Yesterday I watched a movie on prime video with ads and the experience was miserable. Today I learn they’re rolling ads out to the rest of prime video
@alcinnz “Imperative languages provide you with more power and precision than declarative languages. “ is earning some hard frowning from me
@lasombra_br this old free book is absolutely brilliant btw and worth a skim https://withouthotair.com
@lasombra_br it’s very situation specific; maybe they wouldn’t? But the BBC are talking about them like they’re a brand new experimental thing, but they’ve been around maturing for decades
My head is in my hands listening to the BBC’s attempt at impartiality wrt heat pumps
I also really enjoyed “slow air” the day before https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qm5j?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
This remake of Kneale’s “you must listen”, to mark 100 years of bbc radio drama, is great https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmdp?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
@noodles well I guess I mean I concur that over stickering isn’t aesthetically pleasing (where “over” might be >0)
@noodles I put all those other stickers one accumulates into the current year’s dead-tree pocket diary.
@noodles my policy is almost the same, although for a change my personal machine has a NIN sticker instead of Debian (at least for a while)
@jk it’s also a bit like those optical illusion pictures where half the audience will see one thing and the other half another
I've reminded myself just how frustrating the GHC 9+ changes to typed Template Haskell are.
Prior to that, in the context of the thing I was working on, I was crying out for some of the changes.
But now they''ve landed they're so obtuse and hostile to use in practice!
Prior to that, in the context of the thing I was working on, I was crying out for some of the changes.
But now they''ve landed they're so obtuse and hostile to use in practice!
@frumble it’s genuinely hilarious to hear IBM invoked all the time for redhat stuff now
I occasonally stumble across an artist/album on Bandcamp (usually ambient-style) who seem (or their label seem) ridiculously prolific, e.g. "Buy discography of 800+ albums for $1 USD (97% off)"
I've seen this a few times. Are these AI/ML-generated?
I've seen this a few times. Are these AI/ML-generated?