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from the dog’s pov; so much noise and so many strangers. the smell of fresh dirt, then cement, water… so much water. the kids were excited and when it was done, oh the days of swim…

i feel like OP put their money where their mouth was. they dug in and did the analysis. they also capitulated and rewrote the lest interesting and easiest part of the post; the pro…

from the article, “There's this common argument that only those who are bad at coding, or don't care about the craft of it, use AI to code. I think this is pretty clearly false. Le…

Yes! When you are deep in the code, your brain operates in a non-linear way. You try a solution, it breaks a test. You patch the test. You realize the variable name is wrong. You f…

there's no reliable evidence he ever uttered that phrase

agreed, the interest rates and the overestimation on the stickiness of the pandemic’s increase in internet usage post-pandemic are the primary other contributing factors that, imo,…

second system syndrome

#include int main() { long long d; std::cout > d; if (d = JULIAN_TO_GREGORIAN_THRESHOLD) { d += 10; // Account for dropped days } int a = d + 32044; int b = (4 * a + 3) / DAYS_PER_…

POSIWID: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

Compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small …

A peer of mine got invited to become a manager and was concerned about being ready so she scheduled a meeting with me and these are her notes cleaned up. The first thing I told her…

To echo this comment, zamadatix is exactly right; I need someone quoting me about a Google project as an official representative about as much as I need another hole in my head. As…

Disclosure: I work at Google too and my opinions are also my own. We are told internally that when we discuss Google related matters online that we should be cognizant of the what/…