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Sounds like we're getting closer and closer to an AI that acts like a human ;-)

GNU Terry!

> For years, consumers griped about cable bundling and having to pay high prices for hundreds of channels they never watched in order to get the handful they enjoyed. Despite the g…

> "total cholesterol is a terrible health metric on its own" Yeah you've got HDL, LDL and Triglycerides, LDL should be low (L) and HDL high (H) - that's my mental shortcut for it. …

Now I know where Terry Pratchett got the name from :D https://wiki.lspace.org/Sator_Square

From my limited experience on the German rails (Amsterdam - Berlin 5/6 times in the last 4 years) the mobile 4G/5G connection was pretty good. Only dropping off when travelling thr…

Looks nice! Congrats :)

Well it's sorta true, but the important difference is that the bottom poverty line is higher than in the US, and we do have better social security. Still, the gap is growing. Thoug…

My guess would be with a binary ruler

So.. you moved the software to a server that runs in the cloud. So sorta-SaaS? ;-)

Here’s a fun related story on how they wanted to get it out to open sea: https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/30/historic-rotterdam-bridge-wont...

Same here. In fact, I took it one step further and drafted a document that outlines all the important business contacts I have the she would need to contact in case of my death. To…

To be trained as a carpenter while being paid, more likely. Like the coding bootcamps that “graduate” you and then rent you out. If there’s no skilled labour. You have to create yo…

Speaking purely about web software / web APIs, most software is 90% CRUD. It absolutely makes sense to use a framework to save new hires from grokking 90% of it's capabilities. You…

Seeing as you're going to need an outside man any way, I'd opt for the friend route :D

I'm torn between "that's the best job in the world" and "worst job in the world"

Interesting. Does that help with all forms of caloric intake? Alcoholic / sugar beverages included?

J2t t3e l2t o1t It’s infuriatingly annoying ;-)

Out of curiosity, what do you find clunky about Vue's variables vs Svelte? I've been working exclusively with Vue for the last... 6 years. Since the launch of v2. So my mind is alr…

I know this isn't Reddit, but this comment deserves an award ;-)

Some sympathy is in order because house pricing can definitely have a big impact on the amount of “choice” you have.

Since you asked nicely: downvoted for using a specific type of language. It’s the first part in the HN guidelines for comments: “Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation…

True but from a practical standpoint they risk a full $500.000 upfront: “Both investments happen at the same time; they are not contingent on any milestones.” So from a founder per…

Discworld MUD plug http://discworld.starturtle.net/lpc/

Ok let me geek out a little. Terry Pratchett was a god among man. A truly special human being whose works are on par with the likes of Shakespeare and Wagner in describing and expl…