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Comment · 26 days ago
Or a painter.

Related, all the paintings attributed to Monet were created by Claude.

Comment · 26 days ago
If I would operate a 'service' that's not intended to be a reliable service for testing... I would make that service not reliable from the start. So, people using it could only expect delayed, no, duplicate, garbled, correct, varied responses all the time... especially for second requests from the same hostname within a minute.
Comment · 26 days ago
If I were to operate a 'service' not intended as a reliable service for testing purposes... I would make sure that it's not reliable - and very unreliable - from the start. So, delayed responses, no responses, garbled responses, duplicate responses, varied responses, ...
Comment · 26 days ago
A significant portion of the traffic to example.com is not from (explicit) testing, but originates from sample code in which the URLs have not been changed from the original template.
Comment · 7 months ago
ONCE is a platform for installing and managing Docker-based web applications. Its goal is to make self-hosting applications as simple as possible.

As well as simplifying the initial setup, ONCE also provides automatic updates, backups, and system information. It has a TUI interface with a dashboard for monitoring and operating your applications, as well as CLI commands for common operations should you (or your AI agent) prefer that.

ONCE runs on Linux and macOS, and can be used to run applications on a variety of hardware: a physical server, a cloud VPS, a Raspberry Pi, or your laptop, are all suitable.

Comment · 1 year ago
https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2025/05/02/up...

"The following is a summary of changes to the Laws of Badminton approved at the Annual General Meeting 2025, and a regulation update approved by BWF Council.

Laws of Badminton – Spin Serve

The spin serve is now permanently banned, as per Law 9.1.5, which now reads as follows:

“the server shall release the shuttle without adding spin, and the server’s racket shall initially hit the base of the shuttle;”"

Comment · 1 year ago
Not everyone got the Niels Bohr joke that you subtly pulled there.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Same here. I adapted the file system to honor user quota, and changed the kernel to support priority process scheduling. We also needed to implemented a change in the memory management part... that ironically I cannot remember anymore.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Here's another approach not mentioned: have an accountability partner. Promise that person something specific to be done, with a delivery date.

My observation: a promise I made to someone else is harder to break than a promise I made to myself.

Comment · 2 years ago
My approach for finishing projects: team up with a Finisher. I found one at work, and we became good friends along the way.

I'm a typical Starter, and all of the side projects we've been working on together were my idea. All of the projects that we completed and released were solely because of his endurance, discipline and focus. And his constant reminders to not start a new project before the current one was done.

Comment · 2 years ago
And having a better view on the competition in the neighboring lanes (just like in track running). There's even some applied psychology here, that competing swimmers 'push' each other to higher speeds because they can see each other more clearly (and 'feel' the push from someone just lagging).

Putting the faster qualifiers in the middle lanes is also a better view for the spectators on both sides of the pool.

Comment · 2 years ago
Owen McAteer, https://motus.art/, @motus_art did something similar with the flip-dot displays from AlfaZeta. I have no stake, but I'm a fan of his work.

His code can be found at https://github.com/owenmcateer/FlipDots.

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