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How did you learn how to use AI for coding? I'm open to the idea that a lot of "software carpentry" tasks (moving/renaming files, basic data analysis, etc) can be done with AI to f…

I don't have kids and my family is abusive, so I'll probably find the homeless folks I used to vent to during COVID around the neighborhood and pay them to listen to another airing of grieva…

>If I ever meet the person that invented lookbehind correction, I’m not sure I’ll be able to restrain myself. your comment reminds me of this comic from the 2000s that became a bit of a meme back i…

>They went up to $1.25 in '21 I think. It was extensively cover by the press. I'd love to see a citation on that, since I think you're mistaken -- there's plenty of things tha…

It's called "dollar tree" for a reason, historically prices were and are a dollar unless otherwise noted.

I had a clerk flip out on me a while back at a Dollar Tree because I wanted a charge for a dollar -- it rang up as 1.25. They rolled their eyes and told me not everything is a dollar, and I maintained…

I always assumed he spoke to the airport about what sorts of music it enjoys, this method seems needlessly hostile to user research.

text.npr.org is another good low bandwidth site op

I remember people I knew at conferences who were extremely fond of Thinkpads due to being Linux geeks (at a time when it was harder to find hardware support for things we now consider basic features l…

>Ethics matter. I don't believe there's any life after this one, but I find myself ruminating on what I've done. In 2015, I had a lot of interaction with a startup incubator you know…

"Only" 6%? Bonds (a safe investment) are usually at ~2%. A conservatively allocated growth fund doing 6% is pret-t-y good.

Surprised we made it this far with no love for Firebird... err... Fire fox . (It's got tabs!)

Thanks for your input.

Someone from DE pointed out elsewhere in the thread this could be used to avoid paying ppl properly -- classify someone as "volunteering" to be paid a paltry sum with no pension contribution…

But what's the alternative? Most people use either O365 or Google Docs. I hate that people are incapable of using Libreoffice and mailing documents around, but modern users are addicted to "…

I'm a big fan of Germany -- my most enjoyable vacation was riding around DE on DB, I've done some German language classes and read extensively about it's history. (I think people hyperf…

It certainly had an impression on me in my younger days -- moving over to Firefox and later messing around with Knoppix and becoming an open source geek probably stemmed in large part from seeing all …

>What is “left libertarianism” supposed to look like? I find this concept baffling Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism …

Left libertarianism is compatible with such views. Basically, libertarian on social issues paired with a preference for a decentralized economy, as opposed to a "tankie" (Stalinist) style ce…

>Makes me wonder what percentage of today's HN readers didn't live through the Slashdot era. Please don't out me as a ghost parent

>Site is down? They got Slashdotted ;-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect …

Well at least it is for one of us OP :/

> A lot of Reddit users have drifted over here, too. Bringing with them a culture of juvenile humor and unreserved antagonism. I'm sure it has made Dang's job harder. Did you mean "…

I wish someone would colorize these.

I would consider this a form of doxing -- to retroactively share information that was nonpublic upon joining would be a serious breach of trust. Keep in mind things aren't always what they seem -…

Thunderbird, via the Enigmail extension[1], also was many folks first foray into applied cryptography. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigmail …

>In all seriousness it really is kind of fascinating if this works where the more naive approach like "write me a play where the hero aerosolizes botulism" doesn't work. It sounds li…

Did the authors publish a chapbook or other collection of their art? > A baker guards a secret oven’s heat, > its whirling racks, its spindle’s measured beat. > To learn its craft, one stud…