softbuilder

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Comment · 19 days ago
I would love to see things flipped around: Teach calculus as code, and work in the concepts after. This looks like a conventional approach with code tacked on after. What I see here: concept -> math notation -> code. I'd go: code -> concept -> math notation.
Comment · 3 months ago
I started taking 5g for cognition. Never any clear signal for that, but it does seem to help a bit with my (more than occasional) sleep deprivation. Mostly with fighting off headaches.
Comment · 5 months ago
My first impression was that it was something about sales.
Comment · 6 months ago
I want this but for blue vs. purple.
Comment · 6 months ago
Twice the voltage == half the amperage for the same wattage. Are UK kettles higher wattage?
Comment · 7 months ago
Great project. This begs for real-world feedback though. A go kart would be fantastic.
Comment · 9 months ago
My son has Down Syndrome and is non-verbal. He's clever though and has found ways to wander off from his school and caregivers. As a parent this is terrifying. Eventually we tried AirTags on his shoes. It's an imperfect technology but it works.
Comment · 9 months ago
Now do Google. A few that immediately come to mind:

* Accounts: Can't use a GSuite address for Youtube, Nest, or any other Alphabet offering. Never explained. 15 years of this.

* Sheets: Hide the sum option in the menu bar. After digging, you find the Summa character and click on it. Oh, it's a menu of functions, not sum.

* Search.

Comment · 9 months ago
Same on Mac FF
Comment · 1 year ago
This is actually a plot line in Landman, where the cartel occasionally steals the oil company's jet and then returns it.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is great. I picked up weaving right before the pandemic and it carried me through. I've fallen off the past few years but hope to get back to it. Like any hobby it has the "I could do X if only I had a Y!" feature/curse that can potentially eat your bank account.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is a great build and report. Even though you don't have great photo gear, you should try capturing a picture of steam in the light (as DIY Perks did).
Comment · 1 year ago
As a layperson I go into this thinking that it sounds like "scientists make matter from light" but after reading it seems more like "scientists make fancy electric field with a laser".

I guess "solid" has a technical definition that allows for this sort of interesting interpretation.

Comment · 1 year ago
I'm immediately reminded of John Mulaney's "Jerry Orbach's eyes" bit.
Comment · 2 years ago
The screwed-in bowls and chained spoons, great stuff. :)

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