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Re:RacketCon Is Saturday on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:21PM (#49923727)
I think I’m ready for an internet break
I think your inclination to take them at face value is the bizarre behavior
I’m tired of the doom trolling. Boy who cried wolf. We can’t stop them anyway so no point in letting them stress me any further
Re:Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe on Saturday September 26, 2026 @03:54PM (#49859954)
FOH “both sides”. Trump is a cretin
Re:'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us on Thursday September 24, 2026 @09:38PM (#49839226)
Some people eat at Chipotle every day
Re:People Hooked on Vapes Try a New Way to Quit: Cigarettes on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @12:36AM (#49811702)
I had a lot of trouble quitting. Menthol hemp cigarettes did the trick, smoked nice but no nicotine
Re:Kobo can run apps now on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:25PM (#49392056)
>These are photographs of the device, not simulator captures

Thanks for the clarification Claude

For those wondering “why is this needed”, IIRC the build took ~6 hours, so batching builds and testing were necessary to keep up
Re:I Want to Live Like Costco People on Thursday May 07, 2026 @07:50PM (#48056642)
What's the best deal at Costco? The aluminum foil I got for 4x the price that lasted me 20x as long seems up there.
Re:I Want to Live Like Costco People on Thursday May 07, 2026 @07:48PM (#48056630)
I like to pretend I'm driving a boat and enjoy the sightseeing and people watching. If he finds something he likes, he has to find me with the cart eventually!
Re:I Want to Live Like Costco People on Thursday May 07, 2026 @07:45PM (#48056607)
That Danbury one is aggressive for sure. I've found the ones in the South Bay to be more crowded but less angry customers.
EDS? Like still believing Elon's claims are truthful?
Re:Microsoft offers buyouts up to 7% of US employees on Thursday April 23, 2026 @05:11PM (#47882086)
The start menu just.... doesn't open sometimes these days.
>While the U.S. Border Patrol primarily operates within 100 miles of the border, it is legally allowed “to operate anywhere in the United States,” the agency added.
Re:AI Agents: Less Capability, More Reliability, Please on Monday March 31, 2025 @03:24PM (#43538762)
https://skiplagged.com/

Just don't book a round trip, don't check a bag, don't do it too often. Also you're gambling that they don't cancel your flight and book you on a new one to the city you don't actually want to go to (that no longer connects via the hidden city). You can get half price tickets sometimes with this trick.

Re:The FizzBuzz that did not get me the job on Saturday January 25, 2025 @06:31AM (#42821022)
Your solution seemed very smart, and I have no doubt that you are an excellent programmer. However, I think you way over-complicated things by choosing to go the functional route. Here is my go in imperative Python. The base-15 trick is still needed, but the rest of it seems a lot easier to understand for someone reading the code later.

https://pastebin.com/trD9Ezf1

Re:Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:11PM (#37924125)
https://www.tm-radio.com/ (but there are voices during the show transitions)