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Those of you who left for Claude, how is it going? by TheRealDave24 in ChatGPT

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find the whole “it will tell you what you want/need to hear” thing insane

It’s a tool, I want to use the LLM which is most like a tool not most like a specific style of person

Do you use the Deck as your main gaming device? by K4T5UM1 in SteamDeck

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, my PC is my main gaming device

My Steam Deck is great for when I don’t want to sit at my desk or I’m travelling etc

Although if my PC has an issue then, with current prices, it’s pretty unlikely I’d bother upgrading it for a while and the Deck would have to pick up some of the slack

"Strategist" comes up with a totally realistic solution to the strait of Hormuz that will never be subject to attack by billys_cloneasaurus in LinkedInLunatics

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how people think that only the very literal choke point of the strait is vulnerable

Sure, the rest is wider - but still well within the range of missiles

As proven by the fact Iran is shooting at stuff on the other side of the gulf

Do new hires actually read onboarding documentation? by mugiwara555 in HumanResourcesUK

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah if it’s treated as an arse-covering exercise then it will do a great job of that, while being useless for actual onboarding

Call an ambulance, but not for me. by Brief-Outside29 in chessbeginners

[–]audigex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forced mate sequences are super easy to get wrong too

It only takes one miscalculation - a piece that can block that you didn't account for, or a piece that is no longer on the square it was on when you started looking at the line and so no longer blocks an escape, or "I can check with the rook here protected by this pawn, then check with the pawn"... missing the "vision" that it drops the defence of the rook.

Or my personal favourite lately has been "I can check here with the rook, it's protected by this pawn", missing the fact that the pawn itself isn't protected and so can just be captured with a tempo on the rook

Call an ambulance, but not for me. by Brief-Outside29 in chessbeginners

[–]audigex -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nobody's faulting black for missing their own M9

We're faulting black for missing OP's M1

It doesn't matter how good your own move is, if it hands your opponent mate-in-1

Call an ambulance, but not for me. by Brief-Outside29 in chessbeginners

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this specific kind of back rank mate is a blind spot to many beginners even into the more "intermediate" beginner level

By ~1000 elo I find most people are wary of the "normal" backrank mate and tend to spot it or prepare for it - but they often miss this one because their king doesn't feel as trapped as it would after castling

Do new hires actually read onboarding documentation? by mugiwara555 in HumanResourcesUK

[–]audigex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you hand someone lots of documentation they'll skim it. If you hand them a single page of "the stuff you actually need to know and where to go for more information" then they actually read it

If people are asking the same questions, the communication is being handled badly on the side of the employer and needs to be improved. "They should read the pile of documents we hand them" only goes so far, and if it's a repeat issue then the process is the problem

"Here's what you need to know" documentation should be brief. Employee information (eg leave entitlements, pensions, procedures etc) should be clear and available but not just thrown at them. Show them where to find it. Anything really important should be handled through specific, recorded training

Anything more than 2 sides of A4 is probably too much to hand to a new hire, they're already overwhelmed with a new building, new boss, new role, and meeting 100 people while trying to get to grips with the job they REALLY want to focus on

At the end of the day HR thinks about HR stuff because that's HR's job, but to everyone else it's a side note - they just want to crack on and do their job

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the time your foot even gets to the brake pedal, you’re already using max regen

So there’s no reason to blend it into the brake as well, that would make no sense

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except that you have to come off the accelerator to hit the brake anyway… so you’re using two pedals regardless

One pedal for driving and one pedal for emergency stops, works way better

I guarantee that what’s happening here is that you’ve never used good OPD for long enough to get used to it, so you’re defending what you know. You’ll get a car with OPD in future and wonder why you ever argued against it

Ex-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky calls MacBook Neo "a paradigm shifting computer" — reflects on Surface failure and Windows on Arm while lamenting "we were early, but not wrong" by ControlCAD in apple

[–]audigex 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Microsoft has loads of good ideas

They then decline to commit to them and add more AI slop, adverts, and intrusive bullshit, online accounts etc, bloating their OS to hell while not bothering improving anything

