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Huh? How does that work?

Funny, I can't do that, because my mind's eye moves with my eyes, and if I count things, my eyes naturally move, so my eye pointing causes the tiger to move rightward which prevent…

Where did you get 25:1 from? ngrams?

Maybe not weird so much as not standard. For example, guitarists with good dynamics-control sound different than guitarists of arbitrary dynamics-control quality with a compressor/…

Maybe do away with tabbing and just give out sheet music.

What's the story on experts-exchange?

In interviews for a particular role, sometimes I will be asked, "What is it that you want to do?" Right now I'm fresh out of college and I'm trying to get my foot in the door in th…

So diet cola doesn't make you dumber?

Well, it's the first line. Probably doesn't count as click bait.

I didn't mean there was no downside, certainly not. Just that it didn't seem as needful to me.

As a musician, I’d say no. Sure, you don’t get the significance of “what is this Dorian thing” unless Scarborough Fair is playing, but nothing in the article really applies to hear…

So it's Project Euler but also CodeWars. You can even register for it!

HN needs a way to “subscribe” to comment threads without replying because I want to know the reply too without polluting responses.

If you ride the bus, it’s not the answer people are looking for when they awkwardly phrase the question if you have a car as “do you use a vehicle?”

People talk about the tyranny of genre, but I guarantee you none of these are granular enough to get the thing that I want if I want to hear more Alberti bass lines or I wanted to …

There's a graph somewhere on my laptop of the price of eggs over time calculated in Excel using CPI. The real-price has gone down in the U.S.

Have never tasted it in my life and it already looks delicious. I love thick, flat noodles. I undercook fettuccine and ensure they stick together but I wonder if that would provide…