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Re:General Theory of Neural Networks on Sunday July 14, 2024 @05:37PM (#40963372)
What’s IIT?
Re:'Soleus pushup' fuels metabolism for hours while sitting on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:09PM (#32944672)
No I think what they’re saying is if you do this exercise for hours while seated, you will have the increased metabolism and its benefits the whole time without getting tired.
Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds on Saturday July 02, 2022 @01:51AM (#31956611)
This is exactly what we’re trying to build at Niche. Give us a follow if you’re interested in updates (we’re keeping things pretty low key for now). https://twitter.com/nicheprotocol

Our whole engineering team, myself included, is ex-Facebook.

This is awesome, I can’t wait to try it out! I remember when stacked changes first become a thing at FB, and it noticeably improved engineering output and code review ease
I’ve attempted to read The Sound and the Fury twice over the years: once giving up part way through Benjy's section, and the second time tapping out shortly after finishing it. Very validating to read that even the editor mentioned here found it tremendously confusing!
Re:Phabricator, Wikimedia’s new collaboration platform on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @07:57PM (#8665474)
Part of the joke! He gives the backstory here http://www.quora.com/Whats-the-story-behind-Javelins-hilario...
Re:Phabricator, Wikimedia’s new collaboration platform on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @03:23AM (#8656847)
Evan Priestley (main lead developer from the article) is hilarious. He's also responsible for this fantastic description http://www.javelinjs.com/