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rcv

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    Comment #48363115

    I was about to ask how the mosquitos survive long enough to make an impact if they can't "bite". I looked it up, and apparently male mosquitos survive off of nectar and are actuall…

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    Comment #48319081

    This is essentially what we do. All of our stored procedures, views, etc are kept in *_api schemas. Those schemas just get fully dropped and reinstalled whenever we migrate. It wor…

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    Comment #47607856

    Ah, I found the official one: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/ Unfortunately the UI seems pretty busted. The tour is trying to point out a bunch of UI elements that d…

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    Comment #47607837

    Does anyone know of a good status tracker for the mission? I'm watching the official feed on Youtube and it's great for commentary but I'd love a live Kerbal-style UI I could poke …

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    Comment #47005764

    I used to love monodraw when I had a mac. My daily driver and work machine is Linux now, so I've been searching for a suitable replacement for a while now. This one is probably the…

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    Comment #46921257

    Staying true to your username at least. While I hear you in principle, I don’t think shaming people into not building things is going to work out. Even if you could convince some p…

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    Comment #46831257

    I have no idea about his credentials or suitability for the job, but Warsh is the son in law of Trump's buddy Ronald Lauder. I get the feeling he's not picking people he doesn't th…

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    Comment #46828465

    Do you really not see the difference here? It's amazing how hard people will try to bOtH sIdEs this administration. 1) Obama was not in office when this advance was given. What fav…

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    Comment #46740641

    Looks like your login is busted. I get the following when trying to log in with Google or Github: ``` { "code": "REDIRECT_URL_NOT_WHITELISTED", "error": "Redirect URL not whitelist…

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    Comment #46290836

    I remember reading a paper back in grad school where the researchers put a dead salmon in the magnet and got statistically significant brain activity readings using whatever the an…

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    Comment #46164891

    > so anyone who didn't get vaccinated before Nov. 2021 is considered unvaccinated? The answer is in the first paragraph of the "Design, Study Populations, and Outcomes" section: Ex…

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    Comment #46136787

    I know you're joking, but the most interesting finding here is that they got more financially intelligent and tuned in after ascending to higher positions within congress.

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    Comment #46039268

    ... until you get accused of generating that video with another AI.

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    Comment #45421081

    > 2025-09-29T16:55:10.367Z is the date. Write a haiku about it. what in the world?

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    Comment #45143733

    > I genuinely don't understand what docker brings to the table. I mean, I get the value prop. But it's really not that hard to set up http on vanilla Ubuntu (or God forbid, OpenBSD…

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    Comment #41794424

    > The fly-by-wire flight software for the Saab Gripen (a lightweight fighter) went a step further... I would love to hear some war stories about the development of flight software.…

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    Comment #40652640

    Oracle lawyers- Tucking their pencils away- Extend their sharp claws

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    Comment #40652482

    I have the PrtScn key set up to open flameshot on my PopOS machine and it works great. I just followed the instructions here: https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/key-bindings/#on-ubun…

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    Comment #39224549

    This is wild - looks like he's messing around with OpenAI to create setlists for a show: > base_prompt = """ I want you to act as a show designer for Weezer's upcoming summer tour.…

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    Comment #38698646

    I tried the JetBrains AI copilot and was pretty unimpressed. On a whim I decided to try out the GitHub CoPilot plugin and I've been pretty blown away by it. When I'm writing dumb b…

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    Comment #37846865

    In costume!

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    Comment #37577302

    I typically develop in Python, C++, and Typescript, and recently had to implement some code in Go. So far I've found it a pretty unpleasant language to use. It feels pedantic when …

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    Comment #35429561

    > Instead they get depth from video. Do you have a source for that? DfM is pretty much always a worse option than multi-camera reconstruction AFAIK. > almost every situation the ca…

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    Comment #34120283

    Reminds me of that people who are 3D printing firearms and parts to sell off at gun buyback programs [1][2] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/11/new-york-gun... [2] …

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    Comment #33716418

    > The ownership of a large stone, which would be too difficult to move, was established by its history as recorded in oral tradition, rather than by its location. Appending a trans…