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  • its modal version cooperates with another agent Y if and only if (there's a proof in Peano Arithmetic that Y cooperates with PrudentBot and there's a proof in PA+Con(PA) that Y defects against DefectBot).
    Robust Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma — LessWrong
  • The best analogy that I have for the advice around PostgreSQL is shamanism
    Databases are Fucking Stupid | Probably Dance
  • Disconnent the RSL and release the 3 ring system using the cutaway handle.
    Monthly Maintenance - XDream Skydiving
  • Forty-five years ago, a group of Oxford University post-graduates were about to make history. Calling themselves the Dangerous Sports Club, they had prepared with a night of partying and assembled atop the bridge well past the prescribed hour. They were about to invent bungee jumping. It had never been done before.
    THE DANGEROUS SPORTS CLUB
  • Through years of trial and error — skipping around radio streams, playing entire collections on shuffle, or repeating certain tracks over and over — we have found that the most compelling music for sustained concentration tends to contain a mixture of the following:
    musicForProgramming();
  • That leaves 1460 bytes per TCP packet. 10 x 1460 = 14600 bytes or roughly 14kB!
    Why your website should be under 14kB in size | endtimes.dev
  • a 14kB page can load much faster than a 15kB page — maybe 612ms faster — while the difference between a 15kB and a 16kB page is trivial. This is because of the TCP slow start algorithm.
    Why your website should be under 14kB in size | endtimes.dev
  • Contrary to popular belief, I believe Vibe coding is most effective for senior engineers. If you know what you're doing, have a deep understanding of the frameworks and libraries, and a clear idea of the way you like to do things, Vibe coding is like adding Nitroglycerin to your productivity.
    How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer
  • how to start doing something, instead of saying you will do something
    how to start doing something, instead of saying you will do something
  • please try please for the love of god you have to try. you have to. it is your duty as a human to try. i want you to try. you need to try every day. i will be sad if you don’t try. it's ok if your best isn’t very good but you have to try. you have to. every other mammal on earth yearns for food, water, companionship, shelter. but as a human you get to have dreams beyond that. to become a really good baker. to make the world’s best sewing machine. to have a particular reputation. it's risky to try. if it was easy there would be no need to try - you would have already done it. but to not try is …
    mishra.farm -- please try and please please please don't give up