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On more than one occasion I've told an LLM "Do not use em dashes". It's one of the easiest tells.

Not everyone has the money to buy whatever book they want to read and it's wrong no matter who does it.

I don't know why I was so surprised when my kids told me there was nothing called a "computer lab" at their school... why would there be when each kid has their own device?

Glad to see this on here. I've been using an iPad as the "brain" in my music setup and found this project not long ago. I've since opened PRs for a couple of Line 6 pedals I've got…

These days I'm programming drums on dedicated hardware but Logic Pro's Drummer feature had been immensely helpful for me as a guitarist who hadn't done much drum programming but wa…

MyLifeOrganized was the biggest thing I gave up when I switched to Mac in 2013. Still miss it -- nothing else (Omnifocus, Things, outliners, etc) has been as effective as a system …

In many cities there are "Emergency Call Boxes" throughout the streets that are distinct from payphones but operate similarly in that they allow you to get in contact with emergenc…

I maxed my M1 out when I bought it because I was frustrated with the 16GB max in the previous machines. I use my machine for all sorts of things and some days you just don't feel l…

Honestly, even better. It's the wet snow that's especially heavy (and risky for your back), so not having to lift it is invaluable. Only when the snow is considerably taller than t…

The most recent thing I've learned after a lifetime in the Midwest US: There's nothing like the 'Snow Wonder Snow Scoop'[1] for moving snow manually. Someone left theirs at my wife…

It goes far beyond that. The Iowa legislature has already moved to make changes to how libraries work in Iowa as a result of all of the attention these issues are getting here. The…

We were also on TCI when I was a kid. I begged for Sega Channel. My mom tried to sign us up, but being across the river from the city meant we got half the TV channels, no PPV, and…

I took an 8-week, 1-credit badminton course to fulfill my PE requirements. I wouldn't be surprised to find a marksmanship course.

This is what has kept me from working on amps. I'm comfortable working inside of pedals (9v) or with USB-powered circuits, but anything with a large transformer just seems a lot sc…

The enthusiasm around Bernie in 2016 was palpable. The DNC took it from him.

Deployment of the National Guard within a state is at the discretion of that state's governor. DC is the only place the president has jurisdiction in this scenario.

You're right that N64 did not have Game Genie (Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis also did), but N64 did have Gameshark, which was the spiritual successor to Game Genie (along with Ac…

People with more money than reason to play who can't seem to find "the one" have been supplying me with excellent second-hand guitars for years.

I think GP was speaking tongue-in-cheek about the situation.

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Did not say "computer science" == "science with a computer", was merely trying to focus on exactly what I said: "doing science with a computer" versus "engineering software".

Yeah, was fully expecting the replies but just didn't care enough to spend another 20 minutes articulating it further. Whatcha gunna do? (shrug)

This was something I didn't understand when choosing between "Computer Science" and "Software Engineering" as a major in college. At its simplest: "Engineering Software" is what pe…

I'm skeptical of your claim because if there's any additional margin to be made doing it artificially, at big-pharma scale history shows that they plenty willing to squeeze every p…

Not everyone is constantly scouting for political reasons to dismiss ideas.