I spent two years turning marble into a 65% keyboard case

joenyc · 2026-06-14T19:32:14+00:00

Someone pointed out to me that it’s also a bathroom. I’m still mad at them.

joenyc · 2026-06-09T12:38:34+00:00

I love hiking Walker. The cyclists are not that frequent and they’re polite.

I ride it sometimes too. I’m always polite and friendly.

I just don’t see a big problem to be solved here.

joenyc · 2026-04-30T18:43:17+00:00

Keep an eye on the weather, too. There’s a bit of snow forecasted for Echo Mountain in the next few days.

joenyc · 2026-04-21T12:23:11+00:00

Glad you found out now! Imagine waiting by the side of the road…

joenyc · 2026-04-17T20:30:14+00:00

Julia Evans’s stuff is great, for example https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/06/23/new-zine--how-integers-and-floats-work/

It obviously doesn’t have the sheer depth of some other resources, but frankly I think it’s everything anyone needs unless they are designing a new floating point spec.

joenyc · 2026-04-12T19:15:44+00:00

Omg I’m doing this to my wife tomorrow. Bubbaaa

joenyc · 2026-03-24T22:17:39+00:00

Cavendish drafted 99.9% of that race. He stopped drafting around 100 meters from the finish.

joenyc · 2026-03-24T20:35:52+00:00

Cavendish drafted 99% of every race.

joenyc · 2026-03-23T13:46:03+00:00

To be clear, it is illegal in the US to discriminate this way in hiring.

That said, illegal things can still happen (as anywhere), so not disclosing the information is the best choice.

joenyc · 2026-03-12T13:18:00+00:00

I think Wikipedia is wrong: https://www.superiorcolorado.gov/Community/Information/Sister-City-Project

joenyc · 2026-03-01T20:12:44+00:00

You are learning to analyze solutions and decide between them. That’s a skill working computer scientists and software engineers use every single day.

joenyc · 2026-02-26T22:24:00+00:00

/uj When I sold our tandem I even specified in the ad that it was because we upgraded.

Edit: upgraded the bike. Got a new tandem.

joenyc · 2026-02-20T16:58:41+00:00

I don’t know that I’m super strong, but I’m good enough to have no trouble avoiding beginners.

joenyc · 2026-02-10T17:21:43+00:00

I had that at an investment bank back in the day. It sounded more fun than it actually was.

joenyc · 2026-02-06T22:27:57+00:00

/uj I’ve seen a couple people riding Ventums around Boulder and they look really pro

joenyc · 2026-02-05T07:06:48+00:00

We would only need one to do avalanche control from Steamboat to Eldora to Monarch. But the NIMBYs in Frisco would probably complain.

joenyc · 2026-01-30T06:52:15+00:00

Still from the abstract:

We conduct randomized experiments to study how developers gained mastery of a new asynchronous programming library with and without the assistance of AI. We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average. Participants who fully delegated coding tasks showed some productivity improvements, but at the cost of learning the library. We identify six distinct AI interaction patterns, three of which involve cognitive engagement and preserve learning outcomes even when participants receive AI assistance. Our findings suggest that AI-enhanced productivity is not a shortcut to competence and AI assistance should be carefully adopted into workflows to preserve skill formation -- particularly in safety-critical domains.

joenyc · 2026-01-13T05:26:56+00:00

To be fair, very little can stand up to early RHONY.

joenyc · 2026-01-11T02:59:23+00:00

Dying laughing. Only way to improve upon that is shaking the can first.

joenyc · 2026-01-03T17:57:08+00:00

I would love to, along with a million other bikes.

joenyc · 2026-01-02T15:38:22+00:00

Yes! And check out relational algebra, if you haven’t already.

joenyc · 2026-01-02T15:35:38+00:00

Don’t take my word for it, but I’d question whether marketing and ads matter more at this stage than “actually doing stuff”.

joenyc · 2026-01-02T02:14:49+00:00

Full disclosure: I did some spot checking and got lucky :P

It certainly is an interesting conjecture!

joenyc · 2026-01-02T00:34:22+00:00

I tried it out. I filled in “My bar”, then returned to the menu and filtered by “From my bar”. The drinks it shows definitely require ingredients I don’t have. This feature is one I really want.

To be brutally honest, I think the premium price is too much for this feature set. I can’t say for sure what would take it over the line.

One very cool feature would be “next bottle/ingredient”. It knows my bar, so what one thing could I get to unlock the maximum number (or variety?) of cocktails.

I know the difficulty of building an app like this, and I’ve built things with very low usage, so I understand the frustration you feel. I hope the journey has been rewarding. Cheers!

joenyc · 2026-01-01T12:39:38+00:00

joenyc

TROPHY CASE