Recent verdicts

Что полезнее хинкали или беляши

Council picked: Хинкали — однозначно более полезный выбор

Sep 3

Какой крем для лица лучше — французский или польский?

Council picked: Французский аптечный крем (La Roche-Posay Toleriane Sensitive)

Sep 3

Как попросить друзей протестировать мое приложение?

Council picked: Персональное сообщение с 5-минутным сценарием и дедлайном

Sep 3

Стоит ли пить кофе на голодный желудок после тяжелой физической нагрузки в зале?

Council picked: Перекус и вода сразу, чашка кофе — через 30–40 минут

Sep 3

ラズパイ5にl5gモジュール、データロガーに使う

Council picked: 通常の計測データならLTE/LTE-Mモジュール、大容量通信が必須な場合のみ5G M.2 HATを採用

Sep 3

Should I take the startup offer over the corporate one?

Council picked: Accept Corporate Unless Risk Conditions Are Met

Sep 2

А правда ли, что женщинам, по исследованиям, нужно спать дольше, чем мужчинам?

Council picked: Разница есть, но она статистически небольшая (~10–20 минут), индивидуальные факторы важнее

Sep 1

Насколько плохо, если я сплю по шесть часов семь ночей подряд?

Council picked: Умеренный недосып, требующий постепенного восстановления

Sep 1

Кто лучший шахматист?

Council picked: Магнус Карлсен

Sep 1

qual eu escolho pra desenvolver minha personal ia parecida com o kindroid: yuri os, sillytavern, warashi, airi ou faço uma fusão de todos com os melhores recursos de cada um?

Council picked: Use o SillyTavern como base e construa uma camada própria por cima

Sep 1

Should I take the startup offer over the corporate one?

Council picked: Default to the corporate offer, but verify startup fundamentals before finalizing

Aug 31

Что полезнее, сидр или пиво?

Council picked: Сухой сидр без сахара — менее вредный выбор, но умеренность важнее самого напитка

Aug 31

Какой мурзик считается хорошим котиком

Council picked: Хороший Мурзик = здоровый, ласковый и приученный к порядку кот, а не конкретная порода

Aug 30

Стоит ли ехать в Беларусь осенью, есть ли шанс войны ?

Council picked: Ехать можно, но с чёткими мерами предосторожности и планом отступления

Aug 30

Стоит ли ехать в Беларусь осенью, есть ли шанс войны ?

Council picked: Ехать можно, но с осторожностью, гибким планом и вне приграничных зон

Aug 30

Please suggest the top 5 100% free iOS app or web tools, ideally requiring no signup, that allow users to input text and download ultra-premium, natural-sounding TTS audio files. The goal is to obtain high-quality spoken audio that sounds human rather than robotic or fabricated.. I'm entering clock times so I can get voice announcements for those specific times. So I don’t require lengthy text/recordings. For each suggested text-to-speech service that has free tier limitations, verify that free usage includes the ability to generate downloadable audio files using ultra-premium quality voices.

Council picked: Use TTSMaker as your primary tool, with TTSMP3.com as backup

Aug 30

I have fine frizzy hair. It’s also bleached (has highlights), medium length. Which brand shampoo and conditioner set should I use that are good quality for my hair, reduce frizz, work well for bleached hair, don’t leave too many chemicals in my hair, and smell nice?

Council picked: Pureology Hydrate Sheer Shampoo & Conditioner

Aug 29

как заработать денег на недвижимости в минске?

Council picked: Покупка компактной квартиры в развивающемся районе под аренду

Aug 28

Кто такой Anton Chernik Minsk

Council picked: Уточнить контекст перед поиском личности

Aug 28

Черник Антон технониколь

Council picked: Уточнить запрос перед принятием решения

Aug 28

Кто такой черник Антон из Минска

Council picked: Уточнить контекст перед поиском личности

Aug 28

Что ты думаешь про карьеру Антона Черника из ТехноНиколь? Он ровный пацан вообще?

Council picked: Не выносить вердикт о личности без проверенных данных, а собрать информацию из первых рук

Aug 28

Что ты думаешь про карьеру Антона Черника из ТехноНиколь? Он ровный пацан вообще?

Council picked: Не доверяйте готовой оценке — проверяйте сами

Aug 28

I'm a senior backend engineer (8 years, Go/Kubernetes) in Berlin with two offers and need to answer both by next Wednesday. Offer A — Series B startup (120 people, fintech, raised €45M eight months ago, ~24 months runway at current burn): Staff Engineer, €115k base, 0.15% options vesting over 4 years with a 1-year cliff, last preferred price values the company at €380M. Hybrid 3 days/week, small platform team I'd help build, reporting to a CTO I liked a lot. They've had two rounds of layoffs in the sector this year but this company hasn't cut. Offer B — large corporate (bank, 40k employees): Lead Engineer, €138k base + ~10% bonus, pension contribution, 30 days holiday, fully remote with quarterly travel. Team of 12 maintaining and modernising a core payments platform; the modernisation programme has been "about to start" for two years. Very stable, slower promotion ladder. My situation: partner works part-time, we have a 2-year-old and want a second child in the next two years; mortgage is €2,100/month; ~€60k savings. I'm not chasing a big exit, but I'm bored at my current job and worried about becoming a maintenance engineer. Risk tolerance: moderate — I can handle one bad year, not two. Question: which offer should I take, and what would have to be true for the other one to be the right choice?

