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Why such a large surplus?

I pretty much hate any screwdriver that's not a Robertson.

You will see the same thing on any online real estate listing. I spend more time wondering why it looks so weird than I do looking at what the picture is attempting to show.

I read that as I-Ding a bird. It was a second of wondering what I-Ding a bird was until I got to "Merlin" and realized it was ID-ing a bird (face-palm emoji here).

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." attributed to Woody Allen.

I'm in CT and was told one of the big advantages of a trust is speed. It can take 10-12 months to clear probate while the trust goes the the beneficiary(ies) more or less immediate…

From the quote: “none of the above are trying to hit a specific financial target, replacing folks with AI, or changing our headcount cap,” I infer all three played a part. (sorry f…

Well an upper bound anyway. Maybe, "The Art of the Deal" could have gotten it a lot closer to $1.2 B.

I proudly store ketchup in the pantry. No amount of recently added "For best results, refrigerate after opening." on the label will convince me otherwise. Cold ketchup is in no way…

Hoo-boy, had I gone I'd have missed the first 20 minutes of the movie. Since movies now have preassigned seats I generally aim for 15-20 minutes after the time on the ticket.

Or they saw rolling the dice with a jury as low risk potentially high reward.

Not doing that is why future generations will loathe me and my generation.

It's a feature, not a bug.

I imagine most people when reading this think: "I can see that, anything for fashion." Shrug and think nothing more of it. What would the reaction be were the sexes reversed and th…

I did it on IPS laptop display and got 175. On my OLED phone I got 179. I am more in agreement with the phone results, but the turquoise on the phone looked even greener to me.

I still have PTSD from pre-COVID days when I would be working at in my cubicle and have someone "drive-by" with a quick question and plop their laptop on my desk. "Can I ask you a …

Same here. I came away wondering if I had fallen for click bait. I try to stare hard at the thing I wish to put down for at least a count of two. That usually brings me "into the m…

Stocks just went on sale.

"And that's where language models come in. Because most new-to-me frameworks/tools like Docker, or Flexbox, or React, aren't new to other people. There are probably tens to hundred…

No love for Firefox.

e.g. Fosbury flop ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosbury_flop )

Can't an LLM translate?

Would a 1 year ban for H1B for Apple be that big of a problem after a "significant" layoff? Or maybe can only apply for up to a maximum of some (10%? 15%? 25%) percentage of the la…

Related (2010) on finding untaxed swimming pools on Long Island using Google Earth: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/heads-up-google-earth-...