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joshwa

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About joshwa

Josh Wand

• Staff PM/Engineer

• josh@joshwand.com • http://joshwand1.substack.com/ • https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshwand

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    https://github.com/BloopAI/vibe-kanban

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    Comment #46153065

    URA quotas—I see the Amazon infection has spread from Seattle to Redmond.

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    The thing about language models is that they are *language* models. They don't actually parse XML structure, or turn code into an AST, they are just next-token generators. Individu…

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    Comment #44936976

    Just the opposite! When sautéing, too-small pieces have burned by the time the larger ones have cooked, giving the dish a bitter burnt flavor and ugly black flecks.

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    https://onion-cutting-simulator.streamlit.app/ I made my own version of this a while back, and it lets you create your own cutting methods, plot the statistical distribution, and s…

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    My thought is just to rent it out for to rich folks with lawns for a few hundred bucks a week. My contraption will have thermal detection, AI target discrimination, and precision t…

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    Comment #44155035

    Likewise but for raccoons. Are you precision targeting or just broad sprinkler coverage? I need to make sure my cat doesn’t get hosed :-/ I got a cheap MLX90640 off aliexpress for …

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    Comment #33038014

    messagingengine.com is the domain used for fastmail's mail servers.

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    Comment #26975792

    Ah, the classic build tool evolution cycle! 1. Become frustrated with complex build tool 2. Write a new tool that is dead simple, opinionated (your opinions), convention over confi…

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    Comment #26975771

    Can I just stick a vibrator against the back of my skull for a few minutes daily?

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    Ask HN: Does this exist yet? UGC video clearinghouse for protests/etc.

    I was inspired by OSINTHK's work during the protests in HK--assembling multiple videos of single incidents to provide as much context/evidence to fight the public relations battle.…

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    Hi OP, did you ever find a good solution for this? Trying to set something up for my daughter's kindergarten class. (email in profile)

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    Comment #22715757

    On a larger architectural scale, see: Use Boring Technology http://boringtechnology.club/ Also described as: "how to be old, for young people"

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    Comment #22715742

    Knowing how so many devs are hungry to move to the new shiny thing, the question is often more like "why hasn't this been rewritten in Python3 already? ". Possible answers: • Legit…

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    Comment #22687070

    Yandex Image Search already uses facial recognition and is available to the public. See: https://yandex.com/images https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/facial-recogniti... h…

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    Comment #22448792

    Worth mentioning Exce-Lint, an Excel add-in that automatically finds formula errors in spreadsheets. https://plasma-umass.org/ExceLint-addin/

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