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The missing underscore didn't send an innocent man to prison. In this story, an incompetent lawyer, an incompetent judge, and an unjust system walked into a bar... When the article…

Slight tangent into translations: I read two translations of the book "The Master and Margarita". My first read was so boring I couldn't help but stop reading before the end of the…

Yes, but then the catchy title wouldn't make much sense, would it? So let's remove all the things you said here and were are left with: "AI started a business all by itself, and is…

I think this post is vague enough for each one of us to think about the part we are sick of and relate. I'm sick of generative for sure.. but then again [0]: > Everyone seems to ha…

And here I was proud of myself, having taught my mom and her friends how to discern real from fakes they get on WhatsApp groups. Another even more powerful tool for scammers. I'm t…

This is what hostile software looks like. When you dominate a space, the choices you give to your users are: "Yes" or "OK". Choose wisely. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4555…

Since it's a coding error, let's run git blame and see what comes out. Being on the receiving end is never fun. For my case, after I was reinstated, I left shortly after. It was ne…

I bought a OnePlus 3 when it was the cool underdog phone for $450. That was 6 years ago. After 5.5 years the battery started draining faster than usual so I replaced it. The only r…

My favorite Bullshit Job was my very own. There was an employee that was hired only because, well I couldn't say No during the interview. He had nothing to do so they turned him in…

I had done a similar one, just without the images. My intention was to add a blurb for each of the books, but friction is the enemy of reading. https://idiallo.com/library

"My name is Ibrahim" -> "My name is Abraham" This is exactly what happens when I tell people my name in the US. At least, now I know that Americans are deca-lingual.

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Update: I've built this page many years ago, and one of the issues was that I couldn't nest script tags. The reason is everything inside the script tag is considered plain text. So…

That's fun. I actually used a similar method to build this page[1]. (see page source). I used script tags for the content. [1]: https://idiallo.com/nobot.php Edit: All HTML tags ar…

I used to work for a company that automated customer service. While we were trialing with new a client, our ai service responded to a customer: "Hey B**, thanks for reaching out." …

This sounds great in theory. Up until my last job, this is the philosophy I lived by. When I leave, I want that the only thing they miss is my personality. But it is never the case…

Here is one thing that happened to me after using Duolingo every day, multiple times a day for more than a year. I became extremely good at it. Throw any language at me, I'll compl…

I've been having this discussion a lot lately. Ok, let's say a crime occured and you have a hard time identifying the suspect. A colleague of yours in the precinct is walking over …

Here is what I want to say: After 16 years in a English speaking country, I don't feel articulate. But that's hardly the point. What I want to say always gets muddled with words I …

I was once asked to automate a task at a job. There was a webpage that had a dozen iframes. My task was to add a js that refreshes each iframe a minute after it fully loaded. It wa…