Deebster

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[–] Deebster 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Andy Zaltzman's bubbles task was a thing of beauty, it's only right that he got the top marks.

Then him dragging that spot around on the final task, chef's kiss

Talking of, Emma Sidi's abysmal throwing was wonderful (and Baba channelling Dr McCoy).

Jack Dee is turning out to be the mostly-joyless joy we knew he would be.

In the studio task, did Rosie just completely fluke into the right answer with a vaguely plausible reason?

 

We have a new series! Let's discuss tasks, contestants and the show in general.

Spoilers ahead.

[–] Deebster 2 points 10 hours ago

Shame on you APNews for not including any Hoiho memes

[–] Deebster 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Seems to be based on Tragedy of the Aral Sea, or maybe vice versa.

[–] Deebster 2 points 1 day ago

Mirror for NYTimes article: https://archive.ph/C7Z6g

[–] Deebster 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The term you want is "cross compile". I've developed simple programs for the Pi on Windows and it's simple enough to produce a static binary (using Rust, anyway). When extra dependencies come in it's better to develop on the same OS, but targeting different architectures is the easy bit.

[–] Deebster 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just going through it now and it#s really good analysis, thanks for sharing.

However, it seemed that he was sometimes discussing some variants from the AI that he assumed the viewers could see, but they're no on the recording (in the chat, someone says "diagrams not showing" so I assume his stream couldn't see it either).

[–] Deebster 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Token-based string distances looks like exactly what I need for my current side project - I'm using Levenshtein but I should be comparing based on words, not characters.

I just need to figure out which (if any) of these does what I need.

Edit: looks like the Python version has that information: https://github.com/life4/textdistance?tab=readme-ov-file#algorithms

[–] Deebster 4 points 5 days ago (4 children)

stacking prefixes is disallowed (e.g. 10 k km), and because using mega is both correct and more concise (e.g. 10 Mm).

If you're talking distances and you say Mm, I'm far more likely to assume you mean millimetres. It might be technically correct, but it's bad communication.

[–] Deebster 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How did you find Leptos to work with? I never got further than the tutorial so I have yet to form a real opinion on it.

[–] Deebster 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

The first thing to happen is that any liquids (saliva, tears, blood) will start to boil in the very low pressure, but your body won't explode like in some films. This boiling will pull heat from your body causing your nose and mouth to nearly freeze.

Another film trope is that you freeze over, but you'll often overheat first since you can't radiate your heat away quickly enough (depending on if you're in sunlight or not).

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24946971

TL;DW:

Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space?

At some point in the future, yes.

Can They Really Cost Less To Operate?

In theory, yes.

Scott expresses concerns that current startups have not adequately addressed some of the practical challenges, such as cooling.

 

Yewtube mirror: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=d-YcVLq98Ew

Scott Manley discusses Lumen Orbit's plan to data centres in space and whether it or not makes sense.

[–] Deebster 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh, you're right - somehow I missed seeing the entire bottom third of the image.

[–] Deebster 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And they've highlighted the whole of the UK for "England". Scotland has the thistle, Wales has the daffodil and Wikipedia says that flax is widely used as a symbol of Northern Ireland.

I think of England's rose as red, because of the rugby.

 

This video takes a deep dive into the realities of commercial-scale haggis farming in Scotland. Exploring the industry's impact on animal welfare, it uncovers the ethical concerns surrounding the production of farmed haggis.

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18316051

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18316051

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18316051

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
 

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

 
 

Piped mirror: https://piped.video/watch?v=UVlBmdvIC6s

This channel is about architecture, and this video (from Nov 2023*) is about Solar Punk and covers some of the history and real-life attempts.

I was amused that shortly after talking about Solar Punk's rejection of consumerism she did the sponsor section, but that's Youtube for you.

* it's been posted elsewhere on Lemmy but not here that I can see

 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/15125500

xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

https://xkcd.com/2942

explainxkcd.com for #2942

Alt text:

Thank you to linguist Gretchen McCulloch for teaching me about phonetic assimilation, and for teaching me that if you stand around in public reading texts from a linguist and murmuring example phrases to yourself, people will eventually ask if you're okay.

 

xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

https://xkcd.com/2942

explainxkcd.com for #2942

Alt text:

Thank you to linguist Gretchen McCulloch for teaching me about phonetic assimilation, and for teaching me that if you stand around in public reading texts from a linguist and murmuring example phrases to yourself, people will eventually ask if you're okay.

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