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I believe you're not ignorant. But many folks probably lack the process knowledge (CMOS) required to understand why :-)

I signed in with Google and now it wants my Mobile Number. Trial or not (by the way, nothing in the welcome page or sign=in indicated this is a trial, I just assumed), why? That's …

cloud is a subscription service too...sadly hardcopy and offline copy(ies) is the only way, if one is able to maintain it in a disciplined way

I came here to say the same. The Swiss system is actually far superior, in my experience and opinion.

Amen!

Can you elaborate a bit on how does "Go's quite horrendous and limited type system" get in the way of crafting agents? Honest question, I am genuinely interested in what cannot be …

I am yet to find a better introduction than Busby and Kolman's "Introductory Discrete Structures with Applications". Beautifully written, concise, very accessible with the precise …

When I got to that part (line 1) I stopped reading.

It seems wide spread and also supported by Gemini at least: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/function-calling?examp... It's a very elegant idea and the article did a great job…

Fascinating! Living in Europe nearby, I've visited the museum multiple times in the past decade. It's one of my favorite standbys to take relatives or friends to. Can't recommend i…

Fully agree. My brain hurts when i see adverbs in improper positions like so. It’s called an adverb for a reason…

At the end of 2023 BH Photo Video was selling the M1 Max 16” 64G/2TB for 2,499. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen it anywhere and I got one myself.

I was only partially correct. Looked again at asfinag and the grace period does not apply to 1 and 10-day vignettes. From their website: "18-days-period Consumer protection is very…

This is no longer true, I believe (starting Dec 1 2023). You can buy the vignette online starting immediately.

I came here to say the same: difference equations, z-transform, recurrence relations, are (or used to be) standard undergrad eng curriculum (typically via some required Signals & S…

I think it's even simpler after you figured out that m = kn = n^k => n is an integer > 1 and equal to the (k-1)-th root of k where k is an integer > 1. The only integer (k-1)-th ro…

Is it five (5) or four (4) in this paragraph (I count 4): "... Now how many of these partitions are made up of 5 parts? Each summand is called a part. The answer is 2. There are 2 …

The museum hosts dozens of instruments it does not own, probably worth 10’s of millions and left there by the owners to be kept in a controlled environment, seen and heard (the ins…