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I just wanted to hear peoples experiences with AI IDEs. For context, I'm a heavy user of Gemini / ChatGPT for coding and Copilot. But I haven't used Cursor / Windsurf / etc.. Copy pasting into chat apps is a first world…

Say there's some world wide computer glitch and the clocks have to be reset. Is it possible that we lose track of exactly how many seconds passed since the epoch?

Hi all, I'm looking for some general advice about the right way to find a specific kind of job. My mom has 20 years of experience with Oracle SQL. She's an expert in that, but not in other dev stuff. Long story short,…

In my experience, while never using them in the past, deciding to use a recruiter to find a new job was incredibly helpful. Pros: - Lots of interviews, quickly. - Great network of high quality companies. No need to…

It seems like the quintessential app to have in the App Store. Is there something about the App Store that companies would rather distribute their own packages through their website?

I've been receiving more obvious spam emails recently, like an email that pretends to be Dicks Sporting Goods. The title is "CONGRATULATIONS!". The content says that I won a free Yeti cooler. The "from" email address is…

Say I wanted to illustrate a novel. Can I make two images like: 1. Sara starts the race 2. Sara receives an award And make sure that it's the same Sara in both images?

It used to be all the hotness to make these kinds of uptime guarantees. Is that still the case? If so, how do you even prepare for that? If Facebook couldn't protect themselves against some DNS misconfig causing a 7…

I was watching a documentary about military defense systems and the autonomous capabilities of some of the US weapons caught me off guard. For example, the Phalanx CIWS is a minigun that protects ships from incoming…

So IMO the biggest reason to use LISP over other languages that also provide first class functions and closures is homoiconicity. On the other hand, when I was using LISPs as my primary language, I found that I wasn't…

I ask because I've been using MacBooks of various models for close to 10 years and have never experienced even so much as a hardware hiccup. The machines were perfect for lack of a better word. Now I have one of the new…

Bet there's at least one. How lucky do you feel right now?

Or be influenced by carefully corrupted data in a similar way that a mind is by a drug?

My friend and I are both college seniors. I'm in CS and he's Accounting. He's non technical but constantly shows interest in new startups and a hint of jealousy that I get to be part of the tech world. I want to help…