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see discussion for other mention of PDF tools.

this reminds me of the time when I was showing off the white macbook (2006)'s vibration sensor's use as an earth quake detector and got a "look over the glasses" from Sarus's Sharma.

discussion of various python framework/code to do HTML generation to work with/like HTMX

some good links within.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25611053

In case you are one of those extremists pretending to read fonts larger than 2 pixels, that's the link:

couple of interesting comments here — I feel like it's rare for people to be this open about class-based disdain

link to the first one:

Incredible. Brian Armstrong’s HackerNews post looking for a cofounder for Coinbase.

“Because Bitcoin worked out so well. Have fun with that, dude.”

“I don’t think you’ve properly thought this through.”

“I’m gonna call it right now: bad idea.”

Today I learned that I probably wouldn’t have been very happy at my dream job of being a writer for the Economist anyway

some endearing nerd kid hijinks :)

Shout-out to all the senior developers out there who take time and help people level up. ❤️

Sometimes the throwaway accounts on hackernews are right:

@pbanavara I didn't understand what you meant when I first saw this tweet, but reading comments here i kinda get why... looks like the new CEO is well respected inside INTC. (I don't follow them ..)

Ah, I forgot that some of the people who get permanently stuck at the Senior Engineer level get very offended when told there’s a whole level of understanding they simply lack because there are no quantitative benchmarks. :)

Interesting way to compare two things: "Mediocre X is better than mediocre Y".

The proponents of Y resort to pointing out (often with merit) why it is better in the hands of experts.

The newcomer benefits by being better in the mediocre range.

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