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Since everyone's tired of GPT submissions, I super-swear this is just me and a keyboard. 1) Write the backend in python using test-driven development. The bot can run the test suit…

I argue that a more effective measure would be to use the onboard data services in modern cars to calculate the $ cost of speeding! Sure, you CAN drive 85 MPH, but if you drove 70 …

After working wireless retail in the early '00s, I will always choose a phone with a high IP rating. Other scenarios I've seen - Phone pushed into sink without realizing while doin…

Default human is a "Young Adult" woman, and the default "add something" was "woman with tatoos". I changed ONE filter (from young to Senior). It spun for about 20 seconds and then …

The HN crowd would do well to take a step back and look at this from a little different perspective. We are able to see "AI" and machine learning as the very young and imperfect te…

And the communication is a nightmare. My mom learned that her flight was cancelled Monday via text message, but there is NOTHING on the website indicating the cancellation. I spent…

One Excel spreadsheet, four bank accounts (only one of which is "actively managed"): Protected Checking, Protected Savings, Discretionary Checking, Discretionary Savings All income…

I call this the Pentatonix Problem at Christmas. When left in "auto-play" mode, streaming services absolutely default to the lowest payout possible. The fastest way to discover if …

Best turkey ever this year, new trick was buttering between the skin and breast. 16lb bird, brined. Followed the "in the fridge for 1 day per 4 pounds" rule of thumb. Loosened (car…

... and Michaelson clung to the luminiferous aether until he died.

The volume of affected businesses and the wide scope of who's impacted is kind of stunning. May not be limited to bandwidth.com solely. If you're trying to call a customer care num…

He who cracks the code of the call center assisted lead gen in the online world will win the day. This is why "influencer" marketing is such a draw. There is NO more attributable c…

This has been covered here from time to time, hoping that somehow we eventually reach someone "on the inside who could help. For 12 years I've had a Google Apps for Whatever It's C…

One More Thing: the iNote. This magical pad of sticky notes will elegantly cover the camera and preserve the structural integrity of your display.

you can use their normal programmable wireless for that. I did and pay $1/month to have a sim sit in a $30 Nokia dumbphone that the kids can use when they ride their bikes to the p…

this reeks of "throw some good news at the cycle to boost up just enough to soften your recent losses and then brace for impact"

Wow wow wow. Ow. "Oh wow, look at that... that's new! I don't think we've seen that before!? ... is that oxygen? If it was methane, wouldn't it be igniting in the flare? OHHHHH"

I've run into a number of southern KC suburbanites who are all convinced they had it. One had attended a thing in Vegas in Jan and came back with bad con-crud. Two houses down the …

I'm more thinking of the hospitality industry workers (high proportion of residents) as a vector for local outbreak.

Color me deeply skeptical. All the data we see out of "real" hotspots like New York seem to show a fairly clear progression on infection rate, days-to-show-symptoms, days-to-go-sou…

same with Five9 from the KC Metro, also accessing azure resources. No issues on my Google Fiber. But we have agents all over the midwest, all having issues.