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Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:25AM (#48091049)
yeah, it set off my llm radar too
Re:Gemini 3 Pro Preview Live in AI Studio on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @04:01PM (#45972011)
This is honestly incredible
Re:Show HN: CulinaryWiki, a Wiki for Culinary Knowledge on Thursday October 09, 2025 @03:12PM (#45531819)
Could you send me that table? I will add it to the wiki.

Show HN: CulinaryWiki, a Wiki for Culinary Knowledge

https://culinarywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

I created a wiki which is intended to be a culinary encyclopedia. The idea came to me when I wanted to know about the culinary properties of rosemary–how it should be used, what culinary heritage it originates from, etc. The Wikipedia page for rosemary is too generic and not tailored towards culinary info. I was surprised that something like CulinaryWiki didn’t already exist.There is basically...

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Re:Solar-plus-storage technology is improving quickly on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:35PM (#44637988)
Do you mean investments in solar panel manufacturing, or something else? From what I understand solar panels are somewhat commoditized, and China has massive subsidies for their manufacturers. I wouldn't want to get in that game. If you mean battery R&D + manufacture, I think that could be promising
Re:A useful front-end confetti animation library on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:58AM (#40158378)
Aside from being a cool and useful library, this is a good example of what John Ousterhout calls "deep modules" in Philosophy of Software Design.

It's very easy to use the most basic version of this library (summon confetti) but you can get a lot out of it by exploring the options presented (snow, specific colours, different confetti effects, etc.).

Re:Montreal is what North America could be on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:48PM (#33041247)
The scale on the maps I showed is the same, which is the point. Toronto, as you point out, has a built up core, but Montreal spreads its density wider.