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Using marisa.cr for Efficient String Storage in Crystal (www.bendangelo.me)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/crystal@programming.dev
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I created a marisa.cr library and wanted to share it around.

usage: ``require "marisa"

trie = Marisa::Trie.new trie.add("snow") trie.add("snow cone") trie << "ice cream" # same as add ``

More info in the link

Would you use a self-hosted, AI-powered search engine for your favorite sites? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah that's the idea. Let people build their own lists and share them.

Would you use a self-hosted, AI-powered search engine for your favorite sites? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

lol that's fair. I'm just brainstorming here

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Would you use a self-hosted, AI-powered search engine for your favorite sites? (lemmy.ca)
 

For context I created a video search engine last year, I shut it down and put the data online. You can read about it here: https://www.bendangelo.me/2024/07/16/failed-attempt-at-creating-a-video-search-engine/

I put that project on hold because of scaling issues, anyway I'm back with an other idea. I've been frustrated with how AI slop is ruining the internet and recently it's been hitting Youitube pretty hard with AI videos. I’m brainstorming a tool for people to selfhost:

Self-hosted crawler: Pick which sites/videos to index (blogs, forums, YT channels, etc.). AI chat interface: Ask questions like, “Show me Rust tutorials from 2023” or “Summarize recent posts about homelab backups.” Optional sharing: Pool indexes with trusted friends/communities.

Why? No Google/YouTube spam—only content you choose. Works offline (archive forums, videos, docs). Local AI (Mistral) or cloud (paid) for smarter searches.

Would this be useful to you? What sites would you crawl? Any killer features I’m missing?

Prototype in progress—just testing interest!

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it just works and you never have to use the command line.

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

I would say Ubuntu is the next best distro (if you want stability and easy of use)

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Mint is the best flavor of linux. I recommend it.

The best thing you can do for the fediverse is just be kind in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago (15 children)

A big problem is too much politics, feels like politics is always brought up even in posts where it's not the topic of discussion. Just look at this post. Then if someone disagrees with your view they'll attack you and then they'll claim they "are on the right side". People have forgotten the golden rule.

Reddit Will License Its Data to Train LLMs, So We Made a Firefox Extension That Lets You Replace Your Comments in c/byereddit@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Usually the admins will undo the delete, so it's probably not worth using.

YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy in c/technology@lemmy.world
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Has Canada Learned From Its Lost Decade? | The Liberals elect Mark Carney to talk about Trump, not Trudeau - The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com)
Said a lot of shit, but. in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If voting made any significant changes (ie hurting the elite and helping the common people) they wouldn't let us do it. Instead we get to choose from one of their puppets.

I can no longer receive government propaganda here on the fediverse in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Freedom from forced propaganda

The Celestine Prophecy (2006) in c/fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, it's based on the book.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/askmeanything@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How did you know you were a lesbian?

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The Celestine Prophecy (2006) (youtu.be)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
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The Celestine Prophecy is a 2006 American film directed by Armand Mastroianni and starring Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, and Sarah Wayne Callies. The f...

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Rails World 2024 Opening Keynote - David Heinemeier Hansson (www.youtube.com)
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Failed Attempt at Creating a Video Search Engine (www.bendangelo.me)
 

I detail how I created a search engine. In the end I recommend self-hosting spyglass for finding information online.

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Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled (www.tomshardware.com)
 

Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, discusses this concerning Google Gemini behavior.

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Loblaws boycott: Costco and Walmart are Canadians’ top low-cost grocery store alternatives (cultmtl.com)
 

A new study by Léger has assessed Canadians’ perceptions on the Loblaws boycott, which is currently underway over claims of greedflation.

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Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling (betterdwelling.com)
 

Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a […]

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Loblaws and Sobeys are now under formal investigation for 'anticompetitive conduct' (www.blogto.com)
 

Canada's Competition Bureau, which has already concluded that the nation needs more supermarket players to foster a healthy market for consumers, i...

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Refugee board orders deportation for trucker in horrific Humboldt Broncos crash (www.theglobeandmail.com)
 

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.

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Canada will reinstate citizenship rights to ‘lost Canadians’ - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
 

Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation Thursday that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada.

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