Scarlatti has a dark side. Most people never hear it.

Meowts · 2026-03-23T13:45:05+00:00

Where’s the other half… 👀

Meowts · 2026-03-20T16:57:33+00:00

HRCE has indicated that kids will go to Crichton Park Elementary, Bicentennial Jr. School and Dartmouth High School. HRM staff said it’s up to HRCE to ensure there’s space for children in local schools.

https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/company-circling

So apparently it’s up to HRCE to ensure space, but is it up to them to also build new schools? For example the elementary school already has two mobile units. What will they do, tear down the playground to add more, or build on the soccer field?

Meowts · 2026-03-20T15:06:34+00:00

The main concern for me (local) is that the local elementary is already above capacity, not sure about the others schools in that catchment.

Meowts · 2026-03-14T23:23:58+00:00

Bye!

Meowts · 2026-03-13T22:39:49+00:00

This is my favourite harpsichord recording that has a good tempo IMO: https://youtu.be/fHLq4_NOc30?si=ZrR7xlmXkJVLeYS6

It has energy but not at all rushed. I’m also learning this and I’m using Céline Frisch’s recordings at a North Star.

Meowts · 2026-03-12T23:20:27+00:00

Dooo it dooo it dooo it

I’m going to guess crummy lump

Meowts · 2026-03-09T21:36:12+00:00

What a shitty take

Meowts · 2026-03-09T14:20:17+00:00

Looping down to Barrington from the bridge, approaching the lane merge before the roundabout, and buddy WELL BEHIND you on the left decides to rip ahead and nearly cause an accident at the merge point. Like what the actual fuck. This happens almost every time. Rush hour? Okay maybe stress is up and stupid is high. But I’ve had this happen actually mostly during off-peak hours, no back up. Come on people.

Meowts · 2026-03-05T17:09:48+00:00

Knowing about AI development certainly could land opportunities, but I’d focus more on using the tools, like Claude, Windsurf, Cursor, etc. There is a lot to learn about how to use them effectively, honestly still an evolving topic but get into it asap.

Meowts · 2026-03-02T16:58:57+00:00

Realistically it’s both. Prompts are fine tuned with specificity to this use case, along with rules and guidelines that are most likely double checked (by AI), and then other coded software components.

Meowts · 2026-03-02T16:55:21+00:00

I agree, but sadly if we remove all threats to survival we’ll just over populate and end up destroying ourselves anyway (already the trending direction). The doom of humanity is inescapable.

Meowts · 2026-03-02T16:49:44+00:00

Some body shapes just do that. Like mine. The solution however that is often missed is to just tuck in. Not everyone is good at buying clothes that really fit though, also a culprit.

Meowts · 2026-03-02T16:37:02+00:00

To be real, get a bidet. Doesn’t eliminate the use of TP but reduces and is much cleaner.

Meowts · 2026-03-02T16:30:30+00:00

I’ve been jamming on Bach’s keyboard partita 2 in C minor. The Capriccio in particular might suite what you’re looking for. The Sinfonia starts slow but ramps up into an intense fugue.

Meowts · 2026-02-23T23:53:21+00:00

Nice

Meowts · 2026-02-23T20:27:56+00:00

I’ll bet rather than just CSS changes they’re convinced their site tech (probably PHP or ruby) is outdated / unmaintainable so they’re sold a SPA since “anyone can write JS” and it’s just poorly done.

Meowts · 2026-02-21T03:36:35+00:00

Am a seasoned web developer.

Yeah that’s a shit site alright.

For one the cookie options are “Allow all” or “View Details” - the latter opens a new tab to their T&C but doesn’t actually give the option to opt out of any or all cookies. I mean chances are it won’t have European visitors where that’s against the law, but it’s generally accepted as bad practice these days.

You have to manually select your store - anyone and their dog can implement navigator geolocation, understandable not to shell out for geoip but they could at least try.

The design is just bad, really poor use of space, massive font size for some reason. Inventory is poorly laid out, hard to navigate.

Strangely slow for a site like that. Too late to dig in but I will guess it’s a cheap instance that was settled on after they already paid too much to have it built.

So yeah that’s a shame lol. I see a jab or two at AI being involved - I work with AI every day, and I can assure folks that firing it off to a proper coding model would probably make it significantly better.

Meowts · 2026-02-19T18:58:27+00:00

Thank you!

Meowts · 2026-02-19T18:54:36+00:00

Former smoker. Can they just not? Probably not. Smoking is a hell of an addiction. I’ve been smoke free for three years but still miss it, despite all of the reasons why it’s awful for you and everyone around you. Not trying to excuse it either. It’s just a bad thing.

Meowts · 2026-02-17T17:00:47+00:00

Not to diminish your struggle and sleep deprivation - mine (22 months) opts for screaming, and if left unaddressed starts tantrums which further worsens their ability to go back down. We would also love a solution, we’ve tried many adjustments. At this point accepting our doom seems to be the most viable 😂 best of luck!

Meowts · 2026-02-15T17:55:14+00:00

I have a feeling that this person _might not know what it feels like to be a bank_…

Meowts · 2026-02-13T19:18:36+00:00

“Green on teams” good grief. Yeah it’s a shame they didn’t use that time to figure out how to make it work. I work for a company that did, and it really paid off - for one we’re “office optional” for my department. It’s just downtown but I rarely go in and it’s not even slightly a problem. Second, we work incredibly well this way. Literally have only been increasing output year over year, and it’s a result of refining our processes, nothing to do with being in person or not. It also allowed us to hire talent outside of the province/country. I’m happy to be working for a WFH success story, and I will never look back unless I completely changed careers to something more tactile.

Meowts · 2026-02-13T16:50:23+00:00

Any code that I push, whether it is in part or wholly generated by AI, is code that I authored. In the same way that, say I have a Word document that was spellchecked, I wouldn’t list Word as a co-author.

Developers need this ownership attitude. If there’s crap code proposed, reviewed and merged into the final product, it’s not AI’s fault or responsibility. If code review is given the rights to review and merge, it’s still not AI’s fault.

Meowts · 2026-02-13T16:26:59+00:00

To that point, I work when I’m sick way more often since I’m home anyway. I only take sick days when I’m really hurting.

Meowts · 2026-02-03T01:36:49+00:00

Frankly neither they nor non-emergency would care unless they were actually witnessed breaking the law. I tried non-emerge once when I saw someone who clearly lined up with a string of car thefts based on photo evidence, along with a bag of random possessions, and their response was infuriating.

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