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In my experience Claude 3.7 is far superior for coding than Gemini 2.5. I tried it in Cursor and I wanted it to work, as a recent ex-Googler. I repeatedly found it inferior. I thin…

>In the general population overall, Covid is undeniably more deadly than the flu, but only about 3-5x (and I think 3x personally right now). I don't see how you get close to 3X mor…

This is a wrong and dangerous message and it needs to be stopped. Both things are true: a) health workers need masks and b) people should wear masks when they go out. There are no …

Oh, sorry, just saw explanation below. In the US these studies equate 1 unit = 1 glass of wine or 1 beer, I could swear.

14 units per week is two drinks a day.

http://www.tynker.com . My daughter started with Scratch Jr. When she turned 9, we got her a chromebook for her birthday, and I read about this site in a WSJ article. She took to i…

Revealing quote from Baez in this article: "I’m ... eager to dig deeper into open reaction networks. They’re a small but nontrivial step toward my dream of a mathematics of living …

Worth reading for this sentence (p.5): "The core obstacle to an integration of gravity in the context of quantum field theory is the occurrence of untreatable infinities in calcula…

The ActiveGS Chrome extension required to run the games on this site is broken, and the code hasn't been updated in two years: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activegs/nh…

Yeah, doesn't bother me. Never bothered by the sound of my own eating.

That sound is not the only one that triggers my response, but I chose it because of this argument: I don't think anyone would argue that there is something culturally wrong (at lea…

The attitude you express towards Misophonia is one of the reasons why having this disorder is such a burden. It has nothing to do with table manners. There is nothing rational, or …

Same here. I think this is evidence of genetic factors - i.e. my dad has a mild case and it manifested in him being very emphatic about training us not to make sounds while eating.…

Turns out Murray finally called the reporter a few hours after this article was published: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/w...