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Also from the article:

> "Claude clearly made things worse" &emdash; the main claim

This article was clearly generated by AI, yet I found no mention/attribution of that by author.

How likely is it than someone who vibe codes articles would also vibe code the underlying analysis and be eager to accept an outcome that is highly validating of that person’s workflow? I’d say very.

I think its a commonly accepted opinion that a person's ability to admit when they don't know something is a strength. It would be interesting to a see how much a constraint for known validity impacts the ability of a model to synthesize responses. In other words, where do we draw the line between knowing and "thinking we know" something (i.e., do we draw the line at 95% confidence)? Surely we do not hold each other to a strict requirement of 100% confidence, but there must be some acceptable range.

In addition, I wonder what effect this sort of “manual desertification” has on the soil when done en masse.

SIV = Semantic Import Versioning [0]

0. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/44550

One difference I've noticed is that R libraries are usually authored and maintained by academics in the associated field; the same can't always be said about equivalent Python libraries. This means that R library authors generally use their own libraries for publication and have an academic stake in its correctness.

Do you know of any open source mobile apps that are full vendor native for iOS and Android? I'd really like to peruse some examples of that.

I also log my debugging process, but usually I'm less verbose with the explanations and more verbose about the specific actions I'm taking. For example, instead of a note saying "starting a debugging session to find out the issue with the sign-up during a load test" I'll provide the full command I used. Why? So that the process is reproducible in the event that I need to walk back a few steps or hand off the debugging to another team. I'll also include environment information such as my current machine, PATH, and commit hash.

LA Fitness allows you to either mail in the cancellation form or submit it in person. I was also cancelling due to a move, so I printed out the form and trekked out to the nearest location for a final workout and the piece of mind that my cancellation was complete.

Lo and behold, you cannot submit your cancellation form without a Manager present. Okay, when does the Manager arrive? _Usually_ around 9:00AM is the response I got. I have to get home for a meeting at 8:30AM, so is there a mailbox I can drop this in? No. Can I leave it with you (the staff member attending the front desk) to hand to the Manager? No. Will the Manager be here around 5:00PM if I come back after work? No.

Please note that I bear no ill will towards the pleasant staff member that was helping me.

Out of curiosity, why do you think "libre" is a terrible moniker?

After reading that, I have a new appreciation for the page’s opening sentence: “Jaffa Cakes are biscuit-sized cakes …”

I did a quick search for a Python-based shell and found Xonsh [0]; thought you might find it interesting.

0. https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh

“The binary meaning of the kilobyte for 1024 bytes typically uses the symbol KB, with an uppercase letter K.” [0]

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte

With no intent to be pedantic: wouldn't benchmarked or profiled, instead of performance tested, be a more accurate description of the performance evaluation performed by the author?

I think he is joking. I hope he is joking.

For anyone who would like to hear him speak on the topic, a talk he gave at Google was recorded: https://youtu.be/bmSAYlu0NcY

For anyone interested in the sport, UDisc is the “go-to” app for finding courses, viewing course maps, and tracking scores. I’m not affiliated with UDisc, but their dev team has done such a great job listening to feedback from users and actually implementing features requested by the community that I couldn’t help but give them a mention.

Why is that the most frightening part? (Genuinely curious) I tried to look up the original intent of the .info domain and found the following on Wikipedia: "Info is the only top-level domain that was explicitly created and chartered for unrestricted use, although various other TLDs resulted in this situation de facto." [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.info

If 90's marketing taught me anything it's that you triple the x's.

Exxxtreme

The "Features Reel and Showcase" video on that page was a cool overview of the type of work being done in Blender (link to video: https://youtu.be/fxNlpQYRz7s)

Yeah, basically a chain of trust certificates like outlined by X.509. I think managing the chain of trust would be a pretty involved process.

There is a spectrum of replica quality in the watch world. Some watches are very obvious to spot while others would be impossible to spot from a photo. There is also the concept of a frankenwatch: a watch that is a blend of original and non-original parts. Assuming the builder has done their research and due diligence with part selection, you would likely not be able to identify a frankenwatch from an original if they were sitting right in front of you. As a result, all watch exchange forums that I have visited have suggest that authenticity of a purchased watch be verified from a authorized dealer for that brand.

To expand on this, serious watch collectors will keep service records from authorized dealers as proof of authenticity. For example, many models of Rolex have “service” parts that differ from the parts originally used in the model. Pricing general follows the hierarchy: original parts > oem service parts > non-oem replacement parts. The pricing gap between each of those steps can be in the tens of thousands. So if eBay authenticates a Rolex as original and you later on find out it has some non-oem replacement parts, you’ve likely lost a significant amount of money on that transaction.

You are correct, as indicated by the following quote on the page I linked: “The finished Ian Knot is identical to either the Standard Shoelace Knot [...].”

Changing my Granny Knot (unbalanced) to a Standard Shoelace Knot (balanced) would have produced the same result. However, I found the Ian Knot approach to be helpful in preventing me from absentmindedly reverting back to the Granny Knot.

I actually switched to the Ian Knot specifically to handle the stiffer leather laces of boat shoes and boots. Previously, getting a knot in leather to hold was a miracle and I would slip the shoes on and off (causing unnecessary wear and tear) just to avoid disturbing the knot. The Ian Knot allows me to treat leather laces like any other material and has extended the life of several pairs of shoes as a result.

I will say that I cinch the knot tighter with leather laces than any other material because, like you mentioned, they are fussy.

A few years ago I switched from the "Granny Knot" to the "Ian Knot" [0] in order to (1) eliminate the need for "double knotting" and (2) straighten the bow. Despite the few embarrassing times early in the process where friends observed me struggling to tie my shoes, I can confidently say the switch has been worth it.

[0] https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

> In general, this is not something you frob lightly

I don't understand what is happening at the poles of the black hole in the rendering; is that light escaping the event horizon?

The sudden drop of RAM and disk usage from 2020-12 to 2021-01 stood out to me. Any reason behind that? (e.g., deployed new release which contained optimizations)

Where do you put 4000 years of data? Imagine indexing / searching that. If all data can’t be kept, who will get to decide what is important? It’s a really interesting topic

Very interesting. So we can derive the phonetics from those provided for coq au vin (/ˌkɒk oʊ ˈvæ̃/), which I have apparently been mispronouncing for a while.

Out of genuine curiosity, does anyone know how to pronounce the name of this project? I checked the “About Coq” page on the official website, the top-level README in the project’s repository, and the project’s Wikipedia but failed to find any suggested phonetics. There also doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer on the related English Stack Exchange post I found (link: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/435117/how-is-co...)