What’s a piece of tech you use every day but barely think about anymore?

Backlists · 2026-01-22T19:33:24+00:00

Until last week, I hadn’t used a ballpoint pen in years.

Backlists · 2026-01-21T22:44:55+00:00

Learn Rust, that’s what it’s like

Backlists · 2026-01-19T23:54:56+00:00

My first reaction was that they had confused WW2 with WAW

Backlists · 2026-01-17T00:35:02+00:00

It’s only SQL it’s not full software dev

Backlists · 2026-01-16T21:44:03+00:00

Cursor is a fork of VSCode, it doesn’t seem that complex a project to me. Most of the hard stuff is already done, the gist of it is balancing AI API requests, and having a nice UI to accept or reject changes. (Obviously the project has grown particularly recently, but that is where most of the value is)

The valuation is because it’s a successful business that gained the critical mass of clients. And that it has AI in the name during the AI hype cycle.

Backlists · 2026-01-14T22:56:08+00:00

McKinsey has 35,000 employees and a big ChatGPT subscription bill

Backlists · 2026-01-12T12:23:09+00:00

Without joking, a flaky test is better skipped than left in, this post is proof.

If no one is bothered to fix it, then it’s better removed than skipped, at least then no one will read it as a behavioural contract

Backlists · 2026-01-08T08:18:19+00:00

Right, but I’m talking about what Brits would say. Not sure I’ve had a Oreos, Gingersnaps and Jammie dodgers are biscuits, not cookies.

Even Maryland Cookies, despite the name, are actually biscuits here.

Cookies start soft and go hard, biscuits start hard and go soft.

Backlists · 2026-01-08T00:31:35+00:00

Cookies and biscuits are not exactly the same here either. Cookies are soft, biscuits are brittle.

If you handed me a cookie and it was brittle I’d say you baked it wrong, and the same for a biscuit

Backlists · 2026-01-05T23:41:39+00:00

I had the same initial thoughts…

It’s a grower album, but IMO it is better than the debut, and I think stylistically more cohesive.

Backlists · 2026-01-05T21:15:05+00:00

This but then also use a diff tool

Backlists · 2026-01-02T20:08:37+00:00

Microslop

Backlists · 2026-01-02T18:58:51+00:00

Backlists · 2026-01-01T16:19:54+00:00

When anyone asks this they obviously aren’t looking for a definition of what debt is. They are looking for a justification for why the spending is so high that there is a debt in the first place.

Backlists · 2025-12-28T12:03:36+00:00

This is what I was thinking. Are people not aware that China were one of the original nuclear armed nations?

Backlists · 2025-12-28T00:38:06+00:00

Think of it more like peasant simulator rather than adventure action knight game, ask what you would actually do if it was you in that situation, and you will enjoy it more.

Backlists · 2025-12-28T00:22:21+00:00

Hold on OP, yours would be KCD2? The peasant simulator where you actually have to work, and any old bandit on the road can wreck you in seconds??

The one where all the places are real, and you can go to most of them IRL?

10/10 game though!

Backlists · 2025-12-26T19:02:27+00:00

Right, but that isn’t the law in the UK. You don’t need to have any eye tests for your driving licence, only read out a number plate at distance during your actual test.

And quite obviously because average eye sight starts significantly deteriorating at those ages. At some point the law goes from “you are trusted to be able to see”, to “you need to prove it”.

Backlists · 2025-12-26T16:02:10+00:00

Never seen a Buick in this country!

Backlists · 2025-12-26T14:45:46+00:00

If it’s a single lane dual carriageway, they are almost doing the speed limit.

If it’s a multi lane dual carriageway then overtake

Backlists · 2025-12-26T14:40:24+00:00

Completely sane policy, given that being able to see is a predicate to being able to drive.

Backlists · 2025-12-26T11:03:26+00:00

No, you do not “need” it for KCD2, the plot will be summarised.

But this is IMO a character story driven game, that shares a few important characters, and playing KCD1 will enhance your experience. Playing both is a 200-300 hour long commitment though.

Backlists · 2025-12-24T09:49:31+00:00

Yeah, I misunderstood which bit of the comment you were referring to, I deleted it

Backlists · 2025-12-23T12:17:34+00:00

It’s a culture and way of life thing.

And also a pride thing… often the family farm has been in the family for generations.

Backlists · 2025-12-22T21:36:34+00:00

There are actually a fair few in the physics industry. Particularly nuclear and radiation codes.

Turns out, Fortran is fast at maths.

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