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The best part is that copilot commented on the PR saying that this doesn’t actually change the behaviour, creates inconsistency in the codebase and suggested reverting the change! …

The example usda data has a prim named `…_fbx` which suggests that maybe the original author uploaded an FBX file, and skechfab converted it to USD. If sketchfab is converting the …

My first language was also Logo, which I learned first in English at home, then in French at school. I wonder how many languages Logo was translated into? Examples is French: https…

The academic / business divide is a great example of the correct model depending on what you want to do. The academic side wants to understand, the business side wants to take acti…

It’s hard to believe this is the first time I’ve seen Grasshopper on HN! Just this morning, a colleague showed me a web app for building option exploration that he had vibe coded o…

This is basically what the OP is doing - just think of this of the cursor rule as a summary (aka a compression) of the session. I did something similar for a small vibe-coded app. …

Yes, but Bilbo does adopt him to make him his heir

Some more details: https://cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/02/geoparquet-2.0-going...

I also once got distracted by Spirographs. We got a Spirograph kit for our kids one Christmas, so I spent some time during the holidays writing a python package to draw them. Nothi…

The short answer is no, it is much more than that! The long answer involves several hundreds of years of history…

> Maple syrup is a minor luxury, easily substituted by other things like jam or honey. Speaking as a Canadian, I suppose this is maybe technically true from an economic standpoint,…

Yeah, the flip side of there being 'less skilled' developers who operate at a higher level of abstraction is that it is easier to train more of them. In absolute numbers, there are…

Yes, absolutely - skills move from mainstream to niche, but are still required! For example, a much smaller proportion of the population knows how to farm today than 100 years ago,…

> Not that we shouldn't use modern tools, but having a generation of developers unable to do anything outside their chosen layer of abstraction is a sad state of affairs. Funnily e…

Simon Wardley would like a word…in his model this is the natural order of things. As technology matures and standardized and a new generation of tools is built on top of new abstra…

It appears that the two controls are physically linked, but have a 'fuse' mechanism. When the two pilots apply lower forces to their controls, the forces are transferred between th…

Circular economics: The Phoenix bridge: Improving circularity of 3D-concrete-printed unreinforced masonry structures - https://block.arch.ethz.ch/brg/publications/1310 (Edit : link…

> the project owner is always, in the end, responsible for the success of a project This is very relevant to large government construction projects in the public-private partnershi…

Professional business people are familiar with different business models, and when to apply them. For instance, hourly billing makes a lot of sense if the scope is vague - the clie…

Property taxes are usually set as a fixed amount to be collected, and the tax % is back calculated. In practice, this means that the only thing that matters is the value of a prope…

exactly - Google is acting like a VC, not a company. A VC isn't too worried if a large percentage of their investments go under, so long a few make it big. It's like Google has the…

It is interesting to consider this from a Stage-Gate vs Lean Startup perspective. These two product development processes can be seen as antithetical, but if you read the original …

As a Quebecer, all I can say is, join the club! For everyone shocked by this, it is much less extensive and onerous than the Quebec languages laws. Very roughly speaking, similar r…

but when the video window pops up again, it's a different size than it was before. I usually have the video window expanded to half a screen (the other half is for taking notes). I…