tvararu

Joined 14 years ago

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https://vararu.org/

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Comment · 6 months ago
Comment · 11 months ago
Great move. Congratulations to the Replicate team!
Comment · 1 year ago
I used to be able to tell Siri "Turn off the lights."

Sometimes in 2017 or 2018 they "updated" it and now it replies "Which room?" Followed by slowly listing out the 6 or 7 options including "everywhere."

I haven't been able to reprogram myself to say "Turn off all the lights" which works as before. Hearing that reply is the equivalent of hitting your toe on a wardrobe.

This update didn't fix this. The functionality is the same as before.

Basic stuff, but no way to fix it.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
They're probably referring to the new MacBook Pros with up to 128GB of unified memory.
Comment · 2 years ago
It looks like it's the GOVUK Frontend JS. Most of it is probably not necessary.

That being said, the site feels instantaneous to me, and scores 95/100 on PageSpeed Insights, with the only oversight being the render-blocking Google font which adds 750ms to initial render, but should be cached on subsequent navigations. Perhaps your browser isn't caching it, which would explain the sluggishness.

200kB of JavaScript (50kB gzipped) is pretty lean for modern websites. React.js on its own is around 130kB, for just the library.

Comment · 2 years ago
So do I, but on a flight 2 days ago, I forgot the name of a Ruby method, but knew what it does. I tried looking it up in Dash (offline rdocs) but didn’t find it.

On a whim, I asked Zephyr 7B (Mistral based) “what’s the name of that Ruby method that does <insert code>” and it gave me 3 different correct ways of doing what I wanted, including the one I couldn’t remember. That was a real “oh wow” moment.

So offline situations is the most likely use case for me.

Comment · 3 years ago
What's the name of the app? It didn't say on mobile.
Comment · 3 years ago
> in the sense of evil hackers with baklava over their head

Balaclava is the headgear, though must admit imagining a bad actor with delicious pastry on their head was amusing.

Comment · 3 years ago
Ah yes, the QWOP piano. An elegant instrument for a more civilised age.

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