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by jawns 8mo ago
The choral world has survived despite a longtime shortage of castrati. I'm sure they'll figure something out. In all seriousness, SATB is mostly a constraint because of how choral composers write their music, not because good musi
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The etymology of Arctic and Antarctic (2018)(uselessetymology.com)
3 points by jawns 8mo ago|0 comments
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by jawns 9mo ago
Here's my (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) rubric: - If it's an internal project (like migrating from one vendor to another, with no user impact) then it takes as long as I can convince my boss it is reasonable to take. - If it's a
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by jawns 9mo ago
Ranked Choice Voting has a much better chance of happening at a wide scale than this proposal, and even then it will be an uphill road. This post is an interesting mathematical exercise, but RCV actually has the potential to succeed.
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by jawns 9mo ago
I wonder if some portion of these come from templates. Maybe there's a patient communication template that includes a telephone emoji, and it gets reused. Health care workers are in a hurry when writing notes, so I doubt they're c
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by jawns 9mo ago
If you want a fast, healthy, balanced meal for $4 or less, the obvious choice in America is a frozen meal (aka TV dinner). You can microwave it in 4-6 minutes; ingredients are often flash-frozen, locking in nutrients; and food-safety concer
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by jawns 9mo ago
Remember: In all likelihood, your residential ISP does not permit you to operate a server. Granted, that's rarely enforced, but if you're a stickler for that sort of thing, check your ISP's Acceptable Use Policy.
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by jawns 9mo ago
Octane | Staff Platform Engineer | REMOTE (US only) Octane is the #1 Powersports lender in the US and has expanded into other verticals, such as RVs, marine vehicles, and autos. Our Platform Engineering team plays a critical role in buildin
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by jawns 10mo ago
The main problem with choosing representatives by lottery is that the average person just doesn't want to do the job. I know I wouldn't. It's about as appealing as having to do jury duty for three years. The book proposes f
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by jawns 10mo ago
Inbox Zero just means to deal with messages as they come in, then move them out of the inbox, generally to an archive section. If she was hard-deleting everything, she wasn't just Inbox Zero, she was F---s Zero, too.
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Show HN: What if Dr. Mario had more than 3 colors?(pressbin.com)
7 points by jawns 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jawns 10mo ago
Former journalist here. I would argue that it's a shared-responsibility model. We, the public, are at least partly (and I would argue mostly) responsible for developing the media literacy that helps us end up with the right understan
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by jawns 10mo ago
I would call it "splitting hairs," which experts tend to do. The practical reality is acknowledged at the end of the post. Even if, technically speaking, using gift cards as a payments instrument is not a scam 100% of the time, an
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by jawns 10mo ago
I predict certain political factions in the US will spend much of 2026 looking for ways to introduce a delay in the 2028 elections, such as pursuing a war so that Congress can postpone elections until they can be held safely. Which has nev
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by jawns 10mo ago
It sounds like this person has a hobby that they want to get paid to do. Which is fine, if you can find a way to make it happen. But for the majority of us, work means work. It's not always aligned with your own interests, it can feel
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In Taxicab Geometry, Pi Equals 4 and Circles Aren't Round(nytimes.com)
2 points by jawns 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jawns 10mo ago
The main argument in favor of treating it as a single condition tends to come from the advocacy side, rather than from the diagnostic side. In terms of advocacy, there is strength in numbers, and arguably having such a large autism communit
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by jawns 11mo ago
I bought a second-hand unicycle with my own money in eighth grade and spent nearly all of high school trying to ride it well. At my best, I could ride forward with no problem, but never quite mastered how to remain in one spot by rocking ba
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by jawns 11mo ago
The headline makes it seem like every role in the company needs to switch to full-time in-office. But anyone who was hired in a remote role is exempt. This order only applies to in-office workers with assigned desks. He's basically say
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by jawns 11mo ago
I'm starting to notice a pattern with these AI assistants. Scenario: I realize that the recommended way to do something with the available tools is inefficient, so I implement it myself in a much more efficient way. Then, 2-3 months la
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by jawns 11mo ago
> iPhone Pocket in the short strap design retails at $149.95 (U.S.), and the long strap design at $229.95 (U.S.).
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by jawns 1y ago
I'd like to know how it compares to https://jsonata.org
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by jawns 1y ago
Gemini already has its hooks in Google Sheets, and to be honest, I've found it very helpful in constructing semi-complicated Excel formulas. Being able to select a few rows and then use plain language to describe what I want done is a
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by jawns 1y ago
He didn't think he needed surveillance cameras because the potatoes have eyes.
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by jawns 1y ago
> People whose behavior and beliefs align with their company’s prevailing culture may benefit from sharing more about themselves at work, Chamorro-Premuzic says. > However, people who express “authentic” opinions that run counter to t
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by jawns 1y ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_v._Connor
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by jawns 1y ago
I expect that John Bryan -- who produces content as The Civil Rights Lawyer https://thecivilrightslawyer.com -- will have something to say about it. He frequently criticizes the legality of police holding people at gunpoint base
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by jawns 1y ago
I can probably go into great detail if we're talking about a project I worked on in the past 3-6 months. But beyond that, the details of past work start to become fuzzier. So if I encounter an interviewer like this, I'd better h
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by jawns 1y ago
We visited it on our honeymoon! It is near a business called Pappy's Junk & Stuff.
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by jawns 1y ago
If you already have your categories defined, you might even be able to skip a step and just compare embeddings. I wrote a categorization script that sorts customer-service calls into one of 10 categories. Wrote descriptions of each categor

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