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  the big win is that it can re-encode existing jpegs to shrink them by like 30%.

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  yeah, a lot of times. i had software licencing responsibilities for a product for a while, and they really didn't want gpl stuff in there for the reasons stated in the thread. the interesting wrinkle in this situation is: if rossman is distributing all of bambu's code, including the account stuff that far as i can tell is another codebase, and he hasn't gotten it from his own printer (which wouldn't have the sources) then no "agreement" has taken place. if bambu is tol...

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  a google _ai_ search, sure. a normal web search uses several orders of magnitude less energy.

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  sure let's just burn down half a hectare of the amazon for a seven line script. engineering philosophy is where the rubber hits the road. building software with the right philosophy can mean the difference between needing a datacenter or a raspberry pi for the same job. it directly translates to money saved in recurring costs.

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  scrolling while hovering over the sponsorblock time code does it by hundredths of a second, which is what you need the get the audio to line up.

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  i will not dispute the dumbass part but i have been programming professionally in python for 16 years. doesn't mean my code is any good, of course.

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  people throwing rocks at firefighters

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  holy shit it's marcus gearsowar!

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  i got into computers so that i didn't have to do math and now glenda is my best friend 

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  you're doing a better job than most of us

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  HELL YEAH BROTHUR AROOO

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  i really want the tote but at the same time i'm pretty sure most people won't get it. they'd just see the logo, google it, and think i'm an idiot. if they'd made a pride-patterned bag with the plain logo on it i'd be more interested.

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  F

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  why is this image so weird?

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  there's only so much you can fit in an elevator pitch :P

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  use compost to make biogas, use biogas to drive a heat engine generator.

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  i don't think he knows what he's talking about in that area

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  you'd know

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  cool now let's see 'em do the hurdles

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  their reading comprehension ain't great but at least they got spunk

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  you could definitely be a writer

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  magnesium prevents cramps.

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  slop slop slop slop slop slop slop slop

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  you can get it to like 50m actually. not reliably, and absolutely not in that kind of environment, but it is possible.

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  no, robert deniro is not "in heat"

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  don't vandalize wikipedia :( editors work very hard for no pay

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  fluency. languages are hard to learn but when you know them you communicate better. same as touch-typing, or mobas.

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  so it is