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avanai

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    Make sure you get those JIRAs filed and pointed. Standup is at 10:30.

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    Comment #48645599

    I think you just described cash.

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    Comment #48456268

    I got one for my grade schooler and it's mostly great. She can text or call me or her mom or her grandparents (but no one else), we can know where she is, and there not too much sh…

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    Comment #48063526

    var _ MyInterface = &MyStruct{} Now your compiler will tell you you stopped implementing the interface. Pretty? No. But it works. And gopls will even offer to implement stubs for m…

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    Comment #47025119

    “Ask an LLM to hack your app” should be a production-readiness step from now on.

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    Comment #46858235

    Same. I also use Ian's Secure Knot in places where you'd use a double-knot https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

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    Comment #44889229

    Man I loved my Pebble but I’d say the three things I use my Apple Watch for most are: telling time (++), reading notifications (~), and getting Siri to set timers or control my Hom…

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    Comment #44666365

    The other magic ingredient is salt. A tiny pinch of salt can balance out sour and bitter flavors in surprising ways, and be otherwise undetectable. I’ve “fixed” a lot of cocktails …

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    Comment #44163828

    A "eulogy" is a speech you make at a funeral in honor of the dead person. I think you meant "apology".

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    Comment #43051216

    Too late. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/science/measles-vaccinati...

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    Comment #40831492

    > Try to solve bugs one layer deeper This is one of the main things I try to impart to junior folks when I’m mentoring them or reviewing code. It’s also one of the biggest red flag…

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    Comment #38807311

    I’ve been using Firefox almost exclusively for years with two exceptions. The web dev tools in Chrome are really just better. And recently my work made the decision to only allow C…

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    Comment #37362442

    The most impressive thing about this story is that they figured out the answer . They did the research, and nailed down that it was Nyquist who was was the productivity booster. It…

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    Comment #36714971

    Clicked to find out about how we're all measuring temperature wrong.

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    Comment #34329604

    I'm not a huge fan of cutesey names but a lot of those names are variations on or homages to Kubernetes (Greek for "Helmsman"): e.g Skipper, Harbor, and Helm from your list.

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    Comment #33831173

    OK I read this as carbon-scrubbers which grow marijuana. I dunno, maybe it helps oxygenate the air. Or maybe I haven’t had coffee yet.

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    Comment #33598516

    “Best “ does it for me. 16.1.1 Turning off “Safari Suggestions” in settings fixes it.

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    Comment #33468839

    They compare its cost effectiveness to lithium electrochemical storage batteries, but it seems much more apt to compare it to large-scale flow batteries, which also use relatively …

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    Comment #32288678

    I think this article vastly undersells the value of Java(script) interop. The ability to call out to a well-maintained library in two of the most widely-used languages in the indus…

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    Comment #32181650

    From a medical provider friend who works at One Medical: “I won't wear a tracking device and see 40 patients while wearing a catheter”

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    Comment #31261615

    For my bedtime routine I have it fire when I start charging my phone. There’s an iOS shortcut that fires an HA event when I plug or unplug my phone, and if we’re all home and it’s …