cuttysnark

I experienced this. I only lived in the U.K. for 6 months, but the number of chiefly British phrases/words/idioms that nestled their way into my way of speaking and stayed (20+ years on) was interesting and somewhat surprising.

For example, I never said "supposed to" again — "meant to" has always sounded and felt so much better. Similarly, "can't be bothered/asked" often exactly describes the situation in a way that "I don't want to" seemingly can't.

I'd also like to add "bum bag" v. "fanny pack" was a valuable lesson and a memorable laugh.

I've had some success with local models by chaining "agents" together in a workflow. Each agent has a different prompt and uses a different ollama model based on what their role is. The project manager, schema agent(qwen3:14b), etc. doesn't use the same model as the coding agent (qwen2.5-coder:7b). Between each step is an orchestrator and with a Playwright task which attempts to surface errors to the agent who introduced the previous code block. Only error-free blocks are forwarded to the next workflow step.

Probably the biggest improvement was including a backend-for-agents service definition which instructed the schema agent they were to only produce only a manifest based on the task, and to pass off that off to the next agent.

In short, I split tasks up into many pieces by defining a workflow where agents are only allowed to do very specific things before their work is passed along. This keeps them grounded and capable while also creating places for me to intervene if a workflow was say 25% or 90% successful.

Since then we've gotten: position: sticky — which is like fixed but only "fixes" itself once its Y offset is satisfied. Updating the bookmarklet to also check for that, in addition to position: fixed would help modernize it a bit.

Comments decrying or dismissing the disclosure to the public of long-hoarded information is saying that, IMO, and that's the joke. It sounds like a point no reasonable person would make. "there's too much going on right now for this long-awaited transparency" has got to be the silliest thing I've heard on HN in a while.

"No, don't finally release the top-secret files that have had a huge impact on our culture and have led to decades of confusion, distrust in government, and wild conspiracy theories."

..said no one, ever.

Afaik bootstrap is getting replaced by tailwind.

By whom? Not by me.

Which is actually pleasure to work with.

Have you heard of jQueryUI, by chance?

Something's not right there.

I agree. To me, TWBS is just a collection of intuitive components that have been tested vigorously. They also function in a way that way people are used to because of their lineage. That they can be styled in a way that makes them not look stock...ices the cakes.

jQuery got the Nickelback treatment. Except I really did enjoy using jQuery, and only moved on because "the industry" was and I didn't want to be left behind.

Looking back now, we all were lead down a path of needless complexity. Even thought I'd never use jQuery or jQueryUI professionally now, I still have a voice in the back of my mind that will pop up every now and then to say "well, if it's not gonna be complex or long-lived..." when something calls for a quick UI.

I feel this way about Bootstrap and maybe now am old enough that I don't care if it upsets other developers.

Saying it out loud made it click. Thank you.

it's a little heavy on the ass

I hadn't heard this idiom before so I looked it up and I couldn't find anything relevant. What does this phrase mean in this context?

cc: 4242424242424242

cvc: 424

exp: 2/4/24

Fond memories of speed-running the checkout flow in Stripe sandbox.

I'm in love, I didn't know I wanted this, and now here it is. With an explanation from the author that touched on things I was feeling but couldn't quite but into words. To ice the cake, saved the file to disk and ran it with WiFi off, just to see. Sure enough, it's all in there, self-contained with no fetched dependencies.

One caveat being that in the file:// protocol URL params don't work e.g. ?app=c53f8e9f-4b7a-4315-bb8a-f6557f6be30b

This is fixed by running a local webserver, which isn't a huge deal. I'd be happy to learn of an easier way.

Thanks for sharing this.

From where I'm standing, it looks like when Dorsey was CEO, leftist accounts got more leniency and were more likely to not be banned after being reported for offenses—be them legitimate or not; this was the opposite for accounts on the other end of the spectrum. When Musk took over, this phenomenon was completely and totally inverted. IMO.

While I tend to agree with your sentiment, this particular project resurrects bricked-by-corporate e-waste—I'd call that a win.

Plus, let's have fun while we can. On the next planet, cameras will be recyclable, limited to 12 holographic shots, and wrapped in humble cardboard. You'll have to take it to the local colony druggist for developing. Perhaps you'll browse Earth Imports section while you wait.

That mistake is that it's not true. Altman has earned a name for himself in the truth-telling/transparency department. He wasn't briefly sacked for his fashion sense.

