Posts

These are sitewide blog posts by the admin.

  • Reading the California Law Section Hierarchy
    —References: https://saclaw.org/resource_library/reading-citations/ https://www.library.ca.gov/law/online-research/leginfo/ https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov https://libguides.law.ucla.edu/californiastatutes/codesAuthor: John Kawakami, Public Domain—My comments are prefixed by #.A subsection’s position in the hierarchy of sections can be determined by the style of numbering used:# on laws retrieved from https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, the parts up to ARTICLE are generally in the header area of the pageCODE CATEGORY (i.e. GOV) TITLE 1. TITLE… Read more: Reading the California Law Section Hierarchy
  • Thaura Work: time clock using .zsh_history
    A command line tool that uses the command history to implement a “punch clock” to record time worked. I use three kinds of timesheets – paper, Toggl, and shell history. I’ve always used a combination of tools, because, for example, I forget to click the “off” button on Toggle. Preparing accurate timesheets is sometimes a… Read more: Thaura Work: time clock using .zsh_history
  • Cost to Send a Big Package
    I had this 7 pound rice cooker, but it was bulky. The packaging costs were stunning. External box – a Lowes heavy duty box that I had to cut down: ~$6 Internal box – U-Haul book box (12x12x12), but I also bought a Small box, because I wasn’t sure if the smaller box was big… Read more: Cost to Send a Big Package
  • Thaura Work: arguing with the llm
    I had a couple rounds where I was trying to fix a bug, and it insisted that it did, when it clearly hadn’t. So I dug deeper to give it some clues. NO, I was not looking at #/db. I was on the correct page. This went on a few more times, and the conversation… Read more: Thaura Work: arguing with the llm
  • Thaura Work: use case -> code
    I am working on a tiny-scale Google Drive clone, and adding pgsql support. I wanted some use cases for small database apps that people could make in a low/no-code environment. Use cases could help delineate what a minimal feature set could be, and also a maximal capability expectation. I didn’t want this to be MS… Read more: Thaura Work: use case -> code
  • LA Progressive
    https://laprogressive.org – I wish they had an RSS feed.
  • KNOCK-LA
    https://knock-la.com RSS: https://knock-la.com/feed/