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Every time I peek at the code from something by Mr. Endoh, I end up down a rabbit hole and learn something. I look forward to what this one brings. Probably looking into this Piet …

I think I also first found him from his "guerrilla gardening" work in Oakland. I think it was in a median, planting native species on a barren strip of dirt. Something of that natu…

A friend from my youth always had an encyclopedic knowledge of plants, could identify them effortlessly just as we were walking around. I always envied him, but despite a love of p…

Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Space Brothers, Dirty Pair, a few Gundams. You don't have to agree, of course. There is no accounting for taste.

Lots of classics here, but was also hoping to see the ZERO System from Gundam Wing (1995): https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/ZERO_System?file=W_ZERO_Syste... Later in life I would thi…

I switched primarily to stainless steel seven or eight years ago, and it only took me a week to get used to frying my morning eggs without sticking.

Firefox's Multi-Account Containers changed the game for me back in 2018 or 2019, and is what got me to switch back to Firefox for 95% of my personal browser use. The "Always open {…

I started writing a sarcastic comment to "prepare for $500 Apple-branded QSFP112 DAC cables", but realized (a) that's not too much higher than some already sell for, and (b) it's c…

It works because they are allowed to by the state, by a process specified by the state. The rules and ordinances of a county or municipality are subordinate to the laws of the stat…

Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun. The only thing it's missing are Neil's favorite traffic cones ;) Also glad that Neil is getting the protection he n…

I go with Alka Seltzer specifically because they have an Aspirin variant instead of Acetaminophen.

After a decade of exploring various mechanical keyboards (a few form factors, but mostly exploring the switches), I settled on a Topre Realforce around 2016 and fell in love. I lat…

I am also struggling to see what clicking any of the options in the demo changes. I don't consider myself advanced in design knowledge, but I'm pretty average in visual perception.…

Played with this a while, and the metaprogramming supporting this is fun :) Once again proving that you can dream up a wild idea, and Ruby will support you in achieving your dreams…

Always cool to see a fresh approach to organizing Ruby projects! Like the author, I have experimented with app structures that better suit my project needs than Rails' conventions …

EDIT: Removed my comment, as I was referencing the HN article's link. It seems to incorrectly link to a separate comic that is coincidentally also about "surprise". I agree with ba…

>Don't you think they have a legit skill issue here and should they be better off upskilling themselves? Absolutely agree! Just because I understand how they got there doesn't mean…

Starting a few years ago, I realized some junior and medior engineers never once considered the possibility of building a website (app, experience, etc.) in anything other than a h…

Yes, that would work the same way! However, I was on an HEDT system, with no iGPU and many PCIe lanes to spare.

Having gone this route in the past*, once I accepted that I needed a second GPU dedicated as owned by the VM, most issues went away. No SR-IOV battles, just the simplicity of "Linu…

Context: Notepad++ was compromised last year by a PRC state-sponsored group: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-up... This is not purely a cosmetic release, …

There's also much more to Shopify than just Ruby feature work. I've heard tales of their infrastructure and it seems like it would be very exciting for the right kind of person. Ne…

I know it as "when the Elves leave Middle Earth" from an essay of the same name: https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear...