Nathan Shewmaker

"the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born"

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@oldstackjournal A random sentence generator written in BASIC on a Commodore VIC-20.

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@chaotictransfem This will also inhibit existing languages from adding "syntactic sugar". In C# I started using the new simplified collection syntax (e.g. [1, 2, 3]) but since the LLMs don't know about this, they constantly correct it back to the old verbose syntax.

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@paulg Unfortunately, even after people have got the 10x from the first, its hard to pass up the remaining 2x from also doing the second.

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@soychotic Seattle ferries are ok but have you ever been on the Vancouver Island ferry? Amazing ferry ride.

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@RichardS7370 Sticking with classics...
1. Judee Sill - Judee Sill
2. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
3. The Band - Music From Big Pink
4. The B-52's - The B-52's
5. The Doors - The Doors
#5DebutAlbumsSF2

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@GDess @spiccarella Are those books about women, or books about a woman? Seems like there's a difference.

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@RichardS7370 My picks for #5DebutAlbums8589

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Death - Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Wormed by Leonard (1988)
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

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@ZacharyLipez Happy to see Crimes here.

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@coldhealing What works for me is to buy a few that are still completely hard (no soft spots), put them in a paper bag on the counter, check them once a day, and put the ripe ones in the fridge. Once ripe they’ll keep in there for a few more days.

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@funkentechno The Murlocs- Manic Candid Episode

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@RichardS7370 #5albums50s60s5

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

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@JokermenPodcast Agreed that TTL , JWH, and Saved are very underrated , all great albums.

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@rickasaurus I sympathize with this view (like is it so hard to think of another method name?) but on the other hand, I like optional arguments, which I guess is almost the same thing.

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@VoyaWolfProject This photo would make a great album cover.

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@Erik_Quill Opus or Meliora.

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@alexandrascaggs Not exactly because Deepseek has the same ultimate aim as the other money-igniters: AGI. This is a step on the same journey as far as they are concerned .

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@StevenMBelknap @FischerKing64 AI is a lot more than just LLMs. I think some of the other kinds are probably more dangerous from the Big Brother perspective.

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@enjojoyy @matiwinnetou I’ve started taking a spoonful of cod liver oil every day this winter. Maybe it’s placebo effect but it seems like it’s helping.

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@RichardS7370 #5albums80s4
My top 5 picks:
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
X - Wild Gift
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Pet Shop Boys - Please

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@AliceFromQueens Harris has been fine but I think she underestimates how weak the Democratic Party platform is at the national level. Trump’s GOP has come up with a more popular policy platform, and it’s that platform that makes people overlook his weaknesses as a candidate.