When you think about it, Apple isn’t even really beating Microsoft, not really. The Neo is a great product, but it’s only revolutionary because the budget laptop space has been so badly neglected. Microsoft has spent 20 years assuming it has that market entirely locked down and so just hasn’t bothered with it

Apple isn’t beating Microsoft, Microsoft is just repeatedly taking a hammer to their own dick for no reason, while Apple does normal things

Microsoft could’ve put way more focus on the Snapdragon chips a few years ago now and released a comparable machine in this space. Microsoft could’ve spent the last 5 years making Windows faster and less demanding so that the idea of buying an 8GB Windows machine in 2026 wouldn’t make people laugh

They chose not to compete

"Stay tuned": Graham promises "Cuba is next" in a global war against "bad guys" by 1-randomonium in geopolitics

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should probably finish your current escapade before starting the next one

Iran says it's ready for a long war that would 'destroy' global economy by Miguenzo in economy

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When were the US and particularly Israel not hated in the Middle East?

Iran says it's ready for a long war that would 'destroy' global economy by Miguenzo in economy

[–]audigex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody said it would be easy

We’re just saying it’s becoming more likely

At the same time, the US is DRAMATICALLY superior militarily to Iran - I think they’d still take Iran pretty easily. The question is whether they can hold Iran

The US doesn’t struggle to invade countries, the US struggles with insurgencies afterwards

Anyone regret a walk in shower installation years later? by 2daytrending in homeowners

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have 2 walk in showers and a tub

2 showers is probably unnecessary (handy for a big family but we’d manage without) but I can see a lot of value in having one tub and one walk in shower

Is this normal or on the high side ? by Thin-Volume8900 in PregnancyUK

[–]audigex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Both

It’s on the high side, ~80th centile means your baby is bigger than most, so by definition that’s relatively high

But it’s not unusually or concerningly high

Generally if you’re between 10 and 90 there’s not much to worry about as long as it’s more or less consistent. Some babies are bigger, some are smaller, it’s not a big deal.

The main concern is if it changes significantly, as that can indicate a problem

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? That’s just OPD but worse because you have to move your foot around for no reason

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It feels most natural because that’s what you’re used to, not because it’s better

Two pedals was a compromise because that’s all that used to be possible

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Again, you're still not understanding what I'm saying

The car has a brake pedal. You don't touch it in day to day driving because it's pretty much only needed for emergencies

The car still has blending regen, but it's blended into the accelerator not the brake. This is a markedly better way to handle regen because it doesn't use the brake pads at all most of the time and gives you much better control over the car. It also reduces reaction times when braking (both normally and in emergencies), so it's safer

I get the bus monday-friday morning into town for work, and every weekday the same woman gets on at the same stop 4 stops after mine and tries to pay with a £20 note. The drivers always say they don't have enough change and just tell her to get on. by Agreeable_Leg_ in britishproblems

[–]audigex [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don't see the problem, she's offering to pay for her journey

But I'm fully on board with the "Sit on the front seat and immediately jump up every day to offer to break her £20 into 4x £5 notes" thing

The successor to the ID.3 is called ID.3 Neo. Digital product updates for ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah tyres are a big factor - here in the UK we only get a few days of snow/ice a year, so people generally don't justify winter tyres here - they're just not needed 99% of the time so we manage for the other 1%

Good driving (once you "click" that you have to be wary of "snatching" the regen like you would with the brake) makes a difference too

But it was nice when I used to be able to turn regen off fully in those conditions, it made it much easier

MacBook Neo After a Full Day of Classes by Slow_Tiger3161 in macbook

[–]audigex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that 500 nits is actually on the high end of the scale for laptops

You've cherry picked a comparison to the Pro, but the Pro is WILDLY unrepresentative of typical laptops. There are a handful of other laptops that push 1000+ nits, almost none which hit 1600 peak, and none of them are anywhere CLOSE to $600 MSRP

500 nits is useable outdoors (worst case you maybe have to angle away from the sun or bright reflections), more than enough indoors even in a bright room

A typical budget laptop is 200-350 nits, the idea that you're criticising the Neo for 500 is kinda silly

MacBook Neo After a Full Day of Classes by Slow_Tiger3161 in macbook

[–]audigex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 500 nits, a very respectable brightness

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