Salvatore Denaro
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A drummer among rockstar developers Also @
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and @sdenaro on the bird site
Zamboni simulation. Perfect to pass the time while you wait for Team USA Olympic Hockey to start.
#Olympics
#Zamboni
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Unity WebGL Player | Zamboni
https://joemckaystudio.com/zamboni/
18 days ago
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The Winter Olympics are in Italy. They should be handing the winners blocks of cheese. bread and soppressata rather than plush animal toys and flowers. The athletes look hungry.
#Olympics
19 days ago
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I will be attempting to have a slice in all five Boros on May 9th, traveling by bike.
#bikenyc
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2026 5 Boro Pizza Challenge
You Asked, We Deliver. The 5 Boro Pizza Challenge is back in 2026! Are you ready for the ultimate multimodal pizza adventure? Join us on May 9, 2026, for the return of the legendary 5 Boro Pizza Challenge! Embark on a journey to visit all five boroughs in a single day, tasting some of the finest slices that our city has to offer. Choose your mode or mix and match - train, bus, bike, run, scoot, and ferry! There’s just one rule - NO CARS!Join today for the best price! Prices increase monthly, and these tickets sell out quickly, so secure your spot today.Ticket price includes complimentary slices from all five pizzerias courtesey of Adam White Law, an exclusive 5 Boro Pizza Challenge T-shirt, official pizza passport, and a complimentary drink at the afterparty.Whether you're a local or a visitor, this challenge combines NYC’s iconic pizza culture with a thrilling exploration of the city. Rally your team, map your route, and get ready for a day of fun, flavor, and fierce competition!
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-5-boro-pizza-challenge?impact_chain_source=sdenaro%40gmail.com
20 days ago
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"Renewables’ share of electrical generation is now second to only that of natural gas, whose electrical output actually dropped by 3.7% during the first 11 months of 2025." This is amazing.
#greenenergy
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EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage
Solar, wind, and batteries are set to supply virtually all net new US generating capacity in 2026, according to the latest EIA data.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/eia-99-of-new-us-capacity-in-2026-will-be-solar-wind-storage/
25 days ago
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I wish them luck but I do not think this is not going to work. The LLM code translations are just barely able to convert code above the function level and the code created is difficult to read and maintain.
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Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030
Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of the decade.
https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030
2 months ago
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Spinal Tap did to rock and roll documentaries what Blazing Saddles did to Westerns. It dismantled all the stale tropes and forced every film maker after to up their game or look like self parody. #robreiner
2 months ago
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One of the few bits of native forest left in the New York area. #ProspectPark
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Prospect Park receives $10M endowment to support Brooklyn’s only forest • Brooklyn Paper
Prospect Park, home to Brooklyn's last remaining forest and only lake, is an oasis for New Yorkers.
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/prospect-park-10m-forest-endowment/
3 months ago
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I'm ok with vinyl and film being called "retro" but not DVDs. They were new when I already old enough to vote.
#retrotech
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Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl8nj8nvzo
3 months ago
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The final
#F1
race of the season is this weekend and we will not know who wins the championship until we see which McLaren Max collides with in turn one.
#formula1
3 months ago
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"all of the ingredients of RNA are known to be in primitive asteroids"
#astronomy
#science
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Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506650-asteroid-bennu-carries-all-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know-it/
3 months ago
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The final
#F1
race of the season is this weekend and we will not know who wins the championship until we see which McLaren Max collides with in turn one.
#formula1
3 months ago
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They remade the Holga camera and made it look more like the Diana.
#photography
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https://www.diyphotography.net/a-medium-format-debonair-camera/
3 months ago
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I have two invites to the digg beta. If you want one, just let me know.
#digg
3 months ago
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JPEG XL sounds like it makes images bigger rather than smaller.
#webdev
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Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
Google has resumed work on JPEG XL support in Chromium after removing it three years ago. A developer says the current version is feature complete and under review.
https://windowsreport.com/google-revisits-jpeg-xl-in-chromium-after-earlier-removal/
3 months ago
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Are most AI startups are just wrappers? This is worth reading.
#ai
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https://pub.towardsai.net/i-reverse-engineered-200-ai-startups-73-are-lying-a8610acab0d3?sk=v2%2F838e7e8f-59bc-40e8-8227-2bdcbb220d1e
3 months ago
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It's 2025 and everyone uses smartphones. If you are making people download a PDF to look at your menu you are annoying your customers. Pretty sure I've been complaining about this for over a decade at this point.
