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There's always the 3-em dash⸻a dastardly long strike.

This post indicates remote in Canada but the linked postings say United States under "Work Eligibility", can you please clarify this requirement?

Invariably seems like a strong word for the output of an LLM. If we can prompt a language model to double-check it's work (and that means it always gets it correct), why is that no…

This is pretty much exactly what I have been looking for, I do this with paper/pencil on our fridge. If you don't open-source it, where is the data stored?

Agreed. I was quite happy with my Pixel 6 until the 7 was released, which I got for my wife. Immediately noticed that both phones cameras were worse. In particular, shots of light-…

Thank you for this walk down memory lane—2advanced was a huge inspiration for me when I started web design and learning flash, but I couldn't remember the name of the site until no…

FYI this article was published on April 1 and is labelled as "April Fool's".

Love deep dive troubleshooting like this. I haven't heard of systemtap before; looks nice. When I had to troubleshoot a kernel bug [1] I used perf [2] probes which are also really …

This is a welcome bit of perspective, so thank you for that. I often find myself complaining about things at work like competing priorities or wearing too many hats and it helps me…

This same site has recommendations on pencils. If you're looking for mechanical pencils I'm a huge fan of the Uni Kuru Toga Roulette, which came in second [1]. I like it because it…

This isn't necessarily a bad thing—studies[1] have shown that adoption discovery between birth and two years of age may increase life satisfaction and decrease stress. The same app…