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A related puzzle - find a solution using a standard set of chess pieces minus the pawns. So a king, a queen and a pair of rooks, bishops and knights. That seems like a fun puzzle g…

It would seem it takes in account a bit more than "visual similarity", otherwise I can't find a good reason for "@" and "U+1F582 (BACK OF ENVELOPE)" being that close. Also, for yea…

Each time a discussion about sorting starts, I'm reminded of a "lively debate" I had with my boss/friend about the most optimal sorting approach. He claimed it's O(n) pointing to c…

The prospect of being able to use this against viruses like the one causing rabies is pretty exciting!

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Functions in WITH clause really are a blessing. Oracle DB supported these for a decade now and that was a gamechanger for me. https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/with-clause-enhan…

Just as an example: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/deepf...

I heard a lot about questioning the "existence" of real numbers and if they are a realistic description of reality, but I kinda feel like a portion of that uncertanty should also b…

My nugdet of experience to add a data point to this claim. I have TMJ and have had it for as long as I can remember (my jaw clicks every time I open or close my mouth). I developed…

My tinnitus also gets worse with earplugs, and I wear them since I'm a light sleeper, with a bedroom close to a somewhat busy road. What I've managed to convince myself is that if …

This was my intention as well so I tried familiarizing myself with PlantUML code (made a small contribution as a result), but in the end, I came to the conclusion that the overhead…

Sequence diagrams seem like the go--to format for displaying data flow in a microservice-type environment, but even though there is a plethora of implementations in various languag…