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I used to like Steve's posts. They were all way too long, but a fun and interesting read nonetheless. He started to lose me when at Sourcegraph where he oversell Cody which didn't …

The first time I was in Berlin I had to take a bus. It was just leaving the stop as I was getting there, but stopped at the next red light. So I ran to the bus and knocked on the d…

This is wonderful and amazing, but isn't there a risk to over promise? Reality can never be as perfect as a 3D rendering...?

> NOVA: So Fermat's original proof is still out there somewhere. > AW: I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. But what has made…

> We don't have to value one more than the other. Yes we do. We should evaluate threats and choose our allies carefully.

Yes, I will probably never go back to the US. But I find it sad that my kids for example, will have to think twice before visiting, if they do.

Those kinds of projects are super fun, and the writing here is good, so congrats to the author. That said, why do people need clocks? I usually know the time, day or night, within …

Well, in fact a good principle is to limit side effects as much as possible. Copy or cut inside the same document should probably not involve the system clipboard at all. The syste…

She's really nice, fun and engaging. She has a recent video about AI agents selling mugshots that's well made and clear.

I agree with TFA on all points and therefore strongly disagree with all that is said in this post. "Cut'n paste" should be one atomic operation. If you want to do multiple pastes (…

At least in this configuration ads are separate from answers. I fear there will come a time where ads will be intermingled in the response tokens. In fact SEO people on SEO forums …

If there is a browser then that's all that's needed. Just point it to the LAN IP of your Jellyfin install.

Transcoding on demand is just trading compute for storage. If you have infinite storage you can store all definitions in advance for any possible client (I think that's what Netfli…

You can do that with Jellyfin and Tailscale trivially on devices you own; for a hotel TV you can use a GL.iNet travel router (which will also let you access your LAN from any devic…

Yes. And with something like a GL.iNet travel router + Tailscale, you can watch Jellyfin from anywhere without ever exposing it to the Internet. You plug it in your hotel room, tel…

Borders are generally insane. But they are especially rich coming from countries, like the US or many European countries that got most of their wealth from pillaging other territor…

You can't pay more to get a better drone than DJI's. You can pay more (although it's difficult) to get a worse drone. Much worse.

They're harder to completely understand than they are to read; it often happens for example that SQLite won't use existing indexes, for no obvious reason.

Yes! keeping it that way helps with traceability. The point is not to fix the data, it is to understand where corruption happens.

I am not "using" CSV, I am forced to use it.

> I don't think I need to explain why it's a bad idea for a database to be so careless about data validation. Well, loose typing can be extremely useful, and having a type of "ANY"…

1. Yes, hints, like maybe the position of a random letter, then another, etc. The game could allow you to "buy" more letters with your existing score (and maybe an initial amount: …

> When you are taking care of your health, and need to learn more about your built-in limitations is it still narcissistic? Well, yes, if done in excess. Hypochondria is a narcissi…

This feels like the acme of narcissism. How much time and money are people willing to spend on navel gazing?