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Curious what hobbies/activities/projects are keeping life light & fun for you in 2025?

Well, it depends on the audience of your software. Bloomberg Terminal is awesome, but has a steep learning curve. Most people who learn to use it are learning it with the specific …

What LLM are you currently using? And how do you prevent against hallucinations/drift when generating content of this length? Do you start by asking the model to generate an outlin…

I still use a 2014 macbook air as my home server. It was my daily driver for 7 years. No complaints, still works perfectly. Haven't been careful with it either.

They're grown from stem cells. Neuro-ethics (especially the ethics around using brain organoids) is an entire field of research. Although brain organoids exhibit neural connections…

Are there any good resources for understanding models like this? Specifically a "protein language model". I have a basic grasp on how LLMs tokenize and encode natural language, but…

Get a sleep study done. Lofta will ship you an at-home test. Sleep apnea will leave you feeling unrefreshed no matter how much sleep you get, and it will only get worse without a C…

I would love to see a comparison of the average amount of trash (especially plastic waste) the average American homeowner produces vs the average European homeowner. I bet the diff…

$60 + lost income for a student who works outside school hours and also has to take the test outside school hours + transportation which could be over an hour in rural areas and yo…

Absolutely agree. If these tests are not offered in the school during normal school hours, students should receive compensation for taking the test. It's bonkers to me that student…

Not a dumb question, I’m assuming it’s been treated with flame-retardant chemicals, but I’m surprised that it’s fireproof-ness wasn’t addressed in the article.

I would strongly suggest reading “Time Loops” by Eric Wargo if you’re interested in investigating this feeling more. There are many (documented!) instances of people “remembering” …

QR codes. Look into the Museum of Danish Resistance, they have implemented a really impressive guide app (on a device they hand you when you walk in), which you use to scan QR code…

I'm hitting a point in my career as a software engineer where I'm spending a lot more of my time writing internal design docs & technical proposals within my company. Writing (espe…

Security/secure software engineering - yes "cyber security analyst" - no

This is an awesome project, I would love to do something similar for my community. Great UX design too. FYI, the trends and weather modals aren't loading data (possibly because of …

Currently unresolved sighting of a UAP https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/video/Middle... disclosed during the AARO public hearing https://www.armed-services.senate.go…

Joined at the end of 2021 and was promoted at the end of 2022. Received a 15% raise and 60% more stock options. Fully remote company.

Slate readers are the only people who would rather read a book called "Hanging Out" instead of just... hanging out.

What neighborhood did you move to in NYC? I'm in NYC now and considering signing a 1 bedroom lease here, but the avg price in Manhattan/Brooklyn seems to be $3500 a month which is …

Hey folks, I work remotely in the open-source space, and I'm considering a move to the DuPont Cirlce / Logan Circle area in DC? Any DC folks on here have advice? How is the tech/st…

Mind linking those websites where you can post 23andme raw output?

So I work for a company with "strong cash reserves" and "trajectory to profitability", and I was a child in 2008. We haven't done any layoffs yet, but it's definitely possible. Any…

BeReal has already gone mainstream imo.