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New comment by dataveg in "Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play"

dataveg — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:29:36 +0000

Misericorde is an amazing visual novel available on Steam or itch. All built by the author (Xeecee) in Ren’py - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708110/Misericorde_Volum...

New comment by dataveg in "The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine"

dataveg — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:46:19 +0000

Misericorde volumes 1 and 2 on Steam and Itch - both renpy based I believe. Fantastic example of an immersive novel, a murder mystery set in a 14th century abbey.

New comment by dataveg in "Restored 478-key, 31-tone Moog synthesizer from 1968"

dataveg — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:22:38 +0000

But does it have an anti-theft alarm?

New comment by dataveg in "Llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer"

dataveg — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:16:17 +0000

I have Ollama running llama 7B on an 32GB Mac M1 Pro and its fast enough to be useful.

New comment by dataveg in "Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000)"

dataveg — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:00:28 +0000

I liked their advice - “go to the auto store and buy a bottle of something with ‘miracle’ in the name.”

New comment by dataveg in "Gillette Ups Worker Saves 78-Year-Old Woman from Falling for $5k Scam"

dataveg — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:28:09 +0000

Thank you, I was just about to call my neurologist.

New comment by dataveg in "When did Alan Partridge first appear on television?"

dataveg — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 03:20:39 +0000

Synthesizer Patel!

New comment by dataveg in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

dataveg — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 01:15:24 +0000

Http://www.camasmeditation.com

A blog about Metta (lovingkindness) meditation, pop culture, and the Pali scriptures. I haven’t updated for a few months but I am about to post a new one on the joys of being a householder.

Every post includes a fully guided half-hour meditation.

Not for everyone but some of you may enjoy it.

New comment by dataveg in "The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility"

dataveg — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:44:15 +0000

Exactly. For the last few years of my Mother’s life she had her iPad with her everywhere. Given her failing eyesight and arthritis it was the only thing she could use and she loved it. She only did Facebook, scrabble and email but that kept her connected. And I was delighted when she ditched the PC so I no longer had to worry about what virus it was going to get next. I agree with others that much more could be done about accessibility, but picking on what for many is the best solution yet is a bit weird. And anyone who has had to be ‘informal IT’ for a non-tech savvy user will know the appeal of an appliance.

New comment by dataveg in "What to do if your house is overflowing with books"

dataveg — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:02:36 +0000

Nice Monkey.

New comment by dataveg in "Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy"

dataveg — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:57:44 +0000

That’s part of the problem with durable or semi-durable businesses. You sell a ton - one to everyone- and then you only sell to people coming of age or to those who have failures. If you want to play with the math look up Bass models or diffusion models. Fascinating but quite sobering. Once a market is saturated it’s very hard to grow.

New comment by dataveg in "Capabilities of GPT-4 on Medical Challenge Problems"

dataveg — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:07:26 +0000

It’s a similar concept to the Squirrel of Despair.

New comment by dataveg in "“HustleGPT” prompted to make as much money from $100"

dataveg — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 21:33:57 +0000

Um - there are (guessing) thousands of people doing this. That’s what the api is for, to integrate with a broader system. The playground/chat interface is just the demo. Or am I misunderstanding your question?

New comment by dataveg in "System 7 / macOS 7 in the browser"

dataveg — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:23:47 +0000

This is very cool! Bringing back memories.

New comment by dataveg in "Sonos Ends Support for Connect AMPs"

dataveg — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:28:20 +0000

It's much more than Connect:Amp - it's the Play 5 and Boost as well. I have all three and am not a happy bunny

New comment by dataveg in "Sonos will stop updating its 'legacy' products in May"

dataveg — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:25:21 +0000

This is crazy - they say the devices were 'introduced in 2011' but they were actively selling them years beyond that. The trouble is I have thousands invested in a house-wide Sonos, and half of them are now declared as 'legacy' -- that means that my whole system now doesn't get updates. And - the legacy products work perfectly

New comment by dataveg in "How much water do you drink in a day?"

dataveg — Mon, 13 May 2019 22:41:05 +0000

At least 2L, often more. Plus about 5 cups coffee.

New comment by dataveg in "Cats rival dogs on many tests of social smarts"

dataveg — Fri, 10 May 2019 23:44:27 +0000

“In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have not forgotten this”

— Sir Terrence.