colinwilyb

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by colinwilyb 9d ago
I feel a laminar airflow which runs in parallel to the turbulent liquid flow to draw it into the receptacle would reduce waste. What happens if you urinate through those bladeless Dyson fans?
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by colinwilyb 2mo ago
Wait for ad to play. Crash vehicle. Profit?
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by colinwilyb 3mo ago
More ads than article. Skip it.
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by colinwilyb 3mo ago
I'm glad you asked this. I had a small project on the weekend to build a persistence of vision toy and thought I'd give this "vibecoding" thing a try and work with an LLM. I learned quite a lot in the process, mostly tha
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
This reminds me of the workshop tool scavenger hunt from Scope of Work. Even as an adult I still encounter new machines and tools that I've never heard of... and it's /fascinating/ to learn there are machines and tools t
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
There are times when I'm masked (ie: 3M respirator) and gloved at work for 10+ hours at a time. I wonder if speech recognition would be possible without breaking the face seal during silent speech. This could be beneficial for other ty
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
It sounds like you're describing sites with a userbase that displays unexpected behaviors compared to expectations from visitors. A business would call this institutional knowledge and company culture. In a friends group it would be ca
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
I am here because it feels like the last place to enjoy insightful discussion among a diverse group of strangers. I really enjoy when someone fresh out of college asks a question and a retiree engineer/technician/manager joins the
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
Or a credit card processor.
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
When I write, it comes out like this. Pulling your attention to and fro across a scene to construct "brain pictures", letting your imagination fill in the gaps as the fragments become a whole. The mention of Megalosaurus was jarri
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
What's newspaper? ;)
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by colinwilyb 1y ago
Clinical trials still ongoing. https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
In Toronto regulations were put in place required coordinating with Police, Fire, Ambulance, and submitting applications to use ANY private space for an intended "rave party". The spontaneity of gathering your friends to dance on
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
The protest/rally at Toronto City Hall in 2000 was a one-of-a-kind event which united ravers across the city. Organizers set up a mobile stage with sound and lights, had DJ lineup, speeches by public figures (including Olivia Chow), an
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
How can I be notified when your awesome list comes out?
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
It's generally recommended to add a meat-gap interface between AI systems to reduce unexpected results. Meat-gap. We have your back.
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
If you fail at online dating, you are lonely. If you fail at job hunting, you end up homeless. And lonely.
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
I hope you'll address a few points: 1.Job hunting is dehumanizing: Most of the time you will receive no response to a carefully worded cover letter. There is no option to speak with a human, or point of contact. (I dub this /Throw
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
What is a beamer? A video projector?
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
I share on hacker news because: 1. I want the knowledge/experience/anecdotes/opinions of others. 2. I want to share my own knowledge/experience/anecdotes/opinions with others. 3. Contributing low-bandwidth, hig
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by colinwilyb 2y ago
"I am assuming that the reader is familiar with the terms metric, metric space, topological space, and compact set." On behalf of the math-declined folks, I wish math articles had subtitles, references, and definitions built-in
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
I cancelled my Prime account. Amazon (the website) is already littered with Featured(ads), Sponsored (ads), and questionable reviews. If the Prime option is not selected, the shipping time can be over 30 days. And I've purchased enough
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
She spoke softly to no one, "Like chiseled spam." Crowsfeet wrinkled deeply as a wistful smile spread across her face.
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
Labour is often most costly part of running a business. Once people can be reliably replaced they will be. One can only guess that cost, availability, or proficiency, of machines is still not matched by machines.
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
Started a film career 5 years ago... and I have to start a new /new/ career now.
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
Nice clips, but I really want a math-knowledgeable person to examine and talk about the equations! I love math, just can't seem to grasp it. Going on 40 years now....
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
I always liked this for Win 10 https://github.com/southpaw5271/BeachedWhale
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
I made a summary of your points: 1. Tell women how to live. 2. Take away personal agency. 3. Tar and feather anyone who supports gender beyond 'male' and 'female'. 4. Tell women how to live. 5. No pornography. 6. Financi
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
This is a really great answer. It's worth noting that if you're in the position of interviewing then you probably have 10+ /years/ of industry specific experience. The applicant's prior ten years included 2 years of
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by colinwilyb 3y ago
I use a lot of CA glue and love the stuff. I recently used the Renia ProtoColle (Germany?) as a flexible CA glue and it exceeded expectations. Bob Smith Industries also sells different viscosities and the thinnest stuff will wick nicely int

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