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Maybe it's getting confused by the expression "geschniegelt und gestriegelt", seeing both as geschniegelt and getting confused

It felt nice finding the optimal path. I found it nice as a hook to pay for the whole course, I think I'd enjoy this hands-on approach to learning, congrats for making it feel appe…

And just like that, you no longer have a good benchmark. Scrapers / AI developers will read this comment, and add 5-legged dogs to LLM's training data.

Reminder that the greenest smartphone is one you already have. If my phone died today, I still have a company-given one that I never use. I'd just ask my org to give or sell it to …

Sure: plain_msg = decrypt(encrypted_msg) send_to_nsa(plain_msg)

The actual reason they tell you to register for warranty via a phone number is for a salesperson to pick up, and upsell you on "enhanced warranty" or "insurance". It's proven that …

[After just using `count()`] > Uh oh, someone is tapping you on the shoulder and saying this is too slow because it has to do a complete index scan of the tasks for the project, ev…

Universities should also have adjusted: Java has been commercial for long now, and there are many other popular, less commercially-aggressive programming languages that would fit c…

I tried whatever the multi-modal paid ChatGPT model is on the Codenames Pictures version, and it didn't fare that well. Since they will probably scrape this comment and add it to n…

I use Gimp from time to time, and often get frustrated with its... unique UI. It's nice to see they're hearing feedback and working on it :D A tip for others that feel the same: if…

If you want to know about this in podcast form: https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ Takes more time than reading the article, but the podcast has IMO a nice pace of leavi…

Obligatory related paper: "in the future, the fastest humans on the planet might be a quadrupedal runner at the 2048 Olympics, which may be achieved by shifting up to the rotary ga…

> They protect these many companies, industries and even countries at such a global scale and you haven't even heard of them in the last 15 years of their operation I certainly don…

Moseley and Marks "Out of the tar pit" is a nice essay / paper. Ousterhout's "A Philosophy of Software Design" goes along the same vein, not an essay but a short book. Both of thes…

I watched it again and read the algorithm description part, and I think you're right - D should have been switched to false, as the hand was pointing to it when a cache miss happen…

or the node one: $ npm install http-server $ http-server .

I'm not that knowledgeable in this department, but: if the BDFL is really hurting the usability of their library / service, can't it just be forked by more benevolent actors?

"Newman is Jerry's enemy. He lives in the same building as Jerry and Kramer" I was expecting this would make Newman, Jerry and Kramer all neighbours of each other, but it only did …

During the day desktop PC is off and I work on my laptop, then I turn it off and switch to the desktop PC. With synergy one would always have to be on.

A basic KVM switch [0]. Got tired of switching my mouse, keyboard and monitor cables between my work laptop and my desktop PC. This makes it a 1 button press. 0: https://www.amazon…

Babylon 5 is a well made SciFi show and I'd recommend it! I'm currently on season 3, started watching it because of Casey Muratori's (video game programmer, author of "Handmade Her…

It may be a common trait in programmers, since we're rewarded by getting to the bottom of things: "why is this function failing? who calls it? in which possible states?" Most progr…

It can all be done client-side: the client can try (un)capitalizing the letters after the original password fails

I've also read that the cold or flu virus makes us seek more human contact and feel more affectionate, supposedly overriding our mind in order to propagate the virus.