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🎲 Wie ich einmal ins Fernsehen kam
https://marcgoertz.de/2024/wie-ich-einmal-ins-fernsehen-kam?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 7, 2024 17:37
Das war mal eine ganz entspannte Woche. Auf der Arbeit wird’s gerade ruhiger, sogar der Jahresurlaub ist nun endlich beantragt und ich hoffe natürlich auf
This random indieblog.page link was picked on Saturday, September 7th 2024. It was originally…
🎲 Bashtard v2.1.0
https://www.tyil.nl/post/2024/04/02/bashtard-v2.1.0/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 6, 2024 16:37
Its been about another year since I made a post about Bashtard, its 2.0.0 release. Today marks the
2.1.0 release, meaning
I’ve gone almost a year without breaking backwards compatibility. To me, this is
a very good sign.
The release today isn’t as big…
🎲 6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Applying To That Job
https://jes.al/2024/07/6-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-applying-to-that-job/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 5, 2024 15:37
6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Applying To That Job
The current job market is overflowing with competition, put yourself in better stead for meeting the job spec by asking yourself these 6 questions before applying.
Rejection stings. As engineers,…
🎲 How PayPal can use stablecoins to avoid AML requirements and make big profits
https://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-paypal-can-use-stablecoins-to-avoid.html?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 4, 2024 14:37
There's a new financial loophole in town: stablecoins. Stablecoins are dollar, yen, or pound-based payments platforms that are built using ...
This random indieblog.page link was picked on Wednesday, September 4th 2024. It was originally published…
🎲 A deep dive into OpenAI’s Structured Outputs
https://sophiabits.com/blog/openai-structured-outputs-deep-dive?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 3, 2024 13:37
A deep dive into OpenAI’s Structured Outputs
OpenAI released Structured Outputs today, alongside a new version of gpt-4o and gpt-4o-mini. Structured Outputs are conceptually similar to JSON mode, with the main difference being that Structured Outputs…
🎲 javascript weakmaps should be iterable
https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/08/19/javascript-weakmaps-should-be-iterable?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 2, 2024 12:37
Good evening. Tonight, a brief position statement: it is a mistake for
JavaScript’s WeakMap to not be iterable, and we should fix it.
story time
A WeakMap associates a key with a value, as long as the key is
otherwise reachable in a program. (It is an…
🎲 American billionaires are a policy failure
https://a.wholelottanothing.org/american-billionaires-are-a-policy-failure/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: September 1, 2024 11:37
I was glad to hear President Biden mention a minimum income tax rate for billionaires of 25% in his recent State of the Union address. Honestly, I don't think it goes far enough, but I wanted to write down some reasons why I think it's a good idea, in case…
🎲 Adventures Making Vegemite
https://daveon.design/adventures-making-vegemite.html?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: August 31, 2024 10:37
Adventures Making Vegemite
To non-Australians, Vegemite is one of the strangest food products you’re likely to ever encounter. It’s a dark brown, almost black, shiny paste with a pungent scent, and a very strong, almost indescribable taste that is…
🎲 Announcing systemd v256
https://0pointer.net/blog/announcing-systemd-v256.html?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: August 30, 2024 09:37
Yesterday evening we released systemd v256 into the wild. While other projects,
such as Firefox
are just about to leave the 7bit world and enter 8bit territory, we already
entered 9bit version territory! For details about the release, see our announcement…
🎲 Numbers racket
http://williamgallagher.com/selfdistract/2024/03/29/numbers-racket/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: August 29, 2024 08:37
I’ve got to change numbers to protect the guilty. So let me pretend that I recently read a script that included this line: “…and in 59 seconds the trap door will open and you will ALL DIE! Mwahaa ha ha hah!”
This is a case of redundancy in writing, and…
🎲 Is Cooking a Survival Skill?
http://inthewilderness.net/2024/03/01/is-cooking-a-survival-skill/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indieblog.page
Published: August 28, 2024 07:37
Food is one of life’s most basic necessities. Relying on someone else to prepare your meals be they restaurant meals, take out/deliveries or prepared convenience foods such as frozen pizzas and entrees is far from being self-reliant. So yes cooking is a…