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pingohits··on Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]
Totally agree. I must've restarted at least three times because the design/atmosphere was enticing, but I couldn't engage with the puzzles
pingohits··on A simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils
"wok hei" is the charred, smoky taste from Chinese stir-fry dishes, which you can only get at very high temperatures, usually with an open flame.

You do not want to expose Teflon pans to high temperatures because it can degrade the non-stick coating. This is why most woks are made of carbon steel, which work fine over a large flame.

Note: if you're stuck with an induction stove (like I am) you're not going to get wok hei even at the highest setting. It's possible to cheat with a butane torch, or by taking it outside with an outdoor wok burner.

pingohits··on PyCon US 2024 Recap
The origami talk was my favorite despite being the least relevant to python
pingohits··on DuckDuckGo AI Chat
For "sharing data with microsoft": https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/ddg-microsoft-tracking-blo...

For "hiding websites in search", they may be referring to DDG downranking russian propaganda sites during the russian-ukraine war: https://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-to-down-rank-sites-ass...

pingohits··on Ramanujan's lost notebook
What's hacky about Ramanujan?
pingohits··on 21 Years. 21 Cooking Lessons
if by simple you mean scrambled eggs or sauteed onions, then sure, I multitask.

for heavier instruments like cast-iron or dutch ovens, I'd actually recommend preheating while chopping. just be mindful of the burner and adjust as needed

pingohits··on Ask HN: What are some excellent blogs, news boards, YouTube channels to follow?
+1 on wikipedia's current events portal. One line summary per event, then a link to the article for more in-depth reading. It's a great way to condense information.
pingohits··on λ Calculus (2013) [pdf]
I had one of his classes. He really knows his stuff. Spoke fast, no filler, and had an answer prepared for any question related to programming language theory. I felt a little bad though, because a lot of the material went over everyone's head (it was a required course for CS majors).

He's also a certified pilot.

pingohits··on A room-temperature superconductor? New developments
I've been using this forum post: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/claims-of-room-tempe...

But I'd also appreciate other links

pingohits··on Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
> getting totally rid off Google is hard

Sometimes impossible in my case. Google Drive is always used in any collaborative project; so is Google Colab and Google Meet. And I still have the instinctual drive to reach for Google Translate/Maps, because it's so easy to access (physically and mentally).

Google google google google google...

pingohits··on Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
I'm stealing this
pingohits··on The Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s
Definitely agree, but I feel it's worth watching for the cinematography / set design alone.
pingohits··on Deviation Game: Draw in a way that humans can guess, but AI can't
From the paper, seems like Reflexion is an outer loop that provokes GPT to re-evaluate itself, which says nothing about the self-reflective capabilities of the actual GPT model.

But overall, I find there's a bit of a boundary problem when considering current ML models. Is GPT considered self-reflective if we embed it in a system that mimics such an ability?