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My dog hurt his paw chasing his sheep toy around last night. I think he caught a claw on something when he ran. Now he has a slight limp but he seems okay. It hasn't hurt his usual immense appetite...

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When the Icelandic banks fell over a decade ago my employer (an English university) wasn't sure it would be able to cover payroll. These tightly coupled institutions ripple out across borders, it's not such fun to be on the wrong end of it.

The eventual goal is a plate-and-frame virtual rebuild of the *entire* vessel.
youtu.be/zuxiwHtQViQ

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lmao SVB bank on Forbes best list for five years running.

The Britannic is less famous, but equally sunk.

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Ages ago I did a walkaround of the same Studio's Britannic model, handy if you are having trouble sleeping..
(Corrected URL because I computer gud)
youtu.be/9ke8AKNiwbM

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The Titanic H&G team have released what I believe is their final demo before Steam release of 'Project 401', which is their walkable Titanic model. It's in Unreal 4 and really is quite fantastic - now 50% of the vessel is modeled.
youtube.com/watch?v=TOogM9SagA

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yellow clock, rich's miniature golf, wyoming, pennsylvania, 1984

The problem isn't how good ChatGPT or the others are, the problem is how good people *think* it is.

Sort of surprised they didn't opt for KDE, as QT does well with this kind of environment, as seen on the default Pinebook Pro Manjaro image.

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MNT did a really nice job with their Sway setup out of the box, and although they offer Gnome 3 as an option it's really intended to be used with something light like Sway, and it really looks great. Same with their rofi config. Minimalist but pretty.

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One of the things about going minimalist on mobile computers is you en up having to solve problems a DE has already done for you. Is it worth the effort? I don't know. I really like I3/Sway but config is a *bear*, same with cwm. Sometimes I just think 'fuck it' and go back to a full DE, but then I feel dirty.

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round hole, jekyll island mini golf, jekyll island, georgia, 1985

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Headline: “How to use “Control + Shift + V in Microsoft Word.”

Yeah, I think you just told us.

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"NASA to reveal Artemis 2 moon astronauts on April 3" by @SPACEdotcom / @michaeldwall - Four astronauts will be named to #NASA #Artemis2 #Moon mission - 3 from US🇺🇸 and 1 from Canada🇨🇦, currently planned for launch Nov 2024 space.com/nasa-announce-artemi #space

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I had enough troubling discussions with tech people that believe that these language models think and we are within moments of sentient computers.

Many variations on “we are just like the machines; we read and speak statistically valid sentences”

Folks are quickly dismissing that turning your complex inside thoughts into words is usually an art that requires work and practice.

These models are great tools, but I feel the cringe creep up when folks bless these models with supernatural powers.

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