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Comment · 1 month ago
Just give em a smart phone. It's like critical in todays world. For any age.
Comment · 2 months ago
Writing a script to fetch HTML is no different than writing a web browser. I think it's the scale of the operation that distinguishes bots vs human. The browser is the user's agent, but not the only one.
Comment · 3 months ago
And they shut down Google Podcasts, migrating it to YouTube Music. The podcast ecosystem is open and RSS-based. YouTube Music is closed.
Comment · 4 months ago
Hi I'm the author of RAu presented here. I would love to have any feedback after you've read the homepage and maybe tried it out!
Comment · 2 years ago
There will always be a need for both human oversight and accountability, and this is a good example. I think the net result will be, eventually, more and better jobs. It's a better job to validate the transcriptions than to actually transcribe.

Another example in medicine, radiologists will start handling orders of magnitude more cases. But the number of scans done might also increase exponentially as costs likewise drop.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I feel there's some thread that links the USPTO, Treasury, and FTC on guaranteeing the integrity of the dollar and commerce. We don't have a gold standard and the OPEC cartel is a weak substitute. It is some basis for the dollar that in the year 2020 an Intant Pot costs $150 and is designed and manufactured to certain specs and quality. If you look across the economy at all examples of this perhaps it's possible to create a new peg for the USD. Maybe that could even be accomplished without "blockhain" or "AI" :) and just USPS mail-in satisfaction surveys/warranties of some sort tied to corporate lending/insurance.
Comment · 3 years ago
Look for a discounted Lenovo ThinkPad that you can test out in store to make sure it has a sturdy keyboard and can handle key presses without a hollow feeling.

I'd recommend trying to install Alpine Linux as a challenge and it ends up teaching you a lot about the simplicity of the OS and beauty of OpenRC.

Otherwise, Debian is a very reliable and easy to use/install OS and well tested on Lenovo hardware. Failing that, install Ubuntu which has invested much in compatibility with ThinkPads, specifically X1's but those are expensive and cheaper models are often just as compatible.

If you have problems running wireless, the easiest solution is sometimes to figure out if your wifi card is officially supported and swap out the one in the PC with an older and more compatible wifi card.

Sleep and hibernate are often problematic. Find a workaround that works well enough.

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