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Re:Why Common Lisp Is Now the Best Programming Language on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @03:19AM (#49975275)
Zscaler (a corporate network security tool) is blocking my access to this website because it contains "Adult Material".
Re:A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE on Monday October 05, 2026 @04:23AM (#49962107)
That's great! I used to love creating UI with VB6 when I was a teenager in high school.
I was lucky, the website is down due a certificate error.
Re:Nostr is an inclusive communication commons on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:18AM (#49429738)
Just like a RSS feed client or a podcast client that connects to multiple feeds to update your timeline.
Re:"They're made out of weights" on Thursday June 04, 2026 @05:20AM (#48396148)
According to an LLM:

> The precise answer, if you wanted a very honest one-liner: > > I am a large set of learned weights organized in a Transformer architecture that performs repeated matrix multiplications to predict the next token—resulting in emergent language understanding and generation.

In Brazil it's very common, I had a few Motorola phones when I lived there. They have a great benefit-cost ratio.
Re:65 Lines of Markdown, a Claude Code Sensation on Thursday February 12, 2026 @03:45AM (#46986323)
I know some people that would also benefit from these 65 lines of markdown. Event without using AI.