jasonpeacock

Fascinating history - I didn't realize that restaurants were so recent. But language evolves to follow common use, and "restauranteur" is also correct: https://www.merriam-we…

An annoyance is not accepting "close enough" answers, I was working an older puzzle from a few days ago and the answer was `pulls` and I was trying `pull`. I tried a few other things, clicke…

Or use the right tools, like atuin[1] and hoard[2], to manage your shell history and preserve frequent/favorite commands. [1] https://terminaltrove.com/atuin/ [2] https:&#x…

They used SPARK instead: SPARK is a formally defined computer programming language based on the Ada programming language, intended for the development of high integrity software used in systems …

Yep, you can get spicy bird food which completely eliminates squirrel, rat, rabbit, racoon, and other issues with your bird feeders: https://order.wbu.com/shop/bird-food/hot-…

It was tasty, like a minestrone soup. All the soup cans averaged out to tomato broth with chunks of veggies, meat, and noodles. Mostly, it was hot and salty and could be drank from a cup :)

As a kid in Boy Scouts in Alaska, during the annual broomball tournament on the outdoor hockey rinks in winter, every kid would bring a can of soup as "admission". One of the adults would ha…

For superior trebuchet performance, you want a floating arm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_arm_trebuchet …

This is another reason why, if you're a woman, it's incredibly important for you to work hard enough and establish a lifestyle where your husband has the option to stay at home and/or a…

So far, the best NA cocktail I've found is Phony Negroni - their negronis and amaro are quite good: https://stagrestis.com/pages/non-alcoholic …

Your privilege is showing ;) A quick search easily found some articles for learning more about the topic: “You’re just constantly on alert”: Women and Gender-Diverse People’s Experiences of Sexual Vio…

> Also van or bus service is less compelling to individuals, as it makes them beholden to bus stop locations and schedules instead of picking them up and dropping them off when and where they want.…

Many cities are already upgrading their transit systems to implement "rapid ride" where they run buses on a 10min schedule through popular routes. This eliminates the need for planning route…

It's hard to find details...apparently it's code named "red knot" (or "red_knot"). Here's the github issues filter linked in the screenshot: https://githu…

1. I got hurt by Docker. 2. I don't want to learn Docker. 3. I got hurt by Docker more. 4. I don't trust DockerHub. 5. Podman is just like Docker. 6. I prefer VMs because I un…

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I don't see the value of adding a Python dependency (with its famously painful package/dependency management) to my Rust project just to...write less Rust?

That's the difference between "your code & my code" vs "our code". In a good culture it's "our code" where everyone shares the responsibility for quality, p…

While I am a proponent of code reviews, what this article actually described is mentoring of a junior engineer by a senior engineer, and requiring effective testing to be implemented alongside the fea…

The problem with literate programming is that most people aren’t good writers, and they aren’t interested in developing their writing skills - they only want to code. Already it’s pulling teeth just t…

Explanation: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/unix-clock.html

You should try turning off those features yourself for at least a month and see what happens ;) You’ll learn the answers yourself, much better than us trying to explain them. You’ll learn where all th…

I’m fully invested in Nix/Home Manager, and I use YADM to manage the nix files and other random stuff that isn’t in Home Manager yet or doesn’t fit. IMO it’s a good fit to use them together. YADM…

This is called prototyping, which is a valuable part of the design process; some people call it "pathfinding". These are all inputs into the design. But a design is still needed, of the appr…

Original version: https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b... Javascript version: https://sourceacademy.org/sicpjs/index …