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I got an Apple Watch just before the pandemic. In the winter I love to XC Ski, but it wasn't in there as an activity -- I guess not much snow in Cupertino. After a year or two of d…

Of course not, just like when you pay for Netflix or Prime Video there are no ads ... right? ... right?

Interesting that Sol (low) did better than Sol (medium) in your benchmark (and is barely more expensive than Terra). I too have been using 5.3 codex as a cheap-but-good model and a…

Yes, congrats to Dave on two successes!

It says "Weather: Partly cloudy, 72°F". Normally, I'd ask "where" (not here in New England!) ... but in this case, "when"? Is this the weather from 40 years ago also? (and if so ..…

> taking actions that reduce the difference between predictions and reality, effectively minimizing prediction errors Since you can't change reality itself, and you can only take a…

The Ring (Doorbell) App isn't working, nor is any the MBTA (Transit) Status pages/apps.

When TWA Flight 800 went down over Long Island in 1996, there were at the time multiple witness statements of a "streak of light" which had been reported (and later discounted by t…

So "heads I win, tails you lose!"

I think Customs is on to that -- that was how Saddam Hussein got the precision parts of his "supergun" out of Europe into Iraq, the parts were all labeled as oil industry related.

I think in 2-3 years, it'll be the same story except it'll be bigger/better/faster. As Heraclitus said "The only constant in life is change" (and maybe Emacs)

Presumably the founder(s) is/are getting a better deal by walking away in this case. If they've been through a few round of funding, they may have been diluted to the point when th…

Isn't there not some contractual agreement between the VCs and the founders? (I understand that a non-compete might not apply [in CA], but taking VC money is a little different tha…

In London the Thames Tideway Tunnel is designed to intercept and divert sewage overflows from the River Thames, particularly during heavy rainfall: https://www.bbc.com/news/science…

Might even ameliorate some of the corporate RTO efforts and now s/w devs will have more employment choice and a presumably more vibrant job market.

Looks like prior years can be caught up with: > Companies with capitalized domestic R&D expenses from 2022–2024 can elect a catch-up deduction, which could significantly improve ca…

Yes! in the old MS-DOS days (circa 286?), it was quicker in terms of cycles to do: xor ax, ax Than: mov ax, 0h

Via Scoop: scoop bucket add extras scoop install extras/zed It works really well on Windows, haven't had any problems, nor with any extensions.

So interesting that you use diffs for undo/redo! Ingenious!

> >My brother for example built a thing with Microsoft copilot that helped automate more in his manufacturing facility (used to be paper). > I have harped on this endlessly as a no…