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abs_mess , 6 days ago

Can confirm, got halfway wrecked in my upper div statistics midterm during COVID. 24 hours, open everything. Even the Internet can't replace real understanding.

abs_mess , 6 days ago

Gemma2, the new state of the art, still can get above 45% correct in basic addition, and also can't do better than a two or three basic Google searches. GPT is a NLP tool, and using it to do math would be like using a F-35 to weave lace.

abs_mess , 8 days ago

You can try it, but I switched from Ghost to WordPress because of auto updates. Default ghost docker image doesn't pin the correct DB version which causes errors, and watchtower updates break your website. Also, very little in the way of existing plugins or themes. Typing a new article doesn't give much in the way for formatting.

Way more documentation on the WordPress side of things and just general QoL stuff. Plus, free templates. Spaghetti it is, but spaghetti works and I don't feel like using Hugo.

abs_mess , 18 days ago

How would you sync them... ? Seems to beg the premise.

abs_mess , 18 days ago

Well, moving them is out of the question, since, you know, motion will change the clocks time. If you re-sync them, you bake the "error" into your framework. If you try a timer, the timer is offset. If you try and propagate a signal, the signal is offset. And eventually, you have to compare the two times, which muddies the waters by introducing a third clock.

Basically, there is no way to sync two clocks without checking both clocks, ergo, no way of proving or disproving. That's the premise.

In practicality, I assume it is constant, but it's like N=NP. You can't prove it within the framework, even if you really, really want to believe one thing.

abs_mess , 22 days ago

As a college grad, I'm pretty sure they aren't replacing anyone. They're just dumping the work on other employees and telling us we need another 5 years of experience to hire us.

abs_mess , 1 month ago

TBH this really wasn't the kind of discourse I was expecting in 196 of all places, especially since there are Tumblr posts on this sub preemptively calling out this kinda stuff for being terf talking points

abs_mess , 2 months ago

Ring and a bunch of these devices are convenience machines. The doorbell itself at minimum has a microcontroller, camera and mic with WiFi access, the server controls the doorbell, stores footage and makes live feeds available over the Internet for when you are away from home, a phone app lets you see who is at the door and let them in even when you're not home.

For anyone interested, a self-hosted home assistant will get you 80% of the way there, depending on how paranoid you are you can also set up POE cams and frigate.

Or just have a pot someone can bang really loud that works too.

abs_mess , 5 months ago

My favorite post grad duo? In my 196? Improbable!