🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️
@dgkimpton.bsky.social
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High performance UI developer in C# & C++. Passions include space, massage, tech, woodworking, sci-fi, etc. Solving a good problem well is everything 😎 He/Him
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Precies. Heb voor deze reden mijn Amazon Prime Video abonnement al opgezegd.
Those curved screen corners are gross. And a wobbly camera hump again? Going backwards in the usability department too. And AI slurping the battery? I think I'll stick to my old phone and hope it doesn't get hacked because there's nothing compelling about the new generation of devices. Sigh.
Yep. And there's no obvious solution either - we could vote on edits, but then it's a popularity contest. We could appeal to an expert, but who defines that? Wikipedia is in a tricky spot because people don't seem interested in the truth on the whole, only pushing their agendas/ideologies.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
I genuinely wish there was a way to exclude Temu from all Google search results. Such a spammy company.
Bluesky using system fonts was a big one, although it's 🤯 that that wasn't the default position.
But most software seems to just get worse with every release. Less information dense, less straightforward to use, packed with useless crap (social functions, AI, etc), and genuinely directionless. Sigh.
I definitely need a mirror - getting the wooden sticks in there without poking my gums is nigh on impossible without being able to see.
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We’ve come full circle 😂🤦‍♀️
What horrifies me is that this isn't an AI generated joke product but an actual thing you can walk in to a shop and buy 😒
Smart Ethiopians will now give you a wide berth to avoid being eaten...
Way to dodge the issue. It's not about age OpenAI, it's about AI encouraging vulnerable people to do things they shouldn't.
Honestly? Yes. And the government should also be obligated to pave your roads. The idea that only urban roads need care and maintenance is frustrating.
I'm pretty sure those pushing this expect AI to eliminate senior devs in short order too. So, for them, this is a meaningless question.
It needs the NHS app voice authentication. Say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I'm sorry, you spoke to slowly, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I'm sorry, you spoke to quickly, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I didn't catch that, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4"...repeat
That's fuckkin depressing. Now I feel ancient. There's really no modern equivalent either, is there? Time to start a petition to change html/css to have "ExclusiveOptions" instead?
You're going to be happy and you're going to like it, or else!
Yes, myself. Repeatedly. What I need is a needle working partner to take the stabs on my behalf, that or get better at it, but realistically a prick partner is the only viable option.
Someone needs to write a check list of all the realistic text combinations so we can verify our sites. It's somewhat implausible to expect every developer to know all these combinations.
It's also kind of weird that one side is trying to do something it's never done before (land on the moon) and the other side is simply trying to work out how to re-achieve something it could do 50 years ago. That shouldn't be a race, it should be a cake walk.
Formulas do seem to help in teams with differing levels of social expressiveness. I.e. ensuring the observations of the quieter/shyer/less-confident members are also brought to the fore. It'd be lovely to imagine that not being necessary but the boisterous usually unintentionally dominate otherwise.
That engine looks a tad familiar