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Somewhat related. I've also been generating lots of markdown files, which I've occasionally wanted to print out (so I can rest my eyes, or just read them somewhere other than my de…

Really cool deck! Anyone out there play Mu? It's an _excellent_ trick taking card game. One of the few (complex, trick-taking... I'm not counting stuff like Uno in this genre) card…

A third problem is that, depending on the project, one's recollection might be pretty fuzzy. A fourth is that, while you might be a great programmer, perhaps you've never had the o…

Perhaps the joke is that the valence of going backward or forward isn't equivalent. IIRC, some studies show that people will generally accept smaller gains to avoid the possibility…

Random family seating anecdote. A couple of years ago, we were on vacation and my wife had to go home early to tend for a sick pet. My daughter and I also re-arranged our flight to…

Is anyone arguing "all fringe ideas must be false" or, conversely, "widely accepted ideas are true?" That's basically just argumentum ad populum, and I don't think that's the argum…

"Step out" is how to get out of the lower level frameworks, and or "step over" to avoid diving into them in the first place. I can't speak for other IDEs, but all of the JetBrains …

This was my question. There's a weird sort of self-cannibalism that this hints at. The LLM is only as good as it is because it's been able to train on existing SO answers. But if o…

Saying this as a rather old person myself... I have a theory that, wrt knowledge, the relative advantage of age has been at least partially eroded by rapid technological advancemen…

| Private schools are outrageously expensive. Yes, and... In states where property taxes fund schools, there are basically two ways to pay for a good school: a) go to a private sch…

You're not alone. Type "best ev that's" into Google and the first autocomplete will be "best ev that's not a Tesla."

Majesty! That was it, thanks!

I've often speculated about a radical interpretation of this idea, inspired by a old video game (whose name I forget). In the game, you rule a kingdom, but unlike, say, Civilizatio…

At some point Threads started to suppress (or at least, not boost?) political content or news. Which sort of crippled it as a "current events + hot takes" Twitter/X competitor. Blu…

Orlando resident here. Disagree with "great climate" and "affordable living." I honestly don't understand those who say Florida has great weather. We have basically two seasons: We…

It definitely appears much worse for girls, but afaict, depression has risen in boys as well, just by not as much. See graphs here: [1] So if social medial is harmful in general, I…

I think the empirical evidence is fairly clear, actually.[1][2] Having struggled with various forms of screen addiction myself, I find it sort of odd that a lot of people are so la…

I remember being astounded by Johnny Mnemonic when in came out in Omni Magazine, of all places. (Incidentally, for those old enough to have encountered that magazine, you can see i…

I worked on a fairly complex invoicing system and couple of things not (directly) mentioned: * Forward billing vs billing in arrears. We had to treat different customers differentl…

It allows you to separate certain essentials (getting possibly important notifications, calls) from temptations that you want to avoid (twitter/X, instagram, tic tok, etc...)

A lot of articles on reducing phone use coming out at the moment. For example (older, but recently updated: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/break-up-with-you... ) I thin…

Indeed. I kept wondering if the circle was actually getting lighter as it got smaller or if that was just how I was perceiving it due to the afterimage and whatnot.

Not sure if this is a complete explanation, but people tend to ascribe more value to physical objects and perhaps, because the general price of books is bounded within a known rang…

Yeah I was wondering about this as well. To what extent were the greek myths known in that part of the world at that time? A brief googling suggests that from the 6th century onwar…

> Twitter faltered but recovered and competitors don't have an opening any more. Really? I dropped Twitter and have been on Threads since it opened, and afaict, it's gaining moment…