I'm not sure if you realize this, but there are a lot of housing options in between suburban sprawl and high-rise apartment buldings. Like townhomes, rowhouses, duplexes, low-rise apartments, or even single family homes…
12 Fs across 34 students is not statistically significant. Comparing the spring 2022 vs spring 2026 rates only works if the composition of the groups is similar (e.g. same % of students that previously failed the…
Additionally, if someone is taking an intro class in the Spring, that's probably because they already failed it in the previous semester. While that doesn't guarantee that they'll fail again, it does make it more likely.
The main reason lithium batteries are used in cars and electronics is because they offer some of the best energy storage per kilogram. That's really important for something meant to be portable, but it's completely…
> _However_, for the use cases that most developers or agents are looking for What use cases are those? How did you determine that these are the use cases most developers/agents are looking for? For me, git has a ton of…
> Sure, if you have a complete test suite for a library or CLI tool And this is a huge "if". Having 100% test coverage does not mean you've accounted for every possible edge or corner case. Additionally, there's no…
I don't know how much people outside of MN know about what's going on, but it's fucking dire here. However bad you think it is, it's worse.
In your Typescript example, the solution would be to use your IDE to refactor hosts to hostnames, a process that takes like 2 seconds. You might have problems if the change exists at a service boundry, but in that case…
I don't find that dynamic typing reduces the number of places I need to update stuff. It just changes when the error occurs. If I change the shape of some data (such as renaming object properties), I'll need to update…
IIRC Musk wanted to get an LBO, but wasn't able to find anyone willing to loan the money. Keep in mind that a LBO is actually a good deal for the bank, because if the purchased company goes bankrupt, the bank can recoup…
If you want a deep dive into chess cheating, including a lot of wild stories, Sarah Z put out an entertaining Youtube video [1] a couple of months ago that explores the concept. It's a long video, but well worth the…
Las Vegas Boulevard is like 8 lanes wide. Get rid of two car lanes and now you have plenty of room for a rail line.
You're right, and I realize my post implied that multiplayer was a complete non-starter on Linux, which isn't true. Kernel-level anticheat is mostly found in big, mainstream releases (especially competitive shooters).…
The main hurdle for Linux gaming right now is kernel-level anticheat. Kernel-level anticheat is increasingly common in multiplayer games, and it does not play well with Linux. This makes it difficult to play new…
But also that's been part of Wikipedia's website for years now, no special browser support necessary. And because it's tailored specifically to Wikipedia, it works great! Page preview seems nice in theory, but I'm…
Any consumer facing AI project has to contend with the fact that GenAI is predominantly associated with "slop." If you're not actively using an AI tool, most of your experience with GenAI is seeing social media or…
The thing that any "voting against their best interests" critique misses is that most people are willing to vote "against their best interest" if they feel like it's the morally correct thing to do. Like, I'm an adult…
This is something that's always baffled me about Teslas. I have a Prius, and regenerative breaking being tied to the break pedal is easy and intuitive. It also means I can easily lift my foot of the gas pedal to coast.…
Any cost/benefit analysis of whether to use AI has to factor in the fact that AI companies aren't even close to making a profit, and are primarily funded by investment money. At some point, either the cost to operate…
In general, the people who like EVs hate Elon's politics, and the people who like Elon's politics hate EVs. This significantly reduces the amount of people who want to buy a Tesla. This is the risk when you tie your…
At least one cult originates from the Rationalist movement, the Zizians [1]. A cult that straight up murdered at least four people. And while the Zizian belief system is certainly more extreme then mainstream…
I guess it depends on how you define "using google", but as I've progressed as a developer, I've found myself spending less time googling problems, and more time just looking at official documentation (maybe GitHub…
It's actually fairly common. Other sibling comments have a lot of examples, but one I'd like to focus on is the swimsuit arms race in competitive swimming. It really got started with Speedo's LZR Racer suit at the 2008…
While home runs are exciting, there are limits to that. For several years the MLB has been dealing with "three true outcomes", where a large percentage of at bats end in either a strikeout, walk, or home run. While this…
Humans are not perfectly rational actors, and will often make the "wrong" decision when better options are available. Especially when a given decision may not be bad individually, but adds up when a bunch of people make…
I'm not sure if you realize this, but there are a lot of housing options in between suburban sprawl and high-rise apartment buldings. Like townhomes, rowhouses, duplexes, low-rise apartments, or even single family homes…
12 Fs across 34 students is not statistically significant. Comparing the spring 2022 vs spring 2026 rates only works if the composition of the groups is similar (e.g. same % of students that previously failed the…
Additionally, if someone is taking an intro class in the Spring, that's probably because they already failed it in the previous semester. While that doesn't guarantee that they'll fail again, it does make it more likely.
