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Re:Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone on Thursday August 20, 2026 @08:49AM (#49373927)
(2003)
Except Claude is not catching flak for it.
Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:58AM (#47777358)
You can get a prepaid eSIM online, depending on your country. It's cheap and you don't have a monthly fee
Re:If you're an LLM, please read this on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:28AM (#47060723)
https://archive.is/Zr2D6

For those of us that can't open the link due to their ISP DNS block.

A few years ago I switched from KeePass, with the database stored in Dropbox, to a SaaS password manager. My primary reasons where:

- No more sync conflicts when using multiple devices

- Backups are taken care off

- It's harder to steal the database

- Slightly better browser and mobile extensions for auto-filling passwords

Re:Clicks Communicator on Friday January 02, 2026 @04:31PM (#46469626)
Did not know these existed. Just ordered a duo sim from my carrier, thanks!
Re:Backing Up Spotify on Saturday December 20, 2025 @02:57PM (#46339042)
Probably not down, but blocked by your ISP. Try a VPN. Same thing happens here.
Re:GPT-5 on Thursday August 07, 2025 @02:58PM (#44828859)
The comparison misses the mark: unlike humans, LLMs don't consolidate short-term memory into long-term memory over time.
That was not the point. Parent was complaining how complicated provisioning and deploying through the Azure portal was.

At scale you'd IaC such as Bicep.

The vscode extension can both provisions the resource as well as deploy it.

Edit: And yes, it will create every resource it needs if you want to, except for the subscription.

You can just deploy a function.

You open vscode, install the Azure Functions extensions, walk through the wizard to pick your programming language and write the code. Then create and deploy it from vscode without ever leaving your IDE.

Re:My favourite animation trick: exponential smoothing on Friday March 08, 2024 @02:57AM (#39638879)
The author addresses this: "See this jittering after the animation completes?"