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I've been a Kagi user since 2022, and a paying user since January 2024, and I can say that I have not thought about another search engine in as much time. Absolutely worth the $10 …

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In my experience, in natural environments that contain a vertical paper towel holder, Torqueroligiverasacculum Genera finds a nest and potential mating area underneath.

I wonder if unchecked capital accumulation combined with cutting the social safety net and major public works will lead to commerce without customers: An economy built on consumpti…

You've got the crux already: > Stories are being weaponised by populists who thrive on fear and capitalists who benefit from monetising it. The best storytellers are winning attent…

This is a press release from a company that markets an AI relationship platform.

It sounds a bit like Canabalt, maybe? https://canabalt.com

While fun to look at, it becomes gibberish for assistive software like screen readers.

https://archive.ph/yRCSW

I've mentioned this here and elsewhere, but it's an app where you specify a word or phrase, and get a notification when someone else is nearby and has the same word or phrase set. …

I live in a city with a large number of unhoused people. I think I would use unlimited resources to buy and renovate old buildings[1] downtown to build housing, and fund support se…

I love my 0.7mm Zebra Sarasa Clips (dark blue). I buy the refills to put in other pens. The ink dries nearly instantly. Not fancy, but a great workhorse pen.

https://archive.is/dkkWy

Could it have been https://poolsuite.net ?

This is the first earthquake where I got a ShakeAlert notification _before_ the shaking started. I had a good two seconds to think before I felt it, and that's pretty cool, all thi…

I did notice some character encoding issues, but this is very helpful and handy, thank you! https://pure.md/https://unionize.fyi

I agree -- color bars pre-printed on tractor-feed paper would have used a Pantone ink, maybe a tint of 290 for blue, or 358 for green. Mills wouldn't have likely used a C+M+Y build…

> Ricks, a native of the Ninth Ward, later told NBC Nightly News that he wrote the bulletin based on his previous experiences with Betsy and Camille. [...] The bulletin, and the ro…

This is a personal anecdote, and just one data point, but still. I work on websites for customers, and frequently I'll need to (for example) iterate through some spreadsheet data, …

I made a decent pizza sauce last night with help from ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/share/f8bb2dfb-6e14-4678-bbca-f5a338a490...

My uncle was the head of the projection department at Paramount Pictures for a long time, and he knew I liked Star Trek growing up. When we went to visit once, he gave me a VHS tap…

This has been my experience as well. My wife has end-stage kidney disease, and we have found that the system works (for us!) when we stay within our hospital system. We don't trave…