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  • How do you get used to small form factors?

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  • I specifically needed a numpad on my keyboard so I went for a 40% ortholinear. I have the numpad on a layer on the right hand side. With all keys reachable from the home row, I can use it more easily/quickly than on a full-sized keyboard so it's really the best possible solution.

    I've configured the layer button so that it can either be held down for quick use, or toggled with a double tap.

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    Would wine from back in ancient times and civilizations have been dogshit compared to a basic marketable wine produced by modern viniculture?

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  • That's not true. The majority of wine is aged in standard oak barrels. Bourbon barrel-aged wine is a modern gimmick which is not at all common in the classic wine growing regions.

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    Hand Talk (Plains Indian Sign Language) - New General Megathread for the 6th-8th of June 2025

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  • Why we're unlikely to get "AI" (aka artificial general intelligence) anytime soon

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  • "What we are building now are things that take in words and predict the next most likely word..."

    This is a gross oversimplification and doesn't reflect current understanding of how the most advanced LLMs work. Anthropic has recently published papers showing that Claude "sometimes thinks in a conceptual space" and will "plan what it says many words ahead".

    This doesn't seem quite so different from human intelligence as what the summary suggests.

    https://www.anthropic.com/news/tracing-thoughts-language-model

  • What do you have a low tolerance for?

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  • Dithering... Shit or get off the pot.

  • hey brits, help a yankee understand this bbc article

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  • Caravan owners will often holiday in them frequently, though others will mostly/exclusively use them as holiday lets. I believe that they can't be occupied all the time (maybe 10 months in a year) so no permanent residents (I could be wrong on that though.)

  • What does a week of groceries look like to you?

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  • Almost once a week from an online supermarket. I typically plan 4 or 5 meals as I shop, with adhoc rice/pasta/noodle dishes, frozen portions and takeaways/meals out that usually lasts for 8 or 9 days.

    I mostly cook vegetarian so most of the shop is fresh vegetables. We do eat chicken or fish once a week though. "Essentials" are pea milk, fruit juice, tomatoes, bread, eggs, avocados, oats, fresh/dried/frozen fruits - everything else is meal dependent.

    It's much easier planning and buying from home and the selection online is much better than any of the local supermarkets. The only thing I regularly buy offline is coffee from a local roastery. There's some great independent shops in my village, but the green grocer can be a bit hit and miss on quality and it's rare that I can find everything we would like (or need) so I mostly use for the odd thing/special occasions. I will go to the bakery on a weekend in warmer months though.

  • Soy milk

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  • Pea milk has a similar amount of protein to soya and dairy. It doesn't have the beany flavour of soya (it's the closest to dairy in terms of flavour IMHO) and works well in hot drinks.

    I have no idea if it's safe for cats though; it's typically made from yellow split peas.

  • How would you implement a dead man's switch?

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  • A whistleblower is likely to have access to sensitive data or other forms of leverage not directly linked to whatever they're whistleblowing on. Of course this sort of insurance policy would be useful to them.

  • How do you feel about the level of censorship in your current instance ?

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  • Any words in particular? I can only think of certain ableist and misogynist slurs which are uniquely(?) censored on .ml, which I would imagine could be deeply hurtful to those who have been subjected to abuse and discrimination, and are thrown around too readily by ignorant and uncaring sorts (including my past self.)

    It would be nice, of course, to be in a world where such measures weren't necessary to create a welcoming space for all, but we're evidently some way off.

  • Lime Wire Wr(ule)apped

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  • it's not my job to educate you

  • Lime Wire Wr(ule)apped

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  • ^this

  • Lime Wire Wr(ule)apped

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  • wow pretty problematic

  • you just got downsized, sucka!

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  • It's the one labelled 'caps-lock'. Probably needs a key combo to actually toggle caps-lock.

    Similarly the left 'shift' is also the 'a' key. I would guess tap for 'a', hold for 'shift'.

  • Starter Kit to browse Web in 2024/2025 BUT BETTER! (Still Must-have)

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  • I have no experience with that channel. What makes you think it is being brigaded? Seems like a very unusual target. Given that it's well-used tracks that appear to be affected, it seems to me that it may just be attracting a greater breadth of viewers - who are generally less familiar with the content and may have different expectations (and would be just as likely to downvote whether visible or not.)

  • Starter Kit to browse Web in 2024/2025 BUT BETTER! (Still Must-have)

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  • Like I said, many of us use like/dislike ratios to gain insight into quality of content; whether or not that was the intended use of the feature is really irrelevant.

    You're massively overstating the incidence of brigading. A tiny fraction of videos have experienced this. The idea that brigading is significantly affecting user recommendations and even causing them to align is hyperbolic nonsense.

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  • How so? Like/dislike ratios are a very quick and effective means of identifying problematic content. Clickbait titles and thumbnails are another issue - they aren't a reasonable indicator of the quality of the content. It's an emerging trend in an oversaturated environment in which even creators of high quality content feel the need to partake.

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  • What an awful mischaracterisation. While the dislike feature may appeal to misanthropes, it also appeals to the much larger pool of people that are intelligent enough/respectful of their own time to understand the value of the feature in helping to avoid poor quality and misleading content.

    It really bears out in the results. For those who recall what old ratios looked like, for sufficiently popular videos, they still hold true with this plugin.

  • Least favorite book?

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  • A tossup between books 7-10 of the Wheel of Time series. I gave up half way through book 10 and resent the time that I wasted on the series. 20 years later I still recall the desperate hope that the next chapter/book would advance the storyline, only to be greeted with more subplots, stupid things happening because of characters inability/unwillingness to communicate, and overly verbose descriptions of every little thing.

    I hear the final books, written by a different author, were much better.