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The primary purpose of TTL is to prevent packets from looping endlessly during routing. If a packet gets stuck in a loop, its TTL will eventually reach zero, and then it will be dropped.
Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:28PM (#43006643)
Let them fight.
"When two thieves quarrel, what was stolen emerges."
Re:Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:49PM (#42700894)
"But make no mistake. Though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure." ~GB
Re:Computing Inside an AI on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:05PM (#42434156)
>I'd love Claude or any of the major AI chat interfaces to have a 'forking' capability so I can go back to a certain point in time in the chat and fork off a new rabbit hole of context.

ChatGPT has this feature: forking occurs by editing an old message. It will retain the entire history, which can still be navigated and interacted with. The UX isn’t perfect, but it gets the job done.

Re:Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:59PM (#42411276)
I don't have enough fingers for that.
Re:DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:52PM (#41801369)
On Linux, you can try Xephyr (https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xephyr/, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xephyr). It's not as nice as DeskPad, but you can basically achieve the same thing.
500000-microsecond-blunder*
Re:Why buying tickets to a game has become so unaffordable on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:31PM (#39252311)
Your perspective isn't unusual; it's a valid approach to engagement with hobbies and interests.

I play a lot of Counter-Strike, but I also find lots of value in watching professional players compete. Observing pros can be incredibly insightful: it showcases the pinnacle of skill and strategy within the game (literally the same game I play), serving as both inspiration and a learning opportunity. It's fascinating to see how far one can excel in a game, providing ideas and setting benchmarks for what's possible.

This blend of "active participation" and "passive spectating" offers new angles to better appreciate and understand the game. It's not just about watching (which I find pretty entertaining on its own); it's about learning and pushing the boundaries of my capabilities by observing the best in the field.

This is a tale as old as time.

In a conversation with Phaedrus, Socrates worries that writing could impair human memory, as people depend on written words instead of recalling information. [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)#Discussion...

Never forget the icon they used for Windows servers: https://i.stack.imgur.com/5rYVr.png
Apple Music can do the same on PS5.
Re:UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:53PM (#37340190)
NSO Group entered the chat.
[GPT-4 generated summary]

The case: The Supreme Court ruled that the Secretary of Education exceeded his authority under the HEROES Act when he canceled $430 billion of student loan debt in 2022. The Court held that the Act only allowed the Secretary to make minor changes to existing provisions, not to create a new loan forgiveness program.

The standing: The Court found that Missouri had standing to challenge the Secretary’s plan because it harmed MOHELA, a public corporation created and controlled by the State to provide student loans. The Court said that the harm to MOHELA in its public function was a direct injury to Missouri itself.

The reasoning: The Court relied on the text and purpose of the HEROES Act, as well as its precedents on major questions and separation of powers. The Court said that the Act did not authorize the Secretary to rewrite the Education Act, which specified limited circumstances for loan discharge. The Court also said that Congress would not have intended to delegate such sweeping authority to the Secretary through a subtle device like permission to “waive or modify”.

Re:OpenXLA Is Available Now on Thursday March 09, 2023 @01:00PM (#35084386)
"I have found some results, I can display those results if you ask again from your iPhone."
Re:YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:59PM (#34822560)
The button is still there, you just don't see the number of dislikes without a plugin.
How do you do, fellow kids?
Re:A new curl option was born: --url-query on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:35PM (#33555232)
Yup! He has a badge for it on Github: https://github.com/bagder?tab=achievements
Re:Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:49PM (#33535246)
"though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure."
Re:Jqp – A TUI playground for exploring jq on Monday September 19, 2022 @07:52PM (#32905763)
Very nice! For something quick and dirty (and `apt-get install`able), I usually use jq+fzf like this: https://gist.github.com/reegnz/b9e40993d410b75c2d866441add2c...
Will it run Doom?
Re:WeatherKit on Sunday July 03, 2022 @01:49AM (#31965414)
Re:Eternal September on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:52AM (#31778160)
This brings a whole new meaning to "Wake Me Up When September Ends."
Re:The animated elliptic curve on Thursday June 16, 2022 @03:27PM (#31769935)
Great article and great visuals! One very minor missing detail is how the base point P is picked.
Re:The Futurama Theorem on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:35PM (#29490833)
"The writing staff held three Ph.D.s, seven master's degrees, and cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard University. Series writer Patric M. Verrone stated, "we were easily the most overeducated cartoon writers in history"." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama#Writing

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