The main reason lithium batteries are used in cars and electronics is because they offer some of the best energy storage per kilogram. That's really important for something meant to be portable, but it's completely…
> _However_, for the use cases that most developers or agents are looking for What use cases are those? How did you determine that these are the use cases most developers/agents are looking for? For me, git has a ton of…
> Sure, if you have a complete test suite for a library or CLI tool And this is a huge "if". Having 100% test coverage does not mean you've accounted for every possible edge or corner case. Additionally, there's no…
I don't know how much people outside of MN know about what's going on, but it's fucking dire here. However bad you think it is, it's worse.
In your Typescript example, the solution would be to use your IDE to refactor hosts to hostnames, a process that takes like 2 seconds. You might have problems if the change exists at a service boundry, but in that case…
I don't find that dynamic typing reduces the number of places I need to update stuff. It just changes when the error occurs. If I change the shape of some data (such as renaming object properties), I'll need to update…
IIRC Musk wanted to get an LBO, but wasn't able to find anyone willing to loan the money. Keep in mind that a LBO is actually a good deal for the bank, because if the purchased company goes bankrupt, the bank can recoup…
If you want a deep dive into chess cheating, including a lot of wild stories, Sarah Z put out an entertaining Youtube video [1] a couple of months ago that explores the concept. It's a long video, but well worth the…
Las Vegas Boulevard is like 8 lanes wide. Get rid of two car lanes and now you have plenty of room for a rail line.
You're right, and I realize my post implied that multiplayer was a complete non-starter on Linux, which isn't true. Kernel-level anticheat is mostly found in big, mainstream releases (especially competitive shooters).…
The main hurdle for Linux gaming right now is kernel-level anticheat. Kernel-level anticheat is increasingly common in multiplayer games, and it does not play well with Linux. This makes it difficult to play new…
But also that's been part of Wikipedia's website for years now, no special browser support necessary. And because it's tailored specifically to Wikipedia, it works great! Page preview seems nice in theory, but I'm…
Any consumer facing AI project has to contend with the fact that GenAI is predominantly associated with "slop." If you're not actively using an AI tool, most of your experience with GenAI is seeing social media or…
The thing that any "voting against their best interests" critique misses is that most people are willing to vote "against their best interest" if they feel like it's the morally correct thing to do. Like, I'm an adult…
This is something that's always baffled me about Teslas. I have a Prius, and regenerative breaking being tied to the break pedal is easy and intuitive. It also means I can easily lift my foot of the gas pedal to coast.…
Any cost/benefit analysis of whether to use AI has to factor in the fact that AI companies aren't even close to making a profit, and are primarily funded by investment money. At some point, either the cost to operate…
In general, the people who like EVs hate Elon's politics, and the people who like Elon's politics hate EVs. This significantly reduces the amount of people who want to buy a Tesla. This is the risk when you tie your…
At least one cult originates from the Rationalist movement, the Zizians [1]. A cult that straight up murdered at least four people. And while the Zizian belief system is certainly more extreme then mainstream…
I guess it depends on how you define "using google", but as I've progressed as a developer, I've found myself spending less time googling problems, and more time just looking at official documentation (maybe GitHub…
It's actually fairly common. Other sibling comments have a lot of examples, but one I'd like to focus on is the swimsuit arms race in competitive swimming. It really got started with Speedo's LZR Racer suit at the 2008…
While home runs are exciting, there are limits to that. For several years the MLB has been dealing with "three true outcomes", where a large percentage of at bats end in either a strikeout, walk, or home run. While this…
Humans are not perfectly rational actors, and will often make the "wrong" decision when better options are available. Especially when a given decision may not be bad individually, but adds up when a bunch of people make…