“There is afinedistinction between being genuinely articulate and word salad.” Adjective ▲ Comparative for good or satisfactory “I think that these are allfinereasons to practice yoga.” Adjective ▲ Comparative for worthy of or eliciting admiration ...
From a statistical point of view, this is an outlier with a very low probability, so much so that even the least superstitious people can't help but feel moved: is this the kind of price that God has already secretly labeled? Simmons once said to a friend, “I've either gotten A or...
On today’s Thought For The Day, James riffs on a conversation in the Corbett Report comments about the Exxon logo and the surprising things hidden in many corporate logos. SHOW NOTES: Comment thread on Exxon logo Interview 191 – Freeman Fly(clip: 4m27s – 9m43s) ...
It wasn’t until the late 18th century in Europe that the term “atheism” first started to be used as merely a descriptive term for lack of belief in the monotheistic Abrahamic God. In Western society today, this is how the word “atheism” is most commonly used—it simply means “disbe...
You may have already used some of the more prominent generative AI tools for work, research, or personal activities. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, for example, is commonly used for everything from writing party invitations to finding answers to esoteric and specialized questions....
Key things to look for once you have decoded the text is weird capitalisation, or commands being broken apart with a + symbol. These are basic string based detection avoidance techniques. Piping PowerShell allows the output of a command to be piped into another command. While this sounds sim...
The rough times are gonna come, but they have not come to stay, they have come to pass. Greatness, is not this wonderful, esoteric, illusive, God like feature that only the special among can achieve. It’s something that truly exists, in all of us. It’s very impo-rtant fo-r you...
The work begins with the script, which is always the final word for decisions before actually shooting and always the overall plan the entire team is working with. Reading and analyzing the script is part of the process of getting hired to shoot a film. The director will meet with me after...
Finally, when it comes to esoteric terms worth dissecting, “terroir” is another high on the list—and it’s more important to cider than it is to beer. Precious few brewers can source all the raw materials they need from one locale, let alone one farm. Cidermakers, on the other hand...
Another area where raw bytes literals can be desirable is unit testing, which often involves comparing the expected and actual values:Python >>> "café".encode("unicode_escape") b'caf\\xe9' >>> "café".encode("unicode_escape") == rb"caf\xe9" True ...