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> All hardware etc functioning?

If your standard is "supports suspend/resume", there's even plenty of laptops that won't meet it.

That gave me a laugh.


Suspend / resume? I'll settle for "keyboard works".

(From what I've learned so far, some magic incantation is required to convince Linux that a Lifebook E559 is a laptop not a tablet. I'm finding I have way less patience with these side-quests as I get older.)


That laptop has an 8th gen Intel processor which should make it completely compatible with the Linux kernel, yet surprisingly it’s not. https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=2ec391ffdc Did Fujitsu choose an obscure component or interface?

Even on random ARM boards, it's not usually the CPU that's the problem. (It's generally drivers for everything else; eg. a sensor hub that should tell you when a laptop is in tablet mode)

It means there are lots of changes in each “minor” version that the poster is ignoring because they are not personally affected.

Match case and even the walrus operator come to mind.


That’s not enough.

Surely you will not manage to hire one of the top 20 developers matching any given criterion unless you are paying too 1% compensation. (I made this number up.)

One of the criteria somehow is “will show up for work and not ghost us”.


They applied for the job, so there’s at least some signal that they’d be willing to work there.

> Zip+4 codes also change frequently because they aren’t based on locations but on delivery routes and sequencing.

This was news for me. I know the few zip+4 I memorize never change.

I think the source for the parent is AI slop. See [1].

> Due to an increase in population or to the improve postal operations, the US Postal Service® will occasionally add a new ZIP Code or change ZIP Code boundaries.

The plus four digits encode:

> [67] : Sector or Several Blocks

> [89] : Segment or One Side of a Street

Note that this contradicts the parent.

[1]: https://faq.usps.com/s/article/ZIP-Code-The-Basics


The census bureau (very) periodically publishes zip code data (which is where some places get their geolocation info). If you work with enough addresses you’ll find some zip+4s that are wildly far away from where they used to be. There are paid services that have better accuracy, but I’m not sure how they acquire their data.

Some people don't realize just how much you can "customize" deliverability with the post office, especially if you're big (like a school or large business) - you can have something that looks like your physical address, but is actually really a maildrop/PO Box at the nearby post office.

You can do relatively complex forwarding that would only appear to the end users if they can decode the barcode.


I have to say, this comment section is wonderfully full of very specific (low-bullshit) responses about projects people work on, both LLM-enhanced and otherwise.

It has been a pleasure to read.

Thank you for sharing.


What matters is their credit rating, not how much they carry as a balance. (However, that can affect their credit rating.)

Looks like you missed a decimal. 0.9% of 10.00 is 0.09 so the fee is 0.19 euro on a 10 euro purchase.

> Technically we could re-implement the whole thing (instant payout, fraud detection, etc.)

Monopolistic practices prevent competitors charging less from arising.


> What’s your hypothesis of how AI can accelerate how your brain understands something?

What are your beliefs / hypothesis of how having a human teacher can help you understand something?

AI explanations are no longer terrible garbage. The LLM might not be doing original research, but it has definitely read the textbook. :/ And 1000 related works.

You shouldn't believe the LLM when it tells you how to micro-optimize your code, but you can take suggestions as a starting point and verify them.


"What are your beliefs / hypothesis of how having a human teacher can help you understand something?"

One precondition is the human teacher can challenge you independently of your own self-control/will.


This is a bad case of whataboutism (I hate this word but it describes the answer you gave), what do you mean by accelerating understanding? Maybe they are good as suggestion engines, but it is very early to state what you did.

I use them every day to learn things.

Theyre alot more than "suggestion engines". They can reason with you, show you examples, tell you how to dig deeper and verify what theyre saying, etc.


> Android is becoming more and more like iOS: anything that the user used to be able to do... they can no longer do

The article shows this is not true, if you know the similar process for iOS.

The article could be compared to the iPhone setup process. There are some preferences to uncheck, but there is no third party spying software on an iPhone when it arrives. Contrast to Samsung.


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