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[Using a throwaway]. So, I applied for a professional degree program and was accepted to a school. The school is relatively well respected, is in a medium-sized city with all the bells and whistles (amenities) that most people look for, and will more likely than not be the only school I get into this application cycle. The problem is that I'm not super thrilled...

Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/8 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace python with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages): <details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ```...

Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?” Rules: No grey market sales No affiliate links If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the...

This could be an organizational and curation method, a "simple" task you thought you could automate, or an open ended interpretation of the question. If you've spent "an adequate amount of time" on such a project, but others disagree, you're free to share as well. Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~talk/1kjm/what_have_you_spent_too_much_time_trying_to_fix_or_streamline Votes: 11 Comments: 8

Good things come from the pursuit of legacy, by calling it a delusion I don't mean to paint it as a fundamentally bad thing. To establish some context, I'm putting aside supernatural rewards and punishments like valhalla and hell. Legacy for the purposes of this post is having an impact that outlives you. People remembering your name. A lot of people claim it as...

This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them! Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~life.pets/1kjg/weekly_thread_for_casual_chat_and_photos_of_pets Votes: 6 Comments: 0

Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/7 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace python with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages): <details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ```...

So we can sort the new page by new activity, but I do not see any way to reference when that "new" is. The only reference on the front page I can see to there being new content is in threads I've already accessed - where I get a notification there are new comments in the thread. If I didn't access the thread, but...

I received an email this morning from the good folks at the WHE entitled: Perplexity AI Partnership to Improve History Education In it, their CEO Jan van der Crabben, writes: As the most-visited history encyclopedia globally, World History Encyclopedia is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Perplexity.ai. … As artificial intelligence (AI) tools based on large language models become increasingly accessible to the...