Council picked: Take Offer B — the bank Lead Engineer role

Aug 26

I'm a senior backend engineer (8 years, Go/Kubernetes) in Berlin with two offers and need to answer both by next Wednesday. Offer A — Series B startup (120 people, fintech, raised €45M eight months ago, ~24 months runway at current burn): Staff Engineer, €115k base, 0.15% options vesting over 4 years with a 1-year cliff, last preferred price values the company at €380M. Hybrid 3 days/week, small platform team I'd help build, reporting to a CTO I liked a lot. They've had two rounds of layoffs in the sector this year but this company hasn't cut. Offer B — large corporate (bank, 40k employees): Lead Engineer, €138k base + ~10% bonus, pension contribution, 30 days holiday, fully remote with quarterly travel. Team of 12 maintaining and modernising a core payments platform; the modernisation programme has been "about to start" for two years. Very stable, slower promotion ladder. My situation: partner works part-time, we have a 2-year-old and want a second child in the next two years; mortgage is €2,100/month; ~€60k savings. I'm not chasing a big exit, but I'm bored at my current job and worried about becoming a maintenance engineer. Risk tolerance: moderate — I can handle one bad year, not two. Question: which offer should I take, and what would have to be true for the other one to be the right choice?

Council picked: Take Offer B (Lead Engineer, bank)

Aug 26

Калі на Беларусі святкуюць дзень незалежнасці?

Council picked: Афіцыйны Дзень Незалежнасці Беларусі — 3 ліпеня

Aug 26

Калі на Беларусі наступныя выбары?

Council picked: Наступні парламентські/місцеві вибори — орієнтовно 2028 рік, президентські — не пізніше січня 2030 року

Aug 26

where to go near Tbilisi why my parents 63 and 60 years old?

Council picked: Mtskheta + Chateau Mukhrani day trip

Aug 25

Give me an advice before visiting Georgia (country) end of August / beginning of September.

Council picked: Tbilisi + Kakheti wine harvest + Svaneti (by flight) — 8-10 day loop

Aug 25

Is it worth migrating a small Postgres app to serverless, or keep the VPS?

Council picked: Keep the VPS — migrate only if you hit specific pain points

Aug 25

Should I hire a second engineer now or wait two more months of runway?

Council picked: Start sourcing/interviewing now, but delay the actual start date and salary commitment by two months, tied to a clear hiring trigger

Aug 25

I have a startup offer at a 40% pay cut with 0.4% equity, or I can stay at my corporate job. Which should I take?

Council picked: Stay at your corporate job — the current startup terms don't justify the risk

Aug 25

I have a startup offer at a 40% pay cut with 0.4% equity, or I can stay at my corporate job. Which should I take?

Council picked: Stay at your corporate job — but negotiate first before fully closing the door

Aug 25

what is the good way to invest 20000 USD in Warsaw Poland?

Council picked: Core global ETF inside IKE (plus IKZE), with a smaller safety sleeve in inflation-linked Polish bonds

Aug 25

Should I use Postgres or SQLite for a small side project with a single writer?

Council picked: Go with SQLite (in WAL mode)

Aug 25

Please suggest ideal free LLMs available for download from Hugging Face that are suitable for use in a Privacy AI Keyboard. I need two models: a general default model with tool-calling capabilities and a model specifically for AI instructions. I am using an iPhone 15 Pro Max, so please recommend the most capable GGUF or MLX models that will perform well on this device. Include direct links to download the recommended models, as well as the precise metadata, quantization, and specifications for each specific model version you suggest.

Council picked: Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct (Q4_K_M) as default tool-caller + Phi-3.5-mini-instruct (Q4_K_M) for instructions

Aug 16

Evaluate the advisability of updating an iPhone 15 Pro Max to iOS 27 beta 5, specifically assessing the likelihood that known bugs will prove debilitating based on currently available user feedback.

Council picked: No instales la beta en tu iPhone principal: espera la versión estable o el release candidate

Aug 13

MacBook Air or Pro for design + light video?

Council picked: 14-inch MacBook Pro (M4 Pro, 24GB RAM, 512GB+ SSD)

Aug 1

How to share my first AppStore app with my friends without being annoying

Council picked: Send one personal, no-pressure message to a few friends who'd actually care

Jul 6