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by Nzen 2y ago
If we treat specifications written in gherkin syntax [0] as documentation, then the cucumber framework can match a line or stanza of gherkin to a test function [1]. I admit that, while I write instructions for how to test specific functiona
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by Nzen 2y ago
I think that it is probably worth addressing what sort of textual visualization you have in mind. That way, you could disabuse people with naive notions like myself. I've not used a visual programming language and unit is (currently) h
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by Nzen 2y ago
tl;dr This points to the 2024 ranking of the Lyttle Lytton contest, noting that the judge separated llm generated from human written responses. The Lyttle Lytton contest imitates the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest , but limits the entrant
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by Nzen 2y ago
tl;dr this is a liquid simulation toy. This starts with four colors of different densities (so they self-organize into layers). Clicking allows scooping up a ball of the liquid. I consider this pretty to watch, like a laval lamp that I can
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by Nzen 2y ago
I tried this and other suggested commands while setting up my windows 11 laptop last year, to no avail. It refused to budge until connected to the internet. Luckily, I was on an airplane with internet that required payment. I let it connect
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by Nzen 2y ago
If we prefer paper but relax the teletype constraint, Oleh Yuschuk's PaperBack [0] allows encoding 500 KB on a sheet of printer paper. [0] https://ollydbg.de/Paperbak (posted various times to HN)
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by Nzen 2y ago
Mu. Russ Cox quote indicates that the maintainers of goimports and gorename do not need to handle formatting at all (and hence, benefit). The go team put that wholly in the gofmt team's court. Otherwise, the go team would likely have
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by Nzen 2y ago
The Inuit example is a common misconstrual [0]. The ancestor language has three root words that they might modify with a suffix in the way we might use a phrase 'snow on the ground'. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by Nzen 2y ago
To salvage this sow's ear: damnesian referred to the framing story of this article. Namely, that the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine threatened the world supply of wheat in general and specifically destroyed the Plant Genetic Resou
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by Nzen 2y ago
I enjoyed MIT's Fundamentals of Manufacturing course, on edx [0]. The team talk about casting, injection molding, 3D printing, and a couple of other ways. [0] https://www.edx.org/learn/manufacturing/massachuse
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by Nzen 3y ago
They indicate a similar strategy to Hindenberg Research [0]. They take speculative stock options on the assumption that the target of their investigation will see their stock fall after the media arm of their business publishes the investig
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by Nzen 3y ago
Your desire sounds a bit like the fluid based, piezoelectronically pumped haptic display presented by Shultz, et al, in 2023 [0]. I can't speak as to whether these could be packed in enough. The video indicates they can make cells of 2
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr this links to a pdf that provides guidance and world-building for a role-playing game master/referee to run a one-shot adventure that involves an astronomy puzzle, maybe. (I've not read too closely, to avoid spoiling for mys
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr this looks like a full stack description of a hobbyist scanning electron microscope [0]. 'Full stack', here, means gerber files of a pcb with an fpga that 'controls the beam and gets an image', 'gateware'
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by Nzen 3y ago
TPS stands for Test Procedure Specification [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report
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by Nzen 3y ago
What counts as an alternative ? Does Seah's Emergent Task Planning [0] count ? It involves choosing a couple of tasks for the day, blocking them out, but allowing and recording interruptions. [0] https://davidseah.com/n
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by Nzen 3y ago
I found Ryabitsev's 2019 meditation [0] about maybe using git with secure scuttlebutt interesting (though not terribly compelling). Ryabitsev's fantasy scenario involves a developer exchanging git patches for a particular project
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr monospace bitmap font inspired from amiga 500. The page includes a picture. You can download a copy [0]. [0] https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/topaz-unicode/-/jobs/6024060...
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by Nzen 3y ago
I prefer to follow the advice that help for friends is either pro bono or at full market rate [0]. A person helping out for free can justify ending the service without threatening the relationship. [0] https://neladunato.com&#x2F
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by Nzen 3y ago
Along the same lines as the pbs video, I enjoyed Kurzgesagt's video [0] about our ability to sense ancient aliens. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRvv0QdruMQ 12 minutes
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by Nzen 3y ago
Perhaps the distance requirements reflect airplane wakes, rather than collision avoidance [0]. Analagously, I don't like to follow cars closely on wet roads, given the plume of side spray [1]. [0] https://www.faa.gov/ai
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by Nzen 3y ago
While I sympathize with your position, it is entirely possible that a person inheriting the smart home might benefit. I'm reminded of wmsmith's anecdote [0] two months ago about a smart home de-ghosting of a widow who couldn'
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr Wenger and Snyder's Harvard Business Review article about 'Communities of Practice'. These are semi-formal collaborations of peers that the authors felt were distinct from project teams, work groups, and informal networ
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr An interactive orrery that includes probes in transit. Clicking on a given probe shows a model of it and a small blurb about its mission. Clicking on a planet zooms in such that we can click satellites around it. The orrery allows sim
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by Nzen 3y ago
tl;dr article describing a study [0] by Peyrot,C, Brouillard,A, et al comparing the ventromedial prefrontal cortex volume between the brains of { women using, women abstaining from, women who never used, men } oral contraceptives. They foun
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by Nzen 3y ago
Debora Rios, et al of Rio de Janero University, has published this 9 question flowchart [0] of determining the authenticity of a meteorite vs slag. Basically, look for a crust, smooth dimpling (but not voids), and magnetism. [0] https:&#x2
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by Nzen 3y ago
I think there is an argument that Brainfuck [0], et al, is lower than C, given that it eschews variables and functions. [0] https://esolangs.org/wiki/Brainfuck
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by Nzen 3y ago
Ah, that reminds me that tempering chocolate involves seeding it with tempered chocolate [0] [0] https://youtu.be/2VrsmahNcfI?si=iDrWhkeAhrSQNMIF&t=549 Bon Appétit making gourmet Andes Mints
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by Nzen 3y ago
I think the puzzle would feel more fun, to me, if I could choose the focus of the clue (body or interview specific person), rather than hoping the game gives me what I need. I highlight this because the game gives a rating based on how many
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by Nzen 3y ago
I endorse this assessment of why I linked that Jessica Kent video. tl;dr She focused on convincing an employer to try her out on a job with a sales commission, so she could earn money at a multiple of her time, to save as much as she could.

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