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Find inspiration for naming things – be that HTML classes, CSS properties or JavaScript functions – using these lists of useful words.

Select Topic Area Product Feedback Body This is revolting and an anathema to the open source movement. A movement, I might add, Microsoft is abusing here. We're told that this is for security.....

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Physical attractiveness is often studied in relation to various life outcomes, but there is a lack of research on its links to intergenerational educational, occupational, and income mobil...

Following last week's release of FreeBSD 14.0, I've begun testing out this major FreeBSD operating system update on a number of servers.

The compression algorithm used in zlib is essentially the same as that in gzip and zip. What are gzip and zip? How are they different and how are they same?

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A collection of GPT system prompts and various prompt injection/leaking knowledge. - LouisShark/chatgpt_system_prompt

Bonhoeffer's "theory of stupidity" posits that we have more to fear from stupidity than evil. The latter is easier to defeat than the former.

How some RPGs get coins wrong: they matter a lot until they matter not at all. It’s fun to play until your PCs are rich, but it’s even more fun to be able to buy things with those riches. Absorbing…

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Scientists at UChicago discover that trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), a fatty acid found in beef, lamb, and dairy products, improves the ability of immune cells to fight tumors.

Tired of Alexa's feeble "here's what I found on wikianswerspam.com" responses to my eight-year-old son's science questions, I whipped up Robot Dad during my Thanksgiving break. He now runs in the...

Super-slim cooling chip fits in Apple's thinnest laptop and boost its performance while under heavy load.

The New York Police Department is spending $500 million on a new radio system it calls more reliable and secure. But the public will no longer be able to monitor what officers are doing minute to minute.

Andy reviews his favorite NoSQL and NewSQL database shirts.

Tesla may owe punitive damages to victim as key trial over Autopilot proceeds.