3 months ago
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Just signed up for the beta of the new
digg.com
Still to early to review.
#digg
4 months ago
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Dodgers Jays felt like a 27 game series
#WorldSeries
4 months ago
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Last night's dodgers/blue jays game went 18 innings so it should count as two wins for the dodgers.
#worldseries
#dodgers
4 months ago
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TLDR; LLMs work well enough for small changes, like adding a small feature but fail spectacularly for large problems. They create hard to maintain output. You can't refactor a pig from sausage. Once you have the sausage, you're stuck with it.
#llm
#ai
#…
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Remember Vibe Coders? Yeah… They’re Gone
Turns out it was the first AI bubble to burst
https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/remember-vibe-coders-yeah-theyre-gone-2a1c52eed4ff?sk=v2%2F82d5bd43-e479-41ae-97eb-fc23023e9fd4
4 months ago
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Spam on linkedin is its own special kind of awful.
#linkedin
5 months ago
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The Oatmeal on AI art. This is the best take on why AI Slop is so clear to identify as Slop.
#ai
#art
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A cartoonist's review of AI art
This is a comic about AI art.
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
5 months ago
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Did any of them ever see The Matrix?
#science
#ai
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Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7p1lzvxjro
5 months ago
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Renewable energy growth in the EU is impressive.
#greenenergy
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Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
In Q2 2025, renewables powered 54% of EU electricity, with solar leading the mix and topping all sources in June for the first time.
https://electrek.co/2025/09/30/solar-leads-eu-electricity-generation-as-renewables-hit-54-percent/
5 months ago
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SciAm usually does a good job explaining things but this is just so exceptionally well done I feel a need to boost it.
#SciAm
#fusionpower
#greenenergy
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How Three Fusion Reactor Designs Could Power Tomorrow
Inertial confinement reactors, stellarators and tokamaks each have pros and cons
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-three-fusion-reactor-designs-could-power-tomorrow/
5 months ago
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Stack Overflow has an LLM powered search tool. So far, it looks to be as good as Google Search at returning code snippets.
#llm
#stackoverflow
#ai
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stackoverflow.ai - AI-powered search and discovery
stackoverflow.ai is an AI-powered search and discovery tool designed to modernize the Stack Overflow experience by helping developers get answers instantly, learn along the way and provide a path into...
https://stackoverflow.ai/
5 months ago
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Maker space at the Brooklyn army terminal.
#brooklyn
#maker
6 months ago
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Gemini custom command to rename files based on contents. This is great for PDF files with cryptic names.
#Gemini
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gemini custom command to suggest a new file name based on contents. Install under $HOME/.gemini/commands
gemini custom command to suggest a new file name based on contents. Install under $HOME/.gemini/commands - suggest-new-name.toml
https://gist.github.com/sdenaro/75c1481202ad17c0ca5aff1f354557be
6 months ago
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If you've been disappointed by LLM assisted coding, you might find this conversation with my old boss from the NY Fed interesting. We discuss context engineering as a way to improve the experience.
#llm
#ai
#contextengineering
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Context Engineering and Spec/Vibe Coding: Setting Up AI Dev Tools for Better Code Quality - Part 1
Context Engineering and Spec Coding: A Guide to Better AI-Assisted DevelopmentIntroductionAs AI-powered development tools become increasingly prevalent, the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhAyYQSPOw
6 months ago
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NYNEX phone equipment is still around!
#nyc
6 months ago
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This is the first Springsteen song to use an em-dash and a "however....but" clause in the chorus.
#TheHardTimes
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AI Bruce Springsteen Writes Touching Song About Hard-Working Computer Pulling Multiple 24-Hour Shifts at Data Center
An AI computer model based on legendary musician Bruce Springsteen released its first single about an under-appreciated computer that goes to work every single day for a boss that doesn’t appreciate...
https://thehardtimes.net/music/ai-bruce-springsteen-writes-touching-song-about-hard-working-computer-pulling-multiple-24-hour-shifts-at-data-center/
6 months ago
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The idea behind Spec coding is that if you can write user stories with functional and non-functional requirements you should be able to prompt an LLM to create an app for you.
