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Kind of like the “uncooked spaghetti length” sorting algorithm: gravity. Hold them in your fist vertically, let them gently fall to a flat surface. Sorted.

Because it is exercise for the imaginative mind. Reading can force a reader to build worlds. Some readers are good at this, others need practice. To call reading “consumptive” is s…

Is this just an ad for whimsical animations? Seemed like an abrupt change.

My first operating system and GUI was GEOS on the Commodore 64. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system)

Reminds me of the Arrested Development scene: Bob Loblaw Lobs Law Bomb.

Blending hot liquids requires care because turning on and heating the air causes the lid to blow off. Most blenders are limited by physics. Vitamix have an analog dial for speed wh…

TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption o…

This is a valuable comment. It's the exact demoralization that others fear we are headed.

From DYMO: Dear user, Thank you for contacting [DYMO]. I am sorry to hear about the inconvenience you are experiencing. Kindly be informed, that unfortunately, but the DYMO Label S…

“Do you want to sell AirPods?” No. They want to sell more i-devices so this is just punishment for not fully participating.

We’ve spent hundreds of years perfecting crystal clear glass and now we want skeuomorphic imperfections? Two steps back, indeed.

Cars are often artificially detuned to the trim level that’s inscribed on the boot.

I’m working on a self-hosted node-red-powered desktop app to connect cloud services to local resources and vice versa. Email me if you’d like to participate in the upcoming beta.

Something I don’t see mentioned that’s been helpful to me is having an agent add strict type safety to my typescript. I avoid the use of “any” type and berating an agent to “make i…

Wrong thread

It’s like swimming in a lake or river and thinking the water is just water but then you take a closer look and it’s just incredibly alive to the point of absurdity.

I started 3D printing about 10 years ago with the first Taz machines and they left me a broken, broken man. Fast forward to a month ago, I bought a Prusa Core One, loved it, and th…

Did hoc intentionally pun by writing that this meta analysis is getting “lifted”? Reference: https://legacy.reactjs.org/docs/higher-order-components.html

Pro, max, ultra…

Ha! I was so nervous writing it because I am not qualified to use the smart math words!

Oh, I did... but it was more of a parsing error. Prompt: I have padlocks that I use to lock up my tools, or my bike, etc. The problem is, I often go several months without using so…

I've used an LLM for tutoring, but it doesn't replace the experience of biking across campus, ordering a coffee, unpacking my TI-89/iPad, cracking jokes with the professor and othe…

A masters in CS doesn’t interest me as much as pure math. Maybe when I’m 50…