In the article they quote Marc Fagel, who previously served as the regional director for the SEC's office in San Francisco:

"Misstating the qualifications of executives is something the SEC takes seriously,"

karma: 9533

With respect, you're asking me why I care about a feature you have that I don't—that's only achievable by getting more points.

The candid answer: because I take it personally (which is my own fault).

I accidentally corrected someones use of a word on here and got downvoted so hard I was scared to comment for months. I guess what I'm saying is I'm surprised this very honest comment from hours ago never went grey. to be clear: I am just surprised.

In the video, we see the students briefly rotating the model in the CAD software—with translucency on—it looks like the one main stream is divided into many spiral chambers which then exit distributed along the rim of the attachment's opposite side.

With that in mind, I wonder how much, if at all, the reduction would be if the entire nozzle were designed this way, instead of just the end bit.

This is very cool. Discovered Ctrl+Option+F produces a florin 'ƒ' [on my machine] and the format function key-combo check is Ctrl+Option + regular ol' 'f'. Forked it and added the || 'f' and am now using this tool to organize lasercut jobs—on MDF, no less :) Thanks for sharing!

Have a look at SiteSucker[0] - an app that essentially lets you input a url and it will suck all the locally linked files/images etc. into a folder. Once you have the "guts" of the site, you can move it, grep it, edit and update it as needed. Given this appears to be a static site, you could even just open index.html in the browser (file:/// protocol) locally without having to spin up webserver while you develop.

This is the path of least resistance and perhaps the easier route versus rebuilding from scratch for a modern platform—which is also a different price tag. IMO, sucking the static site out without needing to deal with Dreamweaver on an old machine might be reason enough.

I'm not doubting the Dreamweaver claim, but I don't see any of the stink of a site generator—it looks rather simple and handwritten—doesn't even have the generator meta tag listing Dreamweaver—I wonder if Dreamweaver was only used for the FTP interface/connection to upload the files to Webhero.

My TL;DR Advice:

  1. Gain access to the old laptop only to get the FTP upload details/credentials for Webhero. 
  2. Use SiteSucker to get the whole website into a local folder on your machine.
  3. Make changes/updates by editing the files.
  4. Deploy by FTP Upload to Webhero.

UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA

If one is buying in a hurry, or just a handful of things, or maybe "sensitive" items at the pharmacy, self-checkout is a nice-to-have. Apart from that, it's been a PITA that I can only assume is even worse for people who don't spend their lives working with computers, debugging systems or finicky UIs/bad apps.

edge of the galaxy: 'if when that then wherever where while for'

I can't seem to find an explicit save or export option apart from File > Print. Using that, the Chrome print dialog, "More Settings" allows it to be opened in Preview or "Print Using System Dialog" where it can be saved to PDF.

Alternatively, I just screen captured the rendered image with MacOs "copy selected region to clipboard" command.

I was confused too, but I'm stubborn, eventually figured out:

Clicking "Draw Fast" creates a box with the label "a city skyline"—drawing in that box will render an image to the right as you draw.

Double-clicking the box that "Draw Fast" produces allows you to edit the tag which says "city skyline" by default—allowing you to change what it renders as you sketch.

deeply emotionally retarded

It's best to lead by example. There are a million other words to use to express how you feel about this. Consider shaking your vocab tree. I come in peace.

Edit: I stand corrected. I was unaware that this phrase is acceptable and even commonly used. My apologies.

The main issue is that the Progressive Left views Jews as "privileged whites"—not a minority group with a history of persecution. Despite what you've written, and the various antisemitism surveys you quote but don't link, the past few weeks have shown (me) this (antisemitism, indifference to the state of Israel) is very much a Progressive Left issue. You may call out the Right for many things, and I'd join you—But this has got nothing to do with them.

"C'mon, man! Your computer codes are munitions, Jack. And they belong to the US Government."

Ah, the ol' papal endorsement—that'll encourage the kids! /s

I tore my acl and meniscus by jumping from what I thought was a reasonable height. Evidently all my weight landing on one leg was too much. Did indeed hear a "pop". I remember talking with doctor and they mentioned to me that football players often tear their acl/meniscus and "don't immediately realize" because of the all the surrounding muscle that compensates. In my case, I immediately realized.

Nearly two decades later, this cadaver* replacement feels much stronger than the stock.

*I also learned you could opt for your own tissue or from a cadaver. With your own tissue, recovery was longer. With cadaver, they cautioned there was a "non-zero" (read:infinitesimal) chance of contracting HIV. I thought that was an unusual disclaimer.

What you're selling can be sold without racially-charged memes. Thanks for understanding.