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Example of how iNaturalist can be used for science https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/danielatha/43123-the-cas...

Ah, you are right, I've been misinformed this whole time! Not created by Cal Academy. I am a little unclear on what you mean by not science. The secrecy around their models certain…

I am a huge fan of iNaturalist and the concept of citizen science. I am into herping, birding and scuba diving and I post pretty much all of my photos there. I have about 5000 obse…

This is the norm at large tech companies and, IMO, a huge problem and major detriment to productivity within organizations as the cost of that added complexity is paid by everyone.…

0 mention of rav4 in this article which seems to be about European cars.

I had a neighbor who mounted his TV directly on the shared wall to my bedroom in violation of the lease terms. The wall was hollow and seemed to not only conduct the sound into my …

My hot take is that AI is shaping up to be a tax on big tech. Yet another round of layoffs being blamed on AI. As with last time, this is not due to productivity gains from AI, rat…

https://www.writenow.care/ Completely bootstrapped online counseling platform focused on affordability ($25/week!), accessibility and doing the right thing by clients and therapist…

The UCSF "you need a referral but we can't find it, and we can't be bothered to figure out why" experience matches my own. Infuriating.

Gemini has the annoying habit of delegating tasks to me. Most recently I was trying to find out how to do something in FastRawViewer that I couldn't find a straightforward answer o…

I wish articles like this would engage in a bit of critical analysis of the studies they are reporting on. It's no wonder people are confused as hell about the latest science about…

I think every team needs a TL. If the EM isn't filling that role, then another team member should be, and most of what you're talking about falls on the TL (with some sanity checki…

Ex-Dropbox manager here. I also built BetterHelp (sorry) and I was the VP of Engineering Grooveshark. Dropbox was the first job I've had where managers are not expected to code alt…

I had a desktop that would so something similar occasionally ~15 years ago. I am impatient, so rather than leaving it off for a while I would unplug, hit the power button, plug it …

I was on Gabapentin for a long while after a tendon surgery. It made me feel dumb as hell. Worse, the effects took over a month to wear off after I stopped taking it. One dose occa…

Oh wow, I had never heard of that. I already have a CU on the other side of the country that I still use for loans because they've always had the lowest rates. I'll have to see if …

Is there a bank you recommend? Mostly I use online banks but every now and then you just need to go to a physical bank. I am a bit nomadic so one with branches all over the country…

Does anybody remember Eudora? Not the Thunderbird version, the one before that. It was fast as hell with cool shortcuts (eg Alt-clicking on from groups all the emails from that sen…

IIRC, they did not even bother to align the dates when comparing hashtags, i.e. this includes many instagram posts from before TikTok existed.

Ponta De Ferraria was such a unique experience. Clinging tightly to the chains/ropes crossing the channel waiting for a wave to come in. The water coming in from the open ocean is …

I hate this for developers. I got to experience this first hand because I had a boss who thought like you. Developers generally need to run a bunch of resource intensive tools to b…

I recently switched an old PHP project from sending me emails directly via SMTP to using mailgun. At first I tried to use their SDK. It pulled in like a dozen dependencies. I gave …

Find a 4 hour block of time that works well for folks in the various locations you will be collaborating with and make yourself available during that time. I work with folks on the…

This article seems to be more making the case that features are technical debt, sort of. And that's a valid point too. But it is so so easy for useless code to accumulate. At every…