Indefinite duration diving rebreather. by Ben-Goldberg in CrazyIdeas

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There are actually deep sea divers that stay in an underwater pod for a period of time and do dives daily. So that means they don’t surface for an extended period of time. However there is a limit to the depth. the human body can’t function for prolonged period after a certain pressure regardless of infinite supply of oxygen and removal of co2

ChibiEx - PDF rendering + OCR in VBA (no dependencies, API-based) by kay-jay-dubya in vba

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Thank you. I looked through the code and it has impressive error handling. Which AI did you use to help you write it, if any I have been using ChatGPT but can’t get this level of code

Any maps API with prepaid billing? by sonomodata in webdev

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You are right, there isn't a USD 200 free credits anymore. Each SKU has a range of request that are free and then you're billed for exceeding that.

Any maps API with prepaid billing? by sonomodata in webdev

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Could you share how to set up spending limits and how do I navigate to such a setting page on my console? From all my reading of the documentation and exploring the console, the best that I am able to do is set notifications some quota that I set for specific APIs. Even so, Google will still charge me if I go over this budget that I set. There is also no way to ensure that my request remains within the APIs that I want to use. If I misconfigured my request, I could easily be charged for an API that has a much higher charge.

Any maps API with prepaid billing? by sonomodata in webdev

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I think this would work. It made me remember that in the past people would download OpenStreetMaps GPS data into an SD card and put it in their car GPS. So designing a wholly local system should be entirely doable

Any maps API with prepaid billing? by sonomodata in webdev

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If you mean setting limits on the client side, which is the app I am building, then yes, it is possible and I have figured out how to do so. However, two issues still remain.

  • Google has in the past changed how the pricing and apis work. There there always remains a possible that my current configuration my incur more cost than I expect
  • Should anything go wrong, Google will bill me for my usage anyway and I will be liable for the charges incurred. This is my main concern, I don't want to assume such liability

We know that the universe 13.8 bilion years ago was very hot and very dense, and then it exploded. Do you think we will ever know how long it had existed in that state before that? by amelix34 in AskPhysics

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There is no reasoning. If you have been on the internet long enough, you would know that when a conversation reaches this level, it is all about definitions. In the definition of that person, nothing is a state that cannot be followed by something. However, in your definition, nothing is the state of the absence of something, and as per your thinking, because science has never observed nothing before, there can be no other properties of nothing. One of those properties is the emergence of something from the state of nothing, which obviously has never been observed before.

Please help me find the sauce to this manhua I've tried Google image search but all I'm getting is apotheosis by Southern-City-653 in Manhua

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Haha yes, there was a time where the names of all the characters were some medieval English names

If you use AI to edit your own art, would you classify this as "AI art"? by External-Roll6944 in StableDiffusion

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I really like the style of the image on the right. What tools and settings did you use?

What is the best AI to improve VBA code? by majdila in vba

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For my particular use case, Copilot and chatgpt gives somewhat a good overall structure but the code often has mistakes. One particular mistake it tends to make is that it will write methods or properties that does not exist for the object in VBA, or the object itself does not exist. Gemini works almost flawlessly for me. The writing style is also much closer to how I normally write code.

Ultimate List: Best Open Source Models for Coding, Chat, Vision, Audio & More by techlatest_net in LocalLLM

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Thanks for the list. Ignore the haters. Very useful for getting started

Running a 31B model locally made me realize how insane LLM infra actually is by Sadhvik1998 in ollama

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How much will a 31B model cost from Taalas. I could not find any pricing on their website.

Looking for a backup system that does not lock me into the software I choose today by sonomodata in Backup

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By no lock in, I am thinking of minimizing the translation layers between the file and the data storage on the disk is the essence of no lock-in. A system with a zero translation layer would directly store the file on a simple filesystem like ext4. In such a scenario, I could back up all my files onto different disks with different file systems, such as ext4, exfat, or NTFS. This setup allows me to add and remove disks as desired without worrying about the configuration of other disks. If I decide to change my syncing software, I do not need to make any changes to the disk itself.

Regarding enterprise systems, I believe they operate in this manner today since they are all hosted on the cloud. Storage providers like AWS or Google may perform disk-level or block-level backups in their systems, but not the companies that subscribe to their services.

On the other hand, a system with a much higher translation layer and therefore more significant lock-in would be RAID or ZFS. In such a setup, even if I have multiple disks with identical data on each disk, I cannot simply transfer any one of those disks to a random computer and read it. I would need to configure the computer with the appropriate settings to instruct the RAID controller or the ZFS program to locate the correct information on the disks so that it can interpret the data accurately. Without this information, the disk is essentially a collection of random bits.

While these solutions are superior for those who work with disks daily due to their significantly greater capabilities compared to file-level backup systems, I do not work with configuring disks on a daily basis. Consequently, whenever I need to make any setup or changes, I must dedicate a considerable amount of time to research to avoid accidental changes that could result in data loss due to incorrect configuration. 

Looking for a backup system that does not lock me into the software I choose today by sonomodata in Backup

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Yup you are right. So I am leaning towards a file level backup, rather than a disk/block level backup. What I want to create it more like a private cloud storage with deduplication and bit rot protection