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If you are not familiar with the fascinating story behind it, I recommend this podcast episode [1], it's one of my absolute favorites (along with its sequel)! I found out about it …

I haven't tried it, but I saw people generating VBA script code with ChatGPT that can be then input into PowerPoint macro editor to automatically generate also the layout. I would …

Good old paternalistic Italian policy-making. They do have a point, but a ban is not the answer. What do you think?

Yes, pretty impressive. ----- Write a Christmas card in a sarcastic tone ----- Dear family and friends, Merry Christmas to you all! I hope this holiday season finds you well and re…

that time of the year is coming when you need to squeeze your brain for finding yet another amusing way of saying the exact same thing you have been saying every year... or not? I …

Curious timing of this article, possibly related to the plot of Enola Holmes 2, recently released on Netflix.

I recommend one of the recent videos by Dave Beazly [1]. He lived through and contributed to the raise of Python in scientific computing first hand in the 90s, and offers some inte…

Just recently bumped into a podcast on the xbox hacker scene ( https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ ) and was really fascinated by the dedication, ingenuity and talent of these p…

Please note the Word was at its latest version of the Microsoft 365 package. I definitely sympathize with your approach (as a nerdy engineer) but unfortunately I don't see my wife'…

Please note that the problem was not the lack of frequent saving per se, which was done. The problem was that it took just one corrupted save (the last one) to destroy the benefit …

Tonight my wife (hence I) had a very unpleasant experience with Microsoft Word on Windows 10. She lost half a day of work because as she saved the document she was working on for h…

As a tennis enthusiast who only recently got interested in the TV pro tour competitions, I wanted to catch up on the historic efforts of the Big 3 (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic) in the…

On the related github repo: "If you just want to see what I did, best to read the makefile directly." Sometimes I'm amazed by the power of a good makefile that allows replicating a…

Thanks for the hint, indeed my big mistake was not keeping emotions in check. I think the mistake was driven by: 1) they are relatives of mine 2) Covid19 is a tough topic, so polit…

Thanks for the suggestion! Once a colleague and I were asked to argue in defense of the other person's view by our supervisor and the exercise really brought the conversation to a …

Yesterday evening I had a big discussion with part of my family. The starting question was legitimate: should you take the covid19 pfizer vaccine? This same question started an int…

I'm an enthusiastic user of SSHelper, a tool that starts an SSH server on your Android phone. For me it is the fastest way to rsync pictures from my phone to my PC. Today I've real…

A side note: "Dubious" comes from Latin, sharing the root of "duo", which means two,in this case referring to the possible indecision between two things or ideas.

Indeed, thanks. Do you have any recommendations on which ones are the best? They have so many. Also, looking for Italian versions of those games, as some of my friends would be mor…

I just tried a drawing game (Drawful 2) over videoconferencing and it was fun, but now I'm looking for more, any suggestion to make this quarantine more playful is appreciated!

You confirm you are completely oblivious to what is happening around you, good for you. Even visual proof is not enough. Enjoy your "hospitals are not at full capacity" fairy tale,…