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deanputneyon My lunches with the queen of cookbooks

Beautiful. Must-read.

deanputneyon I want flexible queries, not RAG

I happen to have a copy of "Bruculinu, America" at home. Looking for rice recipes at roughly those positions in the book, it's either "Tumala d'Andrea: Rice Bombe" (blue bookmark) or "Arancini al Burru: Rice Balls with Butter".

I'm going to guess it's Arancini al Burru, because the Tumala d'Andrea is way more involved (and stuffed with pasta)[0]. Here's a similar recipe for Arancini al Burru[1].

However, Arancini al Burru is fried and Tumala d'Andrea is baked. So I'm still speculating, it could be either or something different. It's a nice cookbook worth adding to your collection.

[0] https://inasmallkitchen.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/tumala-dand... [1] https://www.196flavors.com/arancini-al-burro/

deanputneyon The greatest energy boom you've never heard of

As the article states, domestic oil does less environmental damage than foreign oil. That makes logical sense to me just on the transportation. Seems like a good step on the way to eco-friendly energy– and there will be many if we ever even get there.

deanputneyon Just 17.2% of apps ever pass $1k/mo. Of those ~35% hit $5k/mo. 3.5% hit $10k/mo

No. This section of the full report[1] shows it is 3.5% of all subscription apps. See the chart for a clearer visual.

[1] https://www.revenuecat.com/state-of-subscription-apps-2024/#...

deanputneyon Dynamouse: Mouse driver for Mac studios

Wow, really neat idea! Even if you're just using two monitors close to each other (a laptop and a monitor for example), I could see scenarios where it would help a ton to have fast access on one or the other.

deanputneyon Light can make water evaporate without heat

At its simplest, reflecting green light would send the light through the water twice instead of once. Neat trick, plants.

deanputneyon Specular Holography: How (2010)

Ten minutes! Wow.

Did you check eBay? There are definitely examples for sale there. Holography-specific groups have hints on where to buy some too. The popular ones are hard to find, but you can make them yourself at home or find less sophisticated pieces for sale occasionally.

deanputneyon Not deploying on Friday is a red flag indicating a seriously broken process

Let's say you have 99% certainty that your changes are perfect. That means every two years you royally fuck up your weekend. Is that infrequent enough to not wait two days?

deanputneyon Run Stable Diffusion natively on your Mac

Thanks for mentioning DiffusionBee. These posts are helpful even if it's just to find an alternative.

deanputneyon Why trucking can’t deliver the goods

Part of it seems to be that the truckers have no negotiating power. They can't raise their prices without collective action.