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I already prefer using pipe as separator in logging; now you're telling me there is a chance that my logs can be automatically ingested as tabular data? Sign me up for this branch …

You might be interested in https://draradech.github.io/jigsaw/index.html Used its output with a laser cutter and plywood, result was neat

To me the chess AI example he used was perhaps not the most apt. Human players may not be able to reason on as far a horizon as AI and therefore find some of AI's moves perplexing,…

if kernel is updated the OS would have to be rebooted anyway unless live patching is configured. Rebooting after an update is probably more common & less annoying than one would th…

> a2, c = a2+c, c+2 > is faster than > a2 += c > c += 2 > My guess is that in the first case the two evaluations and assignments can happen in parallel, and so may happen on differ…

> I just wish we had something like Matplotlib in R plotly could be worth a try, i use its python bindings and much prefer it to matplotlib, but i don't know much about the quality…

There used to a standalone Firefox Password app for mobile but it got the axe.

Yeah, let’s not forget https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-12-06/swi... I’m not under any illusion that there’s any “Swiss exceptionalism” when it comes to privacy.

RDI for added sugar itself is 24-36 grams which a single 12oz can of Coke exceeds. Measuring in Calories, it's recommended to limit daily intake from added sugar to below 100-150 C…

I use worktrees, but some builds which uses git hash will fail in worktree checkouts, thinking that "it's not a git directory" (forgot the exact error, it's been a while); haven't …

My personal experience is that the situation has improved somewhat but the hardware still plays a large part. A Kaby Lake laptop I had setup hibernation to encrypted swap (not file…

wanted a dictionary app that tracks the words I looked up too. ended up writing an iOS short that queries an online dictionary and posts the word to an ifttt webhook which then add…

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why the double standard?

What would it take to get a self-hosted version of this, preferably using FireFox on the server? How hard would it be to get plugins working as well? Would this be essentially a wa…

Hi Peter, if H1B holders who obtained work authorization in 2019 becomes full time student to pursue a MSc for 2 years, graduates in 2023, will that work authorization still be val…

afaik there's no native Zoom client for ARM [0]. You'll be stuck with the web version of it, which according to some functions poorly no matter where you run it [0] https://devforu…

If they did that, then hopefully they learnt a thing or two about networking :) But I do wonder if bandwidth limiting certain types of applications would be more effective, like re…

I really don't understand this article's high tendency to slip in tangents that have little to do - long sentences enclosed by brackets, or worse, hyphens which made side stories h…

https://warisboring.com/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dog... felt like I've seen this complaint about the performance of the JSF not too long ago. Maybe things have gotten bette…

Gilbert Starng also has an excellent series on Linear Algebra on MIT opencourseware [ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra... ]

I'd actually prefer if employers are candid about their preferences, as much as they may disappoint me. At least I know what to expect.