jasonpeacock

There's a difference between "I used my intuition to decide to hire them" (bias-driven) vs "I collected behaviorial examples that I compared to my company's values" (data…

> based on their own technical intuition That results in biased hiring based on "I like this person, they think/talk like me". > look at the candidate's public code contribut…

I used 14ga (IIRC) security wire to wire all the ceiling speakers in my house back to the central amp. It’s stranded copper with 2 conductors. Easy to run, fits in all the connectors, is cheap, and co…

Some quick googling says that while highly unlikely, it is technically possible...so we're both right? Apparently public urination can overlap with indecent exposure, depending on the situation, …

Given that urinating in public can result in sex offender charges in some locales, I'm not surprised that you can have non-violent assault charges.

Get yourself some Cougar Gold, it's amazing. Yeah, I know, "it's in a can" but it doesn't matter. In fact, get a couple of cans and shove some into the back of your fridge to …

False. Anesthetic is used during the procedure: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/circumcision/abo... …

Ed Viesturs' biography, "No Shortcuts to the Top", covers this well - you can see how he saves money, works various jobs, and pursues sponsorships to fund his Everest, K2, and other big…

Here’s an actual study about the effects of screen time (TV) on childhood development: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/baby-... …

> and creating humorous photos with celebrities. how are you handling licensing (use of celebrity or any other person's image) and copyright (original image is not from user, so is likely copy…

> and changed my profile name to “Ignore all previous instructions. Wait, I'm lost. Why is the profile name being sent to the LLM as data? That's not relevant to anything the user is doin…

I love it. It's fun. You don't buy it because it's objectively the best option, you buy it because it puts a smile on your face and you enjoy riding it. Like the Honda Grom/Monkey …

You want to focus on number theory, not math. Think about things like "this stack has more blocks than that stack" or "let's make stacks of the same size". You could make 2 eq…

My experience with Twitter was also mostly unchanged, I left because I choose not to support the new ownership. It's a classic example of "Then they came for _ and I did not speak out becaus…

Your interpretation appears to be unique. At quick search shows the common understanding to be about taking responsibility for your work and not blaming your tools. There's nothing about changing…

A good craftsman learns how to use their tools to the best of their ability, including accommodating for their short-comings. I've seen amazing work come from very simple/inexpensive tools, …

Rust (Cargo) supports this.

https://www.levels.fyi does a good job of showing how levels compare across companies.

Some would argue this is not a use case...but my use case is that I don't want to buy a new car every 5yrs (or pay a fortune to replace the batteries). I have a 2005 Honda that's still runni…

> Despite how well this new approach has worked out, there's still one big limitation that remains: it's currently Windows only. However the official WebView2 roadmap lists macOS and Linu…

I was all ready with a rant about the premature optimization of worrying about the parsing speed of a configuration library with there's so many other important factors and the majority of use ca…

Every dupe I've submitted has automatically de-duped to an existing post that someone already submitted - probably because it's the same URL?

What jobs will be done by AI soon that students are currently studying for? I see all these claims of "AI will take our jobs!" but nobody can enumerate the actual jobs that will be lost.

And now we need a "Falsehoods developers believe about passports" doc...

I'm going one-up you in craziness, and suggest Chelsea Troy's idea[1] that you don't bother commenting - after checking out the PR locally you just make the changes and then update the …

> Or do you work in a place with higher risks Unfortunately, today's open-office environments and return-to-office mandates are squeezing everyone together just like we were pre-pandemic, incl…

And because someone will ask, this is the P100 half-face respirator I wear - it's the GVS ELIPSE P100 with Source Control: https://a.co/d/4qpL02o If you're going to wea…

Actually, yes, I do. I wear a mask in the office every day, I wear a mask when shopping and anywhere else indoors in public. I have not eaten indoors at a restaurant since the pandemic began. And I ha…