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tapotatonumber9on 'Tech entrepreneur took our money but failed to deliver our startup dreams'

This wouldn’t be the first time “tarot card reader” and “scammed” have appeared in the same sentence.

tapotatonumber9on ChatGPT now performs well at GeoGuesser

Thank you for this comment. You have expressed this far more eloquently and magnanimously this I would have.

tapotatonumber9on Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was -280° F / -173° C

How about a balloon then?

tapotatonumber9on Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was -280° F / -173° C

How about a parachute to keep it the right way up?

tapotatonumber9on Entangled Photons Maintained Under New York Streets

Not 4 qubits?

tapotatonumber9on Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off

I wonder how much of the French/UK imports are resold as duty free good’s especially champagne, spirits and LVHM luxury items.

tapotatonumber9on How actors remember their lines

“These pretzels are making me thirsty!"

tapotatonumber9on Breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness

Perhaps being under water makes it harder to “cheat”.

tapotatonumber9on What is the most useful project you have worked on?

Wrote an Excel macro to produce “Marimekko” charts in a few hours (25 years ago).

A big name consultancy was trying to sell a software suite for $5K per seat when this was the only feature most people wanted.

tapotatonumber9on Takkyu-bin: Luggage forwarding in Japan

before or after?

tapotatonumber9on Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009)

The most delicious is:

“(-1)^0.5 2^3 Σ π.”

tapotatonumber9on Dead grandma locket request tricks Bing Chat’s AI into solving security puzzle

Finally! A use for Theranos.

tapotatonumber9on “Stop Making Sense” is having a theatrical rerelease

Not sure about that. A teaser was released around 16/18 March which was two or so days before WGA and AMPTO negotiations started (according to Forbes).

It’s fun!: https://youtu.be/BwuQtdb4guo

tapotatonumber9on Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering mistake

They take you out back and cut it off with a circular saw. At least then there’s no more “fat fingering” to worry about.

tapotatonumber9on Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)

ChefGPT perhaps…

tapotatonumber9on AI to name your Java Classes

Exactly ! In my experience OOM certainly seems to be a Java key principle.

(Currently replacing a Java application with one written in Go).

tapotatonumber9on Gitlab’s Startup Acquisition Process

Thank you! This might be a useful term of art to bandy about my current work situation.

tapotatonumber9on Gitlab’s Startup Acquisition Process

Can anyone expand “MVC” as used in this guide? It appears as

“Outline a simple integration timeline for those features, considering an MVC release on the first month …”

I’m only familiar with this meaning Model-View-Controller. In this context I’d probably expect “POC”.

tapotatonumber9on Ask HN: Is Recursion Worth It?

It’s discussed in depth here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34542559

tapotatonumber9on David Zucker reflects on "Airplane!" in 2021

Surely you can’t be serious?

tapotatonumber9on Ask HN: Where are all the old Show HNs?

IIRC a while back there was a thread on HN about a successful “Uber for heirloom onions” business.

tapotatonumber9on World’s First 3D-Printed Steel Footbridge Unveiled by Queen Máxima in Amsterdam

I believe they are Dutch and they look fine to me.

tapotatonumber9on An Unbelievable Demo

Or, if less is more, perhaps “C-+”?