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by nsavage 1y ago
I travel to the UK a lot and am usually pretty careful with my Canadianisms, but during my last trip I accidentally asked a server for both a pop and a serviette at the same time, leading to a blank stare.
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by nsavage 1y ago
I think you're right, but I don't think 'colonization' ever really stopped in Ontario - it just moved elsewhere. While Quebec was incentivized to develop its regions, there were more valuable places for Ontario capital t
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by nsavage 1y ago
As bad as it sounds, I'm guessing this policy is because of the indigenous peoples who live in the area and not wanting to create a pattern.
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by nsavage 1y ago
I can't help but be remembered of the discovery of the HMS Terror, one of John Franklin's missing ships. It was announced that it was discovered conveniently located in what was already called Terror Bay, and that the ship's
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by nsavage 1y ago
That's not really comparable to Poland and Germany. More comparable would be: Man A is pushing man B repeatedly and yelling at him as a bar dispute escalates. Man A pulls out a gun and shoots man B once Man B retaliates.
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Alexa+ gets us a step closer to ambient interfaces(allthingsdistributed.com)
3 points by nsavage 2y ago|0 comments
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by nsavage 2y ago
Yes, no doubt. We would occasionally go anyways for unique snacks or Trader Joes, but not anymore.
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by nsavage 2y ago
As a Canadian who lives near the border (as many do), my family and I have been shopping in the US for decades. Covid already put a dent in that, but I can't see ever doing that again. As comparison, my dad remembers going weekly to th
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by nsavage 2y ago
As a Canadian living near the border (as many Canadians are!), I would often drive into the US for shopping. There are a number of towns that seem dedicated to serving Canadians, like Watertown, NY. I've found that often the US border
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by nsavage 2y ago
Funny enough, I posted an article I wrote here yesterday with the same sort of thesis. Different technologies (mine was Docker) but same idea of LLM leading me astray and causing a lot of frustration
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When AI promises speed but delivers debugging hell(nsavage.substack.com)
202 points by nsavage 2y ago|253 comments
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The Scenic Route to Software: Code Generation for Non-Traditional Developers(nsavage.substack.com)
2 points by nsavage 2y ago|0 comments
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by nsavage 2y ago
Now we're getting into the real meat of the questions. I love Kraft Dinner, in a somewhat ironic way. The best way to eat it is to add hot dog slices while cooking the pasta, then top it with ketchup. You can also have it with hot dogs
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by nsavage 2y ago
The protests lasted quite a long time and I think the public's opinion on it changed over time. At the beginning, most left-wing/centrist sorts of people saw it as an annoyance, but Ottawa is used to protests. Within the first wee
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by nsavage 2y ago
Without looking up the specifics, by the time of the convoy, the vast majority of covid restrictions were gone. They liked to complain about vaccine passports, which Canada had, but by 2022 the vaccine passports were gone everywhere except
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by nsavage 2y ago
I live in Ottawa and lived here during the convoy. Happy to answer any questions as an actual resident from anyone about my experience.
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by nsavage 2y ago
Author here. Glad I'm not the only one with this problem! What I'm experimenting with is building a graph out of "entities", which I'm calling people, places and things found in each card. The point I guess is to al
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by nsavage 2y ago
I have similar anecdotes about this and Yamaha guitars.
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Building a Knowledge System That Enhances Rather Than Replaces Thought(nsavage.substack.com)
166 points by nsavage 2y ago|52 comments
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From Vector Search to Entities: Evolving Zettelgardens Connection Engine(nsavage.substack.com)
3 points by nsavage 2y ago|0 comments
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by nsavage 2y ago
Isn't this essentially the same argument as "there are only 10 covid cases in this area, nothing to worry about"? It's really missing the point, the point is whether or not exponential growth is happening or not. It does
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Retrieval Augmented Generation in Practice: Building Search for Connected Notes(nsavage.substack.com)
2 points by nsavage 2y ago|0 comments
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by nsavage 2y ago
A bit off topic, but you had me curious: the first exonym that I could think about was Quebec City, which is called in French Ville de Québec. The interesting part though is that the official name of the city in both languages is Québec, la
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by nsavage 2y ago
I've had cats for years and its obvious once you spend enough time with them. My cats clearly know their names for one. We've experimented by chatting with the cats in the room, and when you drop one of their names in the middle o
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by nsavage 2y ago
Location: Ottawa, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Typescript, Javascript, Go, Swift, SwiftUI, SQL, Postgres, Resume/CV: https://nicksavage.ca/ Email: nick@nicksavage.ca Technologist lo
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by nsavage 2y ago
I worked for Zellers in Canada in 2011 and we accepted cheques. I only remember ever seeing one though, but we did take it. Zellers has obviously been gone a long time though, and 2011 was quite a long time ago.
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by nsavage 2y ago
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Remote: Yes, open to local Willing to relocate: Maybe, depending on the role and location Technologies: Golang, Python, Typescript, React Résumé/CV: https://github.com/NickSavage&#
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by nsavage 3y ago
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Remote: Yes, open to local Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Javascript, React, SQL Résumé/CV: https://github.com/NickSavage/CV/blob/master/Nicholas
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by nsavage 3y ago
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Remote: Yes, open to local Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Javascript, React, SQL Résumé/CV: https://github.com/NickSavage/CV/blob/master/Nicholas
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by nsavage 3y ago
I live in Ottawa and have been donating there for years. Just wish they would send me less junk mail.

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