AbrahamParangi

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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   I would argue that the analogy isn't really there because expensive consumer products can confer utility just by being expensive . In a very simple, animal way having difficult-to-attain things communicates that you have the ability t
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   What places were you thinking of? I was trying to find out what the actual statistics were and my cursory search led me to this paper http://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Firearm-... Highl
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   I think many people have realized that the costs (filtering & moderation) vs. benefits (community engagement) of comment sections just don't make sense for most websites. I suspect that for comment sections to be good the users n
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   No offense intended to the author, but it sounds like they've mistaken the purpose of their job. For most engineers, their job is not to produce exceptionally wonderful engineering. It is to produce whatever god-forsaken clusterfuck
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   I agree that everyone likely has to learn more than one language in the course of their life, but the difficulty of learning language N is typically more than learning language N+1. Therefore I believe that it is productive to start beginne
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   I strongly believe that people who are learning to program should learn in a language that can actually be used to make things. This may run counter to the 'work smarter, not harder' ethos I see here but I feel that programming co
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   In the limit, design is a complete definition of how a thing (product, service, picture, story) should be- with due consideration given to all concerns (technical, practical, emotional, environmental, supernatural, whatever). If you're
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   The people earning that much are (very) disproportionately distributed in those areas which are also the least affordable.
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   by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

   "Figure out software after everything else" I also work at a manufacturing startup ( https://markforged.com ) and I disagree. Manufacturing is ancient. Software as a field has been around for 45 years (give or take). If
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    On the Mark X (69k version) our build volume is almost exactly 13x10x8 inches (we round down slightly when we list dimensions on our website). If you want I can put you in touch with someone who can help you figure out if your use cases wil
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    I'll be honest, a bunch of us have a passion for it (we have two Ducati bikes at the office: one is road legal, one is for racing).
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    If what you need is a regular FDM machine our $3500 printer is a really, really fantastic one. It's the least hassle and has the best out of the box prints out of any desktop 3D printer I've used. If you're looking to print a
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    The author is wrong- but it's not their fault. All the interesting things (new technologies) in 3D printing today are happening at an enterprise price scale right now so if you're not looking too hard, it can be hard to see. Today
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting." While website design is right on the money, I have to assume that Jewish New World Order conspiracy theories don't fit that description.
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    While I agree that Trump's election being illegitimate is a narrative many (on the left) want to hear, I disagree with your characterization of the popular vote as irrelevant. I think most Americans consider the electoral college a fun
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    For nearly all businesses the cost of service hosting is going to be similar to the amount spent on snacks. This seems about as useful as optimizing the brand of cereal you buy.
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    by AbrahamParangi 10y ago

    I agree in general that this sort of work has a long and storied history of being junk science (like phrenology), and one might even be tempted to describe this sort of work as irresponsible- But I think we shouldn't get too prescripti