#ai
#llm
#gemini
#python
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AI Spec coded Python Flask Applications with and without prompt assistance
Comparing AI spec coded Python Flask Applications with and without gemini.md for prompt assistance
https://salvatore.denaro.nyc/2025/08/comparing-ai-spec-coded-python-flask.html
6 months ago
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GM Engineers managed to squeeze 1000 miles out of a Silverado EV's battery. They picked an optimum energy conservation strategy that is impractical in the real world.
#electricvehicle
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Chevy Silverado EV smashes world record for longest drive on a single charge
GM claims it has surpassed the current record holder for longest EV drive on a single charge held by Lucid Motors.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/chevy-silverado-ev-smashes-world-record-for-longest-drive-on-a-single-charge/ar-AA1JX62G
7 months ago
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"World’s longest suspension bridge: Italy approves $15.6 billion connection to Sicily" If this had a bike lane, I would love to ride across it.
#engineering
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Italy approves $15.6 billion for world's longest suspension bridge
The Straight of Messina suspension bridge is expected to connect Sicily to the Italian mainland region of Calabria.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/italy-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge
7 months ago
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This doesn't sound good.
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Radioactive wasp nests found near nuclear storage site in South Carolina
One of the nests found near the Savannah River Site had a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations, according to a federal report.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/environmental-science/radioactive-wasp-nests-found-near-nuclear-storage-site-in-south-carolina/ar-AA1JLI7a
7 months ago
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After a few hours pair programming with an AI.
#VibeCoding
7 months ago
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I found myself getting dates between two dates by using sql date() subtraction because it was already open in a shell.
#calculator
7 months ago
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Rest in power chords.
#ozzyosbourne
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BLACK SABBATH - "Paranoid" (Official Video)
Black Sabbath filmed a music video for "Paranoid" in Belgium 1970Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbathInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/BlackSabba...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo
7 months ago
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The zeroth of Jemuary.
#codinghorror
8 months ago
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This was a niche site but there really isn't anything like it. Sharing code via a gist on github or a jupyter notebook isn't really the same.
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Glitch: The friendly community where everyone builds the web
Simple, powerful, free tools to create and use millions of apps.
https://glitch.com/
8 months ago
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I watched a clip of Sabrina Carpenter performing with Duran Duran and I'm pretty sure that if Simon Le Bon cut himself shaving botox would ooze out.
8 months ago
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Annual reminder. Your phone does a bad job photographing fireworks. Just enjoy the show.
#july4th
8 months ago
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Nice day to bike to the beach
#bikenyc
8 months ago
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This sounds like a premise for a Stephen King horror story.
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Stephen King Played ‘Mambo No. 5’ So Much His Wife ‘Threatened to Divorce’ Him: ‘One More Time, and I’m Going to F—ing Leave You’
Stephen King loves Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5."
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/stephen-king-wife-threatened-divorce-mambo-no-5-1235714923/
8 months ago
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Every 18 months or so there is a new Android phone with a keyboard on kickstarter but they all seem lacking. This one seems to check all the boxes.
#android
#blackberry
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The Titan 2 is a modernized BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and a second screen
Keeping the BlackBerry dream alive.
https://www.theverge.com/news/691938/titan-2-smartphone-keyboard-blackberry-5g-android-15
8 months ago
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Interesting article on perovskite image sensors.
#photography
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Better images for humans and computers
Researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa have developed a new image sensor made of perovskite. This semiconductor material enables better colour reproduction and fewer image artefacts with less light. Perovskite...
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/06/better-images-for-humans-and-computers.html
8 months ago
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This years NYC primary election ballot will have rank choice voting for the mayor and a sudoku puzzle for picking city council members.
#nycelections
8 months ago
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This is just a rebranded ADOX film. But still cool that people who started with digital are learning to shoot film.
#photography
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Leica is launching its own 35mm film
100 years after the Leica I, the company finally has its own film
https://www.theverge.com/news/689006/leica-35mm-film-monopan-50
8 months ago
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I googled "is paperboy love prince a juggalo?" and this is about NYC politics this year.
#nyc
#nycelections
9 months ago
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Are LLMs training us? AI, emoji, LLM
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Are LLMs training us?
http://salvatore.denaro.nyc/2025/06/are-llms-training-us.html
9 months ago
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