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> Marcus Aurelius himself was no stoic philosopher, he merely wrote diaries to himself in his late days - diaries he wanted burned, not published. This is how I read "Meditations" - not as writings of a sage (as far as I know,
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This reads like a sponsored article promoting xAI, without clear ethical disclosure. While it appears to be about AI-generated games in general, it focuses solely on Grok-generated content. Other models often perform better ( https:/&#
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It would be wonderful for the community - as it is the best tool in the class. And foremost - thank you for designing this awesome component!
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I recommend focusing on general design principles and mindset. - Read "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald Norman - once you understand what makes a good (or bad) door handle, you'll start seeing design patterns everywhe
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by stared 2y ago
Do you know if there is any open source TypeScript component that can be used in a project?
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I really like the columns explorer, https://motherduck.com/blog/introducing-column-explorer/ . Just a few days ago I have been looking for existing column explorers that look like from Kaggle Dataset, but I was not
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by stared 2y ago
Depends. Sometimes I could solve in 15 mins, a bug I had been chasing for days. In other cases, it is simpler to write codes by hand - as AI either does not solve a problem (even a simple one), or does, but at a cost of tech debt - or it ta
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Some additional thoughts on GPT-4.5: it provides BFK-9k experience - eats e̶n̶e̶r̶g̶y̶ ̶c̶e̶l̶l̶s̶ budget ($2 per call!) like there is no tomorrow, but removes bugs with a blast. In my experience, the gap between Claude 3.7 and GPT-4.5 is s
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Other useful things I've discovered: - Push for DRY principles ("make code concise," "ensure good design"). - Swap models strategically; sometimes it's beneficial to design with one model and implement with ano
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In case of handling exceptions (and similar stuff), I also prefer avoiding unnecessary nesting. For two (or more) equally valid, I prefer keeping same nesting.
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Since Claude 3.5 Sonnet is that good, I am curious how fares Claude 3.5 Haiku. For programming-like tasks, I expect similar-ish distribution that in programming, see e.g. https://web.lmarena.ai/leaderboard
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Why shouldn't I hold a contest to get my logo?(nospec.com)
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This is, IMHO, the idiomatic way to do so.
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by stared 2y ago
My pet peeve: function getOddness4(n: number): if (n % 2 === 0): return "Even"; return "Odd"; While it is shorter, I prefer vastly prefer this one: function getOddness2(n: number):
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by stared 2y ago
Yes, dplyr pipes are wonderful. Also, for the same reason, I find JavaScript list comprehensions cleaner than those in Python - as in the former it is possible to chain maps and filters. Also, now there is a new pipe syntax in SQL, that add
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Dunning-Kruger effect does not look like that! Compare and contrast with actual one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Sure, novices overestimate their skills - but the relationship is monoto
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And Usenet groups for discussion. A lot of the traffic (especially in pre-Google times) was due to organic networking, i.e., not an AI algorithm for "engagement", but people on their websites recommending cool websites—knowledge,
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by stared 2y ago
Using long threads is an abuse of Twitter format. While people do that? Well, because some of them have a large enough audience there. So, better to use a suboptimal solution than not being read. Yet, I think it is both bad for reading (eve
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by stared 2y ago
For me, a killer feature would be easy JSON or Markdown export/sync, so I can use it in Obsidian. Also - I am a bit afraid that it either falls into obscurity or gets sold to Amazon. Any ideas why it wouldn't happen? In particular
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by stared 2y ago
To me, even 5-star system is broken by design, with a pressure to rate everything 4 and 5, especially if these are known to be classic books. I rarely give 1 or 2 - in vast majority of cases it means I stop reading them, out of respect for
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by stared 2y ago
For some reason, it started ignoring my rules - both in old .cursorrules and new .cursor/rules. I mean, even blunt ones like (in Python) "never ever import Dict, use dict instead". I'm unsure if it is Claude 3.7 or a rec
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VkQuake – a cross-plaform Quake port in Vulkan(github.com)
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Claude 3.7 in Cursor is eager – sometimes a bit too eager(mathstodon.xyz)
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Custom Software Becomes Commodity(mathstodon.xyz)
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by stared 2y ago
Presentation style and topic make me think "isn't it the author of Byrne's Euclid in SVG?". And yes, it is! https://www.c82.net/blog/?id=79
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OP here. I'm pretty cavalier about which Markdown features I use. I employ them differently in various contexts - in plain Markdown files and on my blog, for instance. But primarily, I treat them as plaintext files. If I needed to remo
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by stared 2y ago
When you want to ensure that things are rendered in a particular way, Markdown might not be the best solution—it's for content, not style. In many cases (not all!), style doesn't matter much. It's better to give each device (
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by stared 2y ago
Overview and Items have the same form and style, so it is easy visually to confuse these. Also, I am not sure what it does. First, I write to options. Then it asks me which one I prefer. I guess I am missing what added value is here.
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by stared 2y ago
Regarding Steam data, I am curious about how games are being played (hours spent) and, even more, about their co-occurrence (i.e., player X spent both time on game A and game B). I would love to make a visualization like https://
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I took a similar approach to linking to a comment thread, see e.g. Reddit links from https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/02/markdown-saves . At the same time, I am an opportunist — sometimes it is Reddit, sometimes

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