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I just use the reader mode built into my browser. 100% content.

I don't want large phone though. I'd prefer to have a less appealling small phone that encourages me to spend more time off it.

This looks rad and very user drivrn.

I've been tracking with bibliocommons through my local library, but it has it's flaws. I can add books that any bibliocommons library has indexed, but there's no convenient way to search outside my library.

Facebook marketplace also keeps people scrolling which means theres just way more prospective buyers.

Search is bad at finding what you want but good at keeping you searching.

Here in Canada, kijiji(ebay classifieds) was popular and has accounts and ratings. People still have moved to marketplace.

Tragic that with a modern efficiency oriented SoC it still has such dissapointing battery life. Expected an improvement over X series thinkpads.

At least it can charge off a powerbank, but that's pretty standard now.

I am similar. If I physically write a couple times a week, my hand adapts though. It's a skill like any other.

Fountain pens are nice too since you don't need any pressure.

My writing looks a lot better if I just force myself to slow down and be deliberate, but honestly it's a constant battle. I'd definitely benefit from practicing penmanship on it's own.

Being conparable to the original performance might be a feature on it's own.

Insurance companies don't care what mods you do to your car, even EV swapping, except performance mods. If you tell them you've been doing performance mods, they'll drop you.

ChatGPT Images 2.0 3 months ago

Ok, but the models only know what to draw because we fed them images of dementia patients and babies.

Maybe image generators can be a loophole for consent legally, but it seems even grosser morally.

CNC machines drove down operator wages. Its similar to the translator example where the machine code is written by someone else, but the person running the machine still needs to understand. Simple pushing the go button is dangerous, being able to adapt is critical.

Jobs where a machinist is in charge of large chunks of the process are rarer. Large shop will have one person setting up many machines to maximize throughput.

But here’s the kicker Let that sink in

The biggest tell for AI writing is just being AI adjacent. I've started avoiding reading AI articles here because (surprise) they all feel like a chatGPT transcript.

Writing a first draft may come easy, but there's more to the process than that. An LLM can go from outline to "article" in one step. I can't.

I don't write often, so revising and rewriting is very slow for me. I'm not confident in my writing and it looks clunky to my eye.

I see the appeal, though I want to keep developing my own skills.

This blog post is pretty readable, but it's still obviously written with the help of an LLM. A common trend is that LLMs lack the nuance and write everything with the same enthusiasm. So in a blogpost it'll infer things are novel or good/bad that are actually neutral.

Not a bad blogpost because of this, but you need to be careful reading. I've noticed most of the article on the HN front page are written with AI assistance.

The old Dodge Grand Caravan with the fold flat sheets fits 4x8 sheets inside. The built in roofrack is also very ergonomic for ladders, canoes, etc.

We have pickups and the minivan and I often prefer to haul with the van. Better fuel efficiency and lower load floor are nice.

The real disappointment is none of the sources are linked in the text. Instead, it's just random underlined words, the classic chatgpt over formatting with lots of extra underlining and bolding. I appreciate that a 10-15 minute long article summarizes a 25 minute video, but it's hard to hide the real author.

Quite lazily done and just not pleasant to read.

That does not sound enjoyable and seems like HDR abuse.

The "normal" video should aim to be moderately bright on average, the extra peak brightness is good for contrast in dark scenes. Other comments comparing it to the loudness war ar apt. Some music streaming services are enfircing loudness normalization to solve this. Any brickwalled song gets played a bit quieter when the app is being a radio.

Instagram could enforce this too, but it seems unlikely unless it actually effects engagement.

It's good if you have black text on white background, since your app can have good contrast without searing your eyes. People started switching to dark themes to avoid having their eyeballs seared monitors with the brightness high.

For things filmed with HDR in mind it's a benefit. Bummer things always get taken to the extreme.

Definitely reeks of someone who doesn't know what makes a readable blogpost and hoped the LLM did.

I was not familiar with the hardware, so I was disappointed there wasn't a picture of the device. Tried to skim the article and it's a mess. Inconsistent formatting and emoji without a single graph to visualize benchmarks.