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karol··on A muon collider could revolutionize particle physics, if it can be built
I'll try without it.
karol··on Hallucination is inevitable: An innate limitation of large language models
Organisms that evolved to perceive true reality instead of the "user interface" have smaller chances of survival. Donald Hoffman
karol··on PostgreSQL is enough
Could you write an OS based on PostgreSQL?:)
karol··on Tailwind Isn't for Me
If it makes money just throw more money at it. If it doesn't who cares?
karol··on Tailwind Isn't for Me
Ship a product > Truly master the ancient art of CSS
karol··on We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime
Hope the picture is illustrative only.
karol··on When am I "allowed" to quit and not be labeled a quitter?
No one is going to answer this question for you. Your circumstances are you unique, involve your business particulars, your personality and life situations and serendipity. Good luck!
karol··on Why does holding a key fob to your head increase its range?
Can we now discuss it in the context of 5g? That would be so much more interesting.
karol··on Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones
Congrats on finishing and launching the project. It is slick! Are you planning to monetize?
karol··on Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1
Great news, anybody knows what kind of taxes you need to pay over there?
karol··on Stirling-PDF: local web application to perform various operations on PDFs
Why can't this be an electron app?
karol··on Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer in mice
<picture of steak>
karol··on HTML Web Components: An Example
Solutions in search of a problem.
karol··on Where does my computer get the time from?
We just create labels, which are rooted in Earths' rotation around the Sun at regular intervals measured by radiation and call it time.
karol··on Svelte 5: Runes
I never expected that in 2023 someone will still be inventing new abstractions in JavaScript.

I see it a bit like chess now, there will always be people making progress on a particular opening and variant.

karol··on UK’s largest steelworks given £500M to decarbonise
The craze to remove random elements from the general mix continues. I personally would nominate Fluorine to be eliminated next.
karol··on A Senior Engineer's Check-List (2019)
It's the same as the problem of finding a good cleaner. If someone is responsible, thorough, turns up on time, has attention to detail, can handle delicate objects, is trustworthy around children and has good manners - then that person is already too good to be an ordinary cleaner and will get hired elsewhere, become a manager or a business owner.
karol··on Every type of plastic used by LEGO (2022)
Nice explanation, than you.

What do you think about tyres as a source of "micro-granulate" that ends up in animals grazing?

karol··on Every type of plastic used by LEGO (2022)
Bingo
karol··on A Senior Engineer's Check-List (2019)
Flip prio to high, the list shrinks to 11. Tick all and congratulate yourself.
karol··on Every type of plastic used by LEGO (2022)
Do they also use microplastics?
karol··on Could the Universe be a giant quantum computer?
It could even be a sewer system if that's your obsession.
karol··on New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour
I am surprised there's no mention of male fertility. It's a very viable hypothesis in my opinion.
karol··on Saving Lives (2004)
Nostalgia this and that... in 1983 I had a calculator and flew to Venus...
karol··on The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat
Yeah, for sure.
karol··on New emojis in 2023-2024
Is there a God emoji?
karol··on I Am Leaving
Correct!
karol··on I Am Leaving
Very funny I enjoy
karol··on Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers
I think in the future the idea of labelling every passing moment and every sounds that anything ever makes will lose prominence. Wondering what will replace them. I think we will either drop this need altogether or the "natural key" will come from "the state of reality".
karol··on Presentations and pitch decks by failures and frauds
Why not train a ML engine on them to find more?
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