I used “worked” but ended up failing in the install. The second one worked though.
All in all, creating your own install disk is nice and flexible, but it really is a barrier for the average user.
The special efx haven’t gotten more expensive, cameras haven’t risen in price, writers don’t seem to be demanding particular high prices, netflix takes anything that you can pitch without saying the word disney....
I’ve never seen x-files, but it does get brought up a lot in conversation about Fringe (one of my favorites). Fringe starts off as {insert scifi thing} of the week, and then the plot starts to develop later. I recommend giving it a shot.
I’ve been reading Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl, and since nobody in my life (aside from my wife) cares, I thought I’d share something I’m pretty proud of. My first set of regular expressions, that I wrote myself to manipulate the text I’m working with....
I have also felt like this my entire life. Rather than a superpower, I’ve always imagined that I’m haunted by some low-level evil spirit that only has power over street lamps.
You know, it kinda makes me wonder if we should have listened a little more to the people who were paranoid of being tracked and went to live off the grid.
Kind of a trend, the amount of youtubers who i had loved but their content became generic after gaining popularity is quite a bit, most drastic one being mrwhosetheboss, his uniqueness went down faster than MH27 MH17
I watch his videos occasionally and I haven’t seen anything like that. Recently, at least, he’s just been doing the usual of taking apart and explaining random electronics he finds.
We (@redford, @mrtick and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops. The manufacturer argued that this was because of malpractice by these workshops, and that they should be serviced by them instead of third...
The McDonald’s ice cream machines have a similar vibe, but that doesn’t seem to be as smartly/evilly executed as these trains. Remote kill switches are insane.
Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI (www.theregister.com)
Sailing the high seas (lemmy.world)
Linux is now an option for safety-minded software-defined vehicle developers (arstechnica.com)
consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8471507
Do you usually purchase digital or physical books? Why?
Video games can boost creativity in young (www.bbc.co.uk)
Parents tearing their hair out over children spending hours gaming should instead be encouraging their creative use of tech, a recently-knighted AI millionaire has told the BBC.
Beating the 50cc Flower Cup on Mario Kart 64 (1996) (lemmus.org)
Edit: Just beat the Star Cup as well.
The Factorio devs have the spirit (lemmy.world)
Home automation - why?
I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?...
Milk (startrek.website)
You know how bad it needs to be to be ignored for over 2 decades! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
What are some of the best mini-games youve played? (games inside games)
I recently played Alien Isolation, and I noticed all of the “hacking” she does on doors and computers are different types of games, like press the button at the right time, or match the images within a timer, etc....
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium (www.newscientist.com)
Why Linux is Best for Most People (medium.com)
Why'd they stopped making tv shows as good as x-files? (lemmy.world)
The special efx haven’t gotten more expensive, cameras haven’t risen in price, writers don’t seem to be demanding particular high prices, netflix takes anything that you can pitch without saying the word disney....
My First Regular Expressions
I’ve been reading Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl, and since nobody in my life (aside from my wife) cares, I thought I’d share something I’m pretty proud of. My first set of regular expressions, that I wrote myself to manipulate the text I’m working with....
Have you ever had an encounter that you felt was paranormal or involved something not of this Earth? If so, what happened?
Comcast Discloses Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 35.9 Million Xfinity Customers (variety.com)
Which of your favorite creators content quality went downhill very quickly?
Kind of a trend, the amount of youtubers who i had loved but their content became generic after gaining popularity is quite a bit, most drastic one being mrwhosetheboss, his uniqueness went down faster than MH27 MH17
q3k :blobcatcoffee: (@q3k@hackerspace.pl) I can finally reveal some research I've been involved with over the past year or so. (mastodon.social)
We (@redford, @mrtick and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops. The manufacturer argued that this was because of malpractice by these workshops, and that they should be serviced by them instead of third...
Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars (apnews.com)
Anon is the only male in class (sh.itjust.works)
I r(ul)efuse (startrek.website)
Japan is on its own wavelength. (lemmy.world)