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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
To become a writer, and publisher of work much like that of the blogger: https://nappertime.com/my-books-where-to-start-reading/ Follow it. No doubt sincerely meant.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> tiny JS libraries that will make <table>s sortable What are some good ones?
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> What does it mean that I'm the importer? Hello! Another thing it means is that you are legally responsible for paying ... ta-dum ... TARIFFS!
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
One reason they force lots of scrolling is to put friction between you and the more-trustworthy Sort By Recent and Critical Only buttons.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> It is convenient, fast delivery, easy returns and all that. Not, however, reliable. Ordered espresso filters, got counterfeits; ordered new monitor, got used, with a scratch in the screen, followed by a runaround game while demanding
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Another that hits me is the over-the-top dramatization: > I’m not going to tell you to write 5,500 tests for your novel. For most books, most of this is wildly disproportionate — and that’s the point.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
I set out likewise to write a highly structured book with FOSS, therefore: git, some hierarchical plain text format, and a visually rich editor. Markdown could not seem to meet the third point. For instance, progress-related comments that
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Everyone -- including Fox -- seems to have missed the tax-avoidance game: Tips are deductible, wages are not. So one of the few employee and management mutual interests lies in short-circuiting a share of revenue directly from customer to e
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> Repkon said other countries were using the machines to produce the older model. But the Army and General Dynamics could not inspect those active production lines, Repkon told them, citing customer privacy. This is nuts. Why not put in
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> Why work any harder than getting a "pass"? Some students have a personality quirk called "intellectual interest", and actually want to learn something about disciplines that lie far outside any likely future major
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> ... squeeze a second semester of tuition out of kids. Propitiated, in many cases, by the unnoticed run-up of their student loan debt balance.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Unreadable in iPad Safari -- delayed popup darkens the screen and demands app install.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
How about a Faraday box, by the door? Take to the next level with acoustic insulation, just in case there's a record-now, upload-later mode.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
And the nonsensical, chatty slang > Let me ... As if Claude actually needed the human user's permission or cooperation to do so.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Does the free tier support geo-blocks? I'm experimenting with it -- running only a "hello, world" site thus far -- but haven't come across any offer of geo-block capability.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
A curated collection of people who give away money . Was ever sweeter honey ever found in a pot?
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> the architecture uses large aluminum unicastings to incorporate more than 100 parts that would otherwise be separate They may have learned a few tricks from those teardowns of BYDs.
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Had similar situation here in the US -- though with a more tolerable delay -- with a private health care provider. The fix of course is an enforced requirement from higher authority that health care providers communicate only by means that
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
A more technical source: https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/...
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
> Since the addition of generics in Go 1.18 and iterators in Go 1.23, it has become possible for library-defined types to achieve comparable ergonomics to built-in types ... For those who've been following Golang more diligently tha
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A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon(apnews.com)
10 points by everybodyknows 2mo ago|1 comments
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Great subject. Too bad about the content: > Even as the price of a new car soars—now hovering around $50,000—automakers argue buyers are getting more bang for their buck, including more safety and entertainment tech features. > For m
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
Consider sidecar-only mode, and use whatever external organizing tool you like. This is not documented as such, rather it's the CL option --library ':memory:'
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by everybodyknows 2mo ago
I built from source, on Ubuntu. There are few rough edges -- look for hints on the pixls.us forum. And git-checkout at the release point for version 5.6, not TOT.
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
> trying to redefine literacy to include it is just sophistry. Or an angle toward one's doctoral dissertation in some "social science" or other.
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
Or "Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races." What "race" could an LLM possibly belong to?
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
from 2019
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
Who was it said "Death to all modifiers"? Nouns, verbs, prepositions, and articles. Use those.
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
> kitchen things Made in Japan: Gangy 300 can opener. No moving parts, just a handle of heavy stamped steel, with a stainless claw blade riveted on. Last opener I'll ever need. $12 online from the usual suspect.
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by everybodyknows 3mo ago
> seller is using AI to that extent Useful info for any later negotiation. They've revealed they are: A: Dishonest B: Not too bright

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