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I wonder though what is the "good enough" level of LLM assist for software dev? Similar to say CD quality audio or 4K video is good enough for most people. I feel that Claude Sonne…

Certainly in Irish pubs you wouldn't want the queue blocked while waiting a few minutes for a Guinness to "settle" before it can be served.

I've discovered that a heated mat on top of said box encourages good posture, in winter at least with the incentive of warm feet.

I had a Dell 333p from 1992 running Windows 3.11 via DOS 6. For many years I would dig it out and see it beat newer PCs from boot-up into editing a Word document. And Word 2.0 had …

To continue the tangent, I'm currently learning Spanish and appreciate the really long tail involved in language learning. I often work with people who, while they do not speak Eng…

My top tip would be to regularly sip water while desk bound. This has the dual advantage of both hydrating and ensuring a physical break is regularly taken (a trip to the bathroom …

Well that's a most uncharitable characterisation of Ryanair. They are indeed profit-driven but they are unashamedly upfront and, frankly, honest about this. Their ruthless efficien…

Would appreciate if you would expand on this. How does the employee experience differ when a worker's council is in place?

While his company and name seem to trigger a whole lot of people, Charles Koch has applied such a free market philosophy throughout his company, which is undoubtedly successful. I …

Being doing this for years also, occasionally emailing to myself as a backup, mine is at nearly 60k lines. Top tip is to add meta tags. I suffix them with a colon to help with sear…