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jqr-··on A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands
Framing, whether in wood or metal studs, is done by the carpenters.
jqr-··on Has_not_been_viewed_much
This was delightful.

I didn't realize the images are dynamic and when I went back to look at one that I thought would make a perfect phone lock screen it was gone. Luckily, I remember the name. Here it is, in case anyone is interested: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/79175/honorable-mr-cat

jqr-··on Show HN: Sameshi – a ~1200 Elo chess engine that fits within 2KB
I have not. Can you please tell me why?
jqr-··on Framework Laptop 16
Same thing happened to me. It's because the original link is to the Romanian site.
jqr-··on Do Food Expiration Dates Matter?
https://archive.is/MpxVk
jqr-··on A visual history of the safety pin
"Seguro" in Mexico. It also means "certain", "safe", or "sure".
jqr-··on Legal art forgery, for the sake of movies (2014)
https://archive.ph/CxTmk
jqr-··on Shared DNA in Music
I got curious and tried searching for it, ended up finding out they actually sample James Brown's "Funky Drummer". Very interesting either way. Thanks!
jqr-··on A 6-Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno's Music for Airports
> NDE

Near-death experience. For those (like me) unfamiliar with the acronym.

jqr-··on Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tables can be much faster
https://archive.ph/FwBtY
jqr-··on The Birthday Paradox Experiment (2018)
I always assumed it was because of Valentine's Day.
jqr-··on You-get: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web
https://github.com/NewPipeX/NewPipeX
jqr-··on I built an AI tool to track my hair loss, here's what I learned
Looks like there's only an iOS beta right now: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FsucFNDv
jqr-··on Martha Gellhorn, the only woman to report on the D-Day landings from the ground
Interesting. Can you share what is?
jqr-··on Prompt engineering
Correct, but since "pepinillos" is not widely used, "pepinos" is understood by context to mean the pickled variety.

This is the case for Mexicans in the southwest USA. Things might be different for other regions/nationalities.

jqr-··on Prompt engineering
I'm almost sure "pepinillos" is what's throwing her off. That's their proper name, but they're nor common in Mexican cuisine and therefore not part of the lingo. If ordering at an American place in Mexico, you would call them "pepinos".

Back to your example, both of these sound natural to me:

"Una hamburgesa con queso sin pickles" "Un/a cheeseburger sin pickles" Here the gendered noun can go either way since it's not clear if cheeseburger is a male or female noun. You: "Una hamburgesa sin pickles" Them: "Con o sin queso?" You: "Sin".

Source: I'm almost your target audience.

jqr-··on Create a shortcut for even lower phone brightness
The post gives instructions on how to lower the brightness below what the slider normally allows. It was useful news to me too.
jqr-··on Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
For those that don't know what this refers to (myself included): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
jqr-··on Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-4.0)
You absolutely will. I just got back into it after a 25 year hiatus, and playing with young people that weren't even born back then, and having a blast in the process.

There's a thriving comunity out there, and so far I've been welcome with open arms every time I've reached out.

jqr-··on Show HN: Doc Converter – Convert PDF docs to Word documents on your computer
It's a one year license. The FAQ is not clear on whether the software will continue working with an expired license.
jqr-··on Blitsort: A fast, in-place stable hybrid merge/quick sort
Right?! It made me feel like a was witnessing a letter exchange between great mathematicians of lore.
jqr-··on Google Maps Hacks (2020)
It's unlikely that 50 users on a bus all have Google Maps open at the same time.