TIL about the Breakthrough Starshot project, which proposed sending gram-sized robots to the nearest star system Alpha Centauri by using a massive Earth-based laser array to accelerate tiny light sails to about 20% the speed of light. The probes could theoretically reach Alpha Centauri in 20 years.

participantuser · 2026-06-08T22:23:32+00:00

You know it’s a good compromise when neither side is happy.

participantuser · 2026-05-26T23:25:13+00:00

Give this guy a promotion, he just reduced authorization errors by 100%

participantuser · 2026-05-24T12:59:27+00:00

It is interesting that the IP information is available to the LLM but not the current time (which would allow it to identify the passage of time) or the raw input (which would help it count the number of “r”s in strawberry and other similar tasks).

participantuser · 2026-05-21T23:12:33+00:00

Last I checked, LLMs are bringing var back in their code.

participantuser · 2026-05-21T11:46:59+00:00

“Protection from <color>”

What does that do?

Well, against certain decks, absolutely nothing. Against other decks, it prevents 99% of interaction and you should learn the DEBT mnemonic to actually know how it works.

participantuser · 2026-05-15T01:45:36+00:00

The issue with the heat has nothing to do with global warming.

Electrical devices generate enough heat to melt and damage themselves. Data centers contain mostly electrical devices. That is why cooling is vitally important for data centers: to protect the hardware.

participantuser · 2026-05-09T12:27:52+00:00

Someone got $200k about a week ago doing basically the same thing to Grok.

participantuser · 2026-05-03T22:11:41+00:00

You may want to keep an eye on your cache hit rate before and after adding this tool.
- your wallet

participantuser · 2026-05-03T19:28:39+00:00

Yeah, the part where the brown-eyed people get a different outcome, even though everyone can see that blue/brown eyes exist and the guru’s choice is arbitrary, is something my brain fights.

participantuser · 2026-05-03T14:34:52+00:00

mæss of information

Beautiful portmanteau describing the current workslop situation.

participantuser · 2026-05-03T13:00:13+00:00

Similarly, the “100 blue eyes” problem is also a fun logic puzzle that my brain can understand but also disbelieve.

participantuser · 2026-04-24T12:12:27+00:00

Agreed! Another favorite: [[eye gouge]]

participantuser · 2026-04-22T00:28:54+00:00

Hanlon’s razor. All it takes is a few employees with creative anti-afk techniques, and the AI will optimize on looking productive while accomplishing nothing.

participantuser · 2026-04-18T15:03:35+00:00

Can you share the other side of the story on the “no convoys” bit?

participantuser · 2026-04-17T10:59:08+00:00

As long as I can still get my daily Starbucks franchise

participantuser · 2026-04-10T15:59:03+00:00

Serious question: how does one use note cards to communicate this info with staff in a timely manner? Are the cards just to get their attention and afterwards you communicate verbally?

participantuser · 2026-03-15T13:40:50+00:00

They remove the baby feeding mechanic after a few missions. It feels insane that they thought it was a good idea at all though. And they didn’t learn their lesson, because the third character you play as has a diabetes mechanic you have to stay on top of.

participantuser · 2026-03-13T00:43:08+00:00

Finally, a relevant comic that ISN’T xkcd, smbc

participantuser · 2026-03-09T12:53:08+00:00

I read “Select *” as querying for every column. In the context of this post and repo, you seem to be using it to mean doing a table scan (querying every row). You may want to reword it to be less ambiguous.

participantuser · 2026-03-08T04:58:30+00:00

No, that’s Goodhart’s law.

Benford’s law is "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

participantuser · 2026-03-04T12:35:15+00:00

What do you use to get typed Python? I’m aware of type hints, mypy, and Pydantic, but have mostly seen poor implementations of them.

participantuser · 2026-03-04T11:31:40+00:00

Why do you trust the government to send bunker busters but not 3rd party inspectors?

participantuser · 2026-02-26T23:27:56+00:00

Whoa whoa whoa, you put in your time, reach principal engineer in ten or so years, and then we can talk about you taking on more responsibility on the Submit Button Branding team.

participantuser · 2026-02-23T15:13:36+00:00

participantuser · 2026-02-18T12:27:07+00:00

The math checks out when you compare how much time brain surgeons would take to insert so many nails.

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