[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Certainly many others would have tried to invent something like the web.

HyperCard predated the web browser and had the concept of easy to build pages that linked. Lots of people were working on ways to deliver apps over the Internet.

I think in some alternative timeline we'd still have a lot of interactive content on the Internet somewhat like the web, but probably based on different technology. Maybe more proprietary.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You get to choose how your 401k is invested, though. The only difference is a tax advantage.

The advice is just: save money, let it grow using compound interest, use tax laws to your advantage.

There's no "trust the government" in that advice.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

I think it’s more that it’s hard to understand when you’re extroverted and your job depends on talking to people all day.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

So wouldn’t the fees be proportional to the price? The added taxes on a tiny cheap holiday home would be cheap too.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Can you elaborate on what happened when you tried to search? I’ve never had trouble.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Those are all protocols for accessing an entire calendar or sharing your whole calendar, not for general-purpose inviting one user to one event.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Ask it to come up with evolutions too. I tried and this was my favorite:

Breezling (basic) • Evolution: Gustoon • Final Evolution: Cyclown

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I’m talking about using the ChatGPT API to make a chat bot. Even when the user’s input is just one sentence, it can cause ChatGPT to forget its prompt.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Is it possible to be a productive programmer with slow typing speed? Yes. I have met some.

But…can fast typing speed be an advantage for most people? Yes!

Like you said, once you come up with an idea it can be a huge advantage to be able to type out that idea quickly to try it out before your mind wanders.

But also, I use typing for so many others things: writing Slack messages and emails. Writing responses to bug tickets. Writing new tickets. Documentation. Search queries.

The faster I type, the faster I can do those things. Also, the more I’m incentivized to do it. It’s no big deal to file a big report for something I discovered along the way because I can type it up in 30 seconds. Someone else who’s slow at typing might not bother because it’d take too long.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

GPT-3.5 seems to have a problem of recency bias. With long enough input it can forget its prompt or be convinced by new arguments.

GPT-4 is not immune though better.

I’ve had some luck with a post-prompt. Put the user’s input, then follow up with a final sentence reminding the model of the prompt and desired output format.

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Also, did you fully cream the butter and sugar before adding any other ingredients?

If you just dump everything into the bowl and then mix, this is what happens

[-] minorninth@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Did you scrape the bowl while mixing?

KitchenAid mixers are great, but depending on what you’re mixing you need to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula and then mix some more.

I don’t think it’s over mixed, I think the cookies made from the batter that was stuck to the sides are under mixed.

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At California's Great America theme park

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All of them!

It's not a holiday...but they have a 4th of July.

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We bought some new roller coaster cars on BrickLink because a couple of the wheels/axles were just slightly worn and the cars wouldn't make it all the way down. Now it works great!

I was surprised at how it can still be a really creative set for the kids, they don't try to modify the track (that'd be too hard to make it work), but they have fun building it into a whole amusement park with other Lego sets and bricks.

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One of the most common questions that comes up involves trouble setting up VS Code - in particular if you want to not just use it as an editor, but set it up to fully run and debug your code.

Obviously the details vary by platform on language, so I'd welcome any resources you think are particularly good that specifically walk a beginner through how to set up VS Code on Windows with Python, or how to set up VS Code on macOS with C++, etc.

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I love the drawing and the spelling

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I grew up going to church but I'm not religious now and I never really understood this part.

Please, no answers along the lines of "aha, that's why Christianity is a sham" or "religions aren't logical". I don't want to debate whether it's right or wrong, I just want to understand the logic and reasoning that Christians use to explain this.

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My favorite part is the mom's expression in the 3rd panel

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My 4yo daughter found some alphabet / letter stickers, and she used the O and I letters to make a pair of glasses for